The piping and chanter competitions of the Ayrshire Music Festival take place on Saturday, March 9, at St Matthew’s Academy in Saltcoats. The competitions are open to musicians who are registered with a school in Ayrshire (North, South & East) or who are resident in Ayrshire. Some of the classes […]
By GERARD McCLUMPHA, Event Coordinator. Is looking back always a good thing? I’m not 100% sure on that as a rule – but in the case of the past twenty years of the Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping competition I think we can safely say yes! It all started with the […]
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 Caledonian Piping Club in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, have been running the Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping each October since 2003. This year they are planning to add a special event for past champions from over the last 20 years. This year’s Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping takes place on Saturday, […]
The Caledonian Piping Club started in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, at the turn of the millennium with the aim of offering people of all ages in the local community a chance to learn to play the pipes. It was founded by the current leader, Gerard McClumpha, and his friend Colin McCallum. The […]
The Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping Competition took place in Auchenharvie Academy, Stevenston, on Saturday, October 22, 2022. The results were as follows: Overall Winners Junior Champion: Owen McCreadie, Boghall & BathgateSenior Champion: Gregor Grierson, Dumfries 14 & under Piping Archie Johnston, Oban High School PB Owen McCreadie, Boghall & […]
Today, we begin another occasional feature on the Bagpipe.News website. In actuality, there will be two occasional features. Both are image-led. The first – Piping Yesterday – features photographs from our archives whereas the second one – Piping Today – is devoted to today’s piping scene. To kick off the […]
A new ‘Goose’ competition is to be trialled at this year’s Festival of Juvenile Solo Piping Competition in Ayrshire on October 19. It is to be an Open event for players under the age of 16 who are in their first year of playing the pipes and have not yet […]
