A total of 27 members of staff at the National Piping Centre have been made redundant as a result of reduced activity across the board caused by coronavirus pandemic. The organisation said today in a statement: “The National Piping Centre (NPC) announced on September 1, 2020 that it had commenced […]
Calum Brown of Aberdeen, Scotland and Bobby Allen of Chryston, Scotland, came out top today at the annual Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Solo Competitions. Brown won all five senior events. The competition was held online due to the cornoavirus pandemic. ResultsOpen 18 Years and OlderCeòl Mòr – 1. Calum Brown; […]
One of the most hotly tipped competitive solo pipers making their way through the B grade, multiple pipe band championship-winning John Dew (a recent graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) presents his first solo recording effort, The High Bridge Walk. Let’s get real. John is someone I know. I […]
By Jeannie Campbell MBE Some time ago, Mrs Gatens from Fife donated some piping memorabilia to the Museum of Piping at the College of Piping (now at the National Piping Centre). The items belonged to her late husband, Ernest D. Gatens. Among the books and chanters were some other interesting […]
The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland (NYPBoS) begins an online teaching programme next month for youngsters in the Hebrides, the islands off Scotland’s west coast. From Monday 12 to Friday 16, a series of live sessions, (using Zoom videoconference software), tutorials and online music making with some guest musicians […]
Our article last Saturday, ‘Pipers’ choice’, about the pieces of ceòl mòr submitted at the Glenfiddich, has proven popular with readers. We noted, you will recall, that at the 1976 competition, the tune most commonly submitted by the pipers was Lament for Mary MacLeod. In joint second place came Lament […]
Ben McClamrock of Washington DC, USA and Alex Gandy of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada came out top at the Competing Pipers’ Association’s recent online competitions for those members graded Premier or A Grade. Results: Ceòl Mòr – 1. Ben McClamrock (Ronald MacDonald of Morar’s Lament); 2. Sandy Cameron, Roy Bridge, […]
Stuart Easton and Willliam Rowe were the prizewinners at Wellington Pipers’ Club’s annual solo piping competitions held at Scots College in the New Zealand city on Saturday. The competitions were held in person due to the New Zealand government’s success in handling the cornovarius pandemic. Easton, of Palmerston North won […]
Applications are now open to pipers and drummers wishing to compete at the 14th annual Balmoral Classic US Junior Solo Highland Piping Championships, which is being held virtually. Applications are due on October 14 and video recordings due between November 4 and 8. There is a limit of 15 piping […]
The Glenfiddich Solo Piping Championship was established in 1974 to “inspire and stimulate the world’s finest individual pipers and to seek the best overall exponents of ceòl mòr and ceòl beag.” From the start, the event was a success and it remains the last supreme solo piping championship of the […]
