After the thousands of entries were assessed, Shawn Tobin of Nepean, Ontario, was the ONLY one to get the top six Grade 1 at ...

Inverness, Scotland – September 3, 2026 – Calum Brown of Peterculter, Scotland, won the 2026 Highland Society of London Gold Medal on the first day of the two-day 2026 Northern Meeting at Eden Court ...

Oswald “Ozzie” Reid, whose decades as a pipe-major, teacher, judge, and administrator made him one of the more influential figures in the development of piping and pipe bands in the western United ...

Craig Sutherland presented the 2026 Capt. John Medal by Chris Ross. Edinburgh – August 29, 2026 – Craig Sutherland, Vancouver, won the 2026 Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Medal at another ...

Ben Duncan (left) and Connor Sinclair, winners of the A-Grade 2/4 March and Strathspey & Reel at the 2026 Argyllshire Gathering, exactly eight years after the opposite result. [Photo Alister Sinclair] ...

Oban, Scotland – August 26, 2026 – Sean McKeown of Ajax, Ontario, was the winner of the Highland Society of London’s Gold Medal for Piobaireachd, adding his name to piping’s history books and earning ...

The 2026 Pipe-Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Challenge Recital was another spectacular night of jaw-dropping musical creativity and technical brilliance by five of the world’s greatest Highland ...

About 30 years ago, the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band travelled to Scotland to compete in the World Championships. There was plenty of discussion (and ridicule from other bands) that every band ...

Next in our exclusive 2026 Set Tunes Series by Willie Donaldson is “The Pride of Barra,” a piobaireachd included on the Piobaireachd Society’s list of pieces eligible for submission to the Highland ...

The Irish Pub in Koblenz, Germany, will be the venue for the 2026 European Amateur Solo Piping Knockout Competition, 18:00, 20:00, November 28th, with six players involved (alphabetical by last name): ...

With the pesky World Pipe Band Championships out of the way, the globe’s top competitive pipers are digging for the major Scottish solo competitions, beginning with the two-day Argyllshire Gathering ...