The RSPBA Music Board Standards and Gradings Group have approved and notified the Band Secretaries of the grading changes detailed below: By Appeal 4B to 4A RAF Central Scotland Pipes and Drums RAF Lossiemouth Cottown 4A to 3B Mid-Argyll 3B to 3A Turriff and District By Request Grade 3A to 4B Kilmarnock Grade 4B to …
The Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch are proud to present our annual Graeme Johnston Memorial Juvenile Solo Piping Competition. The event will be held on the 11th November 2023 at RSPBA HQ, 45 Washington Street, Glasgow G3 8AZ. Once again, we would like thank our sponsor McCallum Bagpipes for donating a set of pipes for …
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Saturday 21st October 2023 at Glasgow Caledonian University The draw for the World Solo Snare Drumming and World Solo Tenor Drumming has taken place today. To see the draw, please click on here We look forward to seeing you all on the day and good luck to all who have entered.
The RSPBA Music Board met on 26th September 2023 and have approved the following recommendations from the RSPBA Standards & Grading Group, which have been ratified by the 2 Music Board allocated RSPBA Directors. Band secretaries have been notified of these changes via email, and if required as per RSPBA Standing Orders and Rules 3.25. Bands …
We would like to thank everyone who has entered the World Solo Snare Drumming and World Solo Tenor Drumming, the competition is closed for entries. The draw will take place on Monday 2nd October 2023, band secretaries will receive a zoom invitation next week. We look forward to welcoming you all on Saturday 21st October …
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Saturday 21st October 2023 at Glasgow Caledonian University, City Campus, Cowcaddens Rd, Glasgow G4 0BA On behalf of The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, we invite you to enter the World Solo Snare Drumming and World Solo Tenor Drumming Competition for both Adults and Juveniles. We are delighted once again to have the generous sponsorship …
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The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association would like to say a big thank you to John Nevans, Allan Craig, Keith A Bowes, Keith J Bowes, Cameron Lawson and Josh Esson for their dedication, hard work and commitment in bringing together a very successful “Wake Up, Shake Up” 2023 Summer School. This year we had a …
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The pipes that John is playing are between 200-225 years old. The students could not believe how different they sounded to todays pipes.
What a brilliant week we had at the Summer School. Here are a few pictures to prove it. A big thank you goes out to our teaching team for this year, John, Allan, Cameron, our father and son team of Keith Bowes Senior and Junior for all of the hard work they put into making …
A special welcome to Steven McWhirter who has joined us on day four of our 2023 “Wake Up, Shake Up Summer School”. Steven spent some time with all of our drumming students, first in the class room he discussed how to develop and execute some key rudiments. Steven presented a master class for all of …
