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A new Set Tunes Series 2026 piece focuses on “Young George’s Salute,” with commentary on its pentatonic structure and how master players vary the theme through singlings, doublings and treblings.
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Liam Horne won the 2026 Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Piping Championship in Rockville, Maryland. The contest also featured results for Angus MacPhee, Ben Duncan, Kyle Shead, Connor Sinclair, Ashley McMichael, Josh Dickson, Sandy Cameron and Alasdair Henderson.
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Thomas Fallon of Edinburgh won the 6th annual Lochnell Piping Championship on 10 October at Lochnell Castle. The invitation-only under-22 contest brought together young solo pipers, with Fallon representing Field Marshal Montgomery.
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The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association has walked back its earlier claim about BBC Scotland’s Worlds coverage. It now says the broadcaster has not made a final decision on the 2027 livestream.
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Liam Horne of Wise, Virginia, won the 43rd Nicol-Brown Amateur Invitational Piping Championship at St. Mark Presbyterian Church. He took first in both piobaireachd and the 6/8 March to finish on 20 points.
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Ashley McMichael of Antrim was named 2026 Northern Ireland Piper of the Year after winning the Piobaireachd and MMSSRR events at Ballymena.
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Ben Duncan won the Premier & A Grade March, Strathspey and Reel, while Angus MacPhee won the Premier & A Grade piobaireachd at Glasgow’s Royal National Mòd. Kyle Shead also lifted the Sheelah J trophy.
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Connor Sinclair, Callum Beaumont, Alasdair Henderson, Finlay Johnston and Angus D. MacColl performed at the 2026 Pipe-Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Challenge Recital. The recital took place in the Strathclyde Suite and drew a packed audience.
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Entries are open for the Caritas Banner Piobaireachd Competition for pipers aged 18 and under at George Watson’s College. Ben Duncan is hosting the event, which is being held there again.
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The Lochnell Intermediate Championship is set for Benderloch, where eight young professionals will play piobaireachd and MSR for the title. Douglas Baird, Kyle Cameron, Thomas Fallon, Malachi Johannsen, Chris McCartan, Liam Nicolson, Andrew Pattison and Magnus Stone are named as the competitors.
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Solo piping placings from the Piping Championships at the Royal National Mòd in Glasgow are listed, with a full set of named competitors across the events. The results include piobaireachd, March, Strathspey and Reel, and hornpipe and jig contests.
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