Monthly meeting of the Northern Branch including updates, educational activities, and general discussion.
Next meeting: Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 7:00pm (Pacific)
Presenter: Ross Naismith
Topic: Execution – Preparation, Practice, and Performance
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“In the Zoom Where it Happens” is a free online event hosted by the Northern Branch of WUSPBA.
Each one-hour session will feature a guest presenter covering a tune or another educational topic. Past presenters include piping instructors, adjudicators, and professional competitors from throughout WUSPBA, as well as the occasional guest presenter from outside of WUSPBA.
In 2021 and 2022, we had a series of presentations covering all of the WUSPBA Recommended Piobaireachd for Grade 4 pipers. We are extremely grateful for the various teachers (listed below) who volunteered their time and expertise to help navigate us through each of the tunes on this list.
To participate in any of the scheduled sessions below, join the Zoom meeting at the appointed time by clicking this Zoom Link or using the meeting logon information:
Meeting ID: 878 1011 4245
Passcode: 421471
| Date | Presenter | Topic | Recording |
| Upcoming Sessions | |||
| Wednesday March 26, 2025 7:00 p.m. |
Ross Naismith | Topic: Execution – Preparation, Practice, and Performance | |
| Past Sessions | |||
| Wednesday February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m. |
Ken Sutherland | Topic: Get Your Dancing Shoes On – Intro to Strathspeys and Reels | Coming Soon! |
| Wednesday March 1, 2023 7:00 p.m. |
Ryan Murray | Topic: Piobaireachd Memorization and Tune Structure | YouTube |
| Wednesday September 28, 2022 7:00 p.m. |
Ryan Murray | Piobaireachd: MacIntosh’s Banner | YouTube |
| Wednesday June 29, 2022 7:00 p.m. |
Seumas Coyne | Piobaireachd: MacDonald of Kinlochmoidart’s Lament #1 | YouTube |
| Wednesday May 25, 2022 7:00 p.m. |
Glen Thompson | Piobaireachd: Glengarry’s Lament |
YouTube |
| Tuesday April 26, 2022 7:00 p.m. |
Bruce Hitchings | Piobaireachd: Struan Robertson’s Salute | YouTube |
| Wednesday March 30, 2022 7:00 p.m. |
Ken Sutherland | Topic: Operas, Ballets and Broadway Musicals – The Bagpipe Connections | YouTube |
| Wednesday December 15, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
Bruce Hitchings | Piobaireachd: Cabar Feidh Gu Brath | YouTube |
| Wednesday November 17, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
Seumas Coyne | Piobaireachd: Lament for the Rowan Tree | YouTube |
| Wednesday October 27, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
Jamie Cuthill | Piobaireachd: Sir James MacDonald of the Isles Lament | |
| Wednesday September 29, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
Jack Lee | Topic: Solos prep and presentation: from a judge’s perspective | YouTube |
| Wednesday August 25, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
Colin Berta | Piobaireachd: The Little Spree | YouTube |
| Wednesday July 28, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
Ryan Balchuck | Piobaireachd: The Field of Gold | YouTube |
| Wednesday June 30, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
Justin Celek | Piobaireachd: Lament for the Old Sword | YouTube |
| Wednesday May 26, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
Ken Sutherland | Piobaireachd: The Company’s Lament | YouTube |
| Wednesday April 28, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
Glen Thompson | Piobaireachd: The Glen is Mine | YouTube |
| Wednesday March 31, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
Adam Blaine | Piobaireachd: Lady Doyle’s Salute | YouTube |
| Wednesday February 24, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
Ryan Murray | Piobaireachd: The Boat Tune | YouTube |
| Wednesday January 27, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
Rob Boyd | Piobaireachd: Alasdair Dearg MacDonnell of Glengarry’s Lament | YouTube |
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