The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association announced yesterday that their Annual General Meeting will be held as an online zoom meeting on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 11 am. Their decision to hold an online meeting is in order to follow COVID-19 guidance from the Scottish Government, and to allow […]
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Troon Blackrock Pipe Band looking to add experience to their pipe corps
The Ayrshire-based band, led by Pipe Major Mitchell Walker, are looking for experienced pipers to help maintain a core number of players for contests and engagements, due to shift working, holidays and the ongoing effects of Covid19. The Grade 4B band will play up to Grade 4A/3 at minor contests, […]
Pipe Band Drumming Teacher wanted
East Dunbartonshire Council are looking for a Pipe Band Drumming Teacher to work across its schools. Application deadline is Tuesday, February 8 – a week today! The contract is offering a fixed term, part-time position of 14 hours per week. Find out more at the link: https://bit.ly/EastDunDrum2022
February Piping Challenge starts today
The National Piping Centre is asking pipers to take part in the February Piping Challenge in preparation for the 2022 piping season. The month-long Challenge will encourage players of all levels to get the pipes out the box. After a long period where pipers haven’t had many reasons to practice, […]
Iain Lowther appointed at QVS / Donald Drone
Iain Lowther has been appointed as the new Piping Instructor at Queen Victoria School, Dunblane. He takes over from Gordon Ross, ex-Gordon Highlanders. Iain, pictured, taught piping at The National Piping Centre (TNPC) after retiring from the Army where he was a Scots Guards Pipe Major. He is also the […]
Stuart Letford reviews the James Duncan Mackenzie Collection
James Duncan Mackenzie had a busy and creative lockdown. The Silver Medallist from Lewis, Scotland published this, his first collection, at the end of 2021 and he has just released his third solo-piping album, a recording that features music from the book. Too many collections produced these days contain page […]
Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition cancelled
This year’s Pipe Major Donald MacLeod MBE Memorial Piping Competition has been cancelled, Bagpipe.news has learned. Organisers, The Lewis & Harris Piping Society, cite the uncertainty of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The competition had been due to take place at the Caladh Inn, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis on Friday, April […]
CLASP profile: Alexander Kinkade
Where are you from and how did you get into piping?I am from the U.S.A., residing in the state of Ohio. Growing up in Utah, my dad played for the Galloway Highlanders, a regimental band. The band had me as its Drum Major at the age of five or six, […]
Tributes paid to young Scottish piper / Donaldson book published
Tributes have been paid to a young Scottish piper who has died aged 17. Warren Graham, from the Ayrshire town of Kilmarnock, died on Tuesday. He was well known in the area for his musical talents. A spokesman for Kilmarnock Pipe Band wrote on its social media page: “The band […]
History of the Argyllshire Gathering part 38
1973 By Jeannie Campbell MBE In September 1972, under the headline ‘Girl Pipers to Breach Male Stronghold’, The Press and Journal had this: “Two girls will challenge a men-only bastion when they enter one of the top piping competitions at the National Mòd in Inverness on October 7. And the […]