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 […]
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Pipe Major Ben Duncan reflects on his NYPBS experience and military career
By Pipe Major BEN DUNCAN: alumnus of The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland. I grew up in Edinburgh in a non-piping family but I was always fascinated by the spectacle and sound of the instrument. Inspired by the buskers on Princess Street and the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, my mother […]
Free Pipe Band Workshops in Dumfries & Galloway with the NYPBS
This autumn, the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland is running a weekend of workshops for young pipers and drummers in Dumfries & Galloway. With so many creative opportunities in Scotland’s central belt, the band wanted to reach beyond that and take their programme to local tutors and make a […]
Ten new pipe band compositions to be premiered at Piping Live!
Less than two weeks to go to Piping Live! and The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland are preparing to present their concert titled Emerging Composers: 20 Years Young in the City Halls on the first evening of the festival, Monday, August 8 at 7.30pm. Ten new pieces that have […]
Results from the Braemar Junior Games
Braemar Junior Games was held on Saturday, July 23. It is the “young” version of possibly the world’s best known Highland Gathering. Held in the same King George V Park, it really puts the fun into the games, surely meeting the organiser’s aim of giving the next generation a taste […]
Ross Miller leads the Isle of Arran Music School Pipe Band into their first competition season
A piping pedigree from Boghall & Bathgate Pipe Band, The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland and a BMus Trad Music – Piping degree from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, have combined to give Ross Miller a very busy musical working life as normality returns to the world. He has […]
National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland applications open
The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland is a community bringing young people together in support of the pipe band tradition, whilst exploring new ideas and what is possible outside of pipe band competition in the concert setting. The National Youth Pipe Band provides unique development opportunities and experiences for […]
NYPBoS drum corps
Members of The National Youth Pipe Band drum corps playing in their Thunderstruck concert in 2017
NYPBoS in 2009
The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland 2009 concert in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh
NYPBoS on parade
The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland leading the SportRelief fun run around Glasgow’s Merchant City in 2012