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

You Can Uke

Destiny Church Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow South Side G41 3QP

You Can Uke run group ukulele sessions in the Southside of Glasgow for children in primaries 4, 5 or 6!

Music and Singing

Greg Irons Drum Lessons

, Various Locations Glasgow

With 15 years of musical experience, professional musician Greg Irons is offering one-to-one drum lessons in and around Glasgow.

Music and Singing

Naledi Herman Piano Tuition

130 Mossgiel Road, Glasgow South Side G43 2BX

Naledi Herman is an experienced Piano teacher based in the Southside of Glasgow!

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

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

The Sound Lab

Tollcross YMCA Tollcross Road, Glasgow East End G32 8HB

The Sound Lab’s East End Fiesta will be an a fun, creative project for young people aged 8-18 to express themselves through music, dance, arts and crafts...

Music and Singing

Queens Park School Of Music: Singing Lessons

1008 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow South Side G41 2HG

Whether you've been singing for years or have never had a singing lesson Catherine Backhouse can help you improve your sound, range, breath control and confidence while enjoying the music you love.

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

Queens Park Music Kids

Queen's Park Govanhill Parish 170 Queen's Drive, Glasgow South Side G42 8QZ

Queen's Park Music Kids run music classes for babies, toddlers and children on Tuesdays in Glasgow's Southside!

Music and Singing

Got Soul Glasgow

Partick Burgh Halls Burgh Hall Street, Glasgow West End G11 5LW

Ever had a notion to join a choir but think you can't sing? Say hello to fun, laughter, new friends and your inner singing soulful diva!

Music and Singing

Govanhill Voices Community Choir

Queen's Park Govanhill Parish Church 170 Queen's Drive, Glasgow South Side G42 8QZ

Govanhill Voices is a non-audition, multicultural community singing group who meet on Thursday evenings at Queen's Park Govanhill Parish Church!

Music and Singing

Voice of the Town Glasgow

St. Margaret's Church Kilmarnock Road, Glasgow South Side G43 2DS

Voice of the Town contemporary choir welcome those who love singing and who enjoy popular music and want the platform to get involved and perform in a fun and lively musical experience.

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