Learn@Live! Thursday - With Major Bruce Hitchings MBE BEM

The National Piping Centre

Learn@Live! Thursday - With Major Bruce Hitchings MBE BEM

The National Piping Centre

Learn@Live! workshop series returns for 2025. Bruce Hitchings MBE BEM presents 'Sound Affects'.

Date and time

2025-08-14 10:30:00

Venue

The National Piping Centre

Tickets

Tickets: £10 Std / £9 Over 65s + Under 16s + £1.50 booking fee per ticket


This event requires a ticket in addition to your Festival Site ticket.

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.


This event requires a ticket in addition to your Festival Site ticket. You must purchase your Festival Site ticket before purchasing a ticket for this event.

The Artists


Peoples Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band - Quartet


Bruce Hitchings MBE BEM


Iain Speirs

The Venue


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 the Centre on McPhater Street. Ticket information is available here


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 entrance 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

Date and time

2025-08-14 10:30:00

Venue

The National Piping Centre

Tickets

Tickets: £10 Std / £9 Over 65s + Under 16s + £1.50 booking fee per ticket


This event requires a ticket in addition to your Festival Site ticket.

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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