With just days to go until the return of Piping Inverness and the European Pipe Band Championships, preparations are getting underway to transform Bught Park into a piping arena. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, there are more than 100 pipe bands making their way from around the […]
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11 year old Ella learning the pipes in Saudi
The National Piping Centre offers a wide range of tuition to people from very different backgrounds, and thanks to the rise in popularity of online tuition the NPC has pupils all over the world. One such student is 11 year old, Ella Stewart, who lives in Saudi Arabia and who […]
Results from Aberdeen Highland Games
Thanks to Dr Jack Taylor for his report and solo piping results from the Aberdeen Highland Games, held at Hazelhead Park on Sunday, June 19: “It was blustery, cold and sometimes wet. 14 played. There was a good crowd and plenty of entertainment including a Father’s Day race and the potential […]
Results from CLASP at TNPC June 2022
The in-person CLASP competition was held at The National Piping Centre on Saturday, June 19. The competition was for adult amateur pipers in Grade 1, 2 and 3 with the option for Grade 4 members to play up in Grade 3 events. Judges were Alastair Dunn and Simon McKerrell. The […]
The art and mystery of composition for the bagpipe: part 2
by BILL LIVINGSTONE. Piping Today #101, 2020. My own experience of composing music started when I was in my teens, creating rock and roll songs in the simple three or four-chord form of the times. But still I was doing it, and they gathered some local popularity. Of course there […]
The Balmoral School invites you to their Edinboro summer camp — or to join them online
The Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming returns to its roots on July 17-21, hosting their 2022 summer camp at the university campus in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Join fellow pipers and drummers for classes on EU’s beautiful campus, or register to sit-in on classes via Zoom. The week will include instruction […]
Royal visit to Edinburgh 1822 – the background
PART ONE by JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. Two hundred years ago Edinburgh was in a frenzy of Royal celebrations equal to those in London in 2022. This was to mark the visit by George IV, the first of the Hanoverian kings to visit Scotland. George IV succeeded to the throne on […]
Roll up! Sign up for the Piping Live! Big Band
The Piping Live! Big Band will return for its fifth showcase at this year’s festival as pipers of all ages and abilities are invited to take part in the mass participation event. On Monday, August 8, 150 pipers will gather, ranging from little learners playing their chanters to seasoned professionals playing the pipes […]
Piping and drumming instructors wanted
Two new vacancies have come up at John Paul Academy in Glasgow for piping and drumming instructors. The Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust is co-funding the roles with the schools. The piping and drumming tutors will work one day a week at the Academy and three primary schools. £30 […]
Juvenile solos and pipe band results from Ardrossan Highland Games
The Ardrossan Highland Games were held on Sunday, June 12, 2022. 13 YEARS & UNDER – MARCH JAMES SILCOCK – winning the Jimmy Miller Trophy 15 YEARS & UNDER – MSR GREGOR GRIERSON – winning the Duncan Todd Snr Trophy FRASER HAMILTON JAMES SILCOCK CAEYLYN WOOD 15 YEARS & UNDER […]