The Virginia Military Institute Music Department invites applications for a full-time Pipe Band Director and instructor beginning August 2022. The successful candidate will lead the VMI Pipes and Drums, an element of the VMI Regimental Band. Established in 1997, the VMI Pipes and Drums has grown to be the largest […]
Now in its second year of the programme, Emerging Composers: 20 Years Young is a fantastic paid opportunity to write for Scotland’s only concert pipe band. The NYPBS is calling for emerging composers aged 18-25 (or up to 30 if you identify as disabled) from both inside and out of the […]
Kyle Warren has an exciting project this year to record an album with Greentrax, produce a music video for a single release and broadcast a live stream concert of the full album. The Crowdfunder page can be found here. As well as his busy solo projects, Kyle is playing with […]
The Eagle Pipers’ Society has taken over the running of The Captain John A MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner and Recital Competition. The event is one of Edinburgh’s very few premier solo piping events and honours of one the founding members of the Eagle Pipers’ Society. This year’s date is now […]
by KEN A. CAMERON Chairman, Lochaber Piping Society After all the forced dearth of “real” events over the last couple of years, holding a proper in-person event so soon after relaxation of the COVID rules could have gone either of two ways – maybe we wouldn’t get many contestants as […]
The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland is a community bringing young people together in support of the pipe band tradition, whilst exploring new ideas and what is possible outside of pipe band competition in the concert setting. The National Youth Pipe Band provides unique development opportunities and experiences for […]
Piping Live! – Glasgow International Piping Festival is excited to announce a new competition for emerging talent. The competition gives new UK-based acts the chance to compete for a slot on the festival’s popular Street Café Stage and Festival Club. To enter, acts must supply a link to one track […]
The National Piping Centre have announced three concerts coming up over the summer of 2022 as part of Scotland on Tour. Scotland on Tour will take place over the next 12 months, supporting the creation of hundreds of concerts and performances at much-loved arts centres, town halls and community venues […]
Entries are open for this year’s annual bellows piping competition organised by the Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS), and they have also announced a Piobaireachd Masterclass weekend with Allan MacDonald. The competition takes place on Saturday, April 9 at the Burgh Halls in the historical West Lothian town of […]
The team behind Glasgow International Piping Festival – Piping Live! are delighted to announce that they will be returning to the streets of Glasgow from August 6 – 14, so get the date in your diary now! Returning to the in-person format of 2019, there will be bands on Buchanan […]
