by Dan Nevans. Piping Today #90, 2018. I feel like a lot of my articles are complaints. I sit here behind my laptop like some whingeing granny in the hairdressers, bleating on about how the world has changed and how uncomfortable I am with that concept. Because of the often cantankerous […]
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Big Rab, Robert Reid’s chanter and Turf Lodge restart the NPC’s YouTube channel
After a late summer hiatus, The National Piping Centre has published new content on its ever growing YouTube channel. The three videos uploaded last week were: an interview with Big Rab and Dan Nevans at Piping Live! for The Piping Show, a new series with Andrew Bova titled Piping History, […]
Dan Nevans: developing your musical vision (and nine uses for a pen you never considered)
by Dan Nevans. Piping Today #87, 2017. Scenario One: It’s finally happened, thanks to over population and pollution, Planet Earth is doomed and so you make your way to the nearest space port to hitch a ride to Alpha Centuri. In your rush to escape the heat death of the planet, […]
Dan Nevans: a guide to constructive critique in an ensemble setting – the language of leadership
by Dan Nevans. Piping Today #94, 2018. I pure love swearing. I started at an early age and have peppered swear words into my day-to-day vocabulary for as long as I can remember. I think it might be something to do with being of Celtic descent: Gaelic has a certain ebb and […]
Join the NPC Adult Gatherings in 2023 – tutors announced
The National Piping Centre is bringing you a series of Adult Gatherings in 2023 for pipers aged 18+, which have been designed to give a fantastic social learning experience. This year we will be running in person workshops as well as online events. The date for the Summer Adult Gathering […]
Competition tips and technique advice on the February Piping Challenge
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 […]
Join Dan the motivation man on the February Piping Challenge
Dan Nevans gave a 18 minutes live stream broadcast on the subject of setting your piping goals on day seven of the February Piping Challenge. At 6pm tonight, February 8, Dr Andrew Bova will give a presentation on the topic of playing reels. This a live stream will be available […]
Find your comfort zone with reeds on the February Piping Challenge
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 […]
Tune your pipes with Dan on the February Piping Challenge
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 […]
Tips to memorise tunes on the February Piping Challenge
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 […]