The National Piping Centre

The National Piping Centre, Glasgow was created in 1996, as the world centre for excellence in the promotion and study of the Great Highland Bagpipe.

About The National Piping Centre

	30-34 McPhater Street, Glasgow City Centre G4 0HW
	01413535551
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We offer world class tuition at all levels and in all teaching styles to suit your needs and location.

Close to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, we incorporate a school with rehearsal rooms and an Auditorium. We also house the Museum of Piping, a reference library, as well as conference facilities, hotel and restaurant.

The National Piping Centre provides facilities of the very highest quality for both the piping and non-piping fraternity. Visitors and regulars, from both home and abroad, will equally enjoy the experience, whether they come for study, performance, or pleasure.

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Upcoming Events at The National Piping Centre

Dance

Deiseil: Dancing in Time

22nd January 2026 - 23rd January 2026

The National Piping Centre, Glasgow City Centre

Deiseil: Dancing in Time is a powerful exploration of how stepdance, Scotland’s percussive dance, was lost… and how its revival became woven into a lifelong friendship.

Music

Jim Malcolm with The Canny Band

30th January 2026

The National Piping Centre, Glasgow City Centre

This show brings together the ultimate Scots troubadour, Jim Malcolm, and the explosive young trio, The Canny Band.

Music and Singing

Creative Spark Theatre Arts

Unit 3 Eastside Industrial Estate, Kirkintilloch G66 1QG

Creative Spark Theatre Arts is an all inclusive community arts organisation providing classes, workshops and projects for everyone within the local community!

Music and Singing

ACE Chorus Glasgow

Renfield Centre Bath Street, Glasgow City Centre G2 4JP

Artistic Concert Experiences (ACE) is the mixed singing ensemble, with choirs based in Glasgow (Wednesdays) and Inverkeithing (Thursdays).

Music and Singing

The Podcast Rooms

307 West George Street, Glasgow City Centre G2 4LF

Get the popstar experience and record and mix one of your favourite songs in a professional studio at the Podcast Rooms in Glasgow! Special £60 opening...

Music and Singing

National Youth Orchestras of Scotland

Office 240, The Briggait 141 Bridgegait, Glasgow City Centre G1 5HZ

NYOS works with young musicians aged 8-25 living or studying in Scotland or with Scottish connections.

Music and Singing

First Chord Ukulele Orchestra

33 Otago Street, Glasgow West End G12 8JJ

The First Chord Ukulele Orchestra is a fun and relaxed group based in the heart of Glasgow's West End!

Music and Singing

Southside Performance Studio

Unit 213, The Pentagon Centre 36-38 Washington Street, Glasgow City Centre G3 8AZ

Located in Glasgow City Centre, SPS - Academy & Films is Scotland's leading part-time acting and singing training studio, talent agency, and production company.

Music and Singing

Rhythm Time South Glasgow

, Glasgow South Side G41

Give your child the BEST start! Award-winning, multi-sensory and fun music classes for Babies, Toddlers and Pre-school children!

Music and Singing

Glasgow School of Guitar

Saint Margaret of Scotland Scottish Episcopal Church Kilmarnock Road, Glasgow South Side G43 2DS

Glasgow School of Guitar specialise in group guitar lessons in the Southside and West end of Glasgow.

Music and Singing

Dynamic Meladies

Dynamic Meladies , Glasgow City Centre

At Dynamic Meladies we run singing classes and courses that help women develop their voices and learn to sing with confidence!

Music and Singing

Glasgow Cathedral Choral Society

Woodlands Methodist Church Woodlands Road, Glasgow West End G3 6LW

Glasgow Cathedral Choral Society is a mixed adult choir based in Glasgow's West End performing a wide variety of sacred music in the ambience for which it was originally intended.

Music and Singing