Tag: National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland

Piping concerts in the third week of Celtic Connections 2024

Piping concerts in the third week of Celtic Connections 2024

The third and final week of piping-related concerts at Celtic Connections are listed below and includes concerts with Carlos Núñez, Kathryn Tickell and Falasgair, Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band, National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, John Mulhearn, Brìghde Chaimbeul, John Dew in the final of the BBC […]

Celtic Connections: Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band & National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland

Celtic Connections: Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band & National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland

•Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band celebrate their Grade 1 Worlds win in 2023. Photo: JohnSlavin@designfolk.com/Bagpipe.news Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music.  The Celtic Connection website says about the concert: “Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia are the reigning RSPBA World Pipe Band […]

National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland launches composing project

National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland launches composing project

Now in its second year of the programme, Emerging Composers: 20 Years Young is a fantastic paid opportunity to write for Scotland’s only concert pipe band. The NYPBS is calling for emerging composers aged 18-25 (or up to 30 if you identify as disabled) from both inside and out of the […]

Stuart Letford: Where are we now?

Stuart Letford: Where are we now?

Well, readers. What’s up? “It’s an adverb!” I’m aware of that, thank you. What I mean is, how is the COVID-19 situation in your part of the world? From what I gather, the picture globally remains quite inconsistent yet. In some places, such as Australia, where we in Scotland had […]