The Ratae Pipe Band was formed in 2022 and are based in Leicester. They are planning a fundraising concert of solo piping with Stuart Samson and Ben Duncan on Saturday, November 18, in Syston, Leicester – see flyer below for details. The band are led by Pipe Major Bryon Brotherton MBE who is ex-Pipe Major […]
Nestled in the heart of Victoria's picturesque countryside, an hour and a half from Melbourne, Daylesford offers a warm and welcoming setting for this annual celebration, right in the heart of Victoria Park. This charming town, comes alive each year as the gathering takes center stage and showcases drum and pipebands in the morning street […]
This year's BMus Piping Degree Showcase concert will gather music from places across Scotland. Each year group has been assigned a locality of Scotland from which to draw their repertoire. Focusing on specific areas and their associated composers, challenges the students to research the links of music to the places of its origin, and delve […]
For pipe bands and solo piping. This is the second ‘unofficial’ major of the New Zealand pipe band season, and the first where all the Grade One bands compete against each other. The venue, Palmerston North Square is four acres of park in the centre of the city. It is always held on the second […]
•Project Smok at the closing concert of Piping Live! in 2021. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news. Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music. Project Smok share the concert platform with Gaelic singer Katie Macfarlane. The Celtic Connection website says about Project Smok: "Project Smok bring their progressive take on Scottish traditional music to Saint Luke’s […]
•The former line-up of Breabach at Celtic Connections 2019, with James Duncan MacKenzie piping alongside, current band members, Calum MacCrimmon, Megan Henderson, Ewan Robertson and James Lindsay. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music. The Celtic Connection website says about the concert: "A thrilling collaboration uniting two iconic bands, […]
The closing date for entries is 13th January 2024. Late entries will play first. Email G. McNab for more information or entry form • gmenab00@aol.com Events Piobaireachd under 15 Piobaireachd 15-18 March under 15 M.S.R. 15 - 18 Jig under 15 Jig 15 - 18 Chanter 9yrs and under Chanter 10 and 11 years Chanter […]
Visit The National Piping Centre and be welcomed by tunes by a first class bagpiper followed by a guided tour of the Museum of Piping and the chance to try out the pipes for yourself. Sessions Saturday 20th January 12pm Friday 26th January 12pm Friday 26th January 2pm Saturday 27th January 12pm Friday 2nd […]
Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music. The Celtic Connection website says about the concert:"Created by Angus MacPhail and Andrew Stevenson in 1999, Skipinnish is at the very top of Scotland’s vibrant Celtic music scene, and the band is riding an ever-growing wave of popularity. As a traditional Scottish group, singing primarily in […]
•Ali Hutton and Ross Ainslie in concert at Celtic Connections 2019. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music. The Celtic Connection website says about the concert: "Lifelong friends and critically acclaimed Scottish pipers Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton return to Celtic Connections with their masterful arrangements of pipes, whistles, […]
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