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Army Solo Piping & Drumming Championships

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The 2025 Army Solo Piping and Drumming Championships took place at the Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming (ASBM&HD), Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh on Friday 5 December 2025. Sponsored by the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, the event welcomed 55 competitors across 15 piping, drumming and bugling categories. By WO1 Peter Grant, Senior Pipe Major, the British Army The Championships were once again a great success, even with a few…

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New Drumming Solos Announced

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A new invitational solo drumming competition is to be held in Glasgow in January. The prizemoney pool is £1,700 with £200 going to the piper accompanying the winner. The new contest represents a unique step in the development of solo pipe band drumming competition. Often there is no prize money, drummers playing for prestige and a trophy, and pipers playing to support their band colleagues. Sponsors are all believed to…

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Caritas Banner/ Mallaig Tune/ CLASP Results

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We are delighted to be hosting the 3rd Caritas Banner Piobaireachd Competition for pipers aged 18 & Under this coming Sunday (Nov.30), writes Ben Duncan. The event will be held in the George Watson’s College Music School. (See map, music school circled yellow, top left.) Doors open 7.45am for an 8.30am start in all events. They are as follows: 14 & Under Urlar and Variation; 14 & Under Piobaireachd; 18…

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Argyllshire Gathering Entries Open/ Set Tune Addition/ Florida Pipe & Drum Academy

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The Argyllshire Gathering Piping Competitions take place in Oban, Argyll, on Wednesday 26 August and Thursday 27 August 2026. Entries are now open here. The website reads: ‘The Competition features two days of piping excellence, with over 200 pipers from across the globe competing in this, the world’s foremost solo piping competition.’ Pipers are encouraged to enter now but their eligibility and acceptance will only be decided early in the new…

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Gordon Duncan Tribute/ George Sherriff Results

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A special concert is to be held at Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow to celebrate 30 years of the release since the groundbreaking ‘Live ‘n Well’ album by Vale of Atholl Pipe Band under P/M Ian Duncan. A Gordon Duncan Tribute Band will lead the musical offering at the concert with input from Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton. P/M Duncan, Gordon’s brother, and Ryan King have hand picked a line…

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