This is now the fourth year of solo piping at Bowhill Highland Games and it has grown year on year. The event takes place on Sunday, September 14, 2025 at Wallsgreen Park, Bowhill, Cardenden, Fife. The Piping Convenor is Greig Canning who tells us that there is already 13 pipers competing in the open and a […]
CLASP are delighted to announce a new series of online practice chanter competitions for adults who are in the early stages of their piping journey and not yet ready to compete in a bagpipe competition. We are also very excited to announce that CLASP has secured sponsorship from ES Session Chanters and the overall Practice Chanter Champion […]
The Nicol-Brown Contest is held annually on the Saturday before Columbus Day / Canadian Thanksgiving. The 41st Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Contest was held at St. Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville, Maryland, co-sponsored again with the wonderful people of the Institute of Musical Traditions. The weekend’s events began with a judges’ recital on Friday evening, October 11, […]
Lochnell Championship 2024 Results The prestigious Lochnell Championship, now in its fourth year, was again held in the chapel of Lochnell Castle by kind permission of the Earl of Dundonald. The Championship brought together seven of Scotland’s finest Intermediate players; the winners were: Piobaireachd 1 Ruiraidh Brown, £120, Red Speckled Bull 2 Cameron May, £80, […]
R.S.P.B.A. HQ, 45 Washington Street, Glasgow, G3 8AZ Tel No: 0141 221 5414 E-mail: enquiries@rspba.org Adult and Juvenile Details from 2024 Glasgow Caledonian University, City Campus, Cowcaddens Rd, Glasgow G4 0BA On behalf of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association we invite you to enter the World Solo Snare Drumming and World Solo Tenor Drumming for […]
•Bratach Gorm competitors, 1974, L-R: Iain MacFadyen, Jimmy MacGregor, Hugh MacCallum, Pipe Major Angus MacDonald, Dr Jack Taylor, Kenny MacDonald and Andrew Wright. The 85th Annual Competition will take place October 31st – 1st November 2025 at the Caledonian Club, London. On the Friday evening – the Bratach Gorm and the A and B March, […]
It is our great honour to be invited to host our 2025 Western States Champion Solo Invitational event at the elegant St. Francis Episcopal Church in beautiful Palos Verdes Estates, CA on Friday, October 31st and Saturday, November 1st. Please mark your calendar for our Friday night Judges Recital on Halloween, 2025. It will be […]
The Balmoral Classic weekend begins on Friday, November 14, 7:30pm at the Pitch on Butler, 4717 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA, for a celebration of piping while enjoying food and drinks. The Pittsburgh Piping Society is partnering with the Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming to host an Opening Gathering the evening before the competition. Pipers […]
Results from South East Solos 16th November 2024
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