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 […]
What’s in a Tune is a series of YouTube videos presented by tutors and guest pipers from The National Piping Centre. The presenters share background stories on what the tunes mean to them, and technique on how the tune should be played. In the most recent video, Margaret Houlihan gives […]
In the last five days The National Piping Centre has added three videos to their Youtube Channel. Two of the videos are from the Glenfiddich Championship in 2022, and feature Jack Lee performing and Connor Sinclair being interviewed. The third video is an addition to the What’s In A Tune […]
The National Piping Centre have been steadily growing their YouTube content since launching their channel last summer. You will find musical highlights from the Piping Live! festival, tuition videos, world class Glenfiddich Piping competition performances, interviews with Glenfiddich 2022 participants such as Willie McCallum, Fred Morrison and Murray Henderson, and […]
Piper, composer and visual artist Mairearad Green spoke to John Mulhearn for the latest episode of The Piping Show. Mairearad, originally from Achiltibuie, has pipes as her first instrument and was taught by Norman Gillies, but also plays accordion, piano and sings in various combinations in the Scottish traditional music […]
The National Piping Centre are drip feeding top quality YouTube content from their live stream archives from the Glenfiddich and Piping Live! festival. Today they uploaded Fred Morrison’s piobaireach, The End of the Great Bridge, from the 2022 competition. You can subscribe to the YouTube channel by following this link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ_PyEhUNchg2gfW3nVva0A/videos and […]
The final episode of The Piping Show for 2022 is a seasonal treat with Christmas piping tunes from Brodie Watson-Massey, a good fun blooper reel, a Christmas history special from Dr Andrew Bova, and The National Piping Centre staff discussing their best-ever piping Christmas gifts and favourite piping moments from […]
The most recent episode from The Piping Show features two-time Glenfiddich winner Finlay Johnstone being interviewed by National Piping Centre tutor, and Gold Medal winner, Wilson Brown. Wilson’s questions about Finlay’s humility and self-criticism give an interesting insight into the mind of a top prize-winning piper, and perhaps highlights some […]
The National Piping Centre launched their Youtube channel five months ago and have been steadily adding content over the weeks and months. Bagpipe.news has promoted The Piping Show interview series up to the conversation with Jack Lee one month ago, but there are now more episodes to catch up with […]
The National Piping Centre launched a YouTube channel earlier this year and for the past month has been very busy recording and editing The Piping Show and adding a new episode every week. There are currently five episodes online and the format is fast-paced, informative and entertaining. The episodes so […]
