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 […]
Join the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland on April 2, 2023, at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The concert will feature special guests Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton. Bagpipe.news readers have the opportunity to purchase concert tickets using the 20% discount code — BPNEWS20. […]
Piping students on the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s BMus course will showcase their talents tomorrow, Thursday March 23 at The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street. The fourth year students, Ciar Milne, Ruairidh Buxton and Dougal McKiggan, will lead the concert which will present a wide range of piping traditions from […]
The final of the Scots Guards KO will be held this Sunday, March 26, 4pm, and will be contested by John Dew and Angus MacColl Jnr. Tickets are £5, pay at the door. Pies on sale at half time. The pipers will play 30 minutes of music each, and the […]
As an unusual birthday present today, March 20, Mike Grey arranged for star of the stage and screen, Miriam Margolyes, to record a special message for Bill Livingstone on his 81st birthday — and got so much more than he hoped for. In the heart-warming video below, Miriam reveals her […]
The Scottish Pipers’ Association Juvenile Competition took place today, March 18, in The National Piping Centre Otago Street. There was a large entry across U13, U15 and U18 age groups which was published here. The overall winner of U13 was Rory Menzies, U15 Fraser Hamilton and U18 was Arran Green. […]
• 1982 • BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. There were no set tunes in 1982. Competitors for the Senior event were to submit twelve tunes, for the Gold Medal eight tunes and the Silver six tunes. The list of tunes submitted was published and showed a total of 101 different pieces. […]
Piper, composer and visual artist Mairearad Green spoke to John Mulhearn for the latest episode of The Piping Show. Mairearad, originally from Achiltibuie, has pipes as her first instrument and was taught by Norman Gillies, but also plays accordion, piano and sings in various combinations in the Scottish traditional music […]
These photos are some of the pipers from the Duncan Johnstone Memorial C Grade Jig competition in The National Piping Centre Auditorium on Saturday, March 11, 2023. Calum Dunbar won the C Grade Jig, taking home the The Roddy MacLeod Trophy for Jig Playing. The full result of the C Grade […]
The piping and drumming events of the Highlands & Islands Music & Dance Festival take place on Saturday, April 29 in Oban High School. The competitions are organised by the Netherlorn Piping Society and they are offering Junior Drumming, and Junior and Senior Piping events. Closing date for all entries […]
