Education & Experience


Hope studied music from the age of 12 and funded part of her education via a music education scholarship. She began bagpipe lessons in 1997 and is a graduate of the North American Academy of Piping and the Inverness College of Piping. She performed Peter Maxwell Davies "An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise" with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Fort Wayne Philharmonic. In 2013, she performed Disney's "Pixar in Concert" with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and "Field of Gold" with the Indianapolis Opera at their 2018 gala.



Hope with bagpipe

Sounds of Remembrance

Hope feels that being able to do what you love, and be a part of the special moments in the lives of others has enriched her life beyond imagination.