Scottish Pipers Association President Tom Johnstone reports on Saturday’s first round in the SPA 2015-16 Knockout: ‘Finlay Johnston played first and his playing was flawless. He had been judging earlier in the day at the Shotts Juniors but shrugged off any fatigue; his ability still shone through. ‘John Patrick played very well and built up his playing to an exciting climax with a jig selection to finish. Both players gave commentary…
Thanks to pipemaker Blue MacMurchie we are able today to publish another interesting letter from Archibald Campbell, Kilberry. In it he talks of the Piobaireachd Society’s first series of books in distinctive forthright manner. Read the letter here and thanks to Blue for sending it on. To remind everyone, high-resolution files of many Piping Press pictures are available from the Piping Press Shop: Buy High Resolution Photographs – capture your memories…
The organisers of the 78th Frasers Concert at Celtic Connections next January have sent the announcement below. The above picture shows the band under P/M Bill Livingstone in 1987, the year they created history by becoming the first ever overseas band to win the World Pipe Band Championship: Superstar Percussionists Added to Cast of Glasgow’s 2016 Celtic Connection Festival’s Celebration of the Music of ‘Live in Ireland 87’ A group…
Today we continue with our interesting interview with P/M Richard Parkes of Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band, the most successful of modern times. The band suffered a setback this year when trying for their fifth Worlds title in a row, but they still had a very satisfying season winning three Major titles and the Grade 1 Champion of Champions title. However, the Worlds was the big one, and here P/M Parkes…
We hear much about piping in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, these days: the Carnegie Mellon Pipe Band under the expert leadership of Professor of Piping Andrew Carlisle, and the piping degree course established at CM University by Jimmy McIntosh, a trailblazer for similar courses around the world. But how many denizens of the steel town know of this band of yesteryear? They are the ‘Westinghouse Bagpipe Band’ from Wilkinsburg and the ‘Piping, Drumming…
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