Many well-known composers have written for the pipes: R. Vaughan Williams, Imogen Holst, W. S. Lloyd Webber, Michael Head, Elizabeth Poston, Claude Arrieu and others. Works have been commissioned from Geoffrey Winters, Alan Bush, Edwin Roxburgh, Curdin Janett and Betty Roe. Much music from the past (Bach, Purcell, Mozart, etc.) has been very successfully arranged. Early music, i.e. medieval and renaissance music, sounds particularly well on pipes.

At various times in the past, Guild members have made recordings. Some of these have been transferred to CD and a selection of tracks are available below.