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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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] ...

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 ...

Iain MacDonald (Regina) reports from the epicentre of piping (and drumming) . . . The Rose & Thistle Ladies Pipe Band getting serious at rehearsal. Another day, and another walk down the road to the ...

Glasgow – August 14, 2026 – The first day of the 2026 World Pipe Band Championships enjoyed near-perfect weather: partly sunny, breezy, a high of about 20°C, and, best of all, no rain. The 13 Grade 1 ...