Gill Cairns won the 29th annual Archie Kenneth Quaich competition, held for amateur ceòl mòr players. Held online on May 22 (video submissions recorded live using two devices), Gill played Pipe Major Donald MacLeod MBE’s composition, Lament for John Morrison of Assynt House from her home on the Mediterranean island […]
Pipers around the British Commonwealth are being asked to help mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee next summer by playing a tune composed for the occasion by Stuart Liddell of Inveraray, Scotland. Organisers ask that pipers play the tune as the sun sets on June 2, 2022. The Queen ascended to […]
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) is advising pipe band members to acquaint themselves with the COVID-19 guidance of their respective governments ahead of a much anticipated return to pipe band practices. The guidance is of particular relevance to bands in the four constituent countries of the UK. Bands […]
Aboyne Highland Games will hold its piping competitions online for the second consecutive year. Entries are open now. Pipers are required to record their performances separately, upload them to YouTube then send the Unlisted urls to Jack Taylor by midnight (UK time) on July 14. The winning performances will be […]
The Argyllshire Gathering and The Northern Meeting will not go ahead this year. On behalf of The Northern Meeting, Alan Forbes (Piping Convenor) said in a short statement: “With great regret, the Northern Meeting Piping Committee has decided to cancel the competition again this year due to the ongoing uncertainty […]
It’s been 22 months since we set off for Ascension. In two more, all things being equal, we’ll arrive back in Scotland. It’s also eight months since I last wrote a ‘Piping on another planet’ blog for Bagpipe.News so now seems like a good time to round up our adventures […]
John Dew of Crieff, Scotland was the overall ‘Champion Piper’ at the 2021 online Atholl Gathering. Dew notched two firsts: in the Open MSR and the Hornpipe & Jig. In the big music, Ben McClamrock scooped the A Grade, Scott Armstron the B Grade and Kyle Howie the C Grade. […]
The piping scene in Northern Ireland is looking forward to a short festival of events this summer. The Northern Ireland branch of the RSPBA has confirmed dates and venues for three events: August 7 in Antrim – Pipe bands, Drum Majors and Highland dancers. August 21 in Cookstown – Solo […]
The next member of the Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers (CLASP) to be profiled is Gill Cairns, who is currently domiciled in Malta. • Where are you from and how did you get into piping?I’m originally from Inverness, Scotland. I’ve lived around the world, most recently in Singapore, Madrid […]
The National Piping Centre’s (NPC) extended target to raise funds in order to digitise the archives of the Piping Times, Piping Today and International Piper has closed with just over £34,000 donated. The project also includes the production of the first new bumper edition Piping Times annual, which will be […]
