This time next week Glasgow will be full of pipers and drummers and Piping Live! has a full day of events planned to keep them entertained.
See the listings below for daytime events and take your pick from pipe band performances, CLASP Grade 2 solo piping competition, a recital with Angus MacColl, piobaireach workshop with Allan MacDonald, a Gaelic language workshop, a variety of piping performances in the Street Cafe, and a Pipe Idol heat with six solo competitors.
In the evening you have a choice of the International Quartet Competition or a concert featuring four female singers and pipers exploring Gaelic song and piping’s intertwined roots. And if you have not had your fill of music by 10.30pm, head to the Late Night Sessions at the Festival Club for a tune and a pint. [If you happen to be in Edinburgh, pop along to the Scots Guards Club and catch Jarlath Henderson and Bruce Gandy at the Eagle Pipers.]
If you can’t be in Glasgow next week but want to be part of the music, check out the Piping Live! 2023 Online Festival Pass here. There are two +LIVESTREAM events included in the pass for Tuesday.
9.00am
The CLASP’s World Amateur Solo Piping Competition, Grade 2
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/the-clasps-world-amateur-solo-piping-competition-2023-grade-2
venue: The NPC – Otago St, WEST END VENUE
10.15
Street Cafe Sessions – Pibroch Network Conversations
Graphic design. Impact and inclusivity: visualizing pibroch on page and screen – Find out more
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/street-cafe-tuesday
venue: The NPC STREET CAFE – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
10.30am
Learn @ Live! Northumbrian Piping
Join renowned Northumbrian Piper Andy May, as he discusses the music and history of the beautiful Northumbrian Pipes.
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/learn-at-live-tuesday-northumbrian-piping
venue: The NPC – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
11.00am
Buchanan Street Pipe Bands – Sons of Holyland & District, Nazareth
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/buchanan-street-pipe-bands-tuesday
venue: Buchanan St, Glasgow
12.00noon
Book Presentation – The Campbell Letters
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/book-presentation-the-campbell-letters-1
venue: The NPC – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
12.00noon
Emerging Talent – Beatha
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/street-cafe-tuesday
venue: The NPC STREET CAFE – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
12.00noon
Buchanan Street Pipe Bands – St Andrew’s College Pipe Band, New Zealand
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/buchanan-street-pipe-bands-tuesday
venue: Buchanan St, Glasgow
1.00pm+LIVESTREAM
Lunchtime Recital Series – Angus MacColl
Forging an unbreakable connection between the past and the present, the lunchtime recitals at Piping Live! 2023 have been curated to breathe new life into instruments played by some of Highland piping’s most iconic players.
Today’s recital is by Angus MacColl. Performing on John MacColl’s pipes, 4-time Glenfiddich Champion, Angus MacColl pays tribute to one of piping’s most important trailblazers of the late-19th and early-20th.
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/lunchtime-recital-series-tuesday
venue: The NPC – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
1.00pm
Buchanan Street Pipe Bands – Renfrewshire Schools Pipe Band, Scotland
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/buchanan-street-pipe-bands-tuesday
venue: Buchanan St, Glasgow
1.30pm
Take Your Piping Further – Higher Education in Piping
Join representatives from the HND Music – Piping and the BMus Piping Degree course to chat through the further education possibilities in piping.
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/take-your-piping-further-higher-education-in-piping-1
venue: The NPC – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
1.30pm
Street Cafe Sessions – Armagh Pipers Club
https://pipinglive.co.uk/artists/armagh-pipers-club
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/street-cafe-tuesday
venue: The NPC STREET CAFE – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
2.00pm
Gig in the Gallery: Estonia
Duo Cätlin & Marko Mägi will bring the traditional music of Estonia, some of which is hundreds of years old to Kelvingrove, as they perform with Estonian bagpipes and jawharp.
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/gig-in-the-gallery-estonia-tuesday
venue: Kelvingrove Museum, Argyle St
2.00pm
Buchanan Street Pipe Bands – Kilmarnock Pipe Band, Scotland
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/buchanan-street-pipe-bands-tuesday
venue: Buchanan St, Glasgow
2.30pm
Street Cafe Sessions – Pipe Idol Heat 2
Pipe Idol is back for 2023! Competitors will perform a set including a hornpipe and jig, a March, Strathspey and Reel and a medley of tunes between 5 – 7 minutes long, this will showcase the best young pipers in the world. With 4 to 6 competitors each day, one winner will be selected to go through the grand final which takes place on Thursday 17th August.
- Eala Niamh McElhinney – Scotland
- Cameron Bonar – Canada
- Gregor MacDonald – Scotland
- Bobby Allen – Scotland
- Hector Munro – Scotland
- Luuk Dekker – The Netherlands
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/street-cafe-tuesday
venue: The NPC STREET CAFE – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
2.30pm
Cabadaich Le Ceòlas – Learn the basics of Gaelic
A conversation-focused session for beginners level, with a different theme every day. These events are delivered in partnership with Ceòlas.
- Dimà irt / Tuesday’s session will focus on “Àitichean” – Places
The rest of the week’s session will focus on:
- Diluain / Monday – Cò thu? Greetings and meeting people
- Diciadain / Wednesday – Ceòl – Music
- Diardaoin / Thursday – Days of the week & Piping Live!
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/cabadaich-le-ceolas-tuesday
venue: The NPC – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
2.30pm
Ceòl Mòr & The Gaelic Piping Tradition
Join Allan MacDonald, Glenuig, as he looks at the Big Music and its links to Gaelic traditions.
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/talk-ceol-mor-the-gaelic-piping-tradition
venue: The NPC – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
3.00pm
Buchanan Street Pipe Bands – Tynecastle Schools Pipe Band, Scotland
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/buchanan-street-pipe-bands-tuesday
venue: Buchanan St, Glasgow
4.00pm
Buchanan Street Pipe Bands – Sri Damesh Sikh Malaysian Pipe Band, Malaysia
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/buchanan-street-pipe-bands-tuesday
venue: Buchanan St, Glasgow
4.00pm
Street Cafe Sessions – Hazel Whyte
https://pipinglive.co.uk/artists/hazel-whyte
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/street-cafe-tuesday
venue: The NPC STREET CAFE – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
5.00pm
Street Cafe Sessions – Andy May
https://pipinglive.co.uk/artists/andy-may
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/street-cafe-tuesday
venue: The NPC STREET CAFE – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
6.00pm
Street Cafe Sessions – Grade 1 Auckland & District
https://pipinglive.co.uk/artists/auckland-and-district-pipe-band
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/street-cafe-tuesday
venue: The NPC STREET CAFE – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
7.30pm
International Quartet Competition 2023
Back at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall’s Strathclyde Suite for 2023, six pipe bands will send four of their pipers to compete in this head to head challenge, as 10 hidden judges decide who will take home the title in this must see event leading up to the Worlds on Saturday!
A draw has now been done for this event, and the bands will play an MSR (own choice) in the first half and then, in the same running order, play a medley in the second half. The draw for this year: 1. Manawatu Scottish; 2. Inveraray & District; 3. Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia; 4. Field Marshal Montgomery; 5. 78th Fraser Highlanders; 6. People’s Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/international-quartet-competition
venue: Strathclyde Suite, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
7.30pm+LIVESTREAM
Canntaireachd
Join us to celebrate Gaelic song and piping’s intertwined roots.
Canntaireachd is an exciting new collaboration between multi-award winning singers and pipers Kathleen MacInnes, Kim Carnie, Brìghde Chaimbeul and Ailis Sutherland with the new formidable collective Staran. Celebrating and exploring the relationship between piping and Gaelic song, the project will breathe new life into centuries old songs, tunes and stories with new material woven throughout.
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/canntaireachd
venue: The NPC – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE
7.45pm
An Evening of International Piping with The Eagle Pipers Society
The Eagle Pipers Society, with the support of Piping Live!, will be hosting a relaxed evening of international piping with performances from two of the worlds best pipers
In 2023, the Eagle Pipers celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2023, and this is just one of a number of events this year marking this special anniversary. On the evening we have 2 guest performers:
Jarlath Henderson is a leading figure in the Uilleann piping tradition. Bruce Gandy from Canada needs no introduction
https://pipinglive.co.uk/events/an-evening-of-international-piping-with-the-eagle-pipers-society
venue: Scots Guards Club, 2 Clifton Terrace, Edinburgh
10.30pm
Festival Club Tuesday – Late Night Sessions
Join us for late night music at The National Piping Centre, led by some fantastic trad musicians. Our session leaders over the week will be: Tuesday, Ruairidh Iain Buxton, on Wednesday Bradley Parker and Thursday will see Fionnlagh Mac A’ Phiocar lead the music. Doors open at 10.30pm and tunes will start from 11, so bring your instrument and join in, or just sit back over a late night drink and enjoy the music!
Free to attend. Over 18s Only.
venue: The NPC AUDITORIUM – McPhater St, CITY CENTRE VENUE