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Alan Bevan has won several major prizes in Scotland, including the Gold Medal (2008) Silver Medal (1994) and the ‘A’ Strathspey and Reel (1998) at the Northern Meeting. In 2003 he won both the Jig at the Argyllshire Gathering and the Hornpipe & Jig at the Northern Meeting. More recently, he was the overall winner at the 2009 ...
Alastair started piping at 8 years old, initially taught by Freddie Russell, he now receives tuition from Roddy Macleod MBE. He is a frequent prize winner on the Professional solo circuit with his main successes including:
2004 Silver Medal, Northern Meeting
2005 Metro Cup Piobaireachd, New York
2005 R.G. Lawrie Snuff Mull Piobaireachd, London
2006 Gold Medal, Northern Meeting
2009 Gold Medal, Argyllshire Gathering
2010 Strachan ...
Allan MacDonald raised in Glenuig Moidart went to Queen Victoria School, Dunblane where he received tuition from Pipe Major John Mackenzie from Campbeltown. Won the gold medal and two clasps for Piobaireachd playing.
Allan was commissioned by John MacFadyen trust to research the relationship between Piobaireachd and Gaelic song. The findings of this research have been in Edinburgh University Library since ...
Andrew has been piping since the age of seven. In the early years, Andrew was taught by Ian Keith, Ian MacDougall, and Jack Lee.
Andrew first joined the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band at the age of fourteen. Andrew has competed at the World Pipe Band Championships in Grade 1 twenty-five times, placing in the top six 22 times and winning ...
Will Woodson and Andy Lamb first started playing together in the winter of 2011, having met on the postgraduate course for Scottish Music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. What started out as a few casual tunes on border pipes and fiddle blossomed into a musical partnership, with the two discovering an innovative, deeply personal sound underpinned ...
Angus MacColl hails from Benderloch near Oban. He comes from an illustrious piping familyand is the Great Grand Nephew of the legendary John MacColl. Angus has a tremendous track record in competitive piping. In 1992 he won the Gold Medal at Inverness and in 1996 he won the Gold Medal at Oban. The year 2000 was a memorable year for ...
'With their debut album 'Lasses That Baffle Us' being released to critical acclaim last year the Angus Nicolson Trio is one of the freshest and most energetic acts coming onto the folk scene today. Being from the Isle of Skye and Glenelg, their music is very highland orientated but with clever and contemporary backing from Andrew MacPherson on Percussion ...
It is a difficult task to define a musician simply through the use of words and especially so when the musician is Anxo Lorenzo. An artiste who has all the qualities that enable him to touch the essence of music itself, marking it with his own personality and moulding it at his whim achieving the spectacular results on show in ...
Armagh Pipers Club was founded in 1966, and has just celebrated 40 years of musical activity in the Armagh area. Dedicated to the development of traditional music, the Club has achieved worldwide acclaim, particularly for its innovative music education programme. APC has been in the forefront of producing teaching materials since the 1970s. Initially set up to promote the playing ...
Bob Worrall is one of North America’s leading teachers, adjudicators and performers. Bob is a respected composer, having published two collections of bagpipe music, and also having compositions in a large number of other collections. He is featured on three solo piping recordings and is a member of the folk group “Scantily Plaid”.
After a piping career with ...
One aspect of the Boghall & Bathgate organisation of which we are extremely proud is the band's continued involvement in teaching piping and drumming to the youngsters of the local area and beyond. The organisation is world renowned for its highly successful Juvenile bands and the amount of time and effort invested by the experienced players in tutoring the kids ...
Brian Ó hEadhra is an established and highly acclaimed musician & singer based in Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland. He performs regularly with Bruce MacGregor (fiddle) and Sandy Brechin (accordion) in the trio MacGregor, Brechin & Ó hEadhra.
Brian also performs as a solo singer-songwriter (in Scottish Gaelic & English) and also with his wife, the prestigious Gaelic & ...
Originally from the North of Scotland and brought up with the traditional music of his native Morayshire, Calum Stewart has a developed a distinctive contemporary-traditional voice. Through collaborations with a vast array of musicians from many different genres, in the UK and Internationally, Calum has absorbed many different influences on his musical journey.
A leading instrumentalist in contemporary traditional, ...
Cameron started playing pipes aged 8 with the Craigmount High School Pipe Band. Since then he has played with the Lothian and Borders Police Pipe Band, Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia and most recently with the Band Club from Sydney Australia.
As well as playing in bands he has won the light music at the Duncan Johnston memorial contest, 1st place in ...
The Canterbury Caledonian Society’s Pipe Band is based in Christchurch, in the South Island, New Zealand. The Pipe Band was formed in 1902 and is one of New Zealand’s premier Grade 1 pipe bands.
Today the Canterbury Caledonian Society oversees 4 pipe bands, a Highland dancing section and a Scottish Country dancing section.
The Canterbury Caledonian Society’s Pipe Band has a strong ...
Catriona is a Gaelic singer from the island of Lewis, she won the title BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2007 after a moving and beautiful performance at The City Halls is Glasgow during Celtic Connections Festival.
Celine, a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama has toured and recorded extensively from the age of sixteen, performing fiddle, tenor banjo and vocals with the Scottish band Calasaig. In 2001 REL/R2 Records released her solo album Something Else.
Celine was a recipient of the Auleen Therault Young Tradition Award at Goderich Celtic Roots Festival, Canada and ...
Cillian took up his father’s instrument and polished his skills with tutelage from the late Armagh piper Mark Donnelly. His mastery of chanter, drones and regulators, and of all the accents and moods of the traditional piping idiom, place him in the first rank of today’s Irish pipers. Cillian now tours with the group Lúnasa, and has also performed extensively ...
Craig Munro is the Master Craftsman and Production Director of Wallace Bagpipes, Glasgow, Scotland. He is also an instructor for The College of Piping and The National Piping Centre, teaching at their workshops all over the world.
Craig has played in Grade 1 now for a total of 10 years after joining Shotts & Dykehead at the age of 15. He ...
The Cullen Pipe Band was founded in 1941 and the present day band continues the great musical tradition that has been part and parcel of this unique part of Ireland. The band has played a major role in the life of the local community because at one time of another almost every house in the parish had a member involved. ...
D2 Percussion was founded in 2008 by two of the youngest up and coming Scottish traditional percussionists; David Henderson and David Ross.
D2 Percussion offer a range of services in Pipe Band Drumming, from one-to-one private lessons, to group workshops, team building exercises and drum maintenance services. The tuition provided promises to deliver first class constructive learning and open avenues for ...
Denny and Dunipace is a well-known name in the Pipe Band world having supported bands that have competed in almost every grade of competition run by the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association.
The Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band, sponsored by The Dowco Group of Companies and wearing the Ancient MacLean of Duart Tartan, is a Grade One competitive and concert pipe band based in Greater Vancouver, Canada. Originally established in 1971, Dowco Triumph Street holds the honour of being the first band outside of Scotland to win a major World Championship prize ...
Born in Ribeira (A Coruña – GALIZA) in 1973, he started playing gaita and traditional percussions at the age of 12. From then on he has become one of Galicia's foremost pipers, winning important galician contests, and international contests such as the Macallan Trophy (Lorient, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001) and the MacCrimmon Trophy (Lorient, 2007).
He teaches gaita in different schools ...
Fergus Muirhead has hosted Concerts at every Piping Live Festival as well as at the popular William Kennedy Festival in Armagh. He is also greatly in demand as a speaker at Burns Suppers all over Europe.
He can be seen regularly on BBC Scotland’s flagship News Programme Reporting Scotland and heard on the Fred Macaulay Show advising viewers and listeners on ...
‘Fiddlers’ Bid’ are one of the most dynamic, exciting and successful musical acts ever to come out of Shetland ~ a group of islands long famed for its fiddle and wider musical tradition.
Since forming in 1991 ‘Fiddlers’ Bid’ have taken that tradition in many new and exhilarating directions, releasing a string of internationally acclaimed albums along the way. Their music also ...
The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band is the most successful pipe band from Northern Ireland ever. The band is 6 times winner of the coveted RSPBA World Pipe Band Championships, and current Scottish, British, and All-Ireland Champions for 2009. Based in Lisburn, County Antrim, the band is led by Pipe Major Richard Parkes MBE and Leading Drummer Keith Orr ...
Finlay started piping at the age of ten with tuition from his father, Pipe Major Iain MacDonald of the Neilston and District Pipe Band.
With Neilston Pipe Band he has travelled World Wide playing at concerts and festivals as far a field as Japan, China, Russia and all over Europe.
After 3 years studying at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and ...
Fred Morrison is widely regarded as one of the greatest Scottish pipers alive today. His performances on the Highland, bellows blown and uilleann pipes and on the low whistle have taken the world music scene by storm.
His approach is firmly rooted in the musical tradition of the Hebridean islands of Scotland but he constantly pushes the boundaries, creating a fresh ...
Robin Watson and Gordon Menzies have been together as Gaberlunzie since the early 1970s and are well known for producing an exciting blend of modern and traditional songs. Essentially Scottish, with an emphasis on rhythm and harmony, Gaberlunzie has a wide appeal to audiences both at home and abroad. They have travelled extensively in Europe, Canada, United States, and the ...
Georgi has performed all over the world, as part of many touring groups. these include performances at the Jazz Festival de Montreal, The European Bagpipe Festival in Germany, in Brazil, the USA and across Europe. He performed at the William Kennedy Festival in Armagh last November and we are delighted to welcome him to Piping Live! 2011.
Glenn Brown is 26 years old and originally from Milton, Ontario, Canada. He is currently living in Glasgow, Scotland with his girlfriend Anna. Glenn is a piper with the ScottishPower Pipe Band and teaches at The National Piping Centre. For the past 8 years Glenn has studied with Mr. Willie McCallum. Some notable prizes within the last few years include, ...
The duo "Grafenwind" from Germany consists of Brian Haase and Thomas Zöller. Their repertoire is mostly of medieval origin. The instruments they use are the so called "Sackpfeife" as well as various smallpipes. The Sackpfeife is a modern type of bagpipe not only heard on medieval markets but also in several rock bands. For some sets Grafenwind blends the sound ...
Hotel Palindrone …. A very unique Austrian sensation
No ... HOTEL PALINDRONE is not somewhere to spend the night in Austria, but the winners of numerous music awards in the last 15 years. They will perform in Scotland for the very first time!
It's impossible to fit their music into any single genre rather they play with European traditions with ...
Inveraray & District Pipe Band was formed in 2005 by world renowned solist piper Stuart Liddell whose aim was to encourage youngsters into the world of piping and to recreate a pipe band in Inveraray. The juvenile band consisting of members all under the age of 18 competed in their first competition at Cowal Highland Gathering in 2006 where they ...
For 30 years, Jack Lee has been regarded as one of the world’s leading pipers. His accomplishments as a solo piper, pipe band leader and teacher cause him to be in great demand as a performer and teacher throughout the world.
As a Solo Piper, Jack has won all the top awards available...
The Gold Medal (Inverness and Oban, Scotland)
The Gold Clasp ...
The Creation
Kintyre Schools Pipe Band was formed in October 2000, in response to a demand from a small group of young musicians to provide a structure for their collective piping and drumming interests. It sparked a local revival in juvenile piping, after years in the doldrums. At the same time the Kintyre Juvenile Pipe Band Association was formed ...
2010 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year finalist, Kyle Warren has recently graduated with First Class Honours from the Scottish Music - Piping Degree at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and on the 16th of May releases his debut album – ‘Wanted’
As well as signing to KRL records to release his first album 2010 ...
The Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band, known more commonly as the LA Scots, is a competitive Grade One pipe band based in Orange County, California. The band won the 1997 World Pipe Band Championships in Grade 2. In 1999, the band proved itself as a contender in the future by placing Eleventh in a field of twenty-five in the Band's ...
Founded in March 2000, the Lomond and Clyde Pipe Band rose from grade 4b to grade 2 within five years, winning 9 major titles on its way.
Three time BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the year finalist, Lorne MacDougall is one of Scotland’s leading young pipers. Born and brought up in Carradale, in the piping stronghold of Kintyre Lorne was awarded a BA in Scottish Music - Piping at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2005 and has performed at many local ...
Formed in the 1882 as the Edinburgh City Police Pipers, the Lothian and Borders Police Pipe Band is one of the oldest competing pipe bands in the world. The band was also the first Police pipe band to win the World Championships securing the first of eight wins at Dunoon in 1919, under Pipe Major Hugh Calder.
Another two World titles ...
Musical revolution rides in on the back of rhythm. Consider bebop’s loosening of swing’s 4/4 stranglehold; Elvis Presley’s interjection of r&b swagger into hillbilly pop; the Beatles fusion of backbeat and songcraft. Similarly, rhythm – their ingenious application of it, and their clear mastery of it – has made Lúnasa the single most influential and innovative band performing Irish instrumental ...
The Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band was formed in 1925 and is based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, and has a proud history of community involvement and competition success. Manawatu have been New Zealand’s most successful competing Band for the best part of a decade having won the New Zealand Championships seven times since 2001, whilst also performing with distinction in ...
Mànran have quite literally rocketed to the top of the Scottish music scene with their powerful combination of Gaelic/English songs underpinned by driving Accordion, Fiddle, Flute and a backline of drum and bass to make any mouth water. Mànran are also the only band to host Highland and Uilleann pipes together in one line up to create a sound like ...
With many major solo titles to his credit, successful books of music on the shelves, compositions in the repertoires of bands the world over, and music director of one of the world’s most talked about bands, Michael Grey is undoubtedly one of the world’s foremost pipers.
Michael Grey, He received his first lessons at twelve from George Walker of the ...
Mr McFall’s Chamber was formed with the aim to create new audiences, new music and new directions in music. The group has a policy of mixing widely different styles in the same programme – anything from progressive rock, tango, cartoon classics, folk, jazz, early music to contemporary classical – to introduce audiences to music they otherwise might not encounter. Running ...
Founded in January 2010 by members of several area pipe bands, the NY Metro Pipe Band’s goal is to provide a platform for the best pipers and drummers in the New York Metro area to compete at the highest possible level on the world stage.
Led by Pipe Major Michael Mahoney and Lead Drummer Adrian Mordaunt, NY Metro is committed to ...
Niall is originally from Alness in Easter Ross. He was taught to play the pipes by P/M John D Burgess and now receives tuition from Iain MacFadyen.
He currently resides in Kyle of Lochalsh where, for the last 10 years, he has been the Schools Piping Instructor for South Skye and Lochalsh.
Niall has won several of the top awards in ...
Northwest Junior Pipe Band and White Spot Pipe Band are two of the top youth pipe bands in the Northwest US & BC, Canada. Northwest Junior from the Seattle area of Washington State in the USA, with a 15 year history is the 3 time Washington State Champion Pipe Band, the 2010 Washington State Grade 3 Pipe Band Champion, ...
In 2005 Pipe Major Angus MacColl, in conjunction with the Netherlorn Piping Society, had an idea to set up a youth pipe band, the main aim of which would be to promote the piping and drumming traditions of North Argyll and to serve the people of Oban and Lorn. And so the Oban High School Pipe Band was formed.
Over the ...
Founded in 1992, the Oran Mor Pipe Band is one of four Grade 1 pipe bands in the United States and one of the top 20 Grade 1 bands in the world. Based in Albany, New York, the band boasts a roster of nearly 30 pipers and drummers and an entirely voluntary support staff. Oran Mor competes at numerous Scottish ...
The Pasadena Scots was formed in 2006 and is the current Grade 3 Champion of the Western United States Pipe Band Association. This is the 2nd trip to Glasgow for the band, which had quite a successful run two years ago in Grade 4 at the Perth, North Berwick and Crieff Highland Games, and finished 6th at the Worlds. ...
The Peel Regional Police Pipe Band which hales from Brampton Ontario, Canada, was formed in 1976 proudly representing the Peel Regional Police Service and Peel Region throughout the province of Ontario and beyond. The band wears the Red MacPherson tartan and a distinctive black and white diced Glengarry in keeping with long standing police and military pipe band traditions.
Currently ...
The name Gordon Walker has been synonymous with Highland Bagpipe music for over thirty five years. As a young boy prodigy of the late Pipe Major David Kay of Ayrshire, Gordon won all the amateur and juvenile solo contests there were to be had at that time. When he ...
Since they performed with The Darkness on T in the Park's legendary Main Stage in 2004 and walked away with the top prize on UK primetime TV talent show, 'When Will I Be Famous' in 2007, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers haven't stopped for a breath, other than to inflate their bagpipes!
Taking their signature 'bag rock' to the masses, The ...
Ali Hutton and Ross Ainslie
Perthshire pipers Ali Hutton and Ross Ainslie of Treacherous Orchestra are two of Scotland's most outstanding young pipers performing throughout the world with their various bands including Treacherous Orchestra, India Alba and Old Blind Dogs. Former students of Gordon and Ian Duncan in the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, the dynamic duo continue to push piping ...
Rura is a 4 piece band combining the passions and influences of some of Scotland's most exciting young trad musicians. With a graduate from the BA applied music at Strathclyde and three students currently studying at the RSAMD, including two BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year finalists and an all ireland bodhran champion the quartet achieves an energetic but ...
The Saffron United Pipe Band is one of the most well-known bands in the eastern United States. Based in Babylon, NY, the Band was formed by a small group of piping enthusiasts from the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Division 2 in 1962, making SUPB one of the oldest pipe bands in the New York Metropolitan Area.
The ...
ScottishPower Pipe Band is one of the world's top pipe bands and have been regular and consistent prize winners in all major pipe band championships. The band has twice been Runner-Up in the World Pipe Band Championships and last year finished in sixth place out of over 200 bands.
Having been voted best dressed pipe band, the ScottishPower Pipe Band is ...
Seudan comprises some of Scotland's leading exponents of traditional pipe music and Gaelic song. The music is alive and vital, closely related to its old natural step dance rhythms while the piobaireachd follows the song versions from which they originated. The arrangement and delivery of their repertoire is directly influenced by the music of the Western Isles of Scotland and ...
The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada was formed in 1966 during the university's inaugural year. Over the years, it has become a respected institution in the community and has brought fame to B.C. with its capture of national and international prizes.
Led by Pipe Major Terry Lee and Lead Drummer J. Reid Maxwell and wearing the ...
The Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band is a new Grade 1 pipe band which was formed with the aim of competing at the World Pipe Band Championships in 2008. The band consists of pipers and drummers from Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia and the USA.
The idea to form the band was hatched at the Glenfiddich Piping Championships by a number of ...
St Laurence O'Toole Pipe band hails from Dublin and was started in 1910. It has won many trophies over the years including the coveted World Pipe Band Championships in 2010, becoming the first band from the Republic of Ireland ever to do so.
Since 1995, I have been a member of the National Folk Ensemble LADO. Also in 1995, I began my collaboration with the ethno group LEGEN and Lidija Bajuk. By playing old traditional Croatian instruments, I have travelled almost the entire world (Australia, New Zealand, India, South America, Mexico, USA, Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium, France, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, ...
The Strathclyde Police Pipe Band are 12 times winners of the RSPBA World Pipe Band Championships. From the band's earliest roots as the Burgh of Govan Police Pipe Band through to it's present day identity, competitive success at the highest level has always been a key element of the exemplary reputation harboured by the band on behalf of Strathclyde Police.
The ...
For Stuart Liddell, piping is in the blood. His grandfather was the late Pipe Major Ronnie McCallum MBE, piper to the Duke of Argyll, and it was from Ronnie that Stuart had his first lessons, at the age of nine, building the foundations of solid technique and sound repertoire which have become a hallmark of his playing.
Other influences were Arthur ...
The 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band is a grade one competitive band that has excelled in both competitive and performance circles since its debut in 1982. Led since 2011 by Pipe Major Doug MacRae, the band is renowned throughout the world for its competitive resilience and cutting-edge musical innovation. Based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, its members hail from across Canada ...
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo will bring a selection of their 2011 performers to George Square.
The Ulster Scottish Pipe Band was formed in 1922, making it one of the oldest pipe bands in theUnited States. The band was founded by John A Hall Sr. and is now under the leadership of the third and fourth generation of the Hall family. The band is under the direction of Pipe Major Dave Hall (John’s grandson), Lead Drummer ...
A native of Campbeltown, Willie has won almost every prize in solo piping and most several times over. He received his main tuition from his uncles Ronald and Hugh and also came under the guidance of P/M Ronald McCallum, MBE.
In 2008 he won the overall titles The Metro Cup in New York, The Dr. Dan Reid Memorial in San Francisco, ...
Alan Bevan
Alan Bevan has won several major prizes in Scotland, including the Gold Medal (2008) Silver Medal (1994) and the ‘A’ Strathspey and Reel (1998) at the Northern Meeting. In 2003 he won both the Jig at the Argyllshire Gathering and the Hornpipe & Jig at the Northern Meeting. More recently, he was the overall winner at the 2009 ...
Alastair Dunn
Alastair started piping at 8 years old, initially taught by Freddie Russell, he now receives tuition from Roddy Macleod MBE. He is a frequent prize winner on the Professional solo circuit with his main successes including:
2004 Silver Medal, Northern Meeting
2005 Metro Cup Piobaireachd, New York
2005 R.G. Lawrie Snuff Mull Piobaireachd, London
2006 Gold Medal, Northern Meeting
2009 Gold Medal, Argyllshire Gathering
2010 Strachan ...
Allan MacDonald
Allan MacDonald raised in Glenuig Moidart went to Queen Victoria School, Dunblane where he received tuition from Pipe Major John Mackenzie from Campbeltown. Won the gold medal and two clasps for Piobaireachd playing.
Allan was commissioned by John MacFadyen trust to research the relationship between Piobaireachd and Gaelic song. The findings of this research have been in Edinburgh University Library since ...
Andrew Bonar
Andrew has been piping since the age of seven. In the early years, Andrew was taught by Ian Keith, Ian MacDougall, and Jack Lee.
Andrew first joined the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band at the age of fourteen. Andrew has competed at the World Pipe Band Championships in Grade 1 twenty-five times, placing in the top six 22 times and winning ...
Andy Lamb & Will Woodson
Will Woodson and Andy Lamb first started playing together in the winter of 2011, having met on the postgraduate course for Scottish Music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. What started out as a few casual tunes on border pipes and fiddle blossomed into a musical partnership, with the two discovering an innovative, deeply personal sound underpinned ...
Angus MacColl
Angus MacColl hails from Benderloch near Oban. He comes from an illustrious piping familyand is the Great Grand Nephew of the legendary John MacColl. Angus has a tremendous track record in competitive piping. In 1992 he won the Gold Medal at Inverness and in 1996 he won the Gold Medal at Oban. The year 2000 was a memorable year for ...
Angus Nicolson Trio
'With their debut album 'Lasses That Baffle Us' being released to critical acclaim last year the Angus Nicolson Trio is one of the freshest and most energetic acts coming onto the folk scene today. Being from the Isle of Skye and Glenelg, their music is very highland orientated but with clever and contemporary backing from Andrew MacPherson on Percussion ...
Anxo Lorenzo
It is a difficult task to define a musician simply through the use of words and especially so when the musician is Anxo Lorenzo. An artiste who has all the qualities that enable him to touch the essence of music itself, marking it with his own personality and moulding it at his whim achieving the spectacular results on show in ...
Armagh Pipers Club
Armagh Pipers Club was founded in 1966, and has just celebrated 40 years of musical activity in the Armagh area. Dedicated to the development of traditional music, the Club has achieved worldwide acclaim, particularly for its innovative music education programme. APC has been in the forefront of producing teaching materials since the 1970s. Initially set up to promote the playing ...
Bob Worrall
Bob Worrall is one of North America’s leading teachers, adjudicators and performers. Bob is a respected composer, having published two collections of bagpipe music, and also having compositions in a large number of other collections. He is featured on three solo piping recordings and is a member of the folk group “Scantily Plaid”.
After a piping career with ...
Boghall and Bathgate Pipe Band
One aspect of the Boghall & Bathgate organisation of which we are extremely proud is the band's continued involvement in teaching piping and drumming to the youngsters of the local area and beyond. The organisation is world renowned for its highly successful Juvenile bands and the amount of time and effort invested by the experienced players in tutoring the kids ...
Brian Ó hEadhra
Brian Ó hEadhra is an established and highly acclaimed musician & singer based in Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland. He performs regularly with Bruce MacGregor (fiddle) and Sandy Brechin (accordion) in the trio MacGregor, Brechin & Ó hEadhra.
Brian also performs as a solo singer-songwriter (in Scottish Gaelic & English) and also with his wife, the prestigious Gaelic & ...
Calum Stewart
Originally from the North of Scotland and brought up with the traditional music of his native Morayshire, Calum Stewart has a developed a distinctive contemporary-traditional voice. Through collaborations with a vast array of musicians from many different genres, in the UK and Internationally, Calum has absorbed many different influences on his musical journey.
A leading instrumentalist in contemporary traditional, ...
Cameron Drummond
Cameron started playing pipes aged 8 with the Craigmount High School Pipe Band. Since then he has played with the Lothian and Borders Police Pipe Band, Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia and most recently with the Band Club from Sydney Australia.
As well as playing in bands he has won the light music at the Duncan Johnston memorial contest, 1st place in ...
Canterbury Caledonian Society’s Pipe Band
The Canterbury Caledonian Society’s Pipe Band is based in Christchurch, in the South Island, New Zealand. The Pipe Band was formed in 1902 and is one of New Zealand’s premier Grade 1 pipe bands.
Today the Canterbury Caledonian Society oversees 4 pipe bands, a Highland dancing section and a Scottish Country dancing section.
The Canterbury Caledonian Society’s Pipe Band has a strong ...
Catriona Watt
Catriona is a Gaelic singer from the island of Lewis, she won the title BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2007 after a moving and beautiful performance at The City Halls is Glasgow during Celtic Connections Festival. Celine Donoghue
Celine, a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama has toured and recorded extensively from the age of sixteen, performing fiddle, tenor banjo and vocals with the Scottish band Calasaig. In 2001 REL/R2 Records released her solo album Something Else.
Celine was a recipient of the Auleen Therault Young Tradition Award at Goderich Celtic Roots Festival, Canada and ...
Celtic Spirit
Celtic Spirit was established in 2005 by Jason Prentice and his colleague Brian Kennedy assisted by the young piping talent of James Craig forming an informal group who love playing a mix of upbeat jigs and reels along with some less traditional piping tunes such as We Will Rock You and Yellow Submarine.
Playing at weddings and have grown to play ...
Cillian Vallely
Cillian took up his father’s instrument and polished his skills with tutelage from the late Armagh piper Mark Donnelly. His mastery of chanter, drones and regulators, and of all the accents and moods of the traditional piping idiom, place him in the first rank of today’s Irish pipers. Cillian now tours with the group Lúnasa, and has also performed extensively ...
Craig Munro
Craig Munro is the Master Craftsman and Production Director of Wallace Bagpipes, Glasgow, Scotland. He is also an instructor for The College of Piping and The National Piping Centre, teaching at their workshops all over the world.
Craig has played in Grade 1 now for a total of 10 years after joining Shotts & Dykehead at the age of 15. He ...
Cullen Pipe Band
The Cullen Pipe Band was founded in 1941 and the present day band continues the great musical tradition that has been part and parcel of this unique part of Ireland. The band has played a major role in the life of the local community because at one time of another almost every house in the parish had a member involved. ...
D2 Percussion
D2 Percussion was founded in 2008 by two of the youngest up and coming Scottish traditional percussionists; David Henderson and David Ross.
D2 Percussion offer a range of services in Pipe Band Drumming, from one-to-one private lessons, to group workshops, team building exercises and drum maintenance services. The tuition provided promises to deliver first class constructive learning and open avenues for ...
Denny & Dunipace Pipe Band
Denny and Dunipace is a well-known name in the Pipe Band world having supported bands that have competed in almost every grade of competition run by the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association. Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band
The Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band, sponsored by The Dowco Group of Companies and wearing the Ancient MacLean of Duart Tartan, is a Grade One competitive and concert pipe band based in Greater Vancouver, Canada. Originally established in 1971, Dowco Triumph Street holds the honour of being the first band outside of Scotland to win a major World Championship prize ...
Edelmiro Fernández
Born in Ribeira (A Coruña – GALIZA) in 1973, he started playing gaita and traditional percussions at the age of 12. From then on he has become one of Galicia's foremost pipers, winning important galician contests, and international contests such as the Macallan Trophy (Lorient, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001) and the MacCrimmon Trophy (Lorient, 2007).
He teaches gaita in different schools ...
Fergus Muirhead
Fergus Muirhead has hosted Concerts at every Piping Live Festival as well as at the popular William Kennedy Festival in Armagh. He is also greatly in demand as a speaker at Burns Suppers all over Europe.
He can be seen regularly on BBC Scotland’s flagship News Programme Reporting Scotland and heard on the Fred Macaulay Show advising viewers and listeners on ...
Fiddlers’ Bid
‘Fiddlers’ Bid’ are one of the most dynamic, exciting and successful musical acts ever to come out of Shetland ~ a group of islands long famed for its fiddle and wider musical tradition.
Since forming in 1991 ‘Fiddlers’ Bid’ have taken that tradition in many new and exhilarating directions, releasing a string of internationally acclaimed albums along the way. Their music also ...
Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band
The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band is the most successful pipe band from Northern Ireland ever. The band is 6 times winner of the coveted RSPBA World Pipe Band Championships, and current Scottish, British, and All-Ireland Champions for 2009. Based in Lisburn, County Antrim, the band is led by Pipe Major Richard Parkes MBE and Leading Drummer Keith Orr ...
Finlay MacDonald & Chris Stout
Finlay started piping at the age of ten with tuition from his father, Pipe Major Iain MacDonald of the Neilston and District Pipe Band.
With Neilston Pipe Band he has travelled World Wide playing at concerts and festivals as far a field as Japan, China, Russia and all over Europe.
After 3 years studying at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and ...
Fred Morrison
Fred Morrison is widely regarded as one of the greatest Scottish pipers alive today. His performances on the Highland, bellows blown and uilleann pipes and on the low whistle have taken the world music scene by storm.
His approach is firmly rooted in the musical tradition of the Hebridean islands of Scotland but he constantly pushes the boundaries, creating a fresh ...
Gaberlunzie
Robin Watson and Gordon Menzies have been together as Gaberlunzie since the early 1970s and are well known for producing an exciting blend of modern and traditional songs. Essentially Scottish, with an emphasis on rhythm and harmony, Gaberlunzie has a wide appeal to audiences both at home and abroad. They have travelled extensively in Europe, Canada, United States, and the ...
Georgi Makris
Georgi has performed all over the world, as part of many touring groups. these include performances at the Jazz Festival de Montreal, The European Bagpipe Festival in Germany, in Brazil, the USA and across Europe. He performed at the William Kennedy Festival in Armagh last November and we are delighted to welcome him to Piping Live! 2011. Glenn Brown
Glenn Brown is 26 years old and originally from Milton, Ontario, Canada. He is currently living in Glasgow, Scotland with his girlfriend Anna. Glenn is a piper with the ScottishPower Pipe Band and teaches at The National Piping Centre. For the past 8 years Glenn has studied with Mr. Willie McCallum. Some notable prizes within the last few years include, ...
Grafenwind
The duo "Grafenwind" from Germany consists of Brian Haase and Thomas Zöller. Their repertoire is mostly of medieval origin. The instruments they use are the so called "Sackpfeife" as well as various smallpipes. The Sackpfeife is a modern type of bagpipe not only heard on medieval markets but also in several rock bands. For some sets Grafenwind blends the sound ...
Hotel Palindrone
Hotel Palindrone …. A very unique Austrian sensation
No ... HOTEL PALINDRONE is not somewhere to spend the night in Austria, but the winners of numerous music awards in the last 15 years. They will perform in Scotland for the very first time!
It's impossible to fit their music into any single genre rather they play with European traditions with ...
Inveraray & District Pipe Band
Inveraray & District Pipe Band was formed in 2005 by world renowned solist piper Stuart Liddell whose aim was to encourage youngsters into the world of piping and to recreate a pipe band in Inveraray. The juvenile band consisting of members all under the age of 18 competed in their first competition at Cowal Highland Gathering in 2006 where they ...
Jack Lee
For 30 years, Jack Lee has been regarded as one of the world’s leading pipers. His accomplishments as a solo piper, pipe band leader and teacher cause him to be in great demand as a performer and teacher throughout the world.
As a Solo Piper, Jack has won all the top awards available...
The Gold Medal (Inverness and Oban, Scotland)
The Gold Clasp ...
Kintyre Schools Pipe Band
The Creation
Kintyre Schools Pipe Band was formed in October 2000, in response to a demand from a small group of young musicians to provide a structure for their collective piping and drumming interests. It sparked a local revival in juvenile piping, after years in the doldrums. At the same time the Kintyre Juvenile Pipe Band Association was formed ...
Kyle Warren
2010 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year finalist, Kyle Warren has recently graduated with First Class Honours from the Scottish Music - Piping Degree at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and on the 16th of May releases his debut album – ‘Wanted’
As well as signing to KRL records to release his first album 2010 ...
LA Scots Pipe Band
The Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band, known more commonly as the LA Scots, is a competitive Grade One pipe band based in Orange County, California. The band won the 1997 World Pipe Band Championships in Grade 2. In 1999, the band proved itself as a contender in the future by placing Eleventh in a field of twenty-five in the Band's ...
Lomond & Clyde Pipe Band
Founded in March 2000, the Lomond and Clyde Pipe Band rose from grade 4b to grade 2 within five years, winning 9 major titles on its way. Lorne MacDougall Trio
Three time BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the year finalist, Lorne MacDougall is one of Scotland’s leading young pipers. Born and brought up in Carradale, in the piping stronghold of Kintyre Lorne was awarded a BA in Scottish Music - Piping at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2005 and has performed at many local ...
Lothian and Borders Police Pipe Band
Formed in the 1882 as the Edinburgh City Police Pipers, the Lothian and Borders Police Pipe Band is one of the oldest competing pipe bands in the world. The band was also the first Police pipe band to win the World Championships securing the first of eight wins at Dunoon in 1919, under Pipe Major Hugh Calder.
Another two World titles ...
Lúnasa
Musical revolution rides in on the back of rhythm. Consider bebop’s loosening of swing’s 4/4 stranglehold; Elvis Presley’s interjection of r&b swagger into hillbilly pop; the Beatles fusion of backbeat and songcraft. Similarly, rhythm – their ingenious application of it, and their clear mastery of it – has made Lúnasa the single most influential and innovative band performing Irish instrumental ...
Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band
The Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band was formed in 1925 and is based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, and has a proud history of community involvement and competition success. Manawatu have been New Zealand’s most successful competing Band for the best part of a decade having won the New Zealand Championships seven times since 2001, whilst also performing with distinction in ...
Mànran
Mànran have quite literally rocketed to the top of the Scottish music scene with their powerful combination of Gaelic/English songs underpinned by driving Accordion, Fiddle, Flute and a backline of drum and bass to make any mouth water. Mànran are also the only band to host Highland and Uilleann pipes together in one line up to create a sound like ...
Michael Grey
With many major solo titles to his credit, successful books of music on the shelves, compositions in the repertoires of bands the world over, and music director of one of the world’s most talked about bands, Michael Grey is undoubtedly one of the world’s foremost pipers.
Michael Grey, He received his first lessons at twelve from George Walker of the ...
Mr McFall’s Chamber
Mr McFall’s Chamber was formed with the aim to create new audiences, new music and new directions in music. The group has a policy of mixing widely different styles in the same programme – anything from progressive rock, tango, cartoon classics, folk, jazz, early music to contemporary classical – to introduce audiences to music they otherwise might not encounter. Running ...
New York Metro Pipe Band
Founded in January 2010 by members of several area pipe bands, the NY Metro Pipe Band’s goal is to provide a platform for the best pipers and drummers in the New York Metro area to compete at the highest possible level on the world stage.
Led by Pipe Major Michael Mahoney and Lead Drummer Adrian Mordaunt, NY Metro is committed to ...
Niall Stewart
Niall is originally from Alness in Easter Ross. He was taught to play the pipes by P/M John D Burgess and now receives tuition from Iain MacFadyen.
He currently resides in Kyle of Lochalsh where, for the last 10 years, he has been the Schools Piping Instructor for South Skye and Lochalsh.
Niall has won several of the top awards in ...
Northwest White Spot United Pipe Band
Northwest Junior Pipe Band and White Spot Pipe Band are two of the top youth pipe bands in the Northwest US & BC, Canada. Northwest Junior from the Seattle area of Washington State in the USA, with a 15 year history is the 3 time Washington State Champion Pipe Band, the 2010 Washington State Grade 3 Pipe Band Champion, ...
Oban High School Pipe Band
In 2005 Pipe Major Angus MacColl, in conjunction with the Netherlorn Piping Society, had an idea to set up a youth pipe band, the main aim of which would be to promote the piping and drumming traditions of North Argyll and to serve the people of Oban and Lorn. And so the Oban High School Pipe Band was formed.
Over the ...
Oran Mor Pipe Band
Founded in 1992, the Oran Mor Pipe Band is one of four Grade 1 pipe bands in the United States and one of the top 20 Grade 1 bands in the world. Based in Albany, New York, the band boasts a roster of nearly 30 pipers and drummers and an entirely voluntary support staff. Oran Mor competes at numerous Scottish ...
P/M Brian Donaldson
Pipe Major Brian Donaldson, from Cardenden, Fife, was taught to play the pipes by his father, Pipe Major Andrew Donaldson, a renowned piper and teacher. After leaving school, Brian served his apprenticeship as a bagpipe maker at Inveran House under the guidance of Jimmy Tweedie.
At a young age, Brian was playing with the world famous Dysart & Dundonald pipe ...
Pasadena Scottish Pipes and Drums
The Pasadena Scots was formed in 2006 and is the current Grade 3 Champion of the Western United States Pipe Band Association. This is the 2nd trip to Glasgow for the band, which had quite a successful run two years ago in Grade 4 at the Perth, North Berwick and Crieff Highland Games, and finished 6th at the Worlds. ...
Peel Regional Police Pipe Band
The Peel Regional Police Pipe Band which hales from Brampton Ontario, Canada, was formed in 1976 proudly representing the Peel Regional Police Service and Peel Region throughout the province of Ontario and beyond. The band wears the Red MacPherson tartan and a distinctive black and white diced Glengarry in keeping with long standing police and military pipe band traditions.
Currently ...
Pipe Major Gordon Walker
The name Gordon Walker has been synonymous with Highland Bagpipe music for over thirty five years. As a young boy prodigy of the late Pipe Major David Kay of Ayrshire, Gordon won all the amateur and juvenile solo contests there were to be had at that time. When he ...
Red Hot Chilli Pipers
Since they performed with The Darkness on T in the Park's legendary Main Stage in 2004 and walked away with the top prize on UK primetime TV talent show, 'When Will I Be Famous' in 2007, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers haven't stopped for a breath, other than to inflate their bagpipes!
Taking their signature 'bag rock' to the masses, The ...
Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton
Ali Hutton and Ross Ainslie
Perthshire pipers Ali Hutton and Ross Ainslie of Treacherous Orchestra are two of Scotland's most outstanding young pipers performing throughout the world with their various bands including Treacherous Orchestra, India Alba and Old Blind Dogs. Former students of Gordon and Ian Duncan in the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, the dynamic duo continue to push piping ...
Rura
Rura is a 4 piece band combining the passions and influences of some of Scotland's most exciting young trad musicians. With a graduate from the BA applied music at Strathclyde and three students currently studying at the RSAMD, including two BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year finalists and an all ireland bodhran champion the quartet achieves an energetic but ...
Saffron United Pipe Band
The Saffron United Pipe Band is one of the most well-known bands in the eastern United States. Based in Babylon, NY, the Band was formed by a small group of piping enthusiasts from the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Division 2 in 1962, making SUPB one of the oldest pipe bands in the New York Metropolitan Area.
The ...
ScottishPower Pipe Band
ScottishPower Pipe Band is one of the world's top pipe bands and have been regular and consistent prize winners in all major pipe band championships. The band has twice been Runner-Up in the World Pipe Band Championships and last year finished in sixth place out of over 200 bands.
Having been voted best dressed pipe band, the ScottishPower Pipe Band is ...
Seudan
Seudan comprises some of Scotland's leading exponents of traditional pipe music and Gaelic song. The music is alive and vital, closely related to its old natural step dance rhythms while the piobaireachd follows the song versions from which they originated. The arrangement and delivery of their repertoire is directly influenced by the music of the Western Isles of Scotland and ...
Simon Fraser University Pipe Band
The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada was formed in 1966 during the university's inaugural year. Over the years, it has become a respected institution in the community and has brought fame to B.C. with its capture of national and international prizes.
Led by Pipe Major Terry Lee and Lead Drummer J. Reid Maxwell and wearing the ...
Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band
The Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band is a new Grade 1 pipe band which was formed with the aim of competing at the World Pipe Band Championships in 2008. The band consists of pipers and drummers from Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia and the USA.
The idea to form the band was hatched at the Glenfiddich Piping Championships by a number of ...
St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band
St Laurence O'Toole Pipe band hails from Dublin and was started in 1910. It has won many trophies over the years including the coveted World Pipe Band Championships in 2010, becoming the first band from the Republic of Ireland ever to do so. Stjepan Veckovic
Since 1995, I have been a member of the National Folk Ensemble LADO. Also in 1995, I began my collaboration with the ethno group LEGEN and Lidija Bajuk. By playing old traditional Croatian instruments, I have travelled almost the entire world (Australia, New Zealand, India, South America, Mexico, USA, Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium, France, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, ...
Strathclyde Police Pipe Band
The Strathclyde Police Pipe Band are 12 times winners of the RSPBA World Pipe Band Championships. From the band's earliest roots as the Burgh of Govan Police Pipe Band through to it's present day identity, competitive success at the highest level has always been a key element of the exemplary reputation harboured by the band on behalf of Strathclyde Police.
The ...
Stuart Liddell
For Stuart Liddell, piping is in the blood. His grandfather was the late Pipe Major Ronnie McCallum MBE, piper to the Duke of Argyll, and it was from Ronnie that Stuart had his first lessons, at the age of nine, building the foundations of solid technique and sound repertoire which have become a hallmark of his playing.
Other influences were Arthur ...
The 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band
The 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band is a grade one competitive band that has excelled in both competitive and performance circles since its debut in 1982. Led since 2011 by Pipe Major Doug MacRae, the band is renowned throughout the world for its competitive resilience and cutting-edge musical innovation. Based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, its members hail from across Canada ...
The Edinburgh Military Tatoo
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo will bring a selection of their 2011 performers to George Square. Ulster Scottish Pipe Band
The Ulster Scottish Pipe Band was formed in 1922, making it one of the oldest pipe bands in theUnited States. The band was founded by John A Hall Sr. and is now under the leadership of the third and fourth generation of the Hall family. The band is under the direction of Pipe Major Dave Hall (John’s grandson), Lead Drummer ...
Willie McCallum
A native of Campbeltown, Willie has won almost every prize in solo piping and most several times over. He received his main tuition from his uncles Ronald and Hugh and also came under the guidance of P/M Ronald McCallum, MBE.
In 2008 he won the overall titles The Metro Cup in New York, The Dr. Dan Reid Memorial in San Francisco, ...