Nick Hudson

Nick Hudson

Nick Hudson


Nick Hudson teaches piping at St. Thomas’ Episcopal School in Houston, Texas. He holds a BFA in Music Performance from Carnegie-Mellon University, where he studied under Alasdair Gillies and Jimmy McIntosh. He currently receives tuition from Mike Cusack.

Nick’s solo piping highlights include winning the Clasp at the Northern Meeting in 2024, Gold Medal at the Northern Meeting in 2022 as well as the A MSR, B MSR, and Overall Quaich at the Northern Meeting. He has also wont the Silver Medal at the Argyllshire Gathering, the London Ram’s Head Snuff Mull for A-Grade Piobaireachd; twice the Overall A-Grade Winner at the SPSL Contest in London, the Braemar Gold Medal, the Piobaireachd Society Gold Medal (Canada), the US Piping Foundation Overall, Piobaireachd, and MSR on multiple occasions, the Gold Medal MSR at Winter Storm, the Kemble Star for Marches and Peter MacFarquhar Star for Strathspeys & Reels at Skye Gathering in Portree, overall winner of The Livingstone Invitational; and overall winner of The Metro Cup. 

Nick has recorded a BBC “Pipeline” session and has played at the Piobaireachd Society's annual recital in Edinburgh, the Glenfiddich, and the Capt—John MacLellan Memorial Medal Competition-Recital in Edinburgh.
Aside from piping, Nick enjoys bicycling and has cycled coast-to-coast across the United States. He resides in Houston with his wife, Amanda, and their son, Alan.

We are looking forward to hearing a great recital from Nick for the first time at Piping Live!. 

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