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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Come and Try the Bagpipe Session
DESCRIPTION:  \nVisit 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. \nSessions \nSaturday 20th January 12pm \nFriday 26th January 12pm  \nFriday 26th January 2pm \nSaturday 27th January 12pm \nFriday 2nd February 12pm  \nFriday 2nd February 2pm \nSaturday 3rd February 12pm
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-come-and-try-the-bagpipe-session/
LOCATION:The National Piping Centre\, 30-34 McPhater Street\, Glasgow\, G4 0HW\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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SUMMARY:Late bar at The Pipers’ Tryst for Celtic Connections 2024
DESCRIPTION:If you are out late during Celtic Connections and wish to prolong your evening with drinks\, or perhaps find space for a few session tunes\, take yourself and your instruments and head to The Pipers’ Tryst\, McPhater Street\, Glasgow. The Piper’s Tryst bar at The National Piping Centre is open till 2am from Saturday\, January 20 till Saturday\, February 3 – apart from this Sunday\, January 21. \nThe Pipers’ Tryst restaurant can be booked here for dinner and drinks before your Celtic Connections concert. Please see below for the food service times. These times may be subject to late change\, so if you plan to visit without a booking\, please call 0141 353 5551 to check availability. \n\n\n\n\nDay\nOpening Times\n\n\n\n\nMonday\nBreakfast 8am – 11.30am*\, Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm\, Dinner 5pm – 8pm (last orders 7.30pm)\n\n\nTuesday\nBreakfast 8am – 11.30am*\, Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm\, Dinner 5pm – 8pm (last orders 7.30pm)\n\n\nWednesday\nBreakfast – 8am 11.30am*\, Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm\, Dinner 5pm – 8pm (last orders 7.30pm)\n\n\nThursday\nBreakfast – 8am 11.30am*\, Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm\, Dinner 5pm – 8pm (last orders 7.30pm)\n\n\nFriday\nBreakfast 8am – 11.30am*\, Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm\, Dinner 5pm – 9pm (last orders 8.30pm)\n\n\nSaturday\nBreakfast 8am – 11.30am*\, Lunch 12pm – 2.30pm\, Dinner 5pm – 9pm (last orders 8.30pm)\n\n\nSunday\nClosed – Hotel Guest Breakfast service only\n\n\n\n\n\n* Hotel Residents breakfast from 08.00 – 10.00\n\n\n\n\n\n\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n\nOver the course of the next two weeks\, 1200 artists will perform at over 300 events\, lighting up 25 venues across the city with world-class performances and exclusive collaborations for what is the biggest winter music festival of its kind in Europe. \nThe National Piping Centre will play host to nine concerts as well as offering seven Come and Try the Bagpipes workshops on selected dates across the festival. \nThere are more than 20 concerts featuring bagpipes\, or bagpipe-related music\, and they have all been listed on the Bagpipe.News Event Calendar here.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/late-bar-at-the-pipers-tryst-for-celtic-connections-2024/
LOCATION:The Pipers’ Tryst\, 30-34 McPhater Street\, Glasgow\, G12 8JH\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="The National Piping Centre":MAILTO:learn@thepipingcentre.co.uk
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening and Falasgair
DESCRIPTION:•Falasgair \nHighlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music.  \nThe Celtic Connection website says about the concert: “In this exciting performance at the Drygate Brewery\, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening explore the connecting threads of music\, landscape and people over a period of almost 2\,000 years. Named after the old Northumbrian word for twilight\, The Darkening is made up of four North-East England-based members: Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian smallpipes\, fiddle\, vocals)\, Amy Thatcher (accordion\, synth\, clogs\, vocals)\, Kieran Szifris (octave mandolin)\, Joe Truswell (drums\, percussion); with Josie Duncan from the Isle of Lewis (vocals\, clarsach). Together these dazzling musicians create musical magic; dynamic and unique ‘Ancient Northumbrian Futurism’. \n\n“Support comes from the Isle of Skye’s Falasgair. Playing a mix of traditional\, contemporary\, and self-penned tunes\, their sound is spearheaded by Macaulay Ross (fiddle)\, Dougal McKiggan (whistle) and Finn MacPherson (bagpipes)\, and reinforced by Ben Muir (keyboard)\, Caetano Hayes Pelletti (guitar and bouzouki)\, and Eoghainn Beaton (bodhran). ‘Imagine the exquisite playing of Ross Ainslie combined with the pace and stomp of Talisk.’ (The Folky Gibbon)”
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-kathryn-tickell-the-darkening-and-falasgair/
LOCATION:Drygate Brewery\, 85 Drygate\, Glasgow\, G4 0UT\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Balmoral Winter Workshop Online 2024
DESCRIPTION:BALMORAL WINTER WORKSHOP\, FEB. 2-4\, 2024 \nInstructors will be Robert Mathieson\, Derek Midgley\, and Andrew Carlisle \nBalmoral’s upcoming Winter Workshop will be a 3-day remote-learning session\, held via Zoom. The cost is $275 USD. Students who refer new students to us will receive $50 off the price of the workshop for every new student referred. Instruction will be provided in small classes\, as well as one-on-one sessions with instructors. Our exciting lineup of guest piping instructors includes: \nRobert Mathieson (Hamilton\, Scotland) is a composer of pipe music\, as well as an award-winning Pipe Major. He served as pipe major of the Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band of North Lanarkshire\, Scotland\, 1986-2010. The band won 30 major championships under his leadership and was a 5-time winner of the World Pipe Band Championships. \nDerek Midgley (New Jersey\, USA) has won the B Marches & Silver Medal at the Northern Meeting\, 2nd in the Highland Society of London Gold Medal at Oban; Dunvegan Medal\, 6/8 Marches & 2/4 Marches at Dunvegan. Has also won\, the Piobaireachd Society Gold Medal and  Bar to the Piobaireachd Society Gold Medal at Maxville (Canada)\, Overall at the US Piping Foundation\, and the Piobaireachd at The Metro Cup (USA). \nAndrew Carlisle (Northern Ireland/Pittsburgh) is the Director of Piping at Carnegie Mellon University\, and has won the A Grade Strathspey & Reel at Oban\, the A Grade Piobaireachd & Overall at The Cowal Highland Gathering\, the United States Piping Foundation Overall 5-times and three All-Ireland titles at Senior level. \nJust some of the Topics previously covered in Balmoral’s Winter Workshop Classes \n\nBand Craft: Being an Effective Band Member\nPreparing for Solo Performance\nBagpipe Ergonomics: Good Tone\, Steady Blowing & Comfort\nTechniques for Memorization & Sightreading\nContrasting Simple & Compound Time Signatures\nUnpacking Piobaireachd Embellishments\nInstrument Maintenance\nReed Setup\nTransitioning from Chanter to Pipes\nClasses in 2/4 March\, Jigs\, and Strathspey & Reel\nPiobaireachd\nEmbellishments & Muscle Memory\nIrish Airs and Marches\n\nSpecial deal for pipe band members! Bring at least four members of your pipe band to Balmoral’s Winter Workshop and each band member will receive $50 off their tuition.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/balmoral-winter-workshop-online-2024/
LOCATION:Online Zoom\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming":MAILTO:info@bagpiping.org
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: John Mulhearn 'The Pipe Factory' with Mike Vass & Mairearad Green
DESCRIPTION:Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music.   \nThe Celtic Connection website says about the concert: “John Mulhearn is one of Highland piping’s most singular voices\, equally at home in the most traditional or experimental of contexts. His 2020 album\, The Pipe Factory\, released at the height of pandemic restrictions\, is an expression of place and the sonic possibilities of the pipes. With percussionist Iain Sandilands\, and electronic artist Alan Bryden\, he reimagines the album in a live setting: a Glaswegian soundscape set against fizzing drones\, booming beats\, and traditionally inspired melodies\, Mulhearn: ‘makes a powerful case for the Highland bagpipes as a versatile\, irresistible instrument\, and the source of a new\, Scottish sound” (The Quietus). \n“A.D.A.M – A Day A Month explodes onto the Scottish music scene: A mesmerising fusion of ancient song melodies & cutting-edge electronica. Dive into a groundbreaking sonic journey – 10 years in the making – where two phenomenal talents collide. This extraordinary voyage is the brainchild of virtuoso musician and visual artist\, Mairearad Green\, and genius composer-producer\, Mike Vass\, in an electrifying collaboration that pushes the limits of creativity. Their camaraderie unfolds a realm where tradition and modernity pulse in a harmonious cadence. \n“Venture into this thrilling realm where ancient Gaelic song melodies are reimagined amidst the exhilarating backdrop of today’s electronic and ambient soundscape. Welcome to “A.D.A.M” – A Day A Month – the epic ‘pipes and electronics’ chapter of this artistic journey\, a powerful blend of the old and the new.”
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-john-mulhearn-the-pipe-factory-with-mike-vass-mairearad-green/
LOCATION:Drygate Brewery\, 85 Drygate\, Glasgow\, G4 0UT\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band & National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland
DESCRIPTION:•Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band celebrate their Grade 1 Worlds win in 2023. 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: “Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia are the reigning RSPBA World Pipe Band Champions. One of the most storied pipe bands in history\, they have enjoyed success performing in the concert and competition arenas across the globe for over fifty years. Led by Pipe Major Ross Harvey and Leading Drummer Kerr McQuillan\, their exciting band of home grown talent is sure to entertain.\n\n\n•Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Pipe Band at Celtic Connections 2020. Photo: John Slavin @designfolk.com / Bagpipe.news\n\n\n \n“The National Piping Centre’s\, National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland Senior Band brings together some of the country’s elite young players to broaden their experience and explore what is possible in a concert pipe band ensemble. This band is made up of talented musicians who have played in some of the best adult bands in the world\, as well as being members of local community bands. They come together in a space where they are free from any affiliations and can enjoy making innovative new music in professional concert settings.”\n \n 
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-peoples-ford-boghall-and-bathgate-caledonia-pipe-band-national-youth-pipe-band-of-scotland/
LOCATION:Glasgow Royal Concert Hall\, 2 Sauchiehall Street\, Glasgow\, G2 3NY\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: Brìghde Chaimbeul\, Maxwell Quartet & Linda Buckley
DESCRIPTION:•Brìghde Chaimbeul playing at Piping Live! 2019. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news \nHighlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music.  \nThe Celtic Connection website says about the concert:  “Brìghde Chaimbeul is a leading purveyor of experimental Celtic music and of the Scottish smallpipes; a bellows-powered set of bagpipes with a double-note drone. She has devised a completely unique way of arranging for pipe music that emphasises the rich textural drones of the instrument; the constancy of sound that creates a trance-like atmosphere\, played with enticing virtuosic liquidity. \n“The Maxwell Quartet combines a refined approach to classical works\, a passion for its own folk heritage\, and a commitment to expand the string quarter repertoire through wide-ranging projects. Since forming officially in 2010 at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as postgraduate students\, the quartet has collaborated with a global roster of artists and toured extensively. In 2023 The Maxwell Quartet released Gather\, which brings together traditional Scottish music ranging from 1200 to the present day\, such as an ancient Celtic plainchant\, fishermen’s songs\, pipe marches from the Western Isles and Shetland reels\, as well as new compositions. \n“Linda Buckley is an Irish composer/performer who creates electronic and acoustic music\, often in the realm of glitch\, drone and dark ambient. In September 2020 her NMC record\, From Ocean’s Floor was released\, praised by Iggy Pop on BBC Radio 6 as “beautiful music – here is somebody really\, really special” \n“Dopey Monkey Ensemble is a collaboration between Dopey Monkey (Scotland) and Jean-Luc Thomas and Gab Faure (France). Dopey Monkey began in 2015 with Danielle Price and Martin Lee Thomson exploring all things tuba and euphonium. They have since become known for their varied creative output\, drawing together their backgrounds in jazz\, folk\, classical and experimental music\, along with their curiosity for storytelling\, cross arts and collaboration.  Jean-Luc Thomas and Gab Faure know how to train crowds to the well-dancing. But they go far beyond: they infuse into traditional tunes the accents and rhythms harvested along their travels around the world. Their duet adventure freely readapts the dance tunes with creativity\, mutual listening\, reactivity\, variations\, and improvisations. This special concert set sees the musicians sharing the stage playing tunes from their respective repertoire and cultural traditions and collaborating on new pieces – an exchange of tunes\, stories and the cultures they come from.”
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-brighde-chaimbeul-maxwell-quartet-linda-buckley/
LOCATION:The Mackintosh Church\, 870 Garscube Road\, Glasgow\, G20 7EL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Celtic Connections: BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Final 2024
DESCRIPTION:The final of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year competition brings 6 of the country’s rising stars to the stage as they battle for this career-defining accolade. \nThis year’s finalists are: \nJohn Dew – Bagpipes (Perthshire) \nCalum McIlroy – Guitar\, Mandolin & Voice (Aberdeenshire) \nRuairidh Iain Gray – Voice (South Uist) \nEvie Waddell – Voice\, step dance percussion (Stirling) \nMatt Tighe – Fiddle (London) \nElla Munro – Voice (Skye) \nAlways a Celtic Connections highlight\, the final guarantees first-class musical entertainment as well as showcasing emerging talent. Past winners include fiddler Gillian Frame\, concertina-player Mohsen Amini\, and singer Hannah Rarity. The competition was founded in 2000 as a way of encouraging young musicians to keep their tradition alive and is now an established feature on the cultural landscape\, with winners receiving expert support as well as high profile performance opportunities to help launch their careers. Who will win this year’s coveted quaich?
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/celtic-connections-bbc-radio-scotland-young-traditional-musician-of-the-year-final-2024/
LOCATION:City Halls\, Candleriggs\, Glasgow\, G1 1NQ\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Connections":MAILTO:celticconnections@glasgowlife.org.uk
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SUMMARY:Masters of Scottish Arts Concert
DESCRIPTION:  \nEdmonds comes to life with the sounds of Scotland during this wonderful February evening of colorful and exciting music and dance. You’ll hear piping\, drumming and fiddling performed by recognised masters of the instruments. Whether you have just arrived in Seattle from Glasgow or you aren’t the least bit Scottish\, this performance has something for everyone.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/masters-of-scottish-arts-concert/
LOCATION:Edmonds Centre for the Arts\, 410 4th Ave N\, Edmonds\, WA\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celtic Arts Foundation":MAILTO:info@celticarts.org
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240225T130000
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SUMMARY:Belfast TradFest: Smallpipes with Alana MacInnes
DESCRIPTION:Saturday 24th – Sunday 25th February 2024 | 10:30am – 1:00pm | Ulster University\, York Street\, BT15 1ED \nAlana MacInnes is a prominent Scottish piper and traditional musician hailing from South Uist\, an island in the Outer Hebrides. Playing from a young age\, she has become a well-known performer and teacher in the traditional music scene\, both as a soloist and with her band Beira. \nAlana’s music is recognised for its emotive quality\, with a focus on the Scottish piping traditions of her homeland. Her contributions to the traditional music scene and her dedication to promoting and preserving Scottish culture make her an important figure in the music industry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll classes are designed for intermediate to advanced (minimum 2 years instrument experience) adults and children over 6 years of age\, with the exception of Traditional Singing\, Set Dancing\, Sean Nós Dancing & Whistle & Sing\, which are pitched at beginner level while also facilitating the more experienced.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/belfast-tradfest-smallpipes-bagpipes-finn-moore/
LOCATION:Ulster University\, 2-24 York Street\, Belfast\, BT15 1AP\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Solo Highland Piping Competition at Belfast Tradfest
DESCRIPTION:The Belfast Tradfest Solo Piping Competition will see a selection of Ireland’s top Pipers compete for a place in the renowned MacCrimmon Trophy Competition 2024 that takes place annually as part of the Interceltique Festival de Lorient. Recent winners of the MacCrimmon Trophy competition include Andrew Carlisle (Ballygowan) and Robert Watt (Maghera). \nEach competitor will perform a 6-8 minute Irish-inspired medley\, showcasing their unique playing styles. Sit back\, relax and take in some of the best Highland piping to be heard across Ireland. \nGet your tickets early to make sure you don’t miss out. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBelfast TradFest Solo Piping Competition\n\n£5.00\n\n\nSunday 25 February 2024\nDoors: 3:30pm | Unreserved seating\nVenue: The Deer’s Head (Upstairs)\nU14’s must be accompanied by an adult \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe competitor line-up includes: \nScott Wallace is a multi-award-winning bagpiper who has a successful solo piping career having won all the major senior titles in Ireland and has been a regular in prize lists in Scotland. He has played as a member of both world championship winning pipe bands\, Field Marshal Montgomery & St Laurence O’Toole. Over a 13-year stretch he has won every major title multiple times including 6 world titles. He is a current member of Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band. \nReece Doherty is an up-and-coming solo Piper who has had success in local solo competitions and is the current U18 All Ireland champion. Reece’s piping career started at the age of 8 with his late grandfather Billy Doherty. He has competed with Kildoag Pipe Band\, Raphoe Pipe Band and Colmcille Pipe Band. Reece currently plays with Manorcunningham Pipe Band from Co. Donegal. \nAlastair Donaghy has had a very successful solo piping career\, both here in Northern Ireland and over the water in various competitions. He has won the Senior Ulster MSR prize as well as the Senior Ulster Hornpipe and Jig prize. To add to this\, he has also won the C grade MSR and Hornpipe and Jig prize at the prestigious Highland Society of London Competition. \nAlastair has been a member of the Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band since 2016\, and during that time he has won the World Championships 3 times\, as well as a host of other major and All-Ireland championship prizes. \nAlan Glenholmes from Cullybackey currently competes with Grade 1 Closkelt Pipe Band and has previously played with St Laurence O’Toole and Cullybackey Pipe Band. He has won several prizes in solo competitions across Ireland.
URL:https://bagpipe.news/event/invitational-solo-highland-piping-competition-at-belfast-tradfest/
LOCATION:Deer’s Head\, 1–3 Lower Garfield St\, Belfast\, N Ireland\, BT1 1FP\, United Kingdom
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