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Matt MacIsaac is the focus of a new interview about The MacIsaac Collection – Volume 1 and the way he approaches composing. The piece also offers advice aimed at pipers and pipe band drummers who want to write original music.
Read the original ↗Brodie Watson-Massey reviews The MacIsaac Collection of Pipe Music Volume 1, compiled, edited and published by Matt MacIsaac. The book gathers 75 compositions and arrangements and is available in print-plus-pdf or pdf-only editions.
Read the original ↗A pipes|drums opinion piece argues that good band leadership is about developing players, not blaming departures as poaching. The article uses the idea of answering members’ needs to keep them engaged.
Read the original ↗Thomas Fallon of Edinburgh won the 2026 Lochnell Championship at Lochnell Castle in Argyll after placing second in the Piobaireachd and third in the MSR. Eight pipers competed at the invitational event organised by the Argyllshire Gathering Trust.
Read the original ↗Liam Horne won the 2026 Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Piping Championship in Rockville, Maryland. The contest also featured results for Angus MacPhee, Ben Duncan, Kyle Shead, Connor Sinclair, Ashley McMichael, Josh Dickson, Sandy Cameron and Alasdair Henderson.
Read the original ↗Liam Horne of Wise, Virginia, won the 43rd Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Piping Championship at St. Mark Presbyterian Church. He took first in both piobaireachd and the 6/8 March to finish on 20 points.
Read the original ↗Ben Duncan won the Premier & A Grade March, Strathspey and Reel, while Angus MacPhee won the Premier & A Grade piobaireachd at Glasgow’s Royal National Mòd. Kyle Shead also lifted the Sheelah J trophy.
Read the original ↗Solo piping placings from the Piping Championships at the Royal National Mòd in Glasgow are listed, with a full set of named competitors across the events. The results include piobaireachd, March, Strathspey and Reel, and hornpipe and jig contests.
Read the original ↗The Lochnell Intermediate Championship is set for Benderloch, where eight young professionals will play piobaireachd and MSR for the title. Douglas Baird, Kyle Cameron, Thomas Fallon, Malachi Johannsen, Chris McCartan, Liam Nicolson, Andrew Pattison and Magnus Stone are named as the competitors.
Read the original ↗The second London Recital brought ceòl mòr and ceòl beag back to the City of London, following the inaugural event last year. The recital page points readers to photos, a highlights video and full recordings of the two piobaireachd.
Read the original ↗Willie McCallum took the Premier overall title at the 13th Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Piping Competition at Inchdrewer House. Finlay Johnston won Premier Grade Piobaireachd and the Captain John MacLellan Gold Medal, while Sarah Muir won the Premier MSR and the Captain John MacLellan Piper Statue.
Read the original ↗Thirty young pipers and drummers from across Scotland are preparing for the All-Girls Pipe Band’s first performance at the Scotland v Australia women’s international. The project is being presented by the Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust.
Read the original ↗Thirty young female pipers and drummers will take part in the Scotland v Australia Women’s Rugby International at Scottish Gas Murrayfield on 26 September in Edinburgh. The performance is being led by Eilidh MacDonald as a pitch-side display for women in piping and drumming.
Read the original ↗The 2009 Argyllshire Gathering competition is reviewed with the main solo piping events from 26 and 27 August. The article continues the history series on the meeting.
Read the original ↗pipes|drums presents a previously unpublished manuscript of Jock McLellan’s reel “Hands Across the Water.” The piece is transcribed in McLellan’s hand and is described as one of only a handful of four-part reels he composed.
Read the original ↗Chris Apps offers advice on band reed strengths and says harder reeds are commonly chosen because they move less with pitch and pressure. The piece focuses on reed setup rather than a competition or result.
Read the original ↗The London Recital returns on 2 October 2026 at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, featuring Callum Beaumont and Ben Duncan. The organiser lists the Pinstripe Highlanders and Piobaireachd Society as hosts, with support from the Highland Society of London. Its retrospective identifies Angus MacColl and Iain Speirs as the 2025 performers.
Read the original ↗At the 2026 Raasay Restitution solo piping competition, Rachel Gray won the Pìobaireachd Song event and Gary West won the Dance Music contest. The event moved from Raasay Community Hall to Raasay House Hotel and continued its Hebridean cultural focus.
Read the original ↗At the 2026 Braemar Gathering in Braemar, Scotland, Ben McClamrock of Washington, DC won the Piobaireachd Gold Medal, and Zephan Knichel of Lynnwood, Washington won the overall trophy by taking both light-music events.
Read the original ↗PPBSO judge Drew Duthart shares advice on closed rolls in snare drumming in the society’s Judges Corner series.
Read the original ↗The Pipers’ and Pipe Band Society of Ontario says the Hamilton Highland Gathering will include an OPEN Stage presented with YOUR HEALTH Wellness Centre. It invites musicians of all ages and levels to perform Scottish traditional music, including bagpipes, drums and fiddle. Performances are listed as 3 to 5 minutes, with groups of 1 to 3 performers.
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