BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. Following the recent publication of the new edition of my Highland Bagpipe Makers book I was made ...

The solo piping competitions for the Mòd Ghlaschu 2026 take place on October 10, with the Junior events held at the City Of ...

The Hundred Percent Collective announces its first performances A pipe band comprised of women from grade 1 pipe bands around ...

All of us, in Scotland at least, no matter how old or how young, have lived our piping lives almost totally immersed in an atmosphere of competition. If we do not (or did not) take part as contestants ...

Thirty talented musicians selected from across Scotland for SSPDT’s first-ever All-Girls Pipe Band Thirty of Scotland’s most ...

St Columba’s School is situated in the beautiful Renfrewshire countryside just 30 minutes from Glasgow. We invite applications from enthusiastic and committed teachers of bagpipes to work as the ...

Come for the piping, stay for the late nights! Join the National Piping Centre’s Gatherings; a 5 day course where music, learning, laughter and connection are at the heart of the experience from ...

Continuing the series of substantial research articles by Jeannie Campbell MBE, focusing on piping and pipers in Dundee in ...

The 2009 Argyllshire Gathering took place on 26th and 27th August. Again the venues were not listed in the programme but the Gold Medal was in the theatre and the Senior in the main auditorium at the ...

It is common practice to play harder reeds in band. There is a good reason for this. Harder reeds don’t move too much with pitch versus pressure. Obviously, some consideration is needed for the ...