Pipe Dream

Pipe Dream is the *literal* pipe dream of bagpiper Coreyanne Armstrong to make amazing music with an incredible group of musicians, her dream since picking up the pipes 20 years ago.  Until Pipe Dream, Coreyanne was a competitive Pipe Band and solo piper, sharing the circle with friends and family in pipe bands from Hawaii to England, California to South Carolina, and most recently, in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; within that community, she fulfilled her desire to create something awesome with kindred spirits.  Since 2021, however, when she first started performing rock covers solo, the desire to bring bagpipes to larger audiences by fusing epic pipe tunes with popular melodies drove her to explore performing for festivals and faires across the country.   ***Her first break was being asked to join The Rogues, a Celtic tribal band formed in 1994, followed by teaming up with the Dame of Drones (Chelsea Wells) and Jesse Ofgang for a rock band startup.  Finally, in 2025, Pipe Dream was created specifically for one festival, and demand pushed it to keep growing.  Starting with just pipes, backing tracks, and a drummer, the bassist rounded out Pipe Dream as a true band, to which guitar and vocals have been added as new members joined.  ***Coreyanne has played the piano since age 4, the flute since age 10, and the pipes since the RIPE OLD AGE of 30!  She is a 1998 graduate of the US Naval Academy and served as the Communications Officer aboard a destroyer, and as Reactor Controls officer on the USS Eisenhower.  She dotes on her 8 kids, 3 of whom are Pipe Band drummers, as well as 2 highland dancers.  Raised in Texas and now settled in Connecticut, she considers herself to be  currently living the dream.  The PIPE DREAM.