After a great success in recent years, the BAG Winter Competition 2023 will again be hosted in Bremen by "Crest of Gordon - City of Bremen Pipes & Drums". We hope to create an international stage again this year to ring in a new competition season. Even bigger, even more beautiful, even more pipes & drums. With this […]
The Next Term of Evening Classes will start from Monday, January 23 – Thursday, March 30 2023. Suitable for everyone from complete beginners to advanced pipers, these weekly classes in small groups will provide a supportive and fun learning environment. There are in person and online classes available, so click the options in the booking form […]
The next term of the Bellows evening classes will start from Tues 24th Jan - Tues 28th March 2023. This 10 week evening class course replaces the Bellows piping course which used to run at The National Piping Centre Otago Street. This will run in two hour slots, one from Novice players and one for […]
•Brìghde Chaimbeul, Ross Ainslie & Steven Byrnes ast Piping Live! 2022. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2023 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music. The Celtic Connection website says about the Brìghde, Ross and Steve playing as a trio: "Brìghde Chaimbeul and Ross Ainslie started working on music around 4 years ago focusing on double […]
• David Shedden piping with Assynt at Piping Live! 2016. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2023 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music. The Celtic Connection website says about the concert: “Glasgow based folk trio Assynt are former BBC Radio Scotland Young Musician of the Year finalists, Graham Mackenzie (fiddle) and David Shedden (pipes/whistles) alongside […]
•The weekly Trad in the Tryst music session pictured. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news The National Piping Centre will be running The Pipers’ Tryst Sessions – four days of workshops, group lessons and sessions during the Celtic Connections festival from Thursday 26 - Sunday 29 January 2023. Taught by pipers in the folk scene, this event will focus […]
•Fred Morrison at Piping Live! 2022. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news
•Malin Lewis playing in the Two Octaves concert at Celtic Connections 2020. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2023 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music. The Celtic Connection website says about the concert: "Malin Lewis is an award-winning piper, fiddler, composer and instrument-maker from Ardnamurchan and Skye. They marry deep traditional roots with adventurous innovation […]
John Dew and Calum Brown will compete in the first semi-final of the Scots Guards Club Knockout competition on Sunday, January 29, with a 4pm start. Tickets are £5, pay at the door. Pies on sale at half time. The pipers will play 30 minutes of music each, and the audience votes for the winner. […]
•Allan MacDonald and Finlay MacDonald playing at Piping Live! 2022. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2023 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music. The Celtic Connection website says about the concert: "Piping legend Allan MacDonald brings a lifetime of musical mastery to Celtic Connections 2023. A leading light in the Gaelic musical scene, Allan MacDonald […]
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