The final episode of The Piping Show for 2022 is a seasonal treat with Christmas piping tunes from Brodie Watson-Massey, a good fun blooper reel, a Christmas history special from Dr Andrew Bova, and The National Piping Centre staff discussing their best-ever piping Christmas gifts and favourite piping moments from […]
A Beginner’s Guide • By John Slavin. THE GREAT Highland Bagpipe is a versatile instrument capable of producing breathtaking music in the hands of the finest solo performers and Grade 1 bands, or of stirring the emotions of the listener when a pipe band parades down the street with a […]
The opening night of Celtic Connections is one month away, with the 30th anniversary concert beginning the festival on Thursday, January 19, 2023 in the main auditorium of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Ross Ainslie is part of a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ line-up of musicians who will perform on the opening night. […]
GREY’S NOTES by Michael Grey. Piping Today #78, 2015/16 These days we hear more and more about “ground-breaking” studies trumpeting the health benefits of one thing or another. News in tandem equally pronounces the many things that are seemingly bad for us. One day it’s a daily glass or two […]
The National Piping Centre provide a wide array of tuition options for all level of pipers on the Highland pipes, with individual tuition, evening classes, weekend clubs and seasonal gatherings for junior and adult pipers. There is also provision for weekly bellows pipe tuition in the evening, or an immersive […]
The Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers has announced the winners of their ‘Live Online’ Leagues for 2022. The winners are: Grade 1, Charles-David Mitchell (Canada); Grade 2, Alasdair Beaton (Scotland); Grade 3, Pierrick Monnier (Switzerland); and Grade 4, Sheila Stewart (Canada). Congratulations to the four winners! CLASP has launched […]
Eric Stein has announced that a new Grade 1 solo invitational contest that will be added to the premier SunBelt Invitational Solo Piping competition next year. The inaugural SunBelt Invitational, aka An Crios Gréine, took place this year on November 12, 2022. The event was won by Callum Beaumont, who […]
The Jenny Mair Square Day took place on Saturday, December 10, in Palmerston North, New Zealand. This is the second ‘unofficial’ major of the New Zealand pipe band season, and the first where all the Grade 1 bands compete against each other. The New Zealand and South Pacific Pipe Band […]
Piper, composer and multi-instrumentalist, Kenneth I MacKenzie contacted bagpipe.news to share one of his new compositions. Kenneth gave us the background and details of the recording, saying: “I was commissioned by Harris Mackenzie’s family to compose a tune for his 90th birthday, which was on October 1, 2022. Harris hails from […]
The most recent episode from The Piping Show features two-time Glenfiddich winner Finlay Johnstone being interviewed by National Piping Centre tutor, and Gold Medal winner, Wilson Brown. Wilson’s questions about Finlay’s humility and self-criticism give an interesting insight into the mind of a top prize-winning piper, and perhaps highlights some […]
