The Closkelt 2022 concert takes place on Saturday, March 26 at the 400-seat Market Place Theatre in Armagh City, Northern Ireland. The concert will be Closkelt Pipe Band’s first public performance since promotion to Grade 1 in winter 2019. It’s also the first performance with a new back line lead […]
To celebrate St Patrick’s Day we are sharing a couple of traditional Irish tunes courtesy of Con Houlihan. Con is the Pipe Major of the Cullen Pipe Band from the Sliabh Luachra area of County Cork. He is also a Grade 1 CLASP competitor and is the father of Silver […]
It may not win a Golden Globe, but we thought the promo movie was very creative and a lot of fun and wanted to share it with you. The PPBSO President, Michael Grey, was happy to share the sheet music with the bagpipe.news readers in the hope of encouraging more […]
Dr. Lachie Dick Takes Professional Aggregate by CHARLIE MARTIN For the 11th year, the first weekend of March saw pipers compete in the Redding Bagpipe Competition in California. After a year of pandemic break, where virtual competitions were held, “Redding” helped start the in-person competitive year for California. Besides the […]
Organisers have confirmed that Aboyne Highland Games will be held on Saturday, August 6, on the Village Green, Aboyne. It will mark the first time since 2019 that the games has been staged, after being cancelled for the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. Featuring solo piping, […]
Tom Peterkin broke his own record on Saturday, March 12, by winning his fifth Archie Kenneth Quaich in the 30th annual amateur piobaireachd competition. The venue was The Scots Guards Club, Haymarket, Edinburgh. Tom Peterkin: Corrienessan’s Salute John Nevans: Clan Campbell’s Gathering Colin MacKenzie: Flame of Wrath Matthew Kirkwood: Battle […]
The BCPA will be conducting the 2022 BCPA 89th Annual Gathering as an Online Only solo event again this year. The event will take place on April 15 and 16 2022. Solo piping and drumming events will be offered for all amateur grades and for Open/Professional level competitors. The 2021 […]
The 22nd Duncan Johnstone Memorial Piping Competition was held yesterday, Saturday March 12, at The National Piping Centre’s McPhater Street and Otago Street venues. Thank you to all competitors for their attendance and congratulations to the winners. OVERALL WINNERSB Grade Overall winner: Ben Mulhearn (Piobaireached preference) B GRADE PIOBAIREACHD Ben Mulhearn […]
The Scottish National Rugby team are playing Italy at the Olympic Stadium in Rome tomorrow, Saturday March 12, and once again Riccardo Brunelli and the City of Rome Pipe Band have been asked to play the Scottish national anthem for the team. The City of Rome Pipe Band, currently led […]
To recognise the wealth of international bagpipe music today, we have published a photo series taken at Piping Live!,The Glasgow International Piping Festival, from 2009 to 2019, featuring a wide variety of international bagpipes and musicians. Piping Live! will return this year from August 6 – 14. For all the […]
