The Midwest Highlands Arts Fund (MHAF) Board of Directors announced the 21st anniversary of Winter Storm – The Pipes and Drums Event in Kansas City, will be held January 11 – 14, 2024. Online registration for the 2024 workshop and the piping and drumming competitions opened on October 1, 2023. […]
We are two weeks away from the Fred Morrison and Chris Armstrong recital in the King Robert Hotel, Bannockburn, Stirling. The event is on Friday, October 13, 7.30pm and tickets are £10 and available on the door. The Stirling Piping Recitals are organised by Craig Muirhead to bring the pipers […]
George Watson’s College in Edinburgh have announced an new piobaireachd competition divided into 18 & Under and 14 & Under sections. The first competition will be held at George Watson’s College Music School on Sunday, November 26, 2023, and it is planned to be an annual event. Pipe Major Ross […]
Ten of the world’s greatest solo pipers are set to compete in this year’s Glenfiddich Piping Championship, which celebrates its 50th edition at the spectacular Blair Castle on Saturday, October 28, 2023. With advance tickets already sold out, this year’s event is shaping up to be a formidable competition in […]
The contestants and dates of the next Scots Guards Association’s popular Knockout series have been announced. The pipers are required to perform a set lasting 30 minutes. The set needs to contain one March, Strathspey and Reel and the ground of a piobaireachd. An audience vote decides the winner of […]
Pittsburgh’s Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming invites young pipers age 21 and under to apply to participate in the 2023 Balmoral Classic: US Junior Solo Bagpiping Championship. The competition will be held on Saturday, November 4, 2023, from 9:00am to 4:30pm. An awards ceremony will follow at 5:00pm. The […]
The SCOTS PGC College in Warwick, Queensland, Australia has a job opportunity for a ‘Pipe Band Master’. Sandy Dalziel has been the Pipe Master since 2005 and has taken the band to many local, national and international events and competitions, but there is room to grow the band further. The […]
A semester of study here in Scotland at one of this country’s leading universities may offer a once in a lifetime academic experience. If you want to study piping, this could also give you a summer of piping, the chance to play in a Scottish pipe band, travel around Scotland […]
The 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band have announced Michael Grey as their new Pipe Major. Mike is a well known figure throughout every facet of the piping world, whether it be solo piping, pipe bands, piping albums and recordings, pipe tune compositions and tune books, piping adjudication, piping tuition, or […]
Eight of the world’s best pipers will be competing at The Springbank Invitational Competition, held at the Argyll Arms Hotel, Campbeltown, Argyllshire, on Saturday, September 16 commencing 10am. The competition was initiated in 2000 by the Kintyre Piping Society and has been sponsored by the local Springbank Distillery since its […]
