15/06/2026
🎶 *Proud to support the Isle of Arran Music School*
There's something that matters more to us than most things: this island's community. And the Isle of Arran Music School (IOAMS) is one of the best things happening in it.
Since 2016, IOAMS has been giving young people on Arran free tuition in traditional Scottish instruments — bagpipes, drums, clarsach — getting them away from screens and into something that connects them to each other, to this place, and to a living musical tradition that's worth keeping alive.
Earlier this year, their pipe bands competed at the Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championship for the first time — and came home with a win. Primary school kids and teenagers, performing together, on a national stage. That's what happens when young people are given the chance and the encouragement to do something real.
And now there's an even bigger stage ahead: the pipe band has been invited to march in New York's Tartan Day Parade in 2027. A genuinely once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for these young musicians to represent Arran and Scotland in Manhattan — but getting a whole band across the Atlantic isn't cheap, and they're fundraising to make it happen.
The Corrie Hotel is proud to sponsor IOAMS. It's one of the most straightforward things we do — support a charity that's quietly doing brilliant work, right here on Arran.
If you'd like to help send them to New York, you can donate via their GoFundMe or support them year-round at arranmusicschool.org.uk.
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