A special limited edition tune book was launched yesterday at Piping Live! The National Piping Centre have marked their 25th anniversary by publishing a beautiful, hard bound book containing compositions from pipers who have had connections to the Centre over the last 25 years. There are only 250 copies of […]
Malin Lewis is a graduate of the RCS Piping Degree course and is a very busy young musician. Malin spoke to Finlay MacDonald on The Piping Show about early piping tuition in Ardnamurchan, being a young pipe maker and specialising on the Lindsay system chanter, a trip to Finland to […]
You may be planning a quiet start to daily life in 2023, but a busy January lies in store for those who want to start the year filled with bagpipes. If you are in Scotland, The National Piping Centre is offering weekend tuition for U17 pipers; adult amateur pipers have […]
The opening night of Celtic Connections is one month away, with the 30th anniversary concert beginning the festival on Thursday, January 19, 2023 in the main auditorium of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Ross Ainslie is part of a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ line-up of musicians who will perform on the opening night. […]
•Malin Lewis playing in the Two Octaves concert at Celtic Connections 2020. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2023 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music. The Celtic Connection website says about the concert: “Malin Lewis is an award-winning piper, fiddler, composer and instrument-maker from Ardnamurchan and Skye. They marry deep […]
Piping Live! returns this summer with an exciting showcase that blends the traditional and the experimental. A unique avant-garde night of piping on Monday, August 8, will feature the USA ensemble Blarvuster alongside Skye’s Malin Makes Music. This groundbreaking concert will host an eclectic mix of talent to showcase the ‘Ceol Nua’ – or ‘new music’ – style […]
Cowal Highland Gathering may not be the piping and pipe band event it once was but its organisers are celebrating winning a leading tourism prize. Cowal has just been awarded the Best Cultural Event or Festival title at last weekend’s The Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards. Cowal beat the HebCelt […]
