lmreachd is your chance to see and hear young pipers and drummers from the NYPBS creating a unique night of music in Perth Concert Hall, on Sunday, April 14. Concert tickets can be booked here. Opportunities to see pipe bands perform in venues of this scale are rare, and the […]
King Charles III was presented with the Honours of Scotland yesterday, July 5, and pipers from The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland were part of the The National Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication at St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh. The Honours of Scotland, the country’s crown jewels, are The Elizabeth […]
Emerging Composers is a fantastic professional development opportunity offering paid commissions for emerging composers creating exciting repertoire from new perspectives for The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland. Now in our third year of the programme, Emerging Composers offers paid commissions to write for NYPBS – Scotland’s only concert pipe […]
The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland is seeking to appoint seven trainees to support the delivery of their outreach programme, as well as their three National Bands this year. Each trainee will gain real world professional development opportunities throughout NYPBS 2023-24 year of activity. These are entry-level positions for […]
Join the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland on April 2, 2023, at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The concert will feature special guests Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton. The NYPBS is a charitable project ran by The National Piping Centre, to create unique individual […]
It’s 24 hours to go to the Names and Places Annual Piping Concert at Celtic Connections which will celebrate the music of Pipe Major Ian Duncan and the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band. Roddy MacLeod MBE sent a video message in tribute to Ian in the build up to the […]
Pipe Major Richard Parkes of Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band paid tribute to Ian Duncan in the build up to the Names and Places annual pipe band concert at Celtic Connections on February 4, 2023. Details of the concert, and other Celtic Connections concerts, and how to buy tickets can […]
Pipe Major Stuart Liddell of Inveraray & District Pipe Band paid tribute to Ian Duncan in the build up to the Names and Places annual pipe band concert at Celtic Connections on February 4, 2023. Details of the concert, and other Celtic Connections concerts, and how to buy tickets can […]
The Director of The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, Steven Blake, is interviewed by Dr Andrew Bova in the first Piping Show of 2023. Steven is also a member of trad band Rura, and brings a wealth of piping and performance experience from his time travelling and gigging with […]
The preparations for the annual piping concert on February 4 are really cranking up with the various strands of musicians coming together in rehearsals. In the two youtube videos below, Lorne MacDougall and Iain MacInnes discuss the tribute to Pipe Major Ian Duncan, the significance of the Names and Places […]
