Ross Munro started learning bagpipes at the age of 6 under the expert tuition of the late Pipe Major John D Burgess MBE. Upon leaving school, Ross pursued a career in the Army and joined the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in April 1993 and eventually joining the world famous Pipes and Drums in April 1994. Although Ross enjoyed the military role he had to undertake (Tank Crew) his passion was always with the musical side and he enjoyed a full career with the Pipes and Drums, working his way up to eventually becoming Pipe Major in 2008. During his time as Pipe Major, Ross led the band on Tattoo’s in Australia and Edinburgh, 2 concerts in the Royal Albert Hall, recorded 2 albums, one of which achieved the title of Classical Brit Award of the Year in 2008 and a State Banquet at Windsor Castle for Her Majesty the Queen.

Ross retired from the Pipes and Drums in 2010 and took up the role of Pipe Major of the Pipers Trail, a community engagement project of which he led a small team running introductory workshops on piping and drumming throughout schools all over Scotland.

Ross retired from the Army on 2013 and after a year as a piping instructor at a private school, Ross took on the role of National Cadet Piping and Drumming Executive Officer, overseeing a training team who not only led tuition of Cadet Pipers and Drummers across the UK, but also oversaw the delivery of SQA Qualifications as Centre Coordinator for the Army Cadets and Piping and Drumming Qualifications Board (PDQB)

Ross has now retired from Military piping and now works with Scottish Widows as a Pensions Adviser and Call Coach, however, he still maintains his playing as part of a small Scottish Rock Band “Cal” and also released his own album “Twisted Tradition”.