John Dew and Calum Brown will compete in the first semi-final of the Scots Guards Club Knockout competition on Sunday, January 29, with a 4pm start. Tickets are £5, pay at the door. Pies on sale at half time. The pipers will play 30 minutes of music each, and the […]
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Semi-finals of the KO at the Scots Guards Club
John Dew and Calum Brown will compete in the first semi-final of the Scots Guards Club Knockout competition on Sunday, January 29, with a 4pm start. The second semi-final will be held on Sunday, February 19, 4pm, and will be contested by Brìghde Chaimbeul and Angus McColl Jnr. All competitor […]
Scottish Pipers’ Association professional contest results 2022
The Scottish Pipers’ Association professional contest took place today, April 30, in The National Piping Centre. The results were: P/A/Open Piobaireachd William Geddes, Old Men of the Shells Steven Leask, Big Spree Ben Duncan, Lord Lovat’s LamentJudges: A Forbes, D Fraser Open Marches John Dew Steven Gray Greig Canning Callum […]
Dew drops debut album / One piper’s adventures in becoming an Army piper
Scottish piper, John Dew, releases his first album next Friday (27th). Mackerel Sky is mainy self-composed and includes one piece of ceòl mòr (The Marquis of Argyll’s Salute, the tune Dew played at 2019 Royal National Mòd where he was the overall winner). The album was recorded during the spring […]
New dance work inspired by Eilidh MacLeod / John Dew appointed to George Watson’s / ‘Canada Day’ replacement contest – results
A powerful and emotional musical tribute with dancers spanning the length of Britain has been unveiled in memory of Manchester Arena victim, Eilidh MacLeod to support the work of the music education charity set up in her memory. The 14-year-old piper from the Hebridean island of Barra, was among 22 […]
Stuart Letford reviews the Duncan Johnstone Memorial recital
By Stuart Letford Duncan Johnstone wasn’t really one for competitions – his 1964 victory in the Scottish Pipers’ Association’s Knockout series was pretty much his only foray into solo piping contests. As he put himself, “I was never interested in whether I could beat this man or the next. I […]
Duncan Johnstone celebration recital to be broadcast
A new event to celebrate the life and works of Duncan Johnstone, the influential piper, teacher and composer, took place in early March at the National Piping Centre (NPC) in Glasgow, Scotland. The event was recorded at the National Piping Centre in strict adherence to all Scottish Government social distancing […]
Another two online competitions (one solo, one for trios) / Memories of Evan Macrae
Lochaber Piping Society is running an online junior piping competition for two age groups, 14 & Under and Age 15-18. There will be no ceòl mòr and MSR categories, however, only medley categories. The judges are Connor Sinclair and John Dew. The closing date for video submissions to be received […]
Ross and Ali help food bank / The Crisis – a correction / Piper model identified / Keanu: Pipe on, dude
Two of Scotland’s leading live folk musicians are donating all their merchandise sales today to a Glasgow food bank. Pipers Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton are encouraging other musicians to do the same. In 2009, there was one food bank in Scotland. There are now 52 in Glasgow alone compared […]
John Dew collection / Megan leads the way
John Dew, one of our leading piping talents, has produced his debut collection of pipe music. The book, titled simply Pipe Tunes, contains over 80 new compositions entirely from the Crieff-born piper’s pen. The book is available at £19.50 but this will increase to £22.00 on December 14. There will […]