Looking forward one week, to next Sunday morning, and at that point we will have experienced the full week of Piping Live! and the two days of World Pipe Band Championships. That is a nice thought, considering the world in which we all lived through since March 2020. The Piping […]
Four-time World Champion piper Kyle Warren has returned to Scotland after spending five years in Australia teaching bagpipes at the prestigious Scotch College in Melbourne, and leading the Grade 2 Australian Champions, Hawthorn City Pipe Band as Pipe Major. Before emigrating, Kyle was a member of the Field Marshal Montgomery […]
By TIM CUMMINGS Piping Today #84, 2017. In the last two Theory Top-Up articles, I shamelessly — shamelessly — manufactured an analogy comparing subtle flavour overtones in beer to the overtones (harmonics) in music. I went even further in the most recent issue and asked our beleaguered editor to insert […]
The Scottish Pipe Band Championships were held on Saturday, July 30, at Levengrove Park in Dumbarton. Photos: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news
Thursday at Piping Live! is always a very busy day and includes two of the festival’s flagship events: the Pipe Idol final and the Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital Challenge. Tickets for both are always in great demand and sell out in advance. Both of those events are included […]
Finlay Johnston was awarded the 2022 Silver Chanter last night, August 3, 2022. This was the 56th year of the competition as it returned home to the Isle of Skye after a four year sojourn at The National Piping Centre in Glasgow. The venue was Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, the Gaelic […]
There is still space for a pipe band to perform at 3pm on Buchanan Street on Wednesday, August 10. So if you are in or around Glasgow for the week with your band and would like to get involved, please contact marketing@thepipingcentre.co.uk The Livestream Festival Pass gives access to another six […]
The Dunvegan Medal took place today Tuesday, August 2, in the Skye Gathering Hall, Portree. The results were as follows: The Dunvegan Medal James MacKenzie Darach Urquhart Greig Canning Steven Leask Andrea Boyd Hornpipe and Jig Callum Beaumont Finlay Cameron Derek Midgley Roddy MacLeod Gordon McCready March Finlay Cameron Willie […]
In one week’s time Piping Live! will be well underway, and Tuesday’s programme of events is extensive and offers something to suit the taste of every piper. If you are able to spend the day in Glasgow you can fill your Tuesday with bagpipes from 9.30am and keep going into […]
St Columba’s School, Kilmacolm, invites applications from enthusiastic and committed teachers of Bagpipes to work as the second piping instructor with the School’s highly popular Piping and Drumming Programme. Applicants will require a minimum qualification of a Diploma in a recognised music course or an equivalent piping qualification. The successful candidate […]
The Scottish Pipe Band Championships were held on Saturday, July 30, at Levengrove Park in Dumbarton. Photos: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news
The Scottish Pipe Band Championships were held today, Saturday July 30, at Levengrove Park in Dumbarton. The weather was overcast but warmish with occasional periods of sunshine. There was a new layout of the fields, and it didn’t feel like an improvement as it lost the iconic backdrop of the […]
The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland are launching a new trainee tutor programme aimed at young people aged 18-25. This structured training and work experience would be targeted towards recent music graduates, current music students or those with a strong foundation in music and ability to play and an […]
By TIM CUMMINGS Piping Today #84, 2017. In the last two Theory Top-Up articles, I shamelessly — shamelessly — manufactured an analogy comparing subtle flavour overtones in beer to the overtones (harmonics) in music. I went even further in the most recent issue and asked our beleaguered editor to insert […]
