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A never-before-published image and a sound recording . . .
The memory and spirit of British Columbia piper Andrew Bonar lives on with the third annual Boney Music Invitational Piping Competition & Recital, an event he started in 2016 to celebrate the most successful professional solo pipers from British Columbia Pipers Association competitions and to raise money for and awareness of the BC Cancer Foundation . . .
Steady need for rebuilding and teaching evident at the top . . .
February 24th final will see six go at it in each category . . .
The fifth and final installment of our exclusive conversation with one of the greatest leaders in pipe band history.
The already thriving piping and drumming city of Dundee, Scotland, has received a £58,000 grant the from Scottish Schools Pipes & Drums Trust for a new tuition program for as many as 120 pipers and drummers in the area. The money will go to the Dundee City Council Instrumental Music […]
We uncover the great McLennan’s original setting of a famous tune . . .
SFU-led Piping Hot Summer Drummer the world’s biggest school of its kind . . .
The Grade 1 78th Fraser Highlanders of Ontario have made another change at bass drum, with Sean Allan leaving before playing in a competition since he was appointed to the role in early September 2017, according to several sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. Pipe-Major Doug MacRae confirmed that […]
Johnstone Pipe Band Celtic Connections Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 12:30 pm, January 20, 2018 Reviewed by Neil Nicholson If Celtic connections is all about sharing and developing Celtic traditions through the generations, then the 2018 piping concert by Johnstone Pipe Band hit the mark. I had been given my ticket as a Christmas present, and […]
Scottish piping great Fred Morrison launches a North American tour this February, touching down in several cities. The tour is being supported by pipe bands and piping groups, building on Morrison’s previous shows in some locations, and playing several cities for the first time. The tour begins with workshops and […]
Adoption could move Scottish games towards better consistency and credibility . . .
Solo albums by Highland pipers are infrequent, even rare, occurrences these days, an abandoned settlement on the banks of Loch Seaforth on his native Isle of Lewis in Scotland is the inspiration for the original music on SRÒMOS by James Duncan Mackenzie. Though not a prominent competition solo piper, Mackenzie […]
Part 1: Bruce Gandy discusses proactively setting out to write a tune . . .
More than 200 compete in Kansas City . . .