Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival: The Open Fund for Organisations
Glasgow International Piping Festival, Piping Live! is proud to commission five new pieces of music to be performed by piping ‘super group’ TRYST.
TRYST features 10 of the most exciting and adventurous exponents of Scotland’s national instrument, the Highland Bagpipe. Each member of the group is at the cutting edge of an art form going through a creative renaissance. Featuring members of bands such as Breabach, Treacherous Orchestra and RURA, as well as leading educationalists, the collective comprises of Calum MacCrimmon, Ross Ainslie, John Mulhearn, Steven Blake, Finlay MacDonald, Mairearad Green, Lorne MacDougall, James Duncan MacKenzie, Rory Campbell and Ali Hutton.
In an exciting twist to the commissions, Piping Live! is thrilled to invite composers from outside the piping tradition to write for the group. In an acknowledgement of the growing stature of piping in the wider world of music, the festival has invited 5 internationally renowned composers/performers to undertake the challenge of composing for what can be a challenging instrument for those unfamiliar with its idiosyncrasies. The composers are: Donald Shaw (Capercaillie, Celtic Connections), Martin Green (Lau), Mike Vass, Patsy Reid and Rachel Newton.