Callum Beaumont from Bo’ness, Scotland was the winner tonight at the 2021 Donald MacDonald Cuach. Callum, pictured, played Donald MacDonald’s setting of Cumha Mhic a h-Arasaig (MacKintosh’s Lament). The competition was held online for the first time in the event’s 35 years with the five pipers playing from their respective […]
Primary schools in Glasgow and East Lothian will welcome a Piper and Drummer in Residence in the new term. The schools are Windygoul and Dunbar schools in East Lothian, and John Paul Academy – and its associated ‘cluster’ primary schools – in Summerston, Glasgow. The two positions are being co-funded […]
Gill Cairns won the 29th annual Archie Kenneth Quaich competition, held for amateur ceòl mòr players. Held online on May 22 (video submissions recorded live using two devices), Gill played Pipe Major Donald MacLeod MBE’s composition, Lament for John Morrison of Assynt House from her home on the Mediterranean island […]
John Dew of Crieff, Scotland was the overall ‘Champion Piper’ at the 2021 online Atholl Gathering. Dew notched two firsts: in the Open MSR and the Hornpipe & Jig. In the big music, Ben McClamrock scooped the A Grade, Scott Armstron the B Grade and Kyle Howie the C Grade. […]
Regular Bagpipe.News reader, Philip Henderson has been on to tell us that he enjoyed reading Joe Wilson’s memories on Calum Campbell that we posted a wee while ago as part of our ‘Famous Pipers’ series. In particular, Joe’s mention of the tragedy of HMY Iolaire, that sank just off Stornoway […]
Bruce Gandy of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, won the annual British Columbia Pipers’ Association MacCrimmon Memorial Cairn and Medal held online a couple of weeks ago. The results were announced last night. Gandy won the Open Piobaireachd and the Mary MacLeod Collins Memorial Trophy for the Open piping aggregate. This was […]
The annual competition held by the Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS) took place yesterday online. Competitors from all over the world played live via video conference software. Founder member, Gordon Mooney, who adjudicated from his home in Florida, USA, remarked that it had been nearly 40 years since the […]
A record number entries were received in the latest video submission competition organised by the the National Piping Centre’s Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers (CLASP). Results: Overall: Grade 1 – Trevor DeMass; Grade 2 – Hans Grothusen; Grade 3 – Alasdair Beaton. Grade 1Piobaireachd – 1. Charles David Mitchell (Massacre […]
The National Piping Centre’s 25th annual junior solo piping competition took place online yesterday. There was a record entry of 132 competitors who played 350 individual performances. Under 12 Chanter Slow Air – 1. Seonaidh Forrest; 2. Calum Morrison; 3. Morla Bruce; 4. Joseph Townsley; 5. Cairn MacKay; 6. Lachlan […]
By Margaret Dunn The three overall winners of the Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers’ (CLASP) January 2021 video submission competition reinforces the large geographical spread of members of the popular league for amateur pipers. The overall winners are: Grade 1 – Trevor DeMass (USA); Grade 2 – Eddie Boland […]
