Tag: Dr. Andrew Bova

John Mulhearn in The Pipe Factory at Celtic Connections 2024

John Mulhearn in The Pipe Factory at Celtic Connections 2024

John Mulhearn is Head of Piping Studies on the BMus (Traditional Music – Piping) Degree run by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and delivered by The National Piping Centre, and his day is filled with admin, teaching and lecturing the students on the course. He grew up as a solo […]

Dr. Andrew Bova: presenting an enjoyable recital

Dr. Andrew Bova: presenting an enjoyable recital

By DR. ANDREW BOVA. Piping Today #97. August 2019. For most of us pipers, our performances are confined to a few standard stages. For some, this may be competition, either solo or band. For others, this may be playing in a ‘street band’, performing mostly at parades and social functions. […]

Women in piping and drumming survey

Women in piping and drumming survey

The National Piping Centre is inviting more women to contribute to their survey on the experiences of women in the piping and drumming community in Scotland, after a fantastic initial response that saw hundreds of women come forward to share their views. The extension of the survey comes as The […]

Catch up with new piping tunes and chat on YouTube

Catch up with new piping tunes and chat on YouTube

The National Piping Centre is constantly adding top quality new content to YouTube. Most recently there have been interviews with Katie Robertson (The Wheeled Piper), former member of The National Piping Center Board of Directors, Alan Forbes, and energetic pipes and whistles exponent Ali Levack. The most recent offering in […]

CLASP October workshops online and in-person, registrations open now

CLASP October workshops online and in-person, registrations open now

The CLASP workshop weekend will take place both in-person and remotely using the Zoom platform on Friday 7 and Saturday 8, October.  Instructors confirmed to date are John Wilson, John Mulhearn, Wilson Brown, Ailis Sutherland, Connor Sinclair, Margaret Dunn and Andrew Bova. Registrations Open until Wednesday 28th September 2022 (Midnight UK […]