by JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. Donald MacKay, from Beauly (1880-1910) was a successful amateur piper, as was his brother Archibald, both winning many prizes at the London gatherings. Donald then turned professional and in 1902 he played at the Northern Meeting and was placed second in the Gold Medal. In 1903 […]
By Dr ANGUS MacDONALD. The Eliza Ross Collection, compiled in 1812 was discovered in Raasay House in the early 1950s. The collection consisted of 150 songs, instrumental dance tunes, reels, jigs and slow airs along with six piobaireachd, and is now republished as a new edition. In this new edition, […]
Piping Today #71, 2014. Willie McCallum is one of the piping world’s true greats. The music he makes is universally admired and reliably, over the course of his lifetime, he has performed at the most precise and astonishingly highest levels of sustained excellence. In the solo piping world he’s won […]
Willie McCallum was named the overall champion of the prestigious Glenfiddich Piping Championship. Tonight’s win marks a record ninth win for Willie, extending his record of having the most overall wins ever. Willie, originally from Campbeltown, went up against nine of the world’s greatest solo players at the renowned 49th […]
Harmony Writing Part Two. By TIM CUMMINGS Piping Today #86, 2017. In the last instalment of this column on music theory, we began looking at the most primitive, basic form of harmony that I could think of: the drone, or ‘pedal point’. Of course, droning is what most bagpipes do […]
Jack Lee is staying at The National Piping Centre this week in preparation for the Glenfiddich Piping Championship on Saturday coming, October 29. So with Jack already in the building, Dan Nevans took the chance to put him in The Piping Show hot seat for an interview. Dan asked Jack […]
By STUART LETFORD. With the very sad news of the passing of Andrew Wright on October 23, 2022, we are republishing an interview Andrew gave to Piping Times editor, Stuart Letford, in late 2018. The interview was published in two parts in the January and February 2019 editions of Piping […]
The family of Andrew Wright are very sorry to say that Andrew passed away after a period of illness on October 23, 2022. Born on December 4, 1936, Andrew won both Gold Medals in 1970 was taught mainly by Pipe Major Peter MacLeod Senior, Pipe Major Donald MacLeod and Pipe […]
1980 BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. More changes were brought to the competitions at the Argyllshire Gathering in 1980. For the Gold Medal, first prize winners of this event at the Argyllshire Gathering were excluded and entry was restricted to those who had won a prize in a Gold Medal competition […]
The Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping Competition took place in Auchenharvie Academy, Stevenston, on Saturday, October 22, 2022. The results were as follows: Overall Winners Junior Champion: Owen McCreadie, Boghall & BathgateSenior Champion: Gregor Grierson, Dumfries 14 & under Piping Archie Johnston, Oban High School PB Owen McCreadie, Boghall & […]
