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Started in 1978 by the Niagara Hamilton branch of the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario, the William Livingstone Sr. Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition – renamed in 2015 as “The Livingstone” – will celebrate its fortieth anniversary on Saturday, May 12th, with a special mid-contest dinner and a […]
Even after 150 years in the business of making bagpipes, R.G. Hardie & Co. is still busy putting new technologies to work to make their instruments and products even better. Founded in 1868 under the banner of Peter Henderson Bagpipes, the Glasgow-based company today introduced a new line of Peter […]
We continue our series for subscribers to pipes|drums with stellar advice from one of the world’s most innovative pipe-music creators . . .
The Midwest Pipe Band Association completed its annual Day of Piping, including the Pipe-Major Ian Swinton Open for Professional pipers and the Terry McHugh Memorial or amateurs. Events were held at the Park Ridge Community
Potential for pipe-majors to view read-outs from an entire pipe-section . . .
Former secretary-treasurer arrested on allegations of “misappropriating” $600k . . .
Invitational piobaireachd competition moves to National Piping Centre . . .
The only person in history to be awarded the Order of Canada specifically for services to piping is celebrated again in British Columbia.
Glasgow piper John Mulhearn in studio working on new solo project . . .
Dougie Rennie of Dundee reviews the April 14th concert in Aberdeen by Police Scotland Fife and Bucksburn & District . . .
We continue our series, exclusively for pipes|drums subscribers, with Sarah Muir of Glasgow, one of the fastest-rising stars on the world piping stage. Sarah writes: This series of favourite performances is a great idea. Thanks go to Alex Gandy for suggesting this. It is interesting to read of other pipers’ inspirational and/or memorable experiences, particularly […]
The 2018 Glenfiddich Invitational Solo Piping Championship will go on as always, despite reduced funding and a decision to discontinue sponsorship of the Silver Chanter invitational piobaireachd recital-competition at Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye. The Silver Chanter reportedly will not be held in 2018, despite little apparent effort […]
About 25 adult pipers of varying CPA grades competed at the annual solo piping competition run by the Scottish Pipers Association at the College of Piping, where Gordon McCready of Renfrew, Scotland, was the overall . . .
Dating back to the early-1980s, the Balmoral School of Piping is one of the world’s most established brands for instruction, and this year the organization is taking a novel approach to attracting more students: free lessons. Exclusively for beginners or novices who register for at least one of the sessions […]
We bring readers a never-before-seen 108-year-old GS tune well-suited for top-grade bands or solo players . . .
With all credit due to the world’s Grade 1 bands and their awesome achievement in reaching and staying at the top, events over the last few years are suggesting that, increasingly, Grade 2 is, of the top two grades, the more interesting and competitive category of band competition. Outside of […]