The Piobaireachd Society has announced that this year’s amateur piobaireachd competition for the prestigious Archie Kenneth Quaich will be ‘live’ but online. Society members will be able to tune in to the 28 performances from 9am (BST or GMT+1) on May 22. The results will be announced at another online event on June 2nd. MC for the day is AKQ organiser Peter McCalister. Judges are Society members Iain Speirs and…

The following is from an Oban Times of early 1951…. Pipers and dancers from a’ the airts, including a large contingent from Scotland, arrived at the headquarters of the London Scottish regiment in Buckingham Gate for the annual competitions of the Scottish Piping Society of London All day long the notes of the piobaireachd, the classic pipe music of the Gael, the merrier strains of marches, strathspeys and reels, and…

This bagpipe belongs to noted professional piper Andrew Hall, Northern Ireland, London and now Glasgow. They are a set of Naills model DN3ES, aged imitation ivory mounts and hallmarked Sterling silver slides.  The pipes are as new and were made in 2018. They are in excellent condition as the photographs show (see link). They have had very little playing but have a superb, steady tone. Bought as an additional set. Selling as…

This new digital book, ‘The Fyrish Collection’, is by double Gold Medallist Niall Matheson (pictured). It has more than 50 tunes covering every genre of pipe music from ceòl mòr to jigs and reels. Piobaireachd highlights include Niall’s well received tunes Salute to P/M Alasdair Gillies and Salute to the 51st Highland Division. The composer’s other works have already met with considerable acclaim. They are steeped in Highland character and lore,…

The RSPBA have announced today that both the Scottish Championships and the World Championships, scheduled for July 31 and August 13 and 14 respectively, have been cancelled. The announcement is not totally unexpected and comes despite major efforts to accommodate covid restrictions which may still be in place mid-summer. At the same time the Board of Directors of the Association have agreed that the Music Board should look at ways…