The RSPBA have published playing requirements for the 2023 Major Pipe Band Championships. They have listed them as Major 1 to Major 4 plus the Worlds. They say the requirements are ‘subject to change due to circumstances’. No dates or venues are given for the championships. The Europeans, scheduled for July in Inverness have already been cancelled with a new venue being sought. The UKs have, for the past few…
The Piobaireachd Society has announced that their Annual Conference, until recently an important fixture in the piping calendar, will return in March next year for the first time since 2019. The Conference provides a forum for interesting and important studies on ceòl mòr. Planned topics are: The venue is the Royal George Hotel, Perth, over the weekend of March 24 – 26, 2023. The Society will subsidise the conference –…
A selection of the responses to yesterday’s article by Dale Brown on the paucity of modern 2/4 march compositions on the competition boards…. Vincent Janowski: There might be a touch of light coming into your cave, but, again, your post and this list of great tunes ignores the obvious: at one point, most of these tunes were considered ‘modern’. Without today’s easy access to printed books and scores, it must…
Malcolm Brown-Scott, Music Board Convenor for the RSPBA, has announced the following changes in grading for Novice Juvenile and Juvenile bands: West Lothian Schools upgrading from Novice Juvenile A (NJA) to Juvenile – Appeal accepted, band will remain in NJA. Brisbane Boys’ College, Queensland, Australia (pictured) upgrading from G4A to G3B – Appeal accepted, band will move back to NJA.Edinburgh Academy upgrading from Novice Juvenile B (NJB) to NJA –…
Glasgow Skye Association Pipe Band have issued the following statement: ‘We are delighted to confirm the appointment of Kenny MacLeod as Pipe Major, Ross Cowan and Darren Sommerville as Pipe Sergeants, and Les Galbraith as Leading Drummer of the Glasgow Skye Association Pipe Band. On his appointment, Kenny said: ‘It’s an important band to me and many other people. My father was the founding Pipe Major. My brother, Donald, was a…
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