Learn@Live! workshop series returns for 2025. Bruce Hitchings MBE BEM presents 'Sound Affects'.
2025-08-14 10:30:00
The National Piping Centre
Tickets: £10 Std / £9 Over 65s + Under 16s + £1.50 booking fee per ticket
Tickets to this event MUST BE bought in conjunction with a Thursday site ticket or Festival Week Pass
The link below takes you to Festival Site Day tickets. Once you have bought this you will then be able to access these tickets via the link in your purchase confirmation page or email. When you purchase your ticket via this link a £2.50 discount will be applied to the price of the event ticket.
Consonance, resonance, harmonics and musical ‘colour' - Bruce Hitchings MBE BEM, with the help of Fred Morrison, Iain Speirs and a Quartet from Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Pipe Band, will illustrate why you need to understand that your drones ARE the instrument.
Tickets to this event CAN BE purchased AFTER you have completed checkout of a day site ticket or Festival Week Pass
The ticket link here takes you to Festival Site Day tickets. Once you have bought your festival site day ticket and completed the purchase, you will then see a link to be able to access tickets for this event.
The National Piping Centre
The centre serves as a national and international centre of excellence for the great Highland Bagpipe and its music.
The Festival Site with the Centre Stage and Bothy Tent, as well as our food and drink tents will be on outside here on McPhater Street.
PLEASE BE AWARE
Accessibility
The National Piping Centre and Pipers' Tryst restaurant has step access at both doors.
There is a lift available from the side of the building to all floors.
During Piping Live! access is through the ramped entracne to the Street Cafe, cross the marquee and then out the other door to the lift area. There is also an accessible toilet here.
You can book a welcome through the WelcoME platform here
You can see full access information at Euan's Guide here
2025-08-14 10:30:00
The National Piping Centre
Tickets: £10 Std / £9 Over 65s + Under 16s + £1.50 booking fee per ticket
Tickets to this event MUST BE bought in conjunction with a Thursday site ticket or Festival Week Pass
The link below takes you to Festival Site Day tickets. Once you have bought this you will then be able to access these tickets via the link in your purchase confirmation page or email. When you purchase your ticket via this link a £2.50 discount will be applied to the price of the event ticket.
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