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Glasgow – June 18, 2022 – Stewart Allan of Glasgow, Scotland’s Ben Hall and Donald Morrison of Oban, won the Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3 aggregate awards, respectively at the Competition League of Amateur Solo Pipers CLASP in-person competition held at the National Piping Centre, judged by Alastair […]
The venerable Wallacestone Pipe Band of Falkirk, Scotland, is a survivor. Founded in 1887, the band has stayed constant through two world wars, a worldwide depression, a global pandemic or two, numerous regradings from Grade 4 to Grade 1 and back, and more than a thousand competitions. But even after […]
Chicago – June 18, 2022 – Ulster Scottish of Philadelphia won the 2022 Chicago Highland Games with firsts in both events against five other Grade 2 bands, as the Chicago Highland Games returned after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Grade 3 was won by Wake & District of […]
Baltimore, Maryland – June 18, 2022 – In a tie with Ben McClamrock of Washington, DC broken by the result in the piobaireachd event, Derek Midgley of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, won the 35th annual United States Piping Foundation Professional Piping Championships held at the Arts & Humanities Hall at […]
“Some people think piping is a matter of life or death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.”
Cobourg, Ontario – June 18, 2022 – The second in the series of summer Highland games in Ontario was held at the lakeside town of Cobourg under sunny but unseasonably chilly and windy conditions, creating a testing environment for bands and soloists. No Grade 1 bands entered, so Grade 2 […]
Learning from the last two years of online and they’re past decades of experience, the July 17-21 Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming is returning to its original location at the university campus in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, and also offering online access for those who can’t or prefer not to attend […]
Before missing the opportunity to learn from the success of Drum Corps International (DCI), you might want to have a serious and objective look around. The second and final part of our interview with DCI Judge Administrator John Phillips.
Even with most of entire piping and drumming world flocking back to in-person events after two years of virtual competitions, lessons and workshops, the World Online Piping & Drumming Championships have elected to stay with their successful formula with new summer events. Registrations have to be in by August 1st […]
Georgetown, Ontario – June 11, 2022 – The 78th Fraser Highlanders of Ontario won the two band Grade 1 medley event at the Georgetown Highland Games, the first in-person piping and drumming contest of the 2022 Ontario season. The band bested the 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel), the only other contestant. […]
Joshua Hogg of South Africa looks at what he’s learned from online competitions and whether they’re here to stay
It’s expected to be the biggest non-competition pipe band event of the year by far
It’s the invitational solo piping competition that started the trend of exclusive events for the world’s elite players, and the 2022 Silver Chanter – the 56th rendition of the contest – returns to its Isle of Skye home on Wednesday, August 3rd, with six competitors: Callum Beaumont, Dollar, Scotland Glenn […]
Dunedin, New Zealand – June 2-3, 2022 – Greg Wilson of Tai Tapu, New Zealand, and Liam Kernaghan of Auckland were the big winners at the 110th annual Queen’s Birthday competition, one of New Zealand’s major solo piping events. More than 70 pipers competed on the weekend across four grades […]