By BEN DUNCAN. The Caritas Banner was held today, November 26, at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh. It was a fantastic day of Piobaireachd with some really encouraging performances across all events. 52 young pipers entered, making for a healthy day of competition. The event was sponsored by the Piobaireachd Society, […]
The second SunBelt Invitational – An Crios Gréine took place on November 11, 2022 in Florida, USA. The overall winner was Bruce Gandy, who beat a top class line up of competitors consisting of Callum Beaumont, Glenn Brown, Alasdair Henderson, Willie McCallum, Angus D. MacColl, Ian K. MacDonald, Donald MacPhee, […]
By GEORGE BALDEROSE, Executive Director and LESLIE CLARK, Associate Director The Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming The Seventeenth Annual Balmoral Classic organised by the Balmoral School of Piping and Drumming began on Saturday morning, November 4, 2023 with the US Junior Solo Junior Bagpiping Championship contests held at the […]
Finlay Johnston was announced as the overall winner of the 83rd annual competition of the Scottish Piping Society of London on Saturday, November 4. Craig Muirhead was the A Grade overall winner, and Bradley Parker won the B Grade overall, and Arran Green was the overall Junior winner. Finlay’s win secures […]
Roddy MacLeod MBE was awarded the Bratach Gorm last night by the Scottish Piping Society of London, November 3, in the Caledonian Club in Belgravia. Roddy’s win means he is the second invitee to next year’s Glenfiddich Championships, joining last weeks Glenfiddich winner Callum Beaumont. Am Bratach Gorm (The Blue […]
The 50th Glenfiddich Piping Championship took place today, October 28, 2023, and was won by Callum Beaumont for his first overall win of the title. Callum won the piobaireachd event in 2022 and it gave him the runner up prize, but this year his piobaireachd win seen him tie on […]
The Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping Competition began life in St Andrew’s Academy, Saltcoats in 2003. It quickly became known as The Saltcoats Competition and over the years it attracted large numbers of top young pipers. Due to redevelopment of the Academy in Saltcoats the event moved to the neighbouring […]
The Rosneath Solo Piping competitions were held at Hermitage Academy, Helensburgh yesterday, Sunday, October 15. The piping competitions are usually part of the Rosneath Highland Games, but as the Games were cancelled for 2023 a decision was taken to run the solo piping as a separate event. Yesterday was the […]
The solo piping events at the Royal National Mòd took place yesterday, Saturday, October 14 in Paisley. Junior piping took place at the town’s Wynd Centre, while senior competitors played in the Jacquard Suite and The Spinning Shed within the newly refurbished Paisley Town Hall. The Mòd runs until Saturday, October […]
The 40th Nicol-Brown Invitational took place yesterday, October 7 at St. Mark Presbyterian Church, Rockville, Maryland. The competition invited ten of the top young amateurs from North America to play in elite solo competition consisting of three events: 6/8 Marches, Piobaireachd and MSR. The competitors were Gillian Blaney, Cameron Bonar, Thomas […]
