Scotland’s Piping Heritage on Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o’ Riches

The National Piping Centre

Scotland’s Piping Heritage on Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o’ Riches

The National Piping Centre

Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o’ Riches is one of the world's largest and most important online resources of cultural heritage.

Date and time

2024-08-15 14:00:00

Venue

The National Piping Centre

Tickets

This event is Free to Attend

Their archive contains over 47,000 individual tracks from the School of Scottish Studies, Canna Collection and BBC Radio nan Gàidheal archives. In this presentation, Dr Decker Forrest, piper and Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Gaelic and Traditional Music Programme at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, gives a fascinating overview of the wealth of piping-related material on the online resource and discusses its relevance to pipers from all over the world today. 

The Venue


The National Piping Centre

The centre serves as a national and international centre of excellence for the great Highland Bagpipe and its music. The Festival Site with the Centre Stage and Bothy Tent, as well as our food and drink tents will be on outside the Centre on McPhater Street. Ticket information is available here


Accessibility

The National Piping Centre and Pipers' Tryst restaurant has step access at both doors. There is a lift available from the side of the building to all floors. During Piping Live! access is through the ramped entrance to the Street Cafe, cross the marquee and then out the other door to the lift area. There is also an accessible toilet here.
You can book a welcome through the WelcoME platform here
You can see full access information at Euan's Guide here

Date and time

2024-08-15 14:00:00

Venue

The National Piping Centre

Tickets

This event is Free to Attend


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