| Stuart Cassells is one of Scotland’s leading young bagpipers, with a CV that includes winning most of the top junior solo competitions, being heard on the soundtrack of the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as well as recording with the British rock band The Darkness. |
In 2005 Stuart also became the first graduate with the new BA Scottish Music – Piping degree from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. |
| Taught originally in Wallacestone Pipe Band and then by Pipe Major George Lumsden and Donald MacPherson, Stuart made rapid progress and by the age of thirteen was playing in grade one pipe bands, firstly with Torphichen and Bathgate and then with the famous MacNaughton’s Vale of Atholl Pipe Band. He then went on to be a successful Pipe Major of The Royal Burgh of Stirling Pipe Band at the tender age of eighteen. He is now a member of the 78th Fraser Highlanders based in Toronto, Canada. |
As a result of his solo piping successes, in 1996 he was featured on the acclaimed Greentrax recording, Young Pipers of Scotland. He has just released his debut solo recording with his new band, entitled ‘Blown Away’ with Footstompin records. |
| Since winning The BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year at the Celtic Connections festival in January 2005, Stuart has had a tremendously busy year performing at many festivals including the BBC Proms in the Park in Glasgow, recording with The Darkness for their new album, One Way Ticket to Hell and Back and featuring on the song “Do the Hippogriff” by Jarvis Cocker for the film ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’. |
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