The Midwest Pipe Band Association

Pictured: (from left): Overall Winner Andrew Carlisle & Jim Sim
 
Top Row: VP Scott McCawley, Teddy Krogh, Derek Midgley, Ken Liechti, Tom Cangelosi, Alastair Murray
Bottom Row: Zak Read, Andrew Lewis, Nick Hudson, Andrew Carlisle, Jack Williamson, George Gerules, Pres. Jim Sim
Photo: Claire Smith
 
The results from the 2025 Pipe Major Ian Swinton Open Professional Solo Piping Contest held on May 3 in Park Ridge, near Chicago, are as follows:
 
Piobaireachd:
  1. Nick Hudson, (Houston, TX): Farewell to the Queen’s Ferry
  2. Derek Midgley (Tinton Falls, NJ): Ronald MacDonald of Morar's Lament
  3. Andrew Carlisle (Pittsburgh, PA): The Unjust Incarceration
  4. Andrew Lewis (St. Paul, MN): Park Piobaireachd #2
March/Strathspey/Reel:
  1. Andrew Carlisle: The Braes of Castle Grant/Loch Loskin/John Morrison of Assynt House
  2. Jack Williamson (Topeka, KS): Leaving Lunga/Shepherd's Crook/Alick C. MacGregor
  3. Andrew Lewis: David Ross/Tulloch Castle/The Cockerel in the Creel
  4. Zak Read (Chicago, IL): South Hall/MacBeth’s Strathspey/The Sheepwife
Overall:
  1. Andrew Carlisle
  2. Nick Hudson
  3. Andrew Lewis
  4. Jack Williamson
  5. Derek Midgley

Congratulations to all the competitors!

Thank you to all the contestants and spectators whom attended the 2025 Terry McHugh Memorial Solo Piping Contest! The clinic and recital by Nick Hudson will be posted on our YouTube Channel shortly, watch this space for details.

The winners:

2025 Terry McHugh Winners

(Left to Right): Vice Pres. Scott McCawley, David Dwyer, Thomas Gallo, Taylor Pulido, Kevin Neveau, Syd Lybert, Paul Jones, Pres. Jim Sim

Here are the results:

2025 Terry McHugh Memorial Solo Contest Results