January 2018 Pipe Band Magazine Preview

The January 1, 2018 edition of the RSPBA’s Pipe Band Magazine will be available for free digital download in the next few days. Keeping checking Piping Press and the RSPBA’s own website for your copy. The front cover pays tribute to World Solo Drumming Champion Steven MacWhirter (see above) who secured his eighth title at the championships held last October at Glasgow Caledonian University. Inside the 30 page magazine: Headquarters…

Pipe Band Magazine Now Available for Download/ Balmoral Classic Announcement

The october edition of the RSPBA’s official magazine is now available for download: Organisers of the Balmoral Classic competition in the US have sent this: The Balmoral School Invites Young Pipers and Drummers to its 2017 Competition On November 18, 2017, the 11th annual Balmoral Classic, the US Junior Solo Bagpiping and Solo Snare Drumming Championships for entrants 21 years of age or younger, will take place in Pittsburgh, PA. [wds id=”2″] Pipers will compete in…

Pipe Band Magazine/ Archie Kenneth Quaich Amateur Piobaireachd

The autumn edition of Pipe Band Magazine will be available for free download this weekend. The magazine is the official publication of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association and is provided gratis as a service to the pipe band community worldwide. October’s features include: All the World Champions from Glasgow Green back in August Part 2 of an interview with adjudicator David Brown A historic look back at 70 years…

Pipe Band Magazine for July Now Available

Get the July edition of the RSPBA’s official magazine now! Packed with features about pipe bands and drum majors and with all the news from YOUR Association. Join thousands of other readers worldwide and download your free copy now. Articles include: Remembering P/M Iain McLeod – one of the greats Know Your Judges – David Brown under the spotlight Shotts – P/M Canning talks of the forthcoming blockbuster concert during…

Latest Edition Pipe Band Magazine/ Preview of Dunedin Games, Florida

The new edition of Pipe Band Magazine, the official publication of the RSPBA, will be available this weekend. Features include: Know Your Judges: Adjudicator Tony Sloane talks of the Worlds, band music, his favourite bands and what he’s looking for. All Our Yesterdays: Wallacestone & District one of our oldest pipe bands with some super pix. Analysis: Alistair Aitken looks at the vexed question of adjudicator positions and band formation…