On the eve of the Glasgow Uist and Barra Invitational 2023, we look back through the Piping Times archive to the report on the 1990 competition by Jeannie Campbell, and find this was the year that it became an ‘invitational’. It was a year that Glasgow presented it’s cleaned-up, modern, […]
Hazel Whyte is a member of The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland and currently in the BMus Traditional Music: Piping course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In this edition of the Piping Show, Hazel talks about her musical pathway to the NYPBS and the RCS degree course. Hazel […]
The National Piping Centre will become a hub for solo piping competitions over the next four weekends, starting with the prestigious Glasgow Uist and Barra Invitational this coming Saturday, March 4, 2023. The pipers invited to take part in the 76th Glasgow Uist and Barra competition 2023 are: Jamie Forrester, […]
The Ardmore Cup Invitational was held today, February 25, in St Declan’s Village Hall, Ardmore, Waterford. The contest was organised by Eric M. Stein who also runs the SunBelt competition which took place in November in Orlando, Florida. The competitors were Alen Tully, Kris Coyle, Julian Dorman, Chris Earls, Angus MacColl, […]
1981 BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. The set tunes for the Gold Medal in 1981 were: The Prince’s Salute, The End of the Great Bridge, A Flame of Wrath for Squinting Patrick, Clan Campbell’s Gathering, The Gathering of the MacNabs, The King’s Taxes, The Finger Lock and Black Donald ‘s March. […]
The National Piping Centre Junior competition was held on February 18 in both of the NPC venues. The final event of the afternoon was the U18 MSR and Jig competitions, and the photos below are taken from competitor 17, Katie Robertson, through to the last competitor in the event. Both […]
Dr. Jack Taylor popped into The National Piping Centre recently for an interview with Andrew Bova. The chat initially focuses on Jack’s experience of the Bobs of Balmoral and their teaching methods, particularly the technique of singing tunes as an aid to learning. Jack also spoke about his 12 years […]
The PPBSO President, Michael Grey, contacted bagpipe.news today to draw attention to the announcement made on the Pipers’ & Pipe Band Society of Ontario’s website. The article outlines the PPBSO’s plans for the coming 2023 games schedule, and reads as follows: “It may feel like a cold February day in […]
Day 20 of the February Piping Challenge saw Dr Andrew Bova dispense advice on how to build stamina in your playing at this time of the year. At 6pm tonight, February 21, Dan Nevans will give a presentation on perfecting your pipe band attack. This will be available to watch on […]
Margaret Houlihan, Willie McCallum, Finlay MacDonald and Dan Nevans have presented videos on a variety of subjects over the previous week in the February Piping Challenge. Willie and Dan gave talks on aspects of performance and preparing for competition, with Margaret, Finlay and Dan the chatting about the technique of […]
