Ulster Scottish Pipe Band

Ulster Scottish Pipe Band is a competitive pipe band based in the Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania. John A. Hall, Sr. founded it in 1922 as the Philadelphia Ulster Pipe Band after immigrating from Northern Ireland.

History and leadership

Generations of the Hall and Cooper families have sustained the band’s Scotch-Irish musical traditions. Long-serving Pipe Major Thomas Hall was followed by David Hall and, in 2018, Pipe Major Eric Ouellette. Traci Cooper manages the band, and Derek Cooper leads the drum corps.

World champions

Ulster Scottish won the Grade 2 World Pipe Band Championship in Glasgow in 2026. The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association subsequently promoted the band to Grade 1 for the 2027 competition season.

Read about the Grade 1 promotion.

Championship celebration

Join the band on October 10, 2026, in Glenside, Pennsylvania, for a victory parade at 7:00 p.m. and a celebration at North Penn VFW at 7:30 p.m.

Celebration details and tickets

Contact

721 Worthington Drive, Warminster, PA 18974.

Band website · Facebook

RSPBA record

The RSPBA band register lists the following entries, checked 3 October 2026. Grades and registration status are a snapshot of that register and may differ from the 2026 championship grades below.

RSPBA band number	Branch	Grade	Pipe major	Registration status
796	OVERSEAS PIPE BAND	ONE	Not listed	Registered

The band appears in the 2026 World Pipe Band Championships results in Grade 2. Friday results cover the juvenile and novice juvenile sections.