Rodney Owens has played the Highland Bagpipes (or Irish Warpipes) at many special occasions in and around the Pennsylvania State Capitol for Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House, and other dignataries. Rodney has played international venues in Ireland, Scotland and England. He has had the distinct honor of leading off the re-instituted 2000 St. Patrick's Day PArade in Harrisburg, Pa. as the "lone piper".

Rodney has studied at the Balmoral school and the College of Piping in Glasgow, Scotland. He has recently taken up the Uilleann Pipes (or Irish bagpipe) and is a member of the Irish Pipers Society, Na Piobaire Uilleann, Dublin Ireland. He is also an honorary member and piper of the Old Comrades Association of the Royal Scottish Fusiliers Regiment in Ayr, Scotland.

A native of Harrisburg, Pa., Rodney is active in the Celtic "happenings" in Central Pennsylvania, and is a founding committee member of the McLain Highland Festival, and co-founded a local monthly traditional Celtic music session.