Organizers announced Saturday that a local Washington-area Bagpiper artist has been chosen as the Official Bagpiper for the First-ever Sikh Inaugural Ball.

"We are excited to annouce that Susanna Taylor-Neumann will be performing at our historic event," said Lakhinder & Gurveen Vohra, co-creators of the Sikh Inaugural Event. "Susanna joins a truly global line up of artists who will be performing at this unique event hosted by the Sikh Community."

Susanna Taylor-Neumann has been playing bagpipes professionally for 8 years. She has been a prevalent member of the Scotch College Pipes and Drums for 7 years, during which time the pipe band won multiple local, state and national competitions. Susanna has also been teaching bagpipes for 5 years.

Susanna is currently based in Silver Spring, Maryland and performs at a variety of events in and around the area.

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