EXPERIENCE
Piper Chef - Damian Bell - currently lives in Zug, Switzerland and has an extensive repertoire of tunes to suit any occasion from formal weddings, birthday parties, corporate hospitality, funerals, indeed any occasion can be brought to life by the presence of the Piper Chef and his Great Highland Bagpipe. Currently, he is the official solo piper for the RC Gute Hirt Church in Zug and performs regularly for their services. A regular solo piper for Mark Chesterfield's Whisky Experience, he plays frequently at Burns Suppers throughout Switzerland and London.
He is also a regular participant the CLASP (Competitive League for Solo Pipers) solo piping competitions in Glasgow and at the Workshops at the Piping Cnetre the old College of Piping, Glasgow, Scotland.
Participant at various international music festivals eg.:-
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1987 / 1988
The Windsor Tattoo, England 1988
Basel Tattoo,Schweiz 2008 / 2009/ 2011/ 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019 (2nd biggest Tattoo in the World)
Royal Nova Scotia Tattoo 2016
Avenches Tattoo as Pipe Major 2014 / 2015
Berlin Tattoo 2013
World Pipe Band Championships 2009 to 2019 (6 times as Pipe Major)
Pipe Major Scotch Watch Pipes and Drums - since 2012
Piper with Zürich Caledonian Pipe Band since 2018
Piper with Swiss Highlanders since 2012
Piper with Officers Training Corps of Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Pipes and Drums 1984-1989
Pipe Sergeant Waltham Forrest Pipe Band 2006-2008
Piper with Pride of Murray, London 2006 - 2009
Piper with Reading Scottish since 2009
Piper with Pipes and Drums of Basel 2011 - 2013
Wedding Piper London - from 1989
Piper Lochaber Pipe Band 1981 - 1984