St Columba’s School is inviting applications from enthusiastic and committed teachers of pipe band snare drum to work within the school’s highly popular piping and drumming programme. St Columba’s is situated in the Renfrewshire countryside just 30 minutes from Glasgow. Applicants must have experience working with school pipe bands and […]
The National Piping Centre’s Weekend Piping Club provides small group piping and chanter lessons for under 17 year olds. The classes are offered on a Saturday and a Sunday morning through the school term time in 12 week blocks. The next term starts on Saturday January 7 and runs to […]
The final episode of The Piping Show for 2022 is a seasonal treat with Christmas piping tunes from Brodie Watson-Massey, a good fun blooper reel, a Christmas history special from Dr Andrew Bova, and The National Piping Centre staff discussing their best-ever piping Christmas gifts and favourite piping moments from […]
The opening night of Celtic Connections is one month away, with the 30th anniversary concert beginning the festival on Thursday, January 19, 2023 in the main auditorium of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Ross Ainslie is part of a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ line-up of musicians who will perform on the opening night. […]
The National Piping Centre provide a wide array of tuition options for all level of pipers on the Highland pipes, with individual tuition, evening classes, weekend clubs and seasonal gatherings for junior and adult pipers. There is also provision for weekly bellows pipe tuition in the evening, or an immersive […]
Eric Stein has announced that a new Grade 1 solo invitational contest that will be added to the premier SunBelt Invitational Solo Piping competition next year. The inaugural SunBelt Invitational, aka An Crios Gréine, took place this year on November 12, 2022. The event was won by Callum Beaumont, who […]
Piper, composer and multi-instrumentalist, Kenneth I MacKenzie contacted bagpipe.news to share one of his new compositions. Kenneth gave us the background and details of the recording, saying: “I was commissioned by Harris Mackenzie’s family to compose a tune for his 90th birthday, which was on October 1, 2022. Harris hails from […]
The most recent episode from The Piping Show features two-time Glenfiddich winner Finlay Johnstone being interviewed by National Piping Centre tutor, and Gold Medal winner, Wilson Brown. Wilson’s questions about Finlay’s humility and self-criticism give an interesting insight into the mind of a top prize-winning piper, and perhaps highlights some […]
The Pittsburgh Piping Society (PPS) along with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will host the inaugural Jimmy McIntosh MBE Piobaireachd Workshop from February 24-26, 2023. The workshop will be held at Carnegie Mellon University’s Cohen University Center, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Participation is reserved for pipers in competitive grades […]
The Victoria pipe band season started on Saturday, December 3, at the Daylesford Highland Gathering in Victoria, Australia. The remaining competitions in Victoria occur in 2023 with Ballarat Grammar School contest on February 25, the Melbourne Highland Games, Croydon on March 26 and the Victorian Pipe Band Championships, Haileybury on […]
