What We Do

Meetings are held throughout most of the year apart from over Christmas and New year. Currently we meet on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday in each month at 8:00 PM in The Club on Gordon Terrace in Inverness.
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We organise a programme of recitals through the winter months.  To these we invite the foremost players of the day and they are usually accompanied by a local junior piper.  Read more >>>
 
We run an annual Junior Piping Competition and invite players from throughout the Highlands to compete.  Read more >>>

We also organise and steward the Solo Piping Competition at the Inverness Highland Games on behalf of Highland Council.  We pride ourselves in holding a well run competition with the aim of making the competing process as easy as it can be for pipers. Read more >>>

Annually we aim to offer up to two junior players from the Inverness area financial assistance towards attendance at a recognised Piping Course, such as a week’s intensive piping tuition at Sabhal Mor Ostaig or a Feis.  We advise any young player who may wish financial assistance, to come along to our weekly meetings on a fairly regular basis.

Fabulous recital by Chris Armstrong on Friday 26 May! For a  review and tune list please see our "Piping Recitals" page.


Support Inverness Piping Society

We are looking for sponsorship to help with offsetting the costs of running the  annual Junior Piping Competition.  If you are interested in supporting piping in the Highlands, please contact our Secretary Alastair Campbell. invernesspiping@gmail.com
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Notices

Junior Piping Competition
It is with regret we have had to cancel arrangements for this competition this year.  In part this is due to a significant increase in venue hire costs.  We hope to resolve this for next year, and also review what is the best time of year to hold the competition.

Society Meetings

The Society meet on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month in The Club, 5 Gordon Terrace (parking from Mitchell's Lane) Inverness. Come around 7:50 for 8.00pm. We usually play for about an hour to an hour and a half, everybody is welcome regardless of experience. Come and play or just come to listen.
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Featured Piper Evenings
To enhance the social aspect of the society we launched monthly 'Featured Piper' evenings in 2015. Local pipers are invited to play a slightly extended session in an informal setting on the first Wednesday of every month except January and August. The evenings are intended to be social gatherings and attendance has run anywhere from 15 to 25. We hope to continue to see a healthy gathering of local piping enthusiasts.  Piping begins at 8:00pm. Free sandwiches are provided and drinks are available for purchase downstairs at the bar. Come along for an evening of good piping. This is not a formal recital and as always, other pipers are encouraged to bring their pipes and have a tune. All players of any age, gender, and ability are welcome.​
​Recent Evenings - John McLaren, December 2017
John McLaren made his third appearance as a featured player of the Society and played for a small but very appreciative audience of eight. It has been a real treat to hear this young lad develop as a player over the last few years. Displaying a wide ranging repertoire, John played a mix of traditional tunes, some piobaireachd, and some modern compositions; favouring the latter.
      Some people complain about modern tunes being just a jumble of notes with no melodic structure and while this can be the case, the receipt of the tune depends so much on the delivery. John displayed not only remarkable control of his technique but a growing sense of maturity in his playing by putting some welcome expression in these tunes.
      John continued to impress with the extent of his repertoire by allowing himself to be gently cajoled into playing not just the usual half hour or so for a featured player but for the entire evening. An impressive performance indeed!
      Our thanks go not only to John for playing but to his parents for bringing him and, of course, to his teacher Niall Matheson who has done a superb job of developing this fine young player who is one to be watched.
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Some photos from previous and recent Featured Pipers' Evenings:

​Office Bearers

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The Society elected the following office bearers for 2017:
President: Euan MacCrimmon
Vice President: Brian Yates
Secretary: Alastair Campbell
Treasurer: Steve McCabe


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