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We’re a Case, The Bunch of Us Allan MacDonald and friends The National Piping Centre August 9, 2022 Reviewed by Iain MacDonald The evening concert at the National Piping Centre carried a great sense of expectation in the waiting area outside. People stacked in, anxious to get seated, and the […]
Glasgow – August 9, 2022 – The foursome from ScottishPower were named the 2022 International Quartet Champions, winning the event that comprises a Medley and an MSR, held before a packed house at the Strathclyde Suite of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Also competing: 78th Fraser Highlanders (Canada) Johnstone (Scotland) […]
Glasgow – August 8, 2022 – Mikey McKenna of St. Laurence O’Toole was the winner of the RSPBA’s Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch hosted the first British Adult Solo Drumming Championship, a qualifying event for the World Solo Drumming Championship in Glasgow in October. The competition was held at […]
Matt MacIsaac Piping Live! 2022 Lunchtime Recital National Piping Centre August 9, 2022 Reviewed by Iain MacDonald If you didn’t know him or follow his piping career, it might be easy to be confused about who exactly Matt MacIsaac is as a piper. Descriptions of him often mention his Cape […]
Piping Live! is back in full force and that means our favourite Scottish photographer Alister Sinclair is out there each day capturing the festival for you. We asked Alister if he’d like to share with us his favourite images from each day, so we begin with pics from Monday, August […]
By Barbara MacDonald It was an enjoyable evening of new music on Monday, August 8th, from the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland (NYPBS) in the Strathclyde Suite at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. The concert began with seven young pipers from the band delivering several solid sets of tunes […]
Glasgow – August 8, 2022 – The 2022 Masters Solo Piping Comping Competitions returned to the National Piping Centre as part of the 2022 Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival, with a combined in-person and online audience and Callum Beaumont of Dollar, Scotland, was the overall champion with a first […]
Bridge of Allan, Scotland – August 7, 2022 – St. Thomas Alumni of Houston won the Grade 1 event at the Bridge of Allan Highland Games against only one other contestant, Grade 2 North Stratton of Edmonton, Alberta. The big news was that several bands that played up a grade […]
Whether in-person or via online streaming, the Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival is the world’s biggest multi-day event specifically about the bagpipe. For the last few years, the festival has had to be mainly or only online, but the 2022 rendition comes roaring back beginning this Sunday for eight […]
Newtonmore, Scotland – August 6, 2022 – Ben Duncan won the Piobaireachd and the Strathspey & Reel, and was second and third in the March and Jigs, opening the door to Angus MacPhee to take the overall trophy with his two firsts and two seconds at the Newtonmore Highland Games […]
Inverkeithing, Scotland – August 6, 2022 – The Inverkeithing Highland Games weren’t well publicized, but about 10 pipers gathered to compete in the solo events just over the Forth bridges in the Kingdom of Fife. Lachie Dick won both of the light music competitions. Conditions were overcast and windy. Senior […]
North Berwick, Scotland – August 6, 2022 – By winning the MSR and placing second in the Medley, Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia had the best final placings over two Grade 1 and Open events, though Peoples & Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia had the best accumulative rankings, at the 2022 […]
Newcastle, Northern Ireland – August 6, 2022 – The inaugural Heart o’ Down Pipe Band Championships at Donard Park in Newcastle saw three Grade 1 bands vie for the title and ultimately it was Field Marshal Montgomery that took the trophy with eight first-place rankings from the eight judges across […]
pipes|drums is pleased to bring all pipe band members, friends and enthusiasts in Scotland for Piping Live! and the World Championships our eighteenth Guide to Grade 1 Band Practices and Appearances! We’ve reached out to all 14 top-grade bands entered for the World’s with a request to share their information, […]
Pitch Guard Chris Apps Reeds US$99 plus shipping Available directly from the manufacturer Reviewed by Liam Kernaghan Many products are on the market to help novice learners, and perhaps older pipers promising to make the pipes easier and more stable. I grew up with drone valves in the junior band I played for in New […]
Skye, Scotland – August 3, 2022 – Finlay Johnston of Glasgow won the 2022 Silver Chanter invitational piobaireachd competition playing “Lament for the Children.” He competed with: Callum Beaumont, Dollar, Scotland, “Lament for MacLeod of Colbeck” Glenn Brown, Glasgow, “Rory McLoude’s Lament” Jamie Forrester, East Lothian, Scotland, “The Battle of […]