Contestants confirmed for March 7th Uist & Barra in Glasgow

Eleven elite players are confirmed to compete in the 79th Uist & Barra Solo Piping Competition, scheduled for March 7th at the National Piping Centre’s Otago Street location:

• Callum Beaumont, Guardbridge, Scotland
• Calum Brown, Aberdeen
• Sandy Cameron, Roy Bridge, Scotland
• Ben Duncan, Edinburgh
• Jamie Forrester, Haddington, Scotland
• Finlay Johnston, Glasgow
• Steven Leask, East Kilbride, Scotland
• Angus D. MacColl, Benderloch, Scotland
• Sarah Muir, East Kilbride, Scotland
• Connor Sinclair, Crieff, Scotland
• Brodie Watson-Massey, Edinburgh

Tickets are £15 for adults and £10 for those 16 and younger.

The competition is the traditional launch of the Scottish solo piping competition year. Winners of the event, which is organized by the Glasgow Uist & Barra Association, are a who’s-who of the greatest pipers in modern history.

The event has been coordinated for the last decade by Highland Society of London Gold Medallist John-Angus Smith, who passed the role on to Association Secretary Alasdair MacPhee.

The winner of the 2025 Uist & Barra was Stuart Liddell.

Judging both the Piobaireachd and light music events are Willie Morrison, Jack Taylor and Robert Wallace.