By Douglas Gardiner, The Eagle Pipers’ Society The Eagle Pipers’ Society will once again be running The Captain John A MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner & Recital Competition on Saturday, August 24, 2024. The venue will be The Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh. Dress code is Black Tie. Tickets will be priced £60 […]
Young musicians across Scotland are invited to apply for funding from the music education charity established in memory of Eilidh MacLeod, the Isle of Barra teenager who was a victim of the 2017 Manchester Arena attack. Musicians of all genres and disciplines have until midnight on April 30, 2024 to […]
The Duncan Johnstone Competition will once again be held at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow tomorrow, Saturday, March 23. Such is the popularity of this competition that both National Piping Centre venues, Otago Street and McPhater Street, will host various events for B and C Grade members of the […]
The Scottish Pipers’ Professional Competition takes place on April 6 at the National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens. There are spaces in the Former Winners MSR event (if eligible) and the Open Piobaireachd. The C Grade events, B Grade Piobaireachd and Open Light music event are now at capacity and waiting […]
Gordonstoun’s award-winning pipe band will take centre stage before a TV audience of millions at the iconic Hong Kong Sevens tournament next month. The band has been invited to take part in the renowned event for the first time alongside some of the world’s best rugby players. Almost 40 students […]
The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band have announced that Lead Drummer J. Reid Maxwell will be awarded an Honorary Degree by Simon Fraser University for his tremendous contributions to the world-wide success of the band, its development pipe bands program, and instruction of generations of drummers. The induction ceremony will […]
Mackenzie Caledonian Pipe Band is thrilled to announce an evening of Scottish bagpipe music featuring the renowned piper, Willie McCallum, on April 26, 2024. The recital will take place at the exquisite Woodlands Hotel, located just a short distance from Broughty Ferry, the ancestral home of the Mackenzie Caledonian Pipe […]
The National Piping Centre presents a concert on Thursday, March 14 titled Accents: Voicing the Pipes in the Auditorium at McPhater Street. It will be an evening of diverse music from the Scottish piping repertoire featuring some of Scotland’s top trad musicians including Fionnlagh MacVicar, Calum Kaye, Sarah Muir, Malachy […]
The Toronto Indoor Games has agreed to host the PPBSO Drumming Summit and build it into their schedule for the event on March 30, 2024. The Toronto Indoor Games was a stalwart of the Ontario games circuit back in the early formation of the PPBSO and subsequent Toronto Branch. The […]
Piping in Kutztown, PA – Piping & Drumming in Edinboro, PA Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming will hold two, weeklong Summer Camps, one in eastern Pennsylvania, one in the west. The first session, July 7-12, will be a piping camp at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA. The following week, July […]
