Join piper and composer Jim Barrie on February 5, 2022 for the next BCPA Saturday seminar on the Cameron-style of…
Read more →The following is the third and final article in a 40th anniversary series about Jack Lee’s Gold Medal and Silver…
Read more →Ishabel Ross was Secretary of the BC Pipers’ Association in the 1960s and along with her late husband Life Member…
Read more →Iain MacDonald is the long-time pipe major of the City of Regina Pipe Band and the piper and instructor synonymous…
Read more →It is a remarkable achievement. The year 2021 marked the 40th anniversary of one of the most catalytic events in…
Read more →I want to welcome all participants to the 88th BC Piper’s Association Annual Gathering. It is great that we can still participate and grow the music we love to play. I wish all the competitors the best of luck and look forward to congratulating the winners at the awards ceremony on April 17, prior to…
On the morning of April 1, the following reminder message was emailed directly to 2021 BCPA Online Annual Gathering registered competitors. It is reproduced here in case the competitors did not receive the email. This is a reminder of several important items for you to be aware of in your preparations for the 2021 BCPA…
In lieu of this year’s Piobaireachd Society Conference, the first of the society’s online papers will be presented on Wednesday, March 31 at 8pm BST (GMT+1). The presenter will be long time society member John Shone, who will be speaking about ‘The Boys Brigade and its Contribution to Piping and Piobaireachd’. John’s talk will feature…
As the 88th British Columbia Pipers’ Association Annual Gathering takes place, a number of companies and individuals have donated prizes for winners. Piping Hot Tuition: A tuition scholarship to the 2021 Piping Hot Summer Drummer Summer School (donated by Piping Hot Summer Drummer) will be awarded to the Most Promising Piper as jointly determined by…
In March 2020, the annual Duncan Johnstone Memorial Piping Competition was one of the first piping events to be cancelled as the effects of the pandemic took hold. With the event postponed for a second year due to the continuing government restrictions, The National Piping Centre has created a new event to celebrate the life…
March 31, 2021: This post has been updated with a new link in the section pertaining to “For competitors in Grade 1, Open, CPA B and CPA C Piping, Grade 1 Snare Drumming, and Intermediate Tenor Drumming”. It is important that all these competitors read this updated document. On the morning of March 27, the…
A Competition for Pipers and Drummers All Across the Globe. Seattle, Wash., March 15, 2021. BagpipeLessons.com announces the return of their online piping and drumming competition, The World Online Piping & Drumming Championships, for Spring 2021. While most of the world’s bagpipe competitions and Scottish Highland Games are still either cancelled, postponed, or reduced in…
The deadline to register and enter the 88th BCPA Annual Gathering is Friday, March 19. Entries must be received by midnight. This year, the BCPA is conducting the 2021 Annual Gathering only for solo events and in an online format. Players will enter the Annual Gathering through the BCPA Registration Site, then record and upload…
The results of the 2021 February BCPA Online Mini-Gathering are now posted on the Results page. https://archive.bcpipers.org/services/results/ The results include the aggregate winners for each grade. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, BCPA will ensure the winners’ names are engraved on the Mini-Gathering Aggregate shields. In this competition, BCPA deployed the largest number of adjudicators ever…
The 2021 BCPA Annual Gathering will be held on April 2 & 3. And the Annual Gathering Ceilidh will follow, on April 17 – online. And this year we will be celebrating piping and drumming families. Generations of family members playing together, or passing on the skills and love of their instrument to the next…
With the on-going world-wide global COVID-19 pandemic still in effect, the BCPA is conducting the 2021 Annual Gathering only for solo events and in an online format. As previously announced, players will enter the Annual Gathering through the BCPA Registration Site, then record and upload their performances to YouTube during the defined period, then complete…
The assigned adjudicators for the 2021 February BCPA Online Mini-Gathering events are located here.
