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All the latest news and reviews from the piping world, plus features and articles from The Piping Times and Piping Today. Run by @ThePipingCentre team.
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Read about the growth of the National Piping Centre’s Youth and Communities programme, from grassroots clubs to stellar performances with Skerryvore on the Celitc Connections stage. https://t.co/uyjrcBQfny
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Iain Speirs and Ben Duncan are on the bill for a great night of Highland piping in Stirling. https://t.co/jftmlyV0sq
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By Craig Muirhead The next Stirling Piping Recital is arranged for Friday, March 6, 2026 at the King Robert Hotel in Stirling. The players are Ben Duncan and Iain Speirs, […]
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Celtic Connections kicks off in Glasgow today, and Falasgair from the Isle of Skye will get the Highland pipes booming tomorrow in the West End. @ccfest
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Glasgow bursts into life today, January 15, welcoming the world to the biggest traditional winter music festival on the planet – as Celtic Connections kicks off 18 days of music, culture and […]
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Calling all aspiring Kiwi pipers and drummers — auditions for the 2026 National Youth Pipe Band of New Zealand are officially open! https://t.co/lKe8ONQrlR
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Auditions for the 2026 National Youth Pipe Band of New Zealand are now open, following a busy first year under a refreshed programme led by Youth Band Director Stuart Easton. […]
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The first of the CLASP competitions took place on Saturday, January 10th at the NPC Otago Street. https://t.co/qqUavDFnMx
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The CLASP had its first in-person competition of the year at NPC, Otago Street, Saturday 10th January 2026. There was a good turnout and now attention turns to the next CLASP […]
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This time next Saturday bagpipe enthusiasts will be basking in the afterglow of the Celtic Connections 2026 piping concert. https://t.co/22LUIsFJKk
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At 12.30pm on January 17, 2026 the Gordon Duncan Tribute Pipe Band breathe new life into the legendary “Live ’N Well” concert, marking 30 years since its groundbreaking debut. This […]
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National Piping Centre evening classes run for eight weeks and are offered for every level of piper and drummer. https://t.co/tvvfhDWx32
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The National Piping Centre is offering an extensive range of evening classes that start in the week beginning January 12, 2026 and run for 8 weeks. The full list of […]
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The competition will take place at Hutchesons’ Grammar School on Sunday, February 22nd. https://t.co/JJf41HelFx
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By ROBIN GIBSON The Glasgow Highland Club Schools Competition is held early in the year, and is a perfect opportunity for young pipers, drummers and school bands to perform in […]
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The Sex Discrimination Act came into force on December 29, 1975 and brought changes to solo piping competition. https://t.co/XBC0BT17AF
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It is very interesting to look back 50 years to the Piping Times Editorial of January 1976. As the New Year dawned, the piping world woke up to a new […]
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New Year, new you – and new reeds! Ditch the heavy reed with Chris Apps’ “Reed Scrape/Sand Diet Plan” to help you hit the notes in 2026! https://t.co/gu3tZwT8kQ
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Reed tongues with too much material on them are not nice reeds. If the tongues of your reed are too thick it’s time for the Reed Scrape/Sand Diet Plan. No […]
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A quartet from Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band, Cameron May, and Pipe Major Stuart Liddell M.B.E will play on Friday, February 13 in Airdrie. https://t.co/ee1Vfe6vMt
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Join Shots & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band on February 13, 2026, at The Airdrie Working Men’s Social Club, ML6 6BN, for the first Peter MacLeod Memorial Recital. The band have a fantastic […]
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On the last day of the year we take a look back at the celebrations of Inveraray & District on that bright evening of August 16th, 2025, when they won the World Pipe Band Championships for the fourth time. All the best when it comes! https://t.co/HnXDuK73xn
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On the last day of the year we take a look back at the celebrations of Inveraray & District on that bright evening of August 16th, 2025, when they won […]
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A Jacobite piper was captured on this very day 280 years ago, and his story, and details of his commemoration, is told by James Singer. https://t.co/3YHFvqKOxB
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By James Singer While researching pipers of the 1745 uprising for a speech, and particularly a lad by the name of James Reid, I came across an article by Thomas […]
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Looking back to Celtic Connections 2020 where Ailis Sutherland and Chris Mackenzie reviewed gigs including: A Celebration of Women in Piping, Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band, Breabach @ 15 and Ceòlas @ 25. @TheBoghall
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In January of 2020, Ailis Sutherland and Chris Mackenzie were reviewing concerts at Celtic Connections to be published in issue 100 of Piping Today magazine. This became the penultimate issue […]
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It's become a wee Bagpipe News tradition to have a festive Donald Drone cartoon. Thanks to cartoon artist Iain Bell of Dumfriesshire in Scotland for telling the stories of Donald, the Sage of Glenbog, who appeared in many editions of the Piping Times. https://t.co/CoFrrAczs3
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It is a clear and bright morning on Christmas Eve here in Scotland. Everyone connected with Bagpipe.news and the National Piping Centre would like to wish you a Merry Christmas. We hope […]
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Bands will play over two days on the North Island from March 20-21, 2026. https://t.co/HZ96itQf6H
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Bands from across Australia and New Zealand will compete over two days at the 2026 New Zealand Pipe Band Championships. Kōhanga Moa Inglewood will host fifty-six pipe bands on Friday 20th and […]
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A new piping album from Stuart Liddell with a full hour’s worth of music including: "12/8, 6/8, 3/4 and 4/4 as well as the expected MSR, hornpipes, jigs and piobaireachd. This is enhanced by many of the tunes being well known favourites." https://t.co/5lDD4maCqS
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By CHRIS MacKENZIE There was a time when a Gold Medal, and a few decent results at the big events, would guarantee that the record companies would come knocking, and […]
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With the UK Championships now confirmed, it rounds out a full lineup of five majors for 2026 https://t.co/Lvh1vkfJbG
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The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association confirmed the final major for 2026 on December 19, 2025, with the UK Pipe Band Championships returning to Northern Ireland on June 13. This […]
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Mike Cusack, Nick Hudson, and Andrew Carlisle will lead the instruction at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. https://t.co/3KOcEuVXJd
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The Pittsburgh Piping Society (PPS) along with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will host the 4th Annual Jimmy McIntosh MBE Piobaireachd Workshop from February 20-22, 2026. The workshop will be held...
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Congratulations to Charles David Mitchell, Mariko Arimoto, Anna Binder and Todd Schroeder who were the overall grade winners of the CLASP Live Online for 2025. https://t.co/vRmG5bRsXA
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By Margaret Houlihan CLASP, Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers, runs three ‘Live Online’ competitions each year, using the Zoom platform setting. This format was introduced in Covid times, ...
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