End of year round-up 2021

Well, here we are again, at the end of another year…a year not without its challenges! We did a few online ‘gigs’ from home, for Burns’ Night, St Valentine’s Day and St Patrick’s Day. The one planned for April, in commemoration of...

Piping 100 Challenge

We mentioned in our Autumn news update that Neil has been recording a different tune on Highland Pipes each day as part of this challenge. We’d like to highlight a couple of places that we used recently for these recordings, which we think may be of interest. On...

Autumn 2021

We’ve had quite a busy time since the last update, as Neil took on a challenge to play a different tune on Highland Pipes every day for 100 days, and we’ve been recording and uploading them to our YouTube channel. We had a week’s holiday on Mull and...

Summer 2021

Wow, what a roaster it’s been! Scotland has basked in high temperatures for the last few weeks, and it looks set to continue. We’d like to draw your attention to this year’s Tryst Festival, which is having to be held entirely online due to Covid restrictions. However,...

News: Spring 2021

We finally seem to be easing out of what has felt like a very long lockdown! What a strange time it has been…although Neil is grateful for the many pupils who have continued to receive lessons online throughout this time, and to new pupils who have joined us or...