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Registration is free, or you can join the LBPS today for as little as £92013 LBPS Annual Competition Results
2013 Annual Competition Results
Soundfiles now available; many thanks to Johnn Bushby for editing them.
New Music Anniversary Competition
The Lowland and Border Pipers Society announces a new competition
The competition is open to all. It offers a first prize of £250 with second and third prizes of £150 and £100.
30th Anniversary Year Events Diary
The LBPS celebrates its 30th anniversary this year; here are some of the events that will mark this notable occasion
Carlos Nunez plays pastoral pipes
Carlos Nunez playing 'The Football March' from Geoghegan's 1740 tutor on a set of pastoral pipes made by Jon Swayne, at a concert with Phil Pickett at Celtic ConnectionsDecember 2012 issue of Common Stock available
Available online now
The December 2012 issue of Common Stock is now available to members online, containing the usual miscellany of music, history, advice, discussion and news of events, including the 2012 Collogue report and presentations and Callum Armstrong on his exploration of the double chanter Scottish smallpipe.
Callum Armstrong plays the double chanter Scottish smallpipes
Two videos of Callum playing polyphony on the Scottish smallpipe double chanter.
The first is the tune he played at this year's collogue. The second is the tune published in the current issue of Common Stock together with the article on 'Expanding the Scottish Smallpipe'
Bagpipe Colloquium 2013
Meeting organised by Edinburgh University
Collection of Historic Musical Instruments
12 August 2013
Call for Papers;
