Four pipers played in this black tie event in Edinburgh last Sunday evening. The winner was Glenn Brown. Thanks to Derek Maxwell and the William Grant Foundation for the above picture.Pipers and tunes: Glenn Brown – Farewell to the Queen’s Ferry Cameron Drummond – A Lullaby for Iain Jack Lee – Salute to Sir John A MacDonald Iain Speirs – Salute to the Piobaireachd Society. Adjudicator: A Wright [wds id=”2″]
After the outstanding success of the Argyllshire Gathering at Oban, all piping attention now turns to the other great gathering in world piping, the Northern Meeting, Inverness, to be held on Thursday and Friday of this week in the Eden Court Theatre. Around 150 pipers from several different countries will converge on the Highland town to take part in both senior and junior competitions. There are contests for Highland Society…
Dr J David Hester has sent this….Only a few days left to send your submissions to us for potential inclusion in the Inaugural Volume of the APC Modern Pibroch Library! Let us recap: $200, publication on Jim McGillvray’s pipetunes.ca, and a share of the receipts from downloads. An annual recital where we showcase the previous year’s compositions. We are accepting pibrochs of all sorts: scores for GHB, as well as other…
20 pipers played. Sunny day though chilly at times. Piob 1 Kevin McLean, British Columbia 2 Jori Chisholm, USA 3 Anna Kummerlöw, Germany 4 Jason Craig, Australia 5 Callum Wynd Judges: G Clark, L Tannock March 1 Jacob Dicker, Canada 2 Anna Kummerlöw 3 Jori Chisholm 4 John Angus Smith 5 Jason Craig S&R 1 Greig Canning 2 Anna Kummerlöw 3 Jori Chisholm 4 John Angus Smith 5 Jason Craig…
The British Drum Co. have sent this…Nearly 3 years after launching the British Drum Co. their Marching Division has announced Jim Kilpatrick MBE as their International Marching Specialist. Kilpatrick, who was awarded an MBE in 2004 for ‘services to music’, has won the World Drum Corps Championships an unprecedented 19 times, including a run of 11 consecutive titles, a record that still stands. Kilpatrick has also won the World Solo Drumming Championships a record 16 times. Commenting…
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