By Jeannie Campbell MBE The Caledonian Society of London was instituted in 1839 and had its first formal session in 1839-1840 although some activities had started as early as 1837. The impetus seems to have been a desire by professional Scots, particularly those from the Lowlands, to create an alternative […]
By Wilson Brown (NPC Piping Instructor and Tuition Co-ordinator) On March 20, 2020, the National Piping Centre (NPC) closed its doors to students and, like most of the world, went into lockdown. The last student to be taught in person was Lou Lanaro, a 72-year-old piper from Collingwood, Ontario. Lou […]
Entries are open for the National Piping Centre’s annual junior solo piping competition which returns next winter … in person. The competition will take place in Glasgow on February 19, 2022 across the organisation’s two campuses – in McPhater Street in the city centre and in Otago Street in the […]
By Jeannie Campbell MBE There are many war memorials in and around Glasgow but one of the most striking is that of the Cameronians in Kelvingrove Park with its three figures of soldiers in the midst of battle. In the summer during the week prior to the World Pipe Band […]
Where are you from and how did you get into piping?My name is Alexander Hess from Dortmund (Northrhine Westfalia, Germany) and I got into piping by visiting local Highland Games and booking a piper for the wedding of friend. How has the pandemic affected your piping personally?Due to short-time work […]
The very first Piping Times Annual is anticipated to be on sale from the end of this month. Currently, the publication – at a whopping 154 pages – is being printed and bound. A spokesman for the National Piping Centre (NPC) estimated the on sale date as being “possibly the […]
In the eight years since I moved to Scotland from Pittsburgh, many of the spoils of life in this new place have long since gone from novel to normal. No longer must I wait until a highland games to purchase piping goods in person; I can pop into a wide […]
London: November 6 – Callum Beaumont of Dollar, Scotland took the overall aggregate prize at the 81st annual London Championship yesterday. Beaumont’s success is the second time he has been the overall champion piper at this competition – the first time being in 2019 – and means he will be […]
By Angus MacPhail of Skipinnish Here’s a health to the fishermen who plough the lonely seaAnd battle with the ocean where it’s in their blood to be.Dear the fruitful bounty of the blind and savage foam.They’re the last of the hunters, and they’re proudly sailing home. The sea is beautiful, […]
[updated with photograph] London, England – November 5, 2021 – Glenn Brown was awarded the Bràtach Gorm tonight in from of a good-sized audience in the Caledonian Club in Belgravia. It’s the second time Glenn has won this competition and his win means he is the second invitee to next […]
