The Christmas party had by now become a regular event.
were held there, for many years to come. Pipemaking classes were initiated by J. Bryan at Alnwick and others were started later, e.g. Usually a concert is arranged in the Guildhall, and one year the Lord Mayor asked for an official piper for the occasion. The first Annual General Meeting was held there in January 1930, and the following Vice-Presidents were appointed: Miss Grace Gray (of Wark), James Hall (piper to the Duke), Anthony Charlton and T.W.
The second letter was ‘asking if I could possible play for Her Majesty the Queen at the official opening of Kielder Dam’ . He also made pipes. In the last few years of his life he had re-established his connection with the Society and had attended many meetings. Robson joined the R.A.F and Miss Margery Bell became secretary (1941). "Dad was a true Northumbrian born-and-bred and spent every spare minute walking his beloved Cheviot Hills. Primarily known as a virtuoso player of the English concertina, Alistair Anderson also plays Northumbrian smallpipes and has composed many tunes on and for the instrument. Stafford became chairman in 1955. The Bellingham branch closed this year (1955). Current pipe-makers have also experimented with plastic blades (Richard Evans) and carbon fibre blades (Mike Nelson) on metal bodies. His enthusiasm rubbed off on to me, when in 1965 at the age of fourteen I entered and won the open piping competition organized by the Northumbrian Pipers’ Society.
Jack Armstrong retires and Tom Matthews appointed Piper to the Duke. This nominal G, however, is always notated as G. Nowadays, chanters are available anywhere from D to G, F+ being the commonest for solo or ensemble piping, but G being the most popular for playing ensemble with other instruments. Although many pipers now play predominantly dance tunes and some slow airs nowadays, extended variation sets have continued to form an important part of the repertoire. He had done a great deal of work for the Society and continued to do so. They held some of their own meetings in the Morden Tower and occasionally accompanied the dances. A half-long pipe band of four players was started in 1958 by Wallsend Boy Scouts. This I found very interesting, for it showed that the Duke held the old traditions in very high regard and were sacrosanct. Jack Armstrong was congratulated on becoming Piper to the Duke. Lady Trevelyan was unanimously elected president in 1947. They are now in the Bagpipe Museum. 1n 1949, Jack Armstrong was appointed Piper to the Duke with his only official duty to play at the Shrove Tuesday football match; other functions at the discretion of the Duke. It should read 'Piper to the Countess' as Dukedome not created until 1766. He continued his interest in the Society until his death in 1965. Jane Robson, together with pipers and other instrumentalists, had busked in the Tyneside Metro Monument Station during the Christmas period of 1985.
Wilfred Hall left his set of pipes to the Society. Will I be the shortest time serving as piper? Entries for the annual competitions were well up on previous years, and were heard by a capacity audience, which was most heartening. The James Talbot manuscripts, Music MS 1187, Christ Church Library, Oxford. It was arranged by R A S Cowper, who became the first curator of the Museum, and was made a Vice-President of the Society. It was felt that there was not sufficient room at the castle for the annual competitions, so this year and until 1937 they took place at the Old Assembly Rooms, outside caterers providing refreshments. This method of stopping allows only of one finger being lifted at a time. J. Bryan became treasurer, also for one year, after which H. Oates held this position. At the second annual meeting, K. Stanger resigned and R. R. Armstrong (father of Jack Armstrong) became chairman. His compositions for groups of instruments have explored a greater range of harmonies than was traditionally associated with the smallpipes' repertoire, and he has collaborated with musicians such as jazz trombonist Annie Whitehead as well as writing the Shivering Stone suite which he performed with the Lindsay String Quartet. W.A.
Peacock was the last of the Newcastle Waits (musical watchmen), and probably the first smallpiper to play a keyed chanter. There were now 58 members. The boundaries between fact and fiction are clearly blurred. The location of this set of pipes is not known. Kathryn Tickell (a protegée of Anderson's in her youth) has composed many virtuoso pieces for the smallpipes and has explored an even wider range of collaborations; besides The Chieftains and The Boys of the Lough, she has worked with the Penguin Café Orchestra, percussionist Evelyn Glennie, jazz saxophonist Andy Sheppard and Sting, as well as having had a modern classical piece, Kettletoft Inn, composed for her by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
Mike Tickell and Richard Butler initiated a Pipers’ Night at Morpeth on the second Sunday of the month. His health failed so he was never deported and he died on 13th November 1810 at the age of seventy-seven in Durham jail, where he was buried. Richard Butler, The Duke of Northumberland's Piper, is an internationally renown Northumbrian Piper who has produced a number of solo and accompanied recordings and has written a basic tutor and an in-depth maintenance manual for the pipes. Mowat, and M. Hodgson, a demonstration of the playing of a ‘shepherd’s pipe’ was given by Miss Gladys Page Wood of the Pipers Guild. Nelson’s designs also include the “School Pipes”, G-sets with plastic components, made to be used in schools in Northumberland. Jack Armstrong (1904-1978) appointed Piper to the Duke. A Society member, and Secretary of the Alnwick Pipers’ Society, he had done much to foster good relations between the two Societies. The Society rounded off the year by playing Christmas carols at the Central station for the Tyne Rail Music Festival. Interest in Northumbrian pipe playing had waxed and waned for at least a hundred and fifty years before this. Askew secretary, B. Alderson assistant secretary, and the committee consisted of W. Kirton, W. Miller, V. Fairbairn and A. For decoration, it is common to play short grace notes preceding a melody note. R.A.S. Burl Ives invited Jack to Hollywood to record the sound-track for a projected film of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The president started an annual outing to Wallington, and socials, dances and concerts featured in the programmes. Forster Charlton’s sterling efforts on behalf of the Society in the production of the record were much praised. In this respect a letter from Mr. Wheeler, Commissioner to the Duke, listed Hall’s exact duties including, Meet at Corbridge, proceed to Stagshawbank, North Shields Fair - meet at the quay at 12 noon. The aim is to play each note as full length as possible, but still separate from the next – 'The notes should come out like peas'. The High Level is one. There were now 90 members. from the right, the other keys operated by the right thumb (for low D, c sharp, and high b). The collection contains a mixture of simple dance tunes, and extended variation sets. The rules were amended by W. Stafford. Thomas Bewick, the engraver, at the end of the eighteenth century, wrote to a friend: “At one time I was afraid that these old tunes, and this ancient instrument, might from neglect of encouragement get out of use, and I did everything in my power to prevent this and to revive it, by urging Peacock to teach pupils to become masters of this kind of music; and I flatter myself my efforts were not lost.” John Peacock was a small pipes player, and the last of the Newcastle waits. The Branch opened with Chris Almond as its Chairman, and regular meetings were held, on the second Wednesday of each month at the Golden Lion Inn, Sedgefield. Tom married Elizabeth Bradley (Betty) in 1955 and, at his suggestion, she took up the Clarsach, the Scottish harp, to accompany his piping, which led to performances throughout Northumberland and Scotland.
Tom was required to play at a number of functions including the fairs and courts where the Duke of Northumberland was Lord of the Manor; Corbridge, Ovingham, Newburn, Stagshawbank, Warkworth, Harbottle, North Shields, Tynemouth, Bellingham, Elsdon, Wark, Alnwick, and Rothbury. 1975 saw the republication of the Charlton Memorial Tune Book. In 1931, James Hall retired and James Byrnes was appointed Piper to the Duke. Lamshaw died in 1806, but is known to have played the 'improved smallpipes'; although only one of these tunes bears his name, the other probably commemorates the Tynemouth and North Shields Fair, inaugurated in 1804. Unlike the chanter, though, the reeds have a single blade; they are either cut from a single tube of cane, or else a strip of cane in a metal body. It was the practice in these early years always to have a demonstration of pipe playing after the competitions. Under the guidance of Colin Ross, the second Curator of the Museum, those who had made their own instruments were able to tune them and learn to play. William Lamshaw (Junior) appointed Piper to the Duchess. Much of the information about Allan is to be obtained from two books written after his death in 1810.
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