The Pipers’ Tryst session workshop was in full swing on Saturday, January 28, at The National Piping Centre in Glasgow. This was the third of a four-day workshop series for bellows pipes, aimed at teaching the tunes and skills for playing in a trad music session. The afternoon session was […]
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey. January 2023. It has to be more than coincidence that this past weekend should see a presentation and a petition collide. At this past weekend’s conference of leaders from the Alliance of North American Pipe Band Associations I led a talk on possible ways to […]
A Beginner’s Guide • By John Slavin. I have often wondered why the notes on the Highland pipe chanter have the wrong names, and thought it might point to a time in history when the pipe chanter’s low A note did actually sound an A note at 440Hz. I took […]
Happy New Year and all the best for 2023 to the piping community all over the World! Today we look back to photos from the World Pipe Band Championships at Glasgow Green on August 11, 2012. Field Marshal Montgomery won Grade 1, followed by ScottishPower, Simon Fraser University, Boghall and Bathgate […]
The closing date for entries for the Northern Meeting piping competitions is only five days away – January 31. The senior competition details can be found here, and the junior competition details can be found here. The senior and junior competitions will be held on August 31 and September 1, […]
Scott Wood and his band are playing in the Drygate Brewery, Glasgow, 7.30pm tonight at Celtic Connections. Scott is an alumni of The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland and holds a Bachelors degree in Scottish Music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He plays Highland pipes, Border pipes, whistles […]
Pipe Major Stuart Liddell of Inveraray & District Pipe Band paid tribute to Ian Duncan in the build up to the Names and Places annual pipe band concert at Celtic Connections on February 4, 2023. Details of the concert, and other Celtic Connections concerts, and how to buy tickets can […]
This is an exciting opportunity for a piping tutor to join a progressive, energetic, evolving team of instrumental tutors working for Clackmannanshire Council. Located in central Scotland, between the Ochil Hills and the River Forth, Clackmannanshire is recognised for its outstanding natural environment. Clackmannanshire is a cost-effective living and business […]
Assynt are David Shedden on pipes and whistles, Graham Mackenzie on fiddle and Innes White on guitar and mandolin. The trio formed in 2018 and released their debut album, Road to the North (read the review here). The band won best Up and Coming Artist of the Year at the […]
The Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS) has launched a composing competition to mark its 40th anniversary. The winner will receive a cash prize of £400. The LBPS was founded in 1983 at the College of Piping in Glasgow with the twin aims of reviving the music and bagpipes of […]
Last night, Saturday, January 21 the Treacherous Orchestra played to a packed audience in Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket as part of Celtic Connections 2023. Their high energy show was driven by the Highland pipes of Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton, and it got the crowd bouncing. There is plenty more pipes […]
The Director of The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, Steven Blake, is interviewed by Dr Andrew Bova in the first Piping Show of 2023. Steven is also a member of trad band Rura, and brings a wealth of piping and performance experience from his time travelling and gigging with […]
The Minnesota Piobaireachd Society is co-sponsoring a piobaireachd competition named in honour of Skye Richendrfer, who passed away on November 20, 2022. Skye, well known in the piping community in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere, was a cofounder of the society, and a one time Pipe Major of the Macalester […]
A Beginner’s Guide • By John Slavin. Part four of this series is to give pipers some understanding of what other instruments need to do in order to be in tune with our concert pitch B-flat chanter, or even allow you to tell your musician friends what they should be […]
