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Kilpatrick, Fisher headline teaching staff

Windsor Police lead list

Band decides to fold after Tuesday night meeting

Gordon Duncan, one of Scotland’s most innovative, beloved, and influential Highland pipers, passed away suddenly on December 14, 2005, at the age of 41. A musician of astonishing creativity and technical brilliance, Duncan reshaped the boundaries of what the Highland bagpipe could be, inspiring a generation of players across Scotland […]

Anyone who has been a competitor at a piping, drumming or pipe band competition knows the good events from the bad events. The good events are well organized, they have respected and experienced judges, and they reward the competitors appropriately. The bad events are full of confusion, run off-schedule, and […]

William Donaldson diary of lessons with Robert Nicol

Nearly 500 pay respects

We wishe all of our readers, advertisers, and supporters a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. We hope your holidays are filled with all your best piping and drumming wishes. It’s been the best year yet for us and, without your ongoing support and interest, it would not […]

William Donaldson’s 1975-’77 diary of Lessons with R. B. Nicol

Our expert panel chooses the very best of 2005

We assess the forecasts that hit or missed the mark

An inside look at a document going around Scotland

Bass and tenor drummers resign from band, new personnel join

Plays on Harry Potter and The Darness tracks

Second qualifier for 2006 Glenfiddich

Brubaker in, Hoinacki out