About 1955, Col. J.P. Grant of Rothiemurchus, then one of the most important and influential men in piping, wrote the following letter, presumably for the Piping Times, but apparently decided not to send it. Thanks to the late James Campbell, it was published in the Piping Times of September 1985. […]
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey Piping Today #61, 2012. The pipes, and maybe along with the accordion, are the poor bullied souls of the music world. So often the butt of jokes, especially in the world of “classical” music — and, by the way, that’s only from my own experience. […]
Theory Top-Up by Tim Cummings Piping Today #70, 2014. Piping Today published a series of articles in issues 57, 58, 63 and 64 that addressed the topic of musical keys and how they relate to our music. I understand that some readers have enrolled in therapy since trying to digest […]
The Lewis & Harris Piping Society is reviving its programme of recitals over the winter, beginning with a performance from Callum Beaumont in Stornoway on Saturday, November 9. The Society ran a popular programme of recitals from the time it was formed in the 1970s until about a decade ago. Its […]
The Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS) holds its annual conference (‘collogue’) next month. The conference is open to all. This year the society, founded in 1983, has another interesting day of presentations and music lined up. A central feature of the day is the centenary of the birth of […]
Anne Spalding of Tayside, Scotland was awarded the Balvenie Medal for services to piping yesterday at the 2019 Glenfiddich Championship. Anne is someone who has truly spent a lifetime in piping. In December 2012 Lowri Potts visited Anne at her home in Broughty Ferry to discuss her piping life. Their […]
Finlay Johnston took home the overall prize at the 2019 Glenfiddich Piping Championship, held as ever in a crowded Ballroom of Blair Castle in Perthshire today. It was the second time that Finlay Johnston won the award, successfully defending the title he first won in 2018. He gained this year’s […]
The funeral of Bob Shepherd, who died yesterday, will take place on Tuesday, November 5 at 14:15 at Kirkcaldy Crematorium in Rosemount Ave, Kirkcaldy KY2 6HQ. Robert Thompson Shepherd died on Thursday after an illness. He had been ill for a while. Bob contributions to the pipe band world were […]
With Scotland’s 2019 highland games and pipe band season now well over we look ahead to 2020 and post the following dates for your diary. At this early stage, some events – and most pipe band competition dates except the ‘majors’ – have yet to be confirmed, and so we […]
This Saturday’s Glenfiddich Invitational Solo Piping Championship will once again be streamed live over the internet. The stream will be live from 09:45 on Saturday morning at www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/livestream. While the stream itself is free, donations are encouraged, with all money raised going to the Scottish Pipers’ Association (SPA), currently in […]
