Piping Instructors Bill | John | Jake | Jason | Lyric | Doug John Cairns has won almost every major soloist prize in North America, and in 1999 achieved the rarest of feats, becoming the 11th person in the history of piping to win “The Double”, both Highland Society of London Gold Medals for solo piping, at Oban and Inverness in the same year. Before joining the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band, John was Pipe Major of the St. Thomas Police Grade 1 Pipe Band. As an instructor, John holds the internationally recognized Institute of Piping’s Senior Teacher’s Certificate. During his seventeen years in the Canadian Forces, he taught over ten thousand students in the Cadet Pipes and Drums Training Program, and developed a curriculum now available to pipers everywhere. In 2000, John’s composition “The Lament for the Unknown Soldier” was selected and performed during the dedication of Canada’s National War Memorial. John and family reside in London Ontario, Canada where he operates a piping educational and consulting business. In 2004 John won the Piping Society of London’s Bratach Gorm.