Glasgow Skye Association have just announced today, November 24, the appointment of Kenny MacLeod as Pipe Major, Ross Cowan and Darren Sommerville as Pipe Sergeants, and Les Galbraith as Leading Drummer of the Glasgow Skye Association Pipe Band. On his appointment, Kenny said: “It’s an important band to me and many […]
Tributes have been paid to Skye Richendrfer who died this week at the age of 64. His family announced his passing in the very early morning of November 21, 2022. Skye’s friends, including many of the world’s top pipers, have written messages on social media about their friendship with Skye, […]
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association updated their website this week with information to help overseas and UK bands to complete the registration process. The main headings on the page are: Obtaining a Grade and Registering your players; Entering a Competition; Playing Requirements; On the day of the competition; and […]
The National Piping Centre has opened the entries today, November 17, for its Junior Piping Competition. The competition will be held in two venues on Saturday, February 18, 2023. The piping events in category A and B will take place at The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, city centre venue. […]
The 20th Scots Trad Music Awards will be held on December 4, 2022, in the Caird Hall in Dundee. The aim of the awards is to champion top Scottish traditional musicians of all genres, recognising and celebrating the wealth of talent, and bring it to the media spotlight. Pipers, pipe […]
Christchurch, New Zealand will play host to the biggest contest in the southern hemisphere since the beginning of the pandemic at the 2023 New Zealand and South Pacific Pipe Band Championships. Bands from across Australia and New Zealand will compete over two days in Christchurch on Friday 10th and Saturday […]
The thirty-first annual amateur piobaireachd competition for the Archie Kenneth Quaich will take place on Saturday, February 25, 2023. The venue is the rooms of the Royal Scottish Pipers Society, 127 Rose St North Lane, Edinburgh EH2 4BB, starting at 9.30 am. Entries and enquiries to: peter.mccalister@doctors.org.uk Competitors should […]
Edinburgh International Festival’s At Home digital programme, has launched a month-long series of exclusive music sessions of artists from the 2022 programme. Skye piper, Brìghde Chaimbeul, was chosen as one of the artists to be featured for audiences worldwide in these videos. Brìghde’s performance was released at 4pm today, November 10, […]
This week’s episode of The Piping Show sees Ailis Sutherland chat to Finlay MacDonald about her young piping tuition, playing in solo and band competition, winning the Worlds with Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band and her musical pathway through higher education. Ailis now is an employee with The National Piping […]
By Dr ANGUS MacDONALD. The Eliza Ross Collection, compiled in 1812 was discovered in Raasay House in the early 1950s. The collection consisted of 150 songs, instrumental dance tunes, reels, jigs and slow airs along with six piobaireachd, and is now republished as a new edition. In this new edition, […]
