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A Classical Musician’s Take on Piobaireachd

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When asked to offer some thoughts about piobaireachd as an art form, I was delighted to oblige. This is not least because I was brought up as a flute-playing Scot in England by a piper for a father. With my career now in the performing arts as a conductor specialising in working with singers, I have regularly looked upon piobaireachd with a great deal of interest, even if my knowledge…

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History: Competition Wins by the Pipe Band of the 214 Glasgow the Boys’ Brigade 

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The funeral of Hector Russell takes place at Cardross Crematorium tomorrow, October 5, at 2.15pm. It is hard to believe that this article was submitted by him to Piping Press less than a month ago, on September 13. His words to the Editor accompanying the article make poignant reading: ‘Robert, I hope this travels okay. Tell me please if it arrives. It is almost complete as may be seen but…

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Captain John MacLellan Solos Results

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‘P’ Piob1 Finlay Johnston, £3002 Iain Speirs, £2403 Callum Beaumont, £2004 Stuart Liddell, £1805 Glenn Brown, £160 ‘P’ MSR1 Stuart Liddell, £1902 Callum Beaumont, £1603 Iain Speirs, £1304 Glenn Brown, £1105 Finlay Johnston, £80 Eight entered the ‘P’ Grade events; Overall: Iain Speirs ‘A’ Piob1 Sarah Muir, £2502 Steven Leask, £2003 Cameron Macdougall, £1804 Innes Smith, £1405 Andrew Donlon, £100 ‘A’ MSR1 Steven Gray, £1502 Matt Wilson, £1203 Greig Canning,…

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Readers Respond to Article on RSPBA’s MSR Rule Change

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A mixed bag of response to yesterday’s article by Ian Forbes. (Read it here.) Before we get to them the Editor writes: ‘I was interested in the comment in the rule change which states that four part tunes should be ‘where the tune was written as a four parted tune’. ‘This is misleading. If we look through our older collections we see that many standards we accept today as four…

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The RSPBA Have More Pressing Issues to Attend to than this Unnecessary Rule Change on MSRs

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The RSPBA have made a rule change for the Grade 1 MSR, distinguishing between four-parted tunes and six and eight-parted tunes. Why is this necessary? Can someone from the Music Board please explain? Before going any further, I have tried to simplify the hard to understand wording of the rule change as it appears on the RSPBA website. It will apply from 2023. Grade 1 bands to submit two MSRs….

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