Join us in the Carnegie Room at the Courtyard Marriott for our 2024 Balmoral Classic Opening Reception, Co-Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Piping Society. Hors d’oeuvres will be served and a cash bar will be available for adults. No cover required, but donations are welcomed.

The event includes a recital featuring our piping judges for the U.S. Junior Solo Piping & Drumming Championships:

Piping judge Dr. Angus MacDonald of Glenuig, Scotland has won nearly all of the top solo prizes in piping, including the Clasp at Inverness, the Highland Society of London’s Gold Medals, and the Silver Chanter. His compositions are played throughout the world, and he’s a much-respected judge for important solo piping competitions.

Piping judge Matt MacIsaac has been a Pipe Major in the Canadian Forces, a multi-instrumentalist with Natalie McMaster’s band, a sought-after piping instructor, and the P/M of the Grade 2 St. Andrew’s Association in Ontario. He was winner of the 2022 P/M Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital-Challenge, the first non-Scottish piper to win.

Piping judge Paula Glendenning’s solo prizes include 1st in the B Piobaireachd at London; the Boreraig Trophy twice at the Colonial Highland Gathering; prizes in the B MSR and B Hornpipe/Jig in London, and the Nicol-Brown Chalice (1993, 1995). She judges at many EUSPBA events.