Always falling on the second Sunday in June, this year the date for the Ardrossan Highland Games is Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Games are held at the Memorial Playing Fields, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, KA22 8AP, and entries for the juvenile solo piping are open till June 1. The fields are […]
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The National Piping Centre adult summer gathering tutors announced
The National Piping Centre has announced the teachers for the Summer Adult Gathering which runs from July 25-28, 2022. The Gathering will have one-to-one lessons, group workshops and masterclasses taught by Willie McCallum, Ailis Sutherland, David Shedden, John Mulhearn, Malin Lewis, Danny Hutcheson and Dr. Andrew Bova. This school is […]
Carrick Lowland Gathering entries still open for pipe bands and juvenile solo piping
The Carrick Lowland Gathering is taking place in Girvan, Ayrshire on Sunday, June 5, 2022. The Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway Branch of the RSPBA are accepting pipe band entries for the next four days till May 18. Entry forms are available on the RSPBA website here. The Juvenile Solo Piping Competition is […]
Results from the North of Scotland Championships at Banchory
Drum Majors Adult – Banchory Business Association Salver Michael Leitch1. Portlethen Dist2. Graham Wilson – Penicuik & Dist3. Tracy Deans – Grampian District Grade 4B – NOS RSPBA Cup1. Bucksburn & District NJ2. North of Scotland Branch Cup Fraserburgh RBL3. Lathallan Challenge Trophy (Cup) Oldmeldrum RBL4. Robert Gordon’s College NJ […]
Ian K. MacDonald wins the inaugural Joseph MacDonald Memorial prize for piobaireachd
by MAJOR BRUCE W MacDONALD, Ret’d On April 30, 2022, at the 2nd Annual Scottish Performing Arts Classic, Ian K. MacDonald of Toronto, won the inaugural Joseph MacDonald Memorial Prize for Piobaireachd playing The Lament for Patrick Og MacCrimmon. The Clan Donalds Land Trust is the sponsor of the event […]
Up-and-coming band Eabhal to launch new album at National Piping Centre
As part of Scotland on Tour, the exciting initiative to support the recovery of Scotland’s live music industry, the up-and-coming folk group Eabhal will launch their new album Aisling at The National Piping Centre, Glasgow on Friday, May 20. Eabhal formed as a band while all five members were based […]
£50,000 Eilidh’s Trust fund to support Scotland’s young musicians
Young musicians across Scotland are set to benefit from a special £50,000 funding scheme to commemorate five years since the loss of 14-year-old piper Eilidh MacLeod from Barra in the Manchester Arena attack. The Eilidh MacLeod Memorial Trust has opened its largest ever small grants scheme to support young musicians […]
NYPBS search for new music composers: application deadline May 8
Emerging Composers is a fantastic professional development opportunity offering paid commissions for emerging composers creating exciting repertoire from new perspectives for Pipe Band. Now in our second year of the programme, Emerging Composers: 20 Years Young is a fantastic paid opportunity to write for Scotland’s only concert Pipe Band. We […]
Sunday trad sessions at The Pipers’ Tryst
Our Sunday Session is back! Join us today, and each Sunday throughout the summer from 1pm – 4pm at The Pipers’ Tryst for a traditional music session. This week, led by fiddle player Ellie McLaren, piper Ruairidh Buxton and guitarist Gillie O’Flaherty, there will be great tunes, so drop in […]
Lee, MacHattie and Knichel win top solo awards at BCPA 89th Annual Gathering
By MIKE CHISHOLM Director, Communications Chair, BC Pipers’ Association Coquitlam piper Alastair Lee has clinched the BC Pipers’ Association MacCrimmon Memorial Cairn and Medal as the winner of the Open Piobaireachd and the Mary MacLeod Collins Memorial Trophy for the Open piping aggregate at the 2022 Annual Gathering, held online […]