• PART 48 • BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. In 1983 the Gathering was held on August 24 and 25. The Gold Medal competition began at 9.15am in the Corran Halls. As had been stated in the report of the previous year the entry qualifications had been changed slightly. The rules […]
The Piping Live festival takes its music to people across Glasgow, and an important part of this is showing Scottish culture and music to the general public and summer tourists in the heart of the city. Once again the Festival will place bands in the busy, bustling surroundings of Buchanan […]
Malin Lewis is a graduate of the RCS Piping Degree course and is a very busy young musician. Malin spoke to Finlay MacDonald on The Piping Show about early piping tuition in Ardnamurchan, being a young pipe maker and specialising on the Lindsay system chanter, a trip to Finland to […]
This year, the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association is offering eight $250.00 scholarships, to be awarded to either pipers or drummers, and to be used for schools, lessons or workshops. The Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming have also announced that they will provide matching funds to any recipient […]
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey. Piping Today #79, 2016. I once read something somewhere about the spiritual power of making music in a group. The words I recall spoke to group music creation in a sacred sort of way. Making music with others joined energy and life forces and, well, […]
The Newton Stewart and Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival are now accepting entries for their junior piping competition on July 8, 2023. The competition will be held as part of the festival and take place at Minnigaff Primary School, Wigtownshire in south west Scotland. Full details and registration can […]
The Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society held its annual competition on March 18. The venue was the Burgh Halls in Linlithgow. Norman MacLeod won the Martin Lowe Trophy for the most outstanding contribution to Lowland and Border piping. This was the second year in a row Norman was awarded the […]
The Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers took place today, March 25, in The National Piping Centre at McPhater Street. The overall winner in Grade 1 was Marc Warnock; Grade 2, Donald Morrison; and Grade 3, James Acheson. The full results were as follows: Grade 1 Piobaireachd March Strathspey and […]
Piping Live! – Glasgow International Piping Festival is excited to announce a competition for emerging talent. The competition gives new UK-based acts the chance to compete for a slot on the festival’s popular Street Café Stage and Festival Club, and be part of the 20th edition of the world’s biggest […]
This week’s episode of The Piping Show features Jenny Hazzard speaking to Dr Andrew Bova. Jenny starts with her early days of being taught by Michael Grey in Canada and her experience in the 78th Fraser Highlanders beside so many top players and composers, and eventually the event and conversation […]
