Most top solo pipers would agree that the world's most important solo competitions take place at the Northern Meeting at Inverness. Each year pipers apply for admission to this prestigious event....
I almost never miss the Birnam Highland Games. Birnam is a nice village in Perthshire, Scotland. The place and name are well-known because William Shakespeare mentioned Birnam Wood in Macbeth. I...
Another one of the bigger Highland Games in Scotland during the month of August is held in Crieff. It's a big and busy event with huge crowds, pipe bands, solo piping, and the full range of track,...
One of the great joys of piping in Scotland is the opportunity to compete and perform in some of the most beautiful places in the world. I almost never miss the Glenfinnan Highland Gathering, one of...
Yesterday was the biggest even of the year for the pipe band world, The World Pipe Band Championships. I played with the six-time World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band and we placed...
I've arrived in Scotland for my annual competition tour! Over the next 4 weeks, I'll be posting some of my adventures as I travel around attending various competitions. As I get photos and...
Today, let's meet our third Featured Piper of the Day: Reed Lancaster of Seattle, USA. Reed has been piping for over 5 years, he's a multi-instrumentalist, martial artist, and a police detective....
Following the past week of posts about self-recording with video, today we have out second Featured Piper of the Day: Bill Urquhart of Ketchikan, Alaska, USA. In January, Bill entered the first...
Today, we start a new feature for the BagpipeLessons.com Studio, our first-ever Featured Piper of the Day: J. David Hester of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. David recently placed first in the Grade 3...
Over on the BagpipeLessons.com Blog, I've posted the first results from the Spring 2011 Online Piping Competition. http://bagpipelessons.blogspot.com/2011/06/first-results-for-spring-2011.html Back...
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