Where are you from and how did you get into piping?I am from the U.S.A., residing in the state of Ohio. Growing up in Utah, my dad played for the Galloway Highlanders, a regimental band. The band had me as its Drum Major at the age of five or six, […]
Tributes have been paid to a young Scottish piper who has died aged 17. Warren Graham, from the Ayrshire town of Kilmarnock, died on Tuesday. He was well known in the area for his musical talents. A spokesman for Kilmarnock Pipe Band wrote on its social media page: “The band […]
1973 By Jeannie Campbell MBE In September 1972, under the headline ‘Girl Pipers to Breach Male Stronghold’, The Press and Journal had this: “Two girls will challenge a men-only bastion when they enter one of the top piping competitions at the National Mòd in Inverness on October 7. And the […]
Well known Scottish piper, James Duncan Mackenzie has released his third solo ablum. Fìbhig (pronounced Fee-vik), an Old Norse word meaning ‘of a bay and hamlet,’ features 19 tunes and one song, all composed and recorded by Mackenzie from his home in Shawbost on the Hebridean island of Lewis. Other […]
By Jeannie Campbell MBE The recent article about the Eagle Pipers gave only a brief mention to the Open competitions run by the Society. For me, and perhaps for others, my only contact with the Eagle Pipers came from attending the annual competition, which at the time was one of […]
Inspiration comes from many places. For G. S. MacLennan, for exampe, it was a dripping tap that inspired him to create The Little Cascade. For Donald MacLeod, it was seemingly the sound of some pipers throwing up on a bus returning from a pipe band competition that lay behind his […]
After last week’s post on Andrew Pitkeathly appeared, we were contacted by quite a number of readers who wrote of their fond memories of this unassuming piping legend. One of them, Graham Adams from Australia, was a pupil of Andrew’s father, Bob for many years and he came to know […]
The altpibroch website, which has lain dormant since the death of ceòl mòr scholar J. David Hester, has been rebranded and relaunched as The Pibroch Network. The website curates a network of digital resources devoted to the learning, teaching, performance and wider public appreciation of pibroch. Known as The Alt […]
In the second part of the 2017 College of Piping Lecture, ALAN FORBES talked about the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society. At the start of Alan’s presentation, the audience was treated to a performance of Roddy Campbell’s Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society by Andrew Frater, Robert Frater and John Frater. The Scottish […]
This year’s Duncan Johnstone Memorial Piping Competition will go ahead in person on Saturday, March 12, This popular competition is run jointly by the Competing Pipers’ Association (CPA) and the National Piping Centre. B Grade contests will be held at The National Piping Centre’s campus in McPhater Street while C […]
