By Robert Wallace Central to the success of last night’s concert of pipe band music given by Simon Fraser University was the clarity and purity of sound from their pipes. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall rang with the timbre of their chanters, their perfect note intervals, the harmonic breadth of the drones. Had the band stood on stage for a couple of hours playing ‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’ complete with…
A new fund to assist RSPBA Novice Juvenile and Juvenile Pipe Bands has been launched. The National Juvenile Pipe Band Fund will be administered by the RSPBA. It follows a detailed proposal put to the Association’s Board of Directors by Robert Wallace, the Editor of Pipe Band Magazine, and has been generously supported in the first instance by Mr James Cameron Stuart, a former piper with the Vale of Atholl…
Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival got off to a stormy start yesterday but the weather didn’t affect the performance or the enthusiasm of the New Zealand Police Pipe Band, who travelled 11,000 miles to compete at the Worlds on Saturday and to play at the festival. They are pictured above with new P/M, Northern Ireland’s Emmet Conway. Over the next four days the band will perform at various points throughout the…
This event was well attended and livestreamed over the internet from the National Piping Centre in Glasgow. The overall winner qualifies for the Glenfiddich Championship. The ceol mor event is only open to Gold Medallists and the ceol beag to those with ‘A’ Grade first prizes at Oban and Inverness. Piob 1 R MacLeod, Earl of Ross’s March 2 I Speirs, Lament for MacLeod of Colbeck 3 C Beaumont, Lament…
Colina Helen Campbell reports: Please find results below for the rescheduled Rosneath Juvenile Solo Piping, held in the Commodore Hotel, Helensburgh, on Sunday 9 August 2015 – a great success. The rescheduled Rosneath Senior Solo Piping competition will take place on Sunday, 18 October 2015 in Hermitage Academy, Helensburgh. Further details will be published nearer the time. Photo shows adjudicator Neil Mulvie (l) with officials and prizewinners. JUVENILE – CONFINED TO HELENSBURGH…
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