The Piper and the Maker II ~ Celebrating C Twenty years after a lively night in Pitlochry where the first Piper and the Maker album was recorded live, pipe-makers Hamish & Fin Moore felt the time was right for another CD. With some of Scotland’s finest pipers playing Moore pipes, […]
Piping Live!’s prestigious international Under 21 competition Pipe Idol is back for 2023, and applications are now open. With four heats through the week of the festival from Monday 14th – Thursday 17th August, and a final later on Thursday, this is a great opportunity for young solo players from […]
The Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust is interested in supporting careers for pipers and drummers, and has offered paid internships to help a snare drummer and piper on their way to becoming qualified instructors. The internships are based at Preston Lodge High School in East Lothian. Once two […]
Young musicians across Moray will get to grips with Scotland’s national instruments, thanks to a scheme which will make affordable piping and drumming lessons more available. Primary and secondary schools across Moray will benefit from a pioneering project that will help pupils to learn the pipes and drums and to […]
Cameron Drummond of Edinburgh was the winner of the popular Pipe Major’s Wheel of Fortune competition, which was held at Danderhall Miners’ Club in Midlothian on Saturday 29 April 2023. The event, which is hosted by the City of Edinburgh Pipe Band, requires pipers to play a medley of tunes […]
The Highlands & Islands Music & Dance Festival is taking place today, April 29 in Oban High School. The competitions are organised by the Netherlorn Piping Society. The solo piping results so far are as follows: P/A Grade Piobaireachd P/A Grade March, Strathspey and Reel B Grade Piobaireachd B Grade March, […]
The National Piping Centre have been steadily growing their YouTube content since launching their channel last summer. You will find musical highlights from the Piping Live! festival, tuition videos, world class Glenfiddich Piping competition performances, interviews with Glenfiddich 2022 participants such as Willie McCallum, Fred Morrison and Murray Henderson, and […]
On Friday, April 21st, G1 Reeds announced on social media the sad news that John Elliott passed away on April 20, 2023. John was well known all around the piping world as the owner of G1 Reeds, which he established and grew into one of the premier reed and chanter […]
The American Pipe Band Championships took place as part of the Virginia International Tattoo in Norfolk, Virginia on Saturday, April 22. The event was live streamed on Facebook and all the performances are available to watch on the links below. Go directly to Ulster Scottish Pipe Band’s Grade 2 winning […]
The Scottish Pipers Association Professional competition was held in The National Piping Centre today April 22. The overall winner was Roddy MacLeod and the full results were as follows: C Grade Piobaireachd 1st Keith Bowes £70 2nd Finlay Frame £40 3rd Robbie MacIsaac £20 4th Andrew Smith 5th Kyle Shead […]
