Derek Young, Bagpiper

I am so glad I found Derek Young on Gigsalad. I reached out the day before my father’s graveside service. Derek responded promptly, requested a reasonable fee, and his communication was excellent. He was prompt, and provided exactly what I was hoping for. He is professional, personable, courteous and played the most lovely music for my father’s service. I highly recommend Derek for your event. You will not be disappointed.

We hire bagpipers annually for a Ladies' Golf tournament and I must say Derek was the best so far. He was dressed in his regalia, he played great, and was happy to lead the processional through the parking lot and upstairs in the clubhouse. He was so easy to communicate with and responded to our impromptu suggests with ease!

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Derek preformed for my step father’s funeral service. This was the perfect touch for his sending away. Phenomenal performance. Derek was so kind and professional. Wonderful experience

Derek was and IS an amazingly talented bagpipe player, who also has a gentle and kind spirit! He made planning my Pops’ military funeral that much more special. Offered many suggestions and was always correct!! Thank you 🙏🏻 Derek!

With only one day notice Derek agreed to play at a funeral for my brother-in-law, who was a 34 year Asst. Chief for East Chicago, IN Fire Dept. Derek showed up on time, played wonderfully and made the service a memorable one for everyone but especially my sister and her family. Thank you Derek.

Would definitely use Derek again!

We had Derek at our St. Patrick’s day party for our bar and he was so flexible and was able to move through the crowd no problem! Everyone loved the music and we will definitely be asking him to come back!!

Extremely professional and performed beautifully. His performance added that special touch to my mother’s funeral.

Derek was kind, considerate, compassionate and reverent. He played beautifully and the tribute to my brother-in-law was beyond words. I would completely 100% recommend him for any occasion. Truly a master at his craft! Thank you Derek for such a wonderful experience on such a sad occasion.

Derek performed for us at a bittersweet memorial for a fallen Marine. We met with the Marine’s family as we do every year around this time to remember Luke and share stories of his life. I did not have a playlist for Derek as I was not familiar with bagpipe tunes. I explained the reason for the event and he came up with the right songs for the occasion. It was a beautiful performance and our fallen Marine’s family was very moved. I would highly recommend Derek to anyone looking for this kind of performance.

We wanted a bagpiper to play Amazing Grace at the cemetery for a funeral, and it was exactly as we imagined. Could not have been better!

Derek was very responsive to any of my questions to play at my wedding. He was such a hit and very talented, was able to give me suggestions as to what to play and he was flawless! I would definitely book him again for another event!!

Derek was FANTASTIC !! He was always so responsive to any questions I had and very talented in the variety of songs he is able to play. Everyone was impressed and loved what he added to the event!!

He was very professional and played beautifully.

Derek was a great communicator, very flexible and professional, and, above all, am amazing piper. Would highly recommend!