GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey. Piping Today #80, 2016. The Highland bagpipe can create some of the most rhythmically amazing music imaginable. A well-practised set of mitts can rattle off near endless streams of reels, jigs, strathspeys and hornpipes. Highland dancers would be lost if not struck dead still without […]
The Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust is interested in supporting careers for pipers and drummers, and has offered paid internships to help a snare drummer and piper on their way to becoming qualified instructors. The internships are based at Preston Lodge High School in East Lothian. Once two […]
Young musicians across Moray will get to grips with Scotland’s national instruments, thanks to a scheme which will make affordable piping and drumming lessons more available. Primary and secondary schools across Moray will benefit from a pioneering project that will help pupils to learn the pipes and drums and to […]
Cameron Drummond of Edinburgh was the winner of the popular Pipe Major’s Wheel of Fortune competition, which was held at Danderhall Miners’ Club in Midlothian on Saturday 29 April 2023. The event, which is hosted by the City of Edinburgh Pipe Band, requires pipers to play a medley of tunes […]
The Highlands & Islands Music & Dance Festival is taking place today, April 29 in Oban High School. The competitions are organised by the Netherlorn Piping Society. The solo piping results so far are as follows: P/A Grade Piobaireachd P/A Grade March, Strathspey and Reel B Grade Piobaireachd B Grade March, […]
The National Piping Centre have been steadily growing their YouTube content since launching their channel last summer. You will find musical highlights from the Piping Live! festival, tuition videos, world class Glenfiddich Piping competition performances, interviews with Glenfiddich 2022 participants such as Willie McCallum, Fred Morrison and Murray Henderson, and […]
On Friday, April 21st, G1 Reeds announced on social media the sad news that John Elliott passed away on April 20, 2023. John was well known all around the piping world as the owner of G1 Reeds, which he established and grew into one of the premier reed and chanter […]
• PART 14 • BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. The Highland Gathering 1897 The fourth annual Highland Gathering of the London Highland Athletic Club was held at Stamford Bridge on Whit Monday, June 7, 1897 in favourable weather. There were two international events between teams from Ireland and Scotland, a hurling […]
The American Pipe Band Championships took place as part of the Virginia International Tattoo in Norfolk, Virginia on Saturday, April 22. The event was live streamed on Facebook and all the performances are available to watch on the links below. Go directly to Ulster Scottish Pipe Band’s Grade 2 winning […]
