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Third International Bagpipe Conference

26 - 28 February 2016
Hosted by the National Piping Centre in Glasgow

Organised in collaboration with the National Piping Centre, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Glasgow University with the support of the Bagpipe Society, the Lowland and Border Piping Society, the Piobriaech Society, the Northumbrian Piping Society, the Royal Scottish Pipers' Society, the Traditional Music Forum and the William Grant & Sons foundation.

Bagpipe musicians, academics and enthusiasts from all around the world will gather at the National Piping Centre from 26 Feb to 28 Feb 2016 for the third edition of the biennal International Bagpipe Conference. 
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This year, the Traditional Music Forum will be running a parallel session reflecting on teaching and learning Traditional Scottish Music.

Expect thought provoking ideas, instrument stalls and curious sounds from all around the world...

Previous conferences have featured pipes from Sweden, Croatia, Portugal, Spain, India, France, Scotland, England, Belgium and Belarus. 

List of papers to be presented at the 2016 conference.
  • Socio-economic development in later 20th century Scotland: Bagpiping and Pipe band competition (Andy Clark)
  • Boha, evolution or invention ? (Jean Michel Espinasse and Yan Cozian)
  • Old Polish Bagpipes Recording From Archival Sources. Phonographic Collection In The Institute Of Art Of The Polish Academy Of Science (Ewelina Grygier)
  • Self-Othering and the Revival of the English Border Bagpipes (Roger Landes)
  • Representations of the bagpipe in the Irish press 1770-1970 (Ciarán MacMurchaidh)
  • Swamibapa Salute (film) (Hannah Marsden)
  • What is the value of piping? (Simon McKerrell)
  • Key bagpipe from Southern Italy. Organology,  manufacture and analysis of repertory (Nada Gitto)
  • The Maltese Zaqq – a Little-known European Bagpipe  (Karl Partridge)
  • Piobaireachd Society: Piobaireachd. An oral tradition preserved (Jack Taylor)
  • Bagpipes and pipers (film) (Mariusz Raniszewski)
  • Bagpipers in the city of fado? Bagpipe Teaching in Lisbon (Susana Moreno Fernández)
  • 250 years evolution of the monoxyle drones musette: Historical and organological study (Jean-Pierre Van Hees)
  • Kaba Gaida Traditions and Present (Cvetelin Andreev)
  • The history and present state of ukrainian bagpipes (Viktor Levytskyi)
  • Lincolnshire, Lancashire and Scotch Bagpipes: Regional and Pastoral bagpipes in 17th Century England (Paul Roberts)
  • An interactive map for Britain (and beyond?) (Pete Stewarts and Julian Goodacre). 


Timeline

13 August - Call for paper (download here)

30 October - Call for paper closes

30 November - Speakers notified of participation

1 December - Tickets available online (see below)

Friday 26 Feb
National Museum visit 2-4pm (Edinburgh). Cars leaving from Glasgow early afternoon.

Opening Concert featuring four different bands/artists from around the world including Belgium, Bulgaria and Scotland.
Doors open at 7pm, concert from 7:30 to 9:30pm.

Saturday 27 Feb
Conference and social evening with an open mic/session and a Ceilidh. Tickets include a sandwich lunch and tea and coffee breaks. See the schedule for the full programme.
Don't forget to bring your bagpipes for the social evening!

The Traditional Music Forum will be running a parallel session from 10am to 3pm in the National Piping Centre, focused on teaching and learning traditional Scottish music (see their programme). Entry is free for all conference delegates. 

Sunday 28 Feb
Conference and closing concert (end 13:15). Tickets include a tea and coffee break.

Ticket prices
Note: the museum visit is free but should be booked with your ticket as numbers are limited. 

The Saturday evening Ceilidh and the Bring your Own Bagpipe session are both included in the conference ticket.

Conference Only  £45.00 / Students £30.00

Conference + Museum Visit £45.00 / Students £30.00

Conference + Museum + Concert £50.00 / Students £35.00

Conference + Concert £50.00 / Students £35.00

Concert Only £5.00

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MAILING LIST
Kaynak Band from the Rhodope mountains in Bulgaria,
featured on Friday evening at the opening concert,
​7pm, National Piping Centre
Schedule for International Bagpipe Conference 2016
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Programme for Traditional Music Forum
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Call for Papers - Third International Bagpipe Conference 2016
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Bourdon Collectief
featured on Friday evening at the opening concert
7pm, National Piping Centre
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