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“The stark findings and statistics show clear areas where it is critical that improvements are made right across piping and drumming in Scotland with immediate effect.” Helen Urquhart, Head of Events at the National Piping Centre, reached this conclusion after a survey of 291 female pipers and drummers commissioned and […]
After 14 years with the piping and drumming program at Haileybury College in Melbourne, and the last 10 of those years as its director, Lincoln Hilton will leave the post to focus full-time on “composing and producing both bagpipe and mainstream music, innovating within the piping community, and private tuition.” […]
Close to 150 enthusiastic ticket-buyers came out for the recital by back-to-back and reigning Glenfiddich Champion Callum Beaumont at the Woodlands Hotel in Broughty Ferry, Scotland, on November 29th, the second Mackenzie Caledonian’s ongoing series in support and promotion of piping and drumming the Dundee area. Beaumont debuted a new […]
The Royal New Zealand Bands’ Association‘s long-planned three-part 12,000 Miles documentary chronicling four Kiwi pipe bands’ months-long journey to Scotland to compete at the World Pipe Band Championships has finally launched, now available to view for free on the RNZPBA’s website. 12,000 Miles follows Auckland & District, Canterbury Caledonian Society, […]
Her return after nearly four decades away is an inspiring story of determination, told with the help of Alex Gandy and others.
The final Live Online competition of the 2024 Competing League for Adult Solo Pipers CLASP saw the usual bevy of contestants from around the world performing live via online video, their recorded performances assessed over a few weeks by the judges.
We speak with President Douglas Gardiner and Honourary Pipe Major Euan Anderson about the Edinburgh group, which emphasizes a convivial atmosphere of camaraderie, pipe music, and steak pies as hallmarks.
McCallum Bagpipes of Kilmarnock, Scotland, has launched the new “Kintyre” long practice chanter co-designed by the company’s co-owner Stuart McCallum and Willie McCallum, one of the greatest competitive solo pipers of the last century. The practice chanter is modeled on the Willie McCallum-designed solo pipe chanter with the same hole […]
An unusual early season snowstorm causing travel and transit chaos across central Scotland couldn’t keep the annual Livi Invitational Solo Drumming Competition from putting on a great show by some of the world’s greatest pipe band snare drummers, all in aid of Cedarbank School for Learning Disabilities and the Dogs Trust.
The Pittsburgh Piping Society and Carnegie Mellon University will hold the annual Jimmy Mcintosh MBE Piobaireachd Workshop February 21-23 at the University’s Cohen University Center, open to all pipers who know at least one piobaireachd. Instructors Andrew Carlisle, Peter Kent, Alex MacIntyre, and Mike Rogers will lead masterclasses and classroom […]
These souvenirs are just a reminder. They don’t change the fact that you were successful; they’re only admirable proof if anyone needs to be reminded.
The City of Chicago Pipe Band has new leadership after long-serving Pipe-Major Patrick Lynch voluntarily stepped down, handing the reins to Stuart Aumonier. The band has also brought in Glenn Kvidahl as its lead-drummer, replacing longtime member and MWPBA adjudicator Andrew Hoinacki, who has decided to move. Both Aumonier and […]
She truly broke the Grade 1 glass ceiling for females more than a half-century ago and now sits down for an exclusive five-part discussion about her story of perseverance, determination and a refusal to accept anything but success.
“The Dreaded Hot Flash (great name for a tune, by the way).” Our resident humourist faces up to life and, like Axl Rose, asks for just a little patience
Gillian Blaney of Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, won all three events at the 2024 George Sherriff Amateur Invitational to win the overall championship against eight other competitors from around North America. It was the 27th time the competition was held, this year at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church.
Alasdair Henderson was the aggregate winner in the top grades at the 2024 Scottish Piping Society of London’s annual competitions, held at the Caledonian Club in the UK’s capital city, thus securing an invitation to the 2025 Glenfiddich Championships in October. Henderson enjoyed a huge day, winning three of the four events in which he played.