The photo above is somewhat misleading as it was a wet day yesterday in Oban, August 24, for the Argyllshire Gathering 2023. The weather wasn’t kind to the pipers in the light music competitions out in the fresh air of Mossfield Park. However the rain didn’t stop young Cameron Bonar, […]
The first day of the Argyllshire Gathering took place yesterday, August 23, in Oban. There were five piobaireachd competitions held across the day with the Senior competition for former Gold Medal winners, the Highland Society of London Gold Medal, the Silver Medal and the MacGregor Memorial competition. For light music […]
The Grade 3/4 World Amateur Solo Piping Competitions took place on Thursday, August 15 at Piping Live! 2023, held in the NPC’s Otago Street Venue. The overall winner was Kathryn McEwan and the full results were as follows: Piobaireachd 2/4 March Strathspey & Reel Jig
Piping Live! on a Sunday has a chilled vibe which is most welcome at the end of a busy week and following an exciting day at the World Pipe Band Championships on the Saturday. The events get underway on Sunday afternoon and a packed NPC auditorium watched Anna Smart, Alastair […]
A new name was added to the Grade 1 World Pipe Band trophy today, August 19, with Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia winning for the first time. There were scenes of wild celebration, and plenty of tears flowing on Glasgow Green as Pipe Major Ross Harvey led his band […]
The majority of the piping world had their eyes on the Grade 1 competition at Glasgow Green on Friday, August 18, and would have missed the public debut of the music of Magnus and Flora Stone from the US. The audience in the Street Cafe were treated to new music […]
Stuart Liddell was the winner of the Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital for 2023. Stuart played first and his piping and entertaining showmanship received a rapturous response from the large audience. Earlier in the evening, 15-year-old Cameron Bonar from Canada won the final of Pipe Idol receiving a set […]
A special limited edition tune book was launched yesterday at Piping Live! The National Piping Centre have marked their 25th anniversary by publishing a beautiful, hard bound book containing compositions from pipers who have had connections to the Centre over the last 25 years. There are only 250 copies of […]
The World Amateur Solo Piping Competitions have taken place on Tuesday and Wednesday at Piping Live! 2023, held in the NPC’s Otago Street Venue. Jean-Sébastien Gamache from Canada was the overall winner of Grade 1, which earns him a place in the CLASP Champion of Champions competition in 2024. Sarah […]
Busy, busy, busy – or packed out – seemed to be the recurring theme at every Piping Live! venue yesterday. Whether in the bustling Street Cafe, the NPC auditorium, or the sold-out Strathclyde suite, the audiences were out supporting and enjoying the live music.
