Joseph MacDonald’s Complete Theory of the Scots Highland Bagpipe Transcribed into a Digital Medium

Vortex Street Music is proud to announce the debut of Joseph MacDonald's A Complete Theory of the Scots Highland Bagpipe transcribed into a modern layout with both the text and music typeset reworked electronically into a more accessible format.

Joseph MacDonald created a collection of piobaireachd and of Gaelic airs at the age of twenty-three which would eventually be published posthumously with the Gaelic Airs in 1784 and the Theory in 1803. This work includes some of the earliest analysis of the structure of bagpipe musical tradition that anyone had ever attempted. For further information and to read the work itself please click on the this link to download the .pdf of the collection.

The Fractal World Collection Published

Vortex Street Music is happy to announce the publishing of Campbell Naismith's fifth book of original compositions, The Fractal World Collection,  along with compositions by Jamie Hamilton.

Additionally, we are pleased to announce the publishing of two piobaireachd for the first time in any of the currently published books and look forward to composing more pieces in this genre. In addition, there are tunes arranged for pipes from Highland vocal airs collected in the early 1700's by Joseph MacDonald.

Awards and Scholarships for 2020 Announced!

Marcus Bethea, winner of the 2020 Campbell Naismith Mathematics Award from Chula Vista High School donated through the generosity of Chang Lee.

Masitis Ahmed, winner of the 2020 Irene Naismith Mathematics Award from Crawford High School.

Vortex Street Music Philanthropy regrets to announce that due to the impact of COVID 19 all 2020 highland awards and scholarships have been cancelled for this year. We hope that events will return to normal in 2021 and look forward to distributing more highland awards and scholarships.