Colin Melville of Munlochy on the Black Isle, Scotland, is the winner of the 40th anniversary composing competition launched recently by the Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS). There were 21 composition entries submitted for the competition. Colin’s tune will be entitled The Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society. He wins […]
A Beginner’s Guide • By John Slavin. THE GREAT Highland Bagpipe is a versatile instrument capable of producing breathtaking music in the hands of the finest solo performers and Grade 1 bands, or of stirring the emotions of the listener when a pipe band parades down the street with a […]
Gordon Duncan (1964-2005) inspired a whole generation of pipers in his own lifetime in a way no piper has ever done before or since. As the December 2015 edition of the Piping Times stated, his influence on the current generation is apparent even though some are perhaps too young to […]
• Where are you from and how did you get into piping?I’m from Columbus, Ohio, USA. I was five years old in a park when I first heard a piper. I sat and listened to him for what seamed like forever. When my mother found me I told her I […]
