The Argyllshire Gathering was held on August 24 and 25, 2022 in Oban. Senior Piobaireachd Angus MacColl, Benderloch Callum Beaumont, Dollar Alan Bevan, Abbotsford, Canada Bruce Gandy, Dartmouth, Canada Stuart Liddell, InverarayJudges: Dr Angus MacDonald, Iain MacFadyen BEM, Colin MacLellan Former Winners’ MSR Connor Sinclair, Crieff Alex Gandy, Dartmouth, Canada […]
Tak Tang is a CLASP competitor, but has had other passions in his life as well as piping. As you will read below, he combined both to take his pipes to the top of the Devil’s Tower in Wyoming. He is originally from Hong Kong, but now lives in the […]
Piping Live! 2022 launched yesterday, May 25, with an exciting programme of concerts and events for this year’s festival. Pipe Idol is long established as one of the festival’s flagship events and has been a platform for young pipers showcase their prodigious talents. Many of these young pipers have gone […]
The National Piping Centre announce the teachers for the Spring Adult Gathering! Join them for one-to-one lessons, workshops, masterclasses, group lessons and more from a world class teaching line up of – Wilson Brown, Connor Sinclair, Ailis Sutherland, Dr Andrew Bova, Dan Nevans and Danny Hutcheson. There are two timezones, […]
By Chris MacKenzie Piping Today sprung to life in 2002 as a development of The Piping Centre’s Notes pamphlet and went on to document the multifaceted world of piping. The casual observer may wonder what on earth there is to fill one issue of a piping-related magazine, let alone 101 […]
Lochaber Piping Society is running an online junior piping competition for two age groups, 14 & Under and Age 15-18. There will be no ceòl mòr and MSR categories, however, only medley categories. The judges are Connor Sinclair and John Dew. The closing date for video submissions to be received […]
Craig Sutherland (left) is pictured with Connor Sinclair outside the Eden Court Theatre in Inverness, Scotland, minutes after it was announced Connor had won the Gold Medal. Craig won the Gold Medal in 2017 at the Argyllshire Gathering. Both are from the Perthshire, Scotland town of Crieff. (Photo: Stuart Letford.)
The 10 invitees to compete at the 2020 Glenfiddich Solo Piping Championships have been confirmed. The pipers who will take to the stage – and, in brackets, the number of times they have won the overall title – are: • Finlay Johnston (2)• Callum Beaumont • Jack Lee (2)• Roddy […]
Stuart Liddell continued his incredible run of success in recent weeks by winning the Silver Star Former Winners MSR tonight at the end of the first day of competitions at The Northern Meeting here in Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. This contest is for previous winners of the A Grade MSR […]
Connor Sinclair was the Pipe Idol winner at Piping Live! 2012. He is pictured here playing in the final which was then held in The National Piping Centre’s Auditorium.
