hire a funeral bagpiper
Grant the final wishes of a loved one with a Highland bagpiper, leading them to their final resting place. Ed has been performing at funerals for over 30 years. Based in Sheffield, Ed is the first-choice bagpiper for many funeral directors across Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire.
Funeral Bagpiping Services
Ed provides a range of professional bagpiping services for funerals, offering a meaningful and memorable tribute. These services typically include:
- Piping as the hearse arrives at the home address and leading the cortege for a short distance.
- Leading the cortege from the entrance of the crematorium to the chapel or piping as the hearse arrives at the church.
- Piping the casket into the crematorium or church.
- Playing a reflective piece of music during the service.
- Piping after the commital and as guests leave the church or crematorium.
- Piping at the graveside, playing as the coffin is lowered or performing a few tunes to close the ceremony, walking away into the distance.
- Piping as guests arrive at the wake.
Ash Scattering Services
Ed also provides bagpiping for ash scattering ceremonies, adding an emotional atmosphere to this special moment of remembrance.
Repertoire
The following tunes are frequently requested for funerals:
- Flower of Scotland
- Amazing Grace
- Highland Cathdedral
- Sleep Dearie Sleep
- Oft In the Stilly Night
- Mist Covered Mountains
- Skye Boat Song
- My Home
- Going Home
- The Dark Island
- The Green Hills of Tyrol
- When The Battle’s Over (Bonnie Soldier)
- Auld Lang Syne
- The Black Bear
- Scotland The Brave
IRISH
- When Irish Eyes are Smiling
- The Fields of Athenry
- Danny Boy
- She Moved Through the Fair
- The Wearing of the Green
- Carrickfergus
- The Wild Rover
- The Dawning of The Day
If a tune you require is not listed above please advise Ed and he will confirm if it can be played or not.
TESTIMONIALS
“We were privileged to have Ed play his bagpipes at my 99 year old father’s scattering of ashes on top of Mossley Cross. Ed’s rendition of Oh Danny Boy and Amazing Grace echoed through the winds as my dad was released to his childhood home. It could not have been a more perfect day.”
“During these times it was hard to make the final farewell one that my mum deserved but with Ed walking her to her final resting place it made a very difficult day somewhat easier. Ed came to swanwick crematorium and staged my mum to the door. A highly professonal, respectful and reliable bagpiper. My mum would have adored you and not a note out of tune, thank you so much xx”
Areas Covered
Ed is based in Sheffield and offers his services as a bagpiper for funerals in all surrounding towns and cities including Chesterfield, Huddersfield, Halifax, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, York, Harrogate, Wetherby, Hull, Doncaster, Nottingham, Derby, Lincoln. He is proud be a first point of contact for a number of funeral directors including Newsome’s Funeral Directors, Barnsley, AW Lymn Funeral Directors, Nottingham, Dyson Funeral Directors, Sheffield, G & M Lunt, Sheffield, Co-Op Funeralcare, Leeds, Harold Lilleker, Chesterfield.
Other areas Ed covers include:
Northern England (North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber):
Accrington, Alnwick, Barnsley, Barrow-in-Furness, Batley, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Beverley, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bradford, Burnley, Bury, Carlisle, Chester-le-Street, Chorley, Cleckheaton, Cleethorpes, Clitheroe, Darlington, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Durham, Gateshead, Grimsby, Halifax, Harrogate, Hartlepool, Huddersfield, Hull, Kendal, Keighley, Lancaster, Leeds, Leigh, Lincoln, Macclesfield, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Morecambe, Morpeth, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northallerton, Oldham, Penrith, Pontefract, Preston, Rotherham, Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Selby, Sheffield, Skipton, South Shields, Stalybridge, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland, Tameside, Warrington, Whitehaven, Whitby, Wigan, Wilmslow, Workington, York.
Midlands (East and West):
Alfreton, Ashbourne, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Banbury, Bedworth, Belper, Birmingham, Boston, Bourne, Buxton, Cannock, Chesterfield, Coalville, Coventry, Daventry, Derby, Dudley, Evesham, Grantham, Halesowen, Hereford, Hinckley, Kettering, Kidderminster, Leamington Spa, Leicester, Lincoln, Loughborough, Lutterworth, Malvern, Mansfield, Market Harborough, Matlock, Melton Mowbray, Newark-on-Trent, Northampton, Nottingham, Nuneaton, Oakham, Redditch, Retford, Rugby, Rushden, Shrewsbury, Solihull, Stafford, Stamford, Stoke-on-Trent, Stratford-upon-Avon, Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth, Telford, Uttoxeter, Warwick, West Bromwich, Wellingborough, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Wrexham.