Category: Piobaireachd

The Kettlewell Legacy: Inspiring the Next Generation of Pipers

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I have just finished my term as President of the Glasgow Highland Club. One of my last duties was accepting a most generous donation from the family of the late David Kettlewell. David spent a lifetime teaching youngsters the pipes and a stipulation of the gift is that it should be used as a prize for junior piping. By Colin Kerr The spark that ignited David’s lifelong love of piping happened…

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P/M James W. Troy 1942- 2025

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Pipe Major James (Jamie) Troy passed away peacefully on the morning of December 9th, surrounded by his family. He was 83. His entire life he had dealt with severe asthma. A recent fall put him in hospital and his underlying condition was too much to overcome. As a child of only seven, the family’s Scottish doctor advised his parents that Jamie should take up Highland dancing to help strengthen his…

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Review: Ben Duncan Recital

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Last weekend’s recital held in the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen was well attended, with a close to capacity crowd of 60, writes Fraser Maitland, Chairman of Aberdeen Piping Society. The crowd suggested that there is a real appetite for live piping in the city. These events are still well received here in Aberdeen. One of our young pipers, Murray Barclay, kicked off the night with some traditional marches. He…

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Army Solo Piping & Drumming Championships

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The 2025 Army Solo Piping and Drumming Championships took place at the Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming (ASBM&HD), Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh on Friday 5 December 2025. Sponsored by the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, the event welcomed 55 competitors across 15 piping, drumming and bugling categories. By WO1 Peter Grant, Senior Pipe Major, the British Army The Championships were once again a great success, even with a few…

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Editor’s Notebook: PS Collection/ Ian’s Funeral/ Drum Solos/ Kintyre Collection/ Ben Recital/ Letters

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A five-year long revision of the Piobaireachd Society’s collection of Books 1-16 has been completed. It took many hours of work by myself and Society Music Editor Jack Taylor but the results are very satisfying. Many of the anomalies and errors accumulated in the 100 years since the collection was begun by Sheriff Grant of Rothiemurchus and Archibald Campbell, Kilberry. No one plays a crunluath a mach in Lament for…

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