Brodie Watson Massey beat Angus Macphee in the second heat of the Scots Guards Club Knockout competition on Sunday, November 26. He joins the winner of the first heat, and defending champion Angus J. MacColl, in the semi-final hat which will be drawn after the fourth heat on February 25. […]
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What’s on at Piping Live! Tuesday, August 15
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 […]
Faces from the Duncan Johnstone 2022
These photos are some of the pipers from the Duncan Johnstone Memorial C Grade Jig competition in The National Piping Centre Auditorium on Saturday, March 12. Kyle Shead won the C Grade Jig and the new trophy – The Roddy MacLeod Trophy for Jig Playing. This was the first year […]
Lincoln Hilton wins Gordon Duncan Memorial Piping Competition; Trust reaches £100k+ in awards
Lincoln Hilton from Australia was the overall winner at the Gordon Duncan Memorial Piping Competition broadcast live this afternoon from the National Piping Centre (NPC) in Glasgow, Scotland as part of this year’s Piping Live! festival. Hilton won two of the three categories: sets in the Scottish, Irish and Breton […]
Results: CLASP and Lochaber
A record number entries were received in the latest video submission competition organised by the the National Piping Centre’s Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers (CLASP). Results: Overall: Grade 1 – Trevor DeMass; Grade 2 – Hans Grothusen; Grade 3 – Alasdair Beaton. Grade 1Piobaireachd – 1. Charles David Mitchell (Massacre […]
Stories of the Tunes – The 91st at Modder River
The Modder River is a tributary of the Riet River that forms part of the border between the Northern Cape and the Free State provinces of South Africa. On November 21, 1899 the river’s banks were the scenes of heavy fighting in the beginning of the Second Boer War (from […]
Pipe Idol 2019 contestants announced
The 16 pipers aged 21 and younger who will compete at Piping Live! in August for the title of Pipe Idol 2019 have been announced. There are four rounds, each with four pipers, held at 15:30 on Monday-Thursday of the festival. Contestants are required to play an MSR, a Hornpipe […]