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Dunedin, Florida – February 18, 2023 – Blair Beaton, Derek Cooper, Alex Kuldell, and Eric MacNeill each qualified to go through to the semi-final round of the 2023 World Solo Drumming Championships in Glasgow this October by taking one of the top four places at the Intercontinental Solo Drumming Championships. […]
Happy World’s Solstice – the day when we’re half a year from the World Pipe Band Championships, the day when the sun rises exactly over the tip of the obelisk at Glasgow Green, the day when pipe bands fish or cut bait and decide if they’re going or not. Safe […]
Since 2001, Dr. William Donaldson has been contributing his Set Tunes Series for pipes|drums readers. Now comprising more than 170 piobaireachds, the series is the world’s largest free online repository of ceol mor. Each piece includes all known published manuscripts, often from obscure publications only available from the National Library in […]
The Edinburgh-based Eagle Pipers Society has determined that the Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner & Recital-Competition will return once again to the grand Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh, this year on Saturday, August 26th, with four elite solo pipers competing for the coveted “Captain John Medal.” While invitees have […]
If there were ever a pipe band that exemplifies the word “family,” it’s got to be Scotland’s Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia. Since the 1972, “Boghall” has pretty much written the book on sustaining excellence with a family atmosphere, growing and sustaining itself from within, by teaching, teaching and […]
The United States Piping Foundation professional and amateur solo piping competitions are slated to return on June 10, 2023, at the event’s familiar site at the Amy E. DuPont Music Building at the University of Delaware. The organization has pinned down the judges, too, with Alan Forbes and Jack Lee […]
Vancouver – February 11, 2023 – Alan Bevan of Abbotsford, British Columbia, was the winner of the 2023 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Piping Competition & Recital, an event named in honour of the late western Canada piper, who started the event in 2016 as a means to raise funds for […]
More than 200 tickets have so far been sold for the Ardmore Cup Solo Invitational Piping Competition, in Ardmore, Waterford, Ireland, on February 25th, and the overall winner of the contest will receive an invitation to compete at the Sun Belt Invitational in Maitland, Florida, on November 11th. Not only […]
The St. Louis Highland Games are set to return after several years’ hiatus, providing welcome good news in the wake of significant competition cancellations and struggles elsewhere. The games will be held on May 6th at Schroeder Park the St. Louis suburb of Manchester, Missouri, offering both MSR and Medley […]
True to its word, the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association made a statement on February 10th regarding a potential alternative solution to replace the cancelled British Pipe Band Championships, but surprised many by saying that it would not go ahead a plan to hold various grades of competitions at smaller […]
In the wake of the revelation that the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association’s British Championships are likely not to take place as a single event in 2023, rumours swirled that the UK Pipe Band Championships might also be in jeopardy. We checked with both the RSPBA’s Northern Ireland branch and […]
National Piping Centre director of piping, renowned piper, recording artist and performer Finlay MacDonald is scheduled to speak to the interests of pipers and drummers at a special session of the Scottish Parliament on February 23rd. The parliamentary session is to discuss potential drastic budget cuts to BBC Scotland programming, […]
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 October of last year. […]
“Names and Places 2023 The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland and various artists Glasgow Royal Concert Hall February 4, 2023, 12.30pm Reviewed by Karen McCrindle Warren On a cold winter’s day, nothing sounds more inviting than heading to one of Scotland’s finest venues to enjoy an afternoon of high-quality pipe band music. Particularly of […]
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association’s annual general meeting on March 11th promises to be a lively event after the world’s most powerful piping and drumming organization revealed in a statement to the general public that the “Board of Director’s [sic] despite their best efforts has been unable to secure […]
Two of our greatest experts in the field: Jeannie Campbell MBE, the world’s authority on the history of bagpipe makers, and Jim McGillivray, a specialist in identifying the makers of antique Highland pipes, have collaborated to bring you this series. Campbell has written Highland Bagpipe Makers and More Highland Bagpipe Makers, two excellent books on bagpipe makers, and […]