Piping Press

Do you enjoy listening to pipe tunes on the fiddle. More especially, do you enjoy 2/4 marches on the fiddle? Read on. Douglas Lawrence has been a friend since he played with the Whistlebinkies 40 years ago, writes Robert Wallace A native of Buckie on the Moray coast, he is a brilliant fiddler, winner of major awards and a former member of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. A teacher of…

Well here we go with my thoughts on this band’s latest album, recorded live during a concert in the town of Chilliwack (British Columbia), in February this year. Thankfully Covid-19 had not impacted Canada at that time otherwise this album would never have been produced – and it is a corker. Pipe Major Alan Bevan has put together an array of pipe band music, 17 tracks including, competition medleys, arrangements…

The Eilidh MacLeod Memorial Trust is calling for guidance and advice to create a bespoke support scheme for youth music education across Scotland to enable tuition to continue during the Covid-19 outbreak. In order to shape this special funding scheme, Eilidh’s Trust wants to hear from existing youth groups and tutors about the best ways of teaching and how continuity of learning can be delivered remotely over the coming weeks….

Well done to Burntisland Pipe Band for their virtual junior piping and drumming contest Matrix 2020. A great idea which will keep the fingers and wrists moving during these fallow pipe band times. A raft of top judges have been drafted in including Douglas Murray, Shauna Hilder, Lee Innes and Steven McWhirter. Performances are submitted online (by April 11 please note) and adjudicated at distance. Some great prizes too. All…

The Worlds Week concert due to be given by Inveraray & District PIpe Band on August 12 has been postponed for one year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Kurt MacIntosh, representing promoters Glasgow Skye Association Pipe Band, issued the following statement: ‘Given yesterday’s announcement from the RSPBA that this year’s World Pipe Band Championships have been cancelled, we regret that we have also taken the decision to reschedule our pre-Worlds…