The RSPBA Board of Directors released a statement this morning, February 5, which casts doubt on the British Pipe Band Championships being held in 2023. The statement reads as follows: “Unfortunately the RSPBA Board of Director’s (BoD) despite their best efforts has been unable to secure a Sponsor for the British […]
Day four of the February Piping Challenge was all about setting your chanter and drone reeds, while avoiding any extremes to allow you to find your comfort zone. At 6pm tonight, day five’s video will be available to watch on Facebook here and on Youtube here. The NPC team want to see you […]
Dan Nevans gave a tuning demonstration on day three of the February Piping Challenge, and explained the importance of tuning to your high A note. In today’s topic, day 4, which will go live at 6pm tonight, Dan will be talking about adjusting your reeds and how to get the […]
The National Piping Centre is bringing its world class teaching team to Gordon’s School in Surrey for a weekend of teaching. Join the team from 31st March – 2nd April 2023 for teaching, workshops, practice time, new music and a recital on Saturday evening. The school is for pipers aged […]
The topic of day two of the February Piping Challenge was how to memorise tunes to develop your repertoire. In the video below Dan Nevans shares the ‘rule of three’ tip to help the tune learning process. In day three’s topic, which will go live at 6pm tonight, Dan will […]
It’s 24 hours to go to the Names and Places Annual Piping Concert at Celtic Connections which will celebrate the music of Pipe Major Ian Duncan and the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band. Roddy MacLeod MBE sent a video message in tribute to Ian in the build up to the […]
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Northern Ireland Branch (RSPBANI) are building on the success of their 2022 Rebuild, Restart, Rediscover campaign, and have announced a new strategy tagline which will be at the centre of everything they do in 2023. The RSPBANI have released this statement: “Our branch’s mission is: […]
Dan Nevans kickstarted The National Piping Centre’s February Piping Challenge yesterday at 6pm with a 25 minute livestream on the topic of Getting your pipes going. Dan presentation was very entertaining, often with an interesting turn of phrase, and his main point in all the advice he shared was the […]
The National Piping Centre is asking pipers to take part in the February Piping Challenge in preparation for the 2023 piping season. The month-long Challenge will encourage players of all levels to get the pipes out the box, and tonight Dan Nevans will focus on making your pipes sound great […]
We don’t see or hear enough of Allan MacDonald, but you have the chance to catch him with friends in Glasgow on February 1, 2023, in the Strathclyde Suite at Celtic Connections. This show was first staged at Piping Live! 2022, and again Allan will be joined on stage by […]
