The RCS Piping Degree Showcase Concert takes place in The National Piping Centre Auditorium on Monday, December 4 at 7pm. This year’s BMus Piping Degree Showcase concert will gather music from places across Scotland. Each year group has been assigned a locality of Scotland from which to draw their repertoire. […]
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Hear piping degree student Hazel Whyte and Connor Sinclair at the Glenfiddich on YouTube
Hazel Whyte is a member of The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland and currently in the BMus Traditional Music: Piping course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In this edition of the Piping Show, Hazel talks about her musical pathway to the NYPBS and the RCS degree course. Hazel […]
The Pibroch Network launches with a £200,000 boost
A new digital start-up to foster artistic vigour and innovation in pibroch was launched yesterday, Friday, August 5 by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The Pibroch Network is a comprehensive online database that aims to make it easy for people to discover, learn, teach and research pibroch. Its vision is of […]
7 questions with … Finlay Cameron
Finlay Cameron (18) of Roybridge, Lochaber, Scotland has maintained a consistent standard throughout his years competing as a Junior and, since 2018, in the adult sphere. He won the MacGregor Memorial at the Argyllshire Gathering in 2016 (aged 14) and gained a third place place in the Silver Medal at […]
Online competitions “here to stay”
A few online competitions have taken place as a result of the measures brought in to manage the Covid-19 pandemic, the latest one being the one by Aboyne Highland Games that was announced here yesterday. However, that one is for professional pipers. The first one that catered to junior competitors […]