Colin Mulhern

As Glasgow gears up to wave goodbye to the UCI Cycling World Championships, preparations are gathering pace for the city’s next global competitive event. It’s now just a week until The World Pipe Band Championships – a spectacular highlight of Scotland’s annual cultural calendar that’s always highly anticipated and extremely popular. This year’s ‘Worlds’ will […]

The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) would like to publicly apologise to Field Marshal Montgomery and Inveraray and District Pipe Bands who have been impacted by a compiling error in determining the result of the Grade 1 Best Drumming Prize at the Scottish Pipe Band Championships 2023 at Dumbarton. Investigations began on the 30th

Date set. Venue set. The instruction team is ready to go. Timetable set. Guests in place, and now the final piece, the Workbook. The Workbook we use at the Summer School has received its annual tweak, and we are good to go. The workbook contains all the material, theory and practical, that you need to

“Well! This summer school is looking even better after today. I am so buzzed by this news confirming our two special guest presenters for our week. They are both huge contributors to today’s Piping and Drumming scene.” Glenn Brown is a 39 year old native of Milton, Ontario, Canada. He began playing at the age

The RSPBA Summer School Team are delighted to announce that Cameron Lawson will join Allan Craig as part of this year’s Summer School Drumming instruction team. Cameron, originally from Australia is currently a member of the Inveraray & District Pipe Band and a recent graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He is a sought

Tickets now on sale today for this year’s World Pipe Band Championships – which take place in Glasgow on 18 and 19 August – the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association and Glasgow Life have announced. Always a much-anticipated highlight of Scotland’s summer events programme, the ‘Worlds’ attract thousands of pipers and drummers from all over

The RSPBA Music Board Standards and Gradings Group have approved and notified the Band Secretaries of the grading changes detailed below:By Request Grade NJB to 4B – Dumbarton & District Grade1 – Manawatu Scottish – New Zealand Paul McAndrew & Sharon SmithRSPBA Directors to Music Board

Annan Riding of the Marches Pipe-Band Contest already attracts in excess of 25 bands annually from across the Country and the contest is expected to get bigger and better in the coming years. Following the afternoon contest the day culminates in the impressive sight and sound of mass pipes and drums marching on Annan High

August the 12th the week before the Worlds. When we a were asked to change our date, there was no hesitation to agree with the RSPBA. Now we need the support of the Bands in the West of Scotland both Local and bands who have travelled from afar to be in Scotland at this time.