The Scottish Pipers Association will hold their professional competition on Saturday, April 6, at the National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Glasgow. There will be an Open Piobaireachd for those of A and P level and non-CPA graded pipers. And also a B Grade Piobaireachd and C Grade Piobaireachd. For light […]
If you are out late during Celtic Connections and wish to prolong your evening with drinks, or perhaps find space for a few session tunes, take yourself and your instruments and head to The Pipers’ Tryst, McPhater Street, Glasgow. The Piper’s Tryst bar at The National Piping Centre is open […]
The Weekend Piping Club at The National Piping Centre is aimed at young learners, aged 6-17, and is a fantastic learning place for new players and those that already play. The new term begins this Saturday, January 13, and that is also the final day for booking the 2024 winter […]
The National Piping Centre’s Junior Competition will be on Saturday, February 17, 2024. There are five categories split into 11 events, and each event is capped so please enter as soon as possible to guarantee your place. After feedback from previous years there is a new category added for pipers […]
The Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers took place today, March 25, in The National Piping Centre at McPhater Street. The overall winner in Grade 1 was Marc Warnock; Grade 2, Donald Morrison; and Grade 3, James Acheson. The full results were as follows: Grade 1 Piobaireachd March Strathspey and […]
The Scottish Pipers’ Association professional contest took place today, April 30, in The National Piping Centre. The results were: P/A/Open Piobaireachd William Geddes, Old Men of the Shells Steven Leask, Big Spree Ben Duncan, Lord Lovat’s LamentJudges: A Forbes, D Fraser Open Marches John Dew Steven Gray Greig Canning Callum […]
The Scottish Pipers’ Association has a 102 year history from its founding on January 10, 1920. It all came about from a regular informal gathering of pipers on a Saturday afternoon in the back shop of Peter Henderson Bagpipes in Glasgow. And that gathering was just part of a 19th […]
The Scottish Pipers’ Association Professional Contest takes place on Saturday coming, April 30, 2022. All events will be held at The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street. There will be a small admission charge for spectators. EVENTS 1 & 5 A/P/Open Piobaireachd & 6/8 March (Auditorium) Start time approx. 11.30Judges: Alan […]
Due to a lower than expected entry the Scottish Pipers’ Association Professional Contest on April 30 will only be held at The National Piping Centre’s McPhater Street venue. SPA President, Logan Tannock, said that the event will also welcome spectators for a small admission charge. Logan explained: “The committee have […]
After our post that the National Piping Centre (NPC) in Glasgow will next year mark 25 years, Jim Todd of the Kilsyth Pipe Band contacted us with some childhood memories of the iconic McPhater Street building. Says Jim [pictured]: “I was born in 1948, not a quarter of a mile […]
