Pipeband
Ulster Scottish Pipe Band
Ulster Scottish Pipe Band Traces Its Beginnings to Philadelphia in 1922, When It Was Founded as the Philadelphia Ulster Pipe Band.
Updated
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.
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.