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 […]
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Entries open for The National Piping Centre Junior Competition 2024
The National Piping Centre’s Junior Competition will be on Saturday, February 17, 2024. There are five categories split into 11 events, and each event is capped so please enter as soon as possible to guarantee your place. After feedback from previous years there is a new category added for pipers […]
National Piping Centre evening class booking now open for 2024
The next term of evening classes will run from Monday 15th January till Wednesday 27th March 2024. Registration will be open until Wednesday 10th January 2024. Suitable for pipers aged 18+ from complete beginners playing practice chanters to advanced pipers, these weekly classes in small groups will provide a supportive and […]
Behind the scenes at the Glenfiddich and interview with Finlay Johnston on YouTube
The 50th Glenfiddich Piping Championship took place on October 28, 2023, and The National Piping Centre’s YouTube team were on hand to capture what goes on behind the scenes and make the event happen. We hear from some of the people that make the event happen including Helen Urquhart (Head […]
RCS Piping Degree Showcase Concert on Monday Dec 4th
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. […]
Piping concerts at the first weekend of Celtic Connections 2024
Celtic Connections offers something for every piping taste, whether it be pipe bands, Scots trad music performers and bands playing Highland Pipes and bellows pipes, or performers from across European piping traditions. Twenty one Celtic Connections concerts have been uploaded here on the bagpipe.news event calendar, starting on January 19 […]
Celtic Connections: Come and Try the Bagpipe Session
Visit The National Piping Centre and be welcomed by tunes by a first class bagpiper followed by a guided tour of the Museum of Piping and the chance to try out the pipes for yourself. Sessions Saturday 20th January 12pm Friday 26th January 12pm Friday 26th January 2pm Saturday […]
Celtic Connections: Finlay MacDonald Band with Jose Manuel Tejedor
Highlighting concerts at Celtic Connections 2024 featuring bagpipes or piping-related music. The Celtic Connection website says about the concert: “For over twenty years, Finlay MacDonald has blazed a trail as one of Scotland’s finest contemporary pipers. His diverse CV has seen him work with leading trad artists, including La Banda Europa, Old […]
What’s in a Tune: Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Finlay MacDonald presents the lovely 3/4 march, Pipe Major Angus MacDonald, and shares his experience of being taught by Pipe Major Angus back when The National Piping Centre was just about to open it’s doors for the first time. The videos of the tunes presented so far are all below, […]
Official photos and details from 50th Glenfiddich Championship
The overall winner of the prestigious Glenfiddich Piping Championship 2023 has been named as Callum Beaumont, as the event celebrates five decades of sensational piping. The prestigious Championship, which was first held in 1974, was founded by Sandy Grant Gordon of William Grant and Sons, and Seumas MacNeill who was […]