Chris Armstrong BEM (born 2 February 1980) is a bagpiper from Scotland and pipe major of the ScottishPower Pipe Band.
[1] He started learning the bagpipes at the age of 6, and played in the Torphichen and Bathgate juvenile band, where he was taught by Pipe Major John Matheson.
[2][3] After a spell of not competing in a band, and then playing in a number of different groups, he became pipe sergeant of Torphichen and Bathgate Pipe Band for two years.
[7] Armstrong also runs a business producing drone reeds, and has designed a range of bagpipes that are produced by Wallace Bagpipes.
[9] He has won major prizes for both pibroch and light music.