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I was recently interviewed by David Hester. David has contributed to the Studio with his MacDonald Piper series — an alternative approach to Piobaireachd playing. David asked me some interesting questions about my point of view on Piobaireachd playing, competitions, judging, selecting music, and more. Here's the full interview. Enjoy! (Start interview) DH – Jori Chisholm. Thank you for taking the time out to chat with me. Let’s just jump right into it: Competition becomes the primary vehicle and venue where pibroch tunes are played regularly for connoisseurs, for people who “get it.” And yet, consistently from Bruce Gandy to Alan Bevan, a competitor will say, “Hey, David! These ideas you have about extending the interpretative repertoire sound exciting, but competition is not the proper venue.” My question is: if not at competitions, where? JC – Recitals are an alternative. Many pipers eventually get to a stage in their piping career where people want to ...