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February 6, 2023

Bill Zadra first-ever winner of inaugural Skye K. Richendrfer Memorial Cup

St. Paul, Minnesota – February 4, 2023 – Playing “Corrienessan’s Salute,” Bill Zadra of Fridley, Minnesota, gained the distinction of winning the Skye K. Richendrfer Memorial Challenge Cup for Grade 4 piobaireachd, an award named for the late piper, teacher, leader and organizer who died in...
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February 6, 2023
Karen McCrindle Warren reviews the Names and Places 2023 Celtic Connections concert
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February 5, 2023
RSPBA’s British Championships in doubt after failure to secure new license
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February 3, 2023
The Pipemakers: Robert Reid pipes are rare and prized
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February 2, 2023
RSPBA Northern Ireland branch unveils ambitious “Every Beat, Every Note, Every Flourish” tagline
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January 31, 2023
Scott MacAulay immortalized with new Performing Arts Centre named in his honour
Interviews
January 31, 2023
Andrew Wright: the 1995 pipes|drums Interview – Part 2
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January 29, 2023
‘Names and Places 2023’ concert gets big-name endorsements
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January 28, 2023
Andrew Wright: the 1995 pipes|drums Interview – Part 1
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January 26, 2023

A piping whodunnit: the life and mysterious death of Archibald Ferguson, composer of “MacLean of Pennycross”

By Jeannie Campbell Archibald Ferguson will be unknown to most pipers, apart from the very few who notice composers’...
Editorial
January 24, 2023

Opinion: For the sake of the art and an audience, we need judging reform

Lord it’s the same old tune, fiddle and guitar Where do we take it from here? Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars...
Features
January 23, 2023

2023 Set Tunes Series: ‘The End of the Little Bridge’

Since 2001, Dr. William Donaldson has been contributing his Set Tunes Series for pipes|drums readers. Now comprising...
Features
January 21, 2023

The Art of Losing: more insights and advice from three of our biggest winners on how they turn defeat into positives – Part 2

We continue and conclude our conversation with three of the world’s most successful competing pipers about their...
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September 30, 2005
Changing our set ways
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February 8, 1603
Battle of Glen Fruin.
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