P/M Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition Returns with New Junior Event

The Pipe Major Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition, last held in 2019, returns to the Caladh Inn, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, on Friday, April 7. For the first time a ‘Junior Donald MacLeod’ competition will mirror the senior with six young pipers from the Hebrides taking part in a new event on April 6. Lewis and Harris Piping Society, the promoter, has announced the senior pipers as: Callum Beaumont, Glenn Brown,…

New Video of Piobaireachd Society Summer School/ New Brunswick Ceòl Mòr Club

A new compilation video of the Piobaireachd Society’s 2022 Summer School has been produced. By student Greg Hebda, it gives a good flavour of the school which was held at the Gaelic college, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, on the island of Skye last June. The school will run again this summer from June 4 – 9 at the same venue. It is only open to PS members and numbers are limited….

Scottish Pipers’ Association Juvenile Results

SPA President Logan Tannock reported a high standard and a large turnout for this competition held in the Piping Centre in Glasgow yesterday, March 18. 13 and Under Piobaireachd Ground 1 Rory Menzies Sir James MacDonald of the Isles Lament 2 Arran Brown The Company’s Lament 3 Alfie Arthur Robertson Glengarry’s Lament 4 Ran Birch Glengarry’s Lament 5 Hamish Stephens The Little Spree Piobaireachd Judges : Neill Mulvie.  Darach Urquhart…

Editor’s Notebook: PS Conference/ NI Bands/ D.R. MacLennan’s Pipes/ Missing Trophy

A week from now we will have the first Piobaireachd Society Conference since 2019. It can be difficult to re-kindle enthusiasm after so long a gap, easy-option Zoom meetings making us all lazy and complacent. But the benefit of human contact and a face to face welcome cannot be underestimated, and the Conference has been part of the furniture in the piping world since as far back as many can…

Review: ‘Music from Mull’ A New Collection of Pipe Tunes by Calum Maclean

This collection, ‘Music from Mull’, is a newly published volume of bagpipe tunes composed and collected by Calum Mclean. Calum is a well known Muileach, a piper and resident of Tobermory. Like many of the Hebridean islands, Mull is full of Gaelic music, and whilst this may not be the first publication of pipe music emanating from the island, this collection is a wee gem.  A total of 40 light…