Bagpipe.news was recently contacted by Mr Norman Welz of Baden-Baden, Germany, to tell us about the story of his historic pipes and thought it would be of interest to our readers. Norman donated his family heirloom to the College of Piping in 2012 and the instrument has since been transferred […]
Jeannie Campbell MBE, the well known piping historian, tells us that the initial print run of her incredible book, Pipe Bands, has now sold out completely. The major publication, which racks up a staggering 856 pages, was printed in mid-September. Jeannie, pictured with her book, tells us she is currently […]
Renowned uilleann piper, Jarlath Henderson, is holding a master class for uilleann pipers this weekend in Scotland to mark the tenth International Uilleann Piping Day. The event will take place this Saturday (6th) from 1.00pm-9.00pm at the National Piping Centre Otago Street, the former College of Piping building in Glasgow’s […]
Piping historian, Jeannie Campbell MBE says she has been ‘overwhelmed’ with the reaction so far to her new book, Pipe Bands. The former curator of the Museum of Piping at the College of Piping published her massive reference book last week and says she has already sold half of the […]
Jeannie Campbell’s long-anticipated history of pipe bands has now been published. The book, Pipe Bands, which took the leading piping historian five years to compile, is now on sale, priced £30 (plus shipping). At 854 pages, the book is big. Included are chapters on the first civilian bands, juvenile bands, […]
The Pipers and Pipe Band Society of Ontario has announced that the George Sherriff Memorial Amateur Invitational Solo Piping Competition will be held in November. It will be held online. The contest did not take place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the 25th year of […]
Day 1The drive from my home in central Perthshire was sublime. By the time I reached Killin, the morning mist cleared and the sun shone brightly. There was not one cloud in the sky. I stopped briefly at the Green Welly Shop in Tyndrum, the quintessential ‘tea and a pee’ […]
Shortly after our post appeared yesterday regarding information on Pipe Major Roderick John Gillies’ pipes, we have received a query regarding a set made by the great Pipe Major G. S. McLennan. Rab Brown from Aberdeenshire, the owner of the pipes, tells us he has been playing the pipes for […]
Reader, Fiona Stephen, has been in touch with some fascinating information about three members of her family who fought at the Battle of Magersfontein. Fiona’s information shows us that this iconic battle, immortalised in pipe music, is really not as long ago as we think. The battle was fought on […]
After only two days, the National Piping Centre’s crowdfunder target for the project to digitise the Piping Times and Piping Today magazines has reached one third. It would appear that this campaign is clearly resonating with the piping world. For younger readers, it may be instructive for us to take […]
