Renowned Scottish bagpiper Stuart Liddell MBE playing "Troy's Wedding" composed by Colin Magee and "Viennese Waltz" arranged by Allan MacDonald. This was from his recital at historic Delgatie Castle in September 2022.
Hear Robert Mathieson discuss this waltz in his class from March 2. The waltz begins at 1:46.
For the first time here at Dojo U, we recently rallied our students to form Team Dojo – a 'virtual band' made up from Dojo students all…
https://youtu.be/jIrObJTVmg4 Award winning Scottish Bagpiper Stuart Liddell from Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland, finishing his encore during at concert at historic Delgatie Castle. The tunes are "Troy's…
When you are learning a new competition march, do you often have trouble staying “on the beat” because you are using all of your concentration just to play all of the melody notes, gracenotes and embellishments correctly? Then, after you get those pesky things out of the way, are you still having trouble getting that “march feel”? Using a metronome during your practice may well be a useful tool for you.
For centuries, there has been a long-held belief that bagpipes were classified as an instrument of war and were banned in the Act of Proscription of 1746.
The story goes that in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745, culminating in the now infamous Battle of Culloden, possessing a set of pipes or playing bagpipes them was banned.
Unfortunately, history is always far more complicated than we think...
https://youtu.be/pIVWwh-OHKs Champion Scottish piper Stuart Liddell playing his composition "Diu Regnare", outside Balmoral Castle, home to the Royal family in Scotland. This tune was composed…
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