RESOURCES

Pipe Bands Queensland is running workshops and exams for Australian Pipe Band College certificates in late 2023.

To see the list of upcoming workshops and events, visit the Events page.

Click here to download the enrolment form

Please send all entries and enquiries about upcoming exams to the PBQ Education Principal, Nick Tomkins: pm@ipswichpipeband.com.

PAST WORKSHOP RECORDINGS:

PBQ COLLEGE ONLINE CERTIFICATES THEORY WORKSHOP (10 September 2023):
• workshop recording
• slides
• theory handout

PBQ COLLEGE ONLINE EXAMINATION INFO SESSION (14 August 2023):
• workshop recording
• slides

INTERMEDIATE CERTIFICATES CONTENT

• slides

PRELIMINARY AND ELEMENTARY THEORY WORKSHOP

• workshop recording

The Australian Pipe Band College (APBC) is the educational arm of Pipe Bands Australia and provides introduction and advancement in education relating to the key disciplines of traditional and modern ‘Pipe Banding’ in Australia and afar whilst providing individuals with access to the APBC wide breadth of experience and resources through contemporary means and an engaging approach.

Nominated College Principals each administer an APBC discipline combing their individual years of experience to form an unrivalled training and educational resource. To date examinations have been regularly conducted in Australia and overseas.

Please contact the relevant Queensland Vice Principal if you have enquiries about the operation of the college.

If you wish to study for one of the certificates awarded by the College, access syllabus details and study materials for each branch of the college at the Pipe Bands Australia website.

Download and complete the enrolment form, and send it to secretary@pipebandsqld.org.

Deposit the appropriate fee in the Branch bank account:

Name: Pipe Bands Australia Inc Qld Branch

BSB: 084 004

Account: 55971 3060

• Drum Major Solo Competition Layout

• The National Piping Centre of Scotland

• School of Piping

• Sydney School of Piping and Drumming

• The Piper’s Dojo (online piping tuition)

• Rhythm Monster (online drumming tuition)

Looking to host a workshop or attract a world-class tutor for your band? Pipe Bands Queensland can help you source a range of grants and support.

Many bands support themselves through paid performances, hands-on fundraising, and/or affiliations with local associations and institutions.

However, several grant and funding streams that you may not have considered could help you pay for an upcoming workshop, event, equipment purchase or other development opportunity.

Some possible programs are listed below for you to investigate as they are relevant to you – click the titles to view the criteria and deadlines.

Please contact Pipe Bands Queensland for advice on these grant programs, or for any letters of support.

Gambling Community Benefit Fund

Not-for-profit groups operating in Queensland can apply for grants from $500 to $35,000 through the GCBF. This fund is Queensland’s largest one-off community grants program, distributing approximately $57 million per year.

The fund allocates grants to not-for-profit community groups, to enhance their capacity to provide services, leisure activities and opportunities for Queensland communities.

Regional Arts Development Fund

Individual Regional Arts Development Funds (RADFs) are ideal for regional workshops or community engagement activities.

They are available for individual councils, and will typically provide individual development funding of up to $750 and group developing funding of up to $10,000. Typically, co-funding of at least 20 per cent is required.

RADFs support arts and cultural activities that:

• provide public value for Queensland communities

• build local cultural capacity, cultural innovation and community well-being

• deliver the Queensland Government’s objectives for the community.

We suggest speaking directly to the council officer in charge of your council’s program before lodging.

These kinds of applications usually require 3–4 months application lead time, although some councils use specific closing dates.

The Lord Mayor’s Community Fund

The Lord Mayor’s Community Fund offers funding of between $250 and $10,000.

This fund is applied from the council ward in which your band is registered or active.

Events (i.e. workshops) or equipment are eligible.

Creative Sparks Program

This program offers grants of up to $10,000. Must be incorporated in a Brisbane local government area. Great for larger community-based projects, such as workshops or concerts.

The grant program aims to:

• support practitioners and producers to develop products, partnerships and new work that grow Brisbane’s reputation as a creative city

• ensure that Brisbane residents and visitors to the city have access to a diverse range of creative and cultural activities

• provide cultural, social and economic outcomes that benefit and add value to Brisbane.

Google G-Suite

Does your band pay for email functionality for your organisation? (i.e. secretary@yourband.com)

Google NFP provides their “G-Suite” for free to registered not-for-profits. This will give you unlimited email addressed under your domain, with webmaster control – all for free! You also get access to the rest of the G-Suite basic functionality, including 30GB of cloud storage per user, and the ability to retrieve user login when someone leaves your organisation.

• Massed band tunes – (free) Pipe Bands Australia

• RSPBA Prescribed Tune List (free)

• Ceol Sean database (free)

• Bagpipe Music database (pay to download)