On Friday, April 21st, G1 Reeds announced on social media the sad news that John Elliott passed away on April 20, 2023. John was well known all around the piping world as the owner of G1 Reeds, which he established and grew into one of the premier reed and chanter […]
The Carrick Lowland Gathering Juvenile Solo Piping competition is taking place at Victory Park, Girvan on Sunday, June 4, 2023. An online entry form is available here. Contact the organiser Lynne Galloway by email here and visit the website – www.GirvanAttractions.co.uk – for more information on the Lowland Gathering. The pipe […]
Glasgow Skye Association Pipe Band have been notified by the RSPBA Standards and Grading Group that their downgrading request for the 2023 season, from Grade 1 to Grade 2, has been successful. This decision has also been ratified by the Music Board. The Glasgow Skye Association stated in a press release: “It’s […]
The prestigious Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner will be held on Saturday, August 26, 2023. The venue will be the Waldorf Astoria Caledonian Hotel, in Edinburgh. Dress code is black tie, numbers are limited and there will be a high demand for tickets. Tickets are £60 each and […]
A study into the underrepresentation of women in Scotland’s piping and drumming scene has been launched by The National Piping Centre, in collaboration with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Entitled Women in Piping and Drumming: Equality, Inclusivity, and Diversity, the six-month study is launching an online survey, designed to gain […]
The next term of the National Piping Centre’s bellows piping evening classes will start from Monday, April 24, 2023. This ten-week evening class will take place in the NPC at McPhater Street on Mondays at 6pm. These 10 week courses are £110 for each course. The class will run over […]
The Scottish Pipers Association Professional competition will be held in The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Glasgow on Saturday coming, April 22. The doors open for competitors at 7.45am and first competitions will start at 8.30am. The NPC Auditorium will be the venue for the B Piobaireachd, the Collinson Room […]
The City of Edinburgh Pipe Band has announced the return of the legendary Pipe Major’s Wheel of Fortune competition. The Golden Chanter is set to spin again – for the first time since 2017 – on Saturday, April 29 at Danderhall Miners Club in Midlothian. Eight top pipers have agreed […]
Bagpipe.news and all at The National Piping Centre would like to extend a hearty ‘congratulations’ to the Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS) on reaching 40 years. It was on this day in 1983 that group of Lowland bellows pipers that had been meeting occasionally at the College of Piping […]
Brìghde Chaimbeul released her new recording, Carry Them With Us, on April 14 and it is available for purchase as a download, CD or LP from various online sources here. A promotional video for the album and a video for a single can be seen in the youtube links below. […]
