Piping Live Organisation!

Piping Live Organisation!

Piping Live! is part of the work of The National Piping Centre, the world’s centre for excellence in bagpipes. The festival was originally set up as a wholly owned subsidiary company of The National Piping Centre with its own charitable status and accounting process. 

Piping Live! is funded through public sector support together with financial contributions secured from commercial sponsors and partners, Glasgow International Piping Festival – Piping Live! is one of Glasgow and Scotland’s biggest annual summer events.  

The organising team are:

  • Finlay MacDonald - Artistic Director
  • Helen Urquhart - Festival Manager
  • Callum Stamper - Commercial Director
  • John Mulhearn – Artistic Programming
  • Natalie Davidson – NPC Venue Manager
  • Hannah Power - Marketing

The National Piping Centre board members are: 

  • Chair - Sir Brian Ivory 
  • Chair - Lady Ivory 
  • Kirsteen McCue
  • Fraser Morrison
  • Colin MacNeill
  • Alan Robertson

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