The 50th Glenfiddich Piping Championship is only two days away on October 29, 2023, and one can only hope it matches or exceeds “the best one yet” accolade that Seumas MacNeill gave to the 1977 Championship in his Piping Times report. However, in Seumas’s report below the reader will find […]
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, […]
In 2016 Greentrax Recordings released an album called Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band – Revisited [CDTRAX389]. The tracks were chosen by Pipe Major Iain McLeod as his favourite tunes the band recorded during their heyday. Shortly before the release Andrew Bova visited Iain to conduct an interview for Piping Today […]
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 […]
This week’s episode of The Piping Show features Jenny Hazzard speaking to Dr Andrew Bova. Jenny starts with her early days of being taught by Michael Grey in Canada and her experience in the 78th Fraser Highlanders beside so many top players and composers, and eventually the event and conversation […]
Dr. Jack Taylor popped into The National Piping Centre recently for an interview with Andrew Bova. The chat initially focuses on Jack’s experience of the Bobs of Balmoral and their teaching methods, particularly the technique of singing tunes as an aid to learning. Jack also spoke about his 12 years […]
Day 20 of the February Piping Challenge saw Dr Andrew Bova dispense advice on how to build stamina in your playing at this time of the year. At 6pm tonight, February 21, Dan Nevans will give a presentation on perfecting your pipe band attack. This will be available to watch on […]
Days eight and nine of the February Piping Challenge were presented by Dr Andrew Bova and John Mulhearn on the topics of reel playing and the importance of being physically comfortable when playing your pipes. At 6pm tonight, February 10, Willie McCallum will give a presentation on playing 2/4 marches. […]
Willie McCallum is the special guest on this week’s episode of The Piping Show. John Mulhearn interviews Willie and asks for his thoughts on the big competitions in Oban, Inverness and at Blair Castle. Willie talks about his family connections with these competitions, what they mean to him, what motivates […]
Lorne MacDougall seems to be the go-to guy when the TV or movie industry want bagpipes on a soundtrack. He is amassing a long list of credits from the likes of Disney, Dreamworks, Netflix, BBC and ITV, with his music adding to the soundtracks of Brave, How to Train Your […]
