The results from last weekend’s Grampian Highland Gathering piping competitions were: March – 1. Allan Russell [pictured]; 2. Calum Brown; 3. Pipe Major Ben Duncan; 4. Gordon McCready; 5. John MacDonald. Strathspey & Reel – 1. Pipe Major Ben Duncan; 2. Allan Russell; 3. Calum Brown; 4. Gordon McCready; 5. […]
The overall winners from the 2021 World Solo Amateur Piping Competition held during Piping Live! last week are: Stuart Marshall (Grade 1), Ben Hall (Grade 2), Alasdair Beaton (Grade 3) and Riccardo Brunelli (Grade 4). They receive a keepsake Silver Medal and a free place on one of the National […]
Gordon McCready from Renfrew in Scotland won the overall Professional category at the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario (PPBSO) fifth and final online event of 2021. This competition may – may – well prove to be the last big solo piping competition, in Canada and elsewhere, to be […]
By Margaret Dunn Thursday of Piping Live! is traditionally the day CLASP awards the league winners with their CLASP keepsake medals. The World Solo Amateur Piping Competition @ Piping Live! marks the start of the new CLASP season and the Piping Live! festival is the perfect setting to present the […]
Callum Beaumont of Bo’ness, Scotland won the 2021 annual Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital Challenge. Callum won against four other invited top-tier soloists, all of whom are from Scotland: Stuart Liddell, Finlay Johnston, Angus MacColl and Sarah Muir. Roddy MacLeod MBE withdrew due to unforeseen circumstances. This was the […]
Callum Beaumont from Bo’ness in Scotland won the Masters Solo Piping Competition held throughout today in the National Piping Centre as part of the 2021 Piping Live! festival. Beaumont was the overall winner with a first in the Ceòl Mòr and when the results were calculated this was enough to […]
Angus MacColl from Benderloch, Scotland was awarded the 2021 Silver Chanter tonight. This was the 55th year of the iconic competition. Angus was assigned the classic MacCrimmon tune, Lament for Mary MacLeod to play. He was last on. Held tonight at the National Piping Centre’s headquarters in McPhater Street, Glasgow, […]
“There were 40 entrants in the 2021 Aboyne Games online piping competitions, writes Dr. Jack Taylor. “This meant three heats for piobaireachd and two for light music. It was good to welcome guest judges Jack Lee, Bill Livingstone and Roddy S. MacDonald, and to have JonDon MacKenzie on the Aboyne […]
Next year’s annual Winter Storm has been cancelled. This will be the second consecutive year the popular event has been cancelled outright due to the on going COVID-19 pandemic. Organisers said today in a statement: “In view of the continuing impact of COVID-19 on global travel, the Midwest Highland Arts […]
Ian K. McDonald of Ontario, Canada [pictured] was the overall A/Premier Grade champion at this year’s Scottish Pipers’ Association solo piping competiton for professional pipers. The competition was held via video submissions recently. Results: A/Premier GradeCeòl Mòr – 1. Ian K. MacDonald; 2. Dr. Peter McCallister; 3. Jamie Forrester.March – 1. Gordon […]
