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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Piping Live!’s prestigious international Under 21 competition is back, in person, for this year, and applications are now open. With four heats through the week of the festival from Monday 8th – Thursday 11th August, and a final later on Thursday, this is a great opportunity for young solo players […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Scottish Pipers’ Association professional contest took place today, April 30, in The National Piping Centre. The results were: P/A/Open Piobaireachd William Geddes, Old Men of the Shells Steven Leask, Big Spree Ben Duncan, Lord Lovat’s LamentJudges: A Forbes, D Fraser Open Marches John Dew Steven Gray Greig Canning Callum […]
The Inveraray Highland Games takes place in the grounds of Inveraray Castle on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Solo piping entries for the Games are now being accepted and must arrive with the Piping Secretaries no later than June 24. The Senior entry form can be found here. The Junior entry […]
Tickets are now on sale for The Captain John A MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner and Recital Competition on Friday, August 26, 2022. The venue will be The Waldorf Astoria Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh. The pipers who have kindly agreed to play are as follows:•Iain Speirs (3-time former winner)•Angus McColl (2019 […]
