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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 […]
Dunedin, Florida – April 7, 2018 – The St. Thomas Alumni Pipe Band of Houston were the overall winner of the four-band two-event Grade 2 competition, after a tie with the City of Dunedin Pipe Band was broken on by the MSR event, which in itself had a tie broken […]
Brisbane – April 7, 2018 – Hawthorn City of Melbourne won the four-band Grade 2 event at the bi-annual Australian Pipe Band Championships, this time held in Brisbane at the Brisbane Boys’ College in Toowong. There was no Grade 1 competition for the first time in the 57-year history of […]