Cork Pipers’ Club present our 2010 Tionól on March 20 & 21 at the Wilton SMA Hall in Cork.  Eoin Ó Riabhaigh and Ciaran Ryan will be providing tuition for the pipes classes on the Saturday from 10am-1pm and again after lunch from 2-4.30pm.  Dave Hegarty will provide reedmaking classes at the same times on Saturday and again on Sunday from 10am-12pm to perfect those reeds!

We will hold a session on Saturday March 20 in a nearby pub at which all musicians are welcome.

Please go to the Classes page to register your interest for either beginner or improver classes or the reedmaking course.

Another year down, another pipers’ concert at the Spailpin for the Cork Folk Festival.  But what a concert we had this year!  Some familiar faces graced the stage including Dan O’Callaghan, Diarmaid Moynihan with a welcome return from Tomás O Canainn who, for me, was the highlight of the show with his piping, singing, stories, jokes and poetry!  This year also saw Kevin Moore make an accomplished stage debut, the first of many appearances in the coming years here I’m sure.  The variety of musicians and instruments is what made this year’s concert all the more special for me.  We had uilleann pipes, Galician pipes (gaita), pan pipes, war pipes, flutes, low whistles, and guitars.  In particular Anxo Lorenzo who you can see above with the Moynihans blew us away with the sweet sound of his Galician pipes.  Finally, it was great to meet the wonderful piper Jimmy Morrison who kicked off the show with some fine sets.  Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of him myself but I’m sure we’ll get a few in from our official photographer on the day (ahem John ).

I recorded the gig so expect to see some mp3s posted here in the coming days.

See the photos from the show below…

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The famed Brendan Ring is running piping workshops in a unique setting in the South-West of France. These will include pipe workshops and reed-making sessions and he will even give due care and attention to your uilleann pipes if they are in need of a service.  Can’t say fairer than that!

The cherry on top for these workshops is the unique location which is a chateau with four-poster beds.  The price includes two nights stay in the chateau with what looks like plenty of wine .

Please note, this isn’t a Cork Pipers Club venture, it just looks a really good idea!

Happy New Year to everybody in the piping world!  2008 has been another fruitful year for the Cork Pipers Club after classes moved to a new venue in Wilton SMA Hall.  We look forward to classes starting in a couple of weeks.  Don’t forget that we will be registering for classes on Thursday January 8th with classes starting on the 15th.  If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment or drop me a mail at donal @ corkpipersclub.com.

Here’s to a piping new year in 2009!