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■ Lunchtime Recital The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1pm. £8 (£6). See Thu 13. FREE Fred Morrison Reel Pipes Presents . . . The Street Cafe, The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1.30pm. A taster of the evening concert. Part of Piping Live! FREE The Music of the Clans George Square, 564 4242. 2pm. See Thu 13. FREE BeggBagpipes.com Demonstration BeggBagpipes.com, 202b Bath Street, 333 0639. 2.30pm. See Thu 13. FREE Willie McCallum Lord Todd Bar, Campus Village, University of Strathclyde, 548 2435. 2.30pm. A chance to hear one of the world’s greatest players, he was eight times Glenfiddich solo Piping Champion. Part of the Piping Live! FREE Fred Morrison Reel Pipes Pipe Idol The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 3pm. See Thu 13. ■ Piobaireachd of the Day College of Piping, Otago Street, 334 3587. 4pm. £2. See Thu 13. FREE Glenfiddich Whisky Tasting The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 3530220. 4.30pm. See Thu 13. FREE Live Music at the Street Cafe The Street Cafe, The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 4.45pm. See Thu 13. FREE Cullen Pipe Band The Street Cafe, The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 5.30pm. Warming up for tomorrow’s World Pipe Band Championships, sponsored by Fred Morrison Reel Pipes. Part of Piping Live! FREE Live Music at the Street Cafe The Street Cafe, The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 5.30pm. See Thu 13. ■ International Piping Concert Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15 (£10). Pipers from around the world get the chance to show off their skills, with performances
from Scotland’s Highland and bellows- blown Lowland expert Fred Morrison, and ex-Bothy Band uillean pipe master Paddy Keenan, and a mix of instruments from Homebound. Part of Piping Live! ■ Piping Live! Festival Club The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10pm. £5. See Thu 13. ■ Summer Piping School College of Piping, Otago Street, 334 3587. £70. See Thu 13. Auchtermuchty ■ Auchtermuchty Festival Auchtermuchty, times vary. Prices vary. Weekend traditional music festival hosts concerts, ceilidh dances, competitions, workshops and sessions. A broad church of authentic traditional singers and instrumentalists take part over the three- day event organised by the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland.
Stirling FREE Summer Sessions Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 7–10pm. The best in folk music from local performers and visiting Scottish musicians.
Saturday 15 Glasgow ■ RSPBA World Pipe Band Championships Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, 564 4242. 7.30am. From £7. The pre-eminent bands of Scotland, Canada, the US, Australia, Europe, New Zealand, Ireland, and Pakistan travel to Scotland for ‘the Big One.’ The Highland Games Heavy Events Championships are also taking place. Part of Piping Live! ■ After Worlds Shindig The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8.30pm. £15 (£10). Keep on partying to the best in Scottish and world music after the big event with ceilidhs, dance and performances from the Peatbog Faeries, Ross Ainslie, Jarlath Henderson, The Finlay MacDonald Band and Skerryvore. Ages 16+. Part of Piping Live! ■ The Second Hand Marching Band and Over the Wall 13th Note Café, King Street, 553 1638. 9pm. Eighteen-piece folk dance party with Canadian guests.
Crystal Stilts Deep, dark pop and new wave from this Brooklyn collective who draw influences from the likes of
Velvet Underground, Joy Division and Jesus & Mary Chain for a reverberating sonic dirge of spectral guitar and rumbling bass as seen on recent album Alight of Night. ■ Stereo, Glasgow, Tue 18 Aug.
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Auchtermuchty ■ Auchtermuchty Festival Auchtermuchty, times vary. Prices vary. See Fri 14.
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Glasgow ■ Masters Invitational Solo Piping Championship The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 3530220. 10.30am. £8 (£6). Eight of the world’s best competitive solo pipers battle it out to win this prestigious title. Featuring Alan Bevan, Jori Chisholm, Murray Henderson, Angus MacColl, Willie McCallum, Niall Matheson, James Murray and Niall Stewart. Part of Piping Live! FREE Sunday Survivor Session The Street Cafe, The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1pm. More music (not all pipes) for anyone left standing, from Steven Blake, Craig Muirhead & James McKenzie; Finlay MacDonald & Chris Stout; Celine Donoghue and more. Part of Piping Live! FREE Karaoke Night Lord Todd Bar, Campus Village, University of Strathclyde, 548 2435. 7pm. Piping Live! 2009 draws to a close with one last event. Part of Piping Live!
Aberfoyle FREE Heelster Gowdie David Marshall Lodge, Achray Forest, Queen Elizabeth Forest Park, 2.30pm. A fourth season for the resident band at the David Marshall Lodge. Auchtermuchty ■ Auchtermuchty Festival Auchtermuchty, times vary. Prices vary. See Fri 14.
Irvine ■ Eddi Reader and Heidi Talbot Magnum Theatre, Harbourside, 01294 313010. 7.30pm. £17.50. Two of contemporary British music’s leading vocalists incorporate pop, folk, Burns, ballads and Americana. Isle of Mull ■ Angus Lyon & Ruaridh Campbell An Tobar, Argyll Terrace, Tobermory, 01688 302 211. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). Accordion, piano and fiddle reveal wide-ranging influences, from tango to jazz, in the young duo’s take on Scottish traditional music.
Monday 17 Motherwell ■ Eric Bogle and John Munro Motherwell Concert Hall, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, 01698 302999. 7.30pm. £14 (£13). Hugely popular Scots/Aussie singer-songwriters Bogle and Munro on their final round of shows in Scotland, the ‘Waltzing Matilda No More’ tour. Part of the Motherwell Music Festival.
Wednesday 19 Dunfermline ■ Andy Paterson and Norman Rafferty Dunfermline Folk Club, Thistle Tavern, Baldridgeburn, 01383 729673. 8pm. By donation. Scots guitar-based folk duo.
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Glasgow ✽✽ Doghouse Roses Tchai Ovna, Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Skilled rootsy blues/folk duo of Paul Tasker and Iona Macdonald, on guitar and vocals. ■ Ian Davison and Carissa Bovill St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). The respected Glasgow songwriter is joined by young keyboard player and vocalist in duo that’s making waves.
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Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to suzanne@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black and Carol Main. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Thursday 13
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists. ■ The Sound Institute Summer Workshops Cardonald College, 690 Moss Park Drive, 272 3291. £40–£45. Top value music workshops, covering a range of instruments and songwriting. For ages 4–20. See http://thesoundinstitute.co.uk for details.
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Glasgow ■ The Sound Institute Summer Workshops Cardonald College, 690 Moss Park Drive, 272 3291. £40–£45. See Thu 13. Dunbar ■ Organ Recital: Dorothea Harris St Anne’s Episcopal Church, Westgate. 7.30pm. Entry by donation. Works by Bach, Franck and Vaughan Williams.
Saturday 15 Glasgow ■ NAYO Festival of British Youth Orchestras 2009 RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £5–£8; season ticket £50 (free–£3; season ticket £30). The festival’s 22nd visit to Glasgow features everything from classical to showtunes to jazz, performed by some of the hottest young orchestral talents in the country – catch them here first. See www.nayofestival.com for more.
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Glasgow ■ NAYO Festival of British Youth Orchestras 2009 RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm & 7.30pm. £5–£8; season ticket £50 (free–£3; season ticket £30). See Sat 15. FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists. ■ NYCoS Training Choir Greenbank Parish Church, 36 Eaglesham Road, 644 1841. 6.30pm. £5. Michael Kibblewhite conducts the budding singers, aged 15–19, as they demonstrate their vocal skills. Tickets are available by phone or at the door.
Monday 17 Glasgow ■ NAYO Festival of British Youth Orchestras 2009 RSAMD (Academy Concert Hall), 100 Renfrew Street, 3325057. 1pm. £5–£8; season ticket £50 (free–£3; season ticket £30). See Sat 15.
Tuesday 18 Glasgow ■ Kentigern Piano Quartet Glasgow Cathedral, Castle Street, 552 8198. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). The chamber ensemble performs Frank Bridge’s Phantasy in F sharp minor along with piano quartets by Mozart and Schumann. Tickets available on the door. ■ NAYO Festival of British Youth Orchestras 2009 RSAMD (Concert Hall), 100 Renfrew Street, 3325057. 7.30pm. £5–£8; season ticket £50 (free–£3; season ticket £30). See Sat 15.