The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada
In Partnership With
THE ATLANTIC CANADA PIPE BAND ASSOCIATION
Presents the
2015 Atlantic Canada Piobaireachd Challenge
Hosted by
The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada
Incorporating the
18th Annual Gold Medal Piobaireachd Challenge
The Capt. Iain G. Millington Trophy and the ACPBA Gold Medal
26th Annual Silver Medal Piobaireachd Challenge
The Dr. Angus MacDonald Challenge Cup, the ACPBA Silver Medal
12th Annual Nickel Medal Piobaireachd Challenge
The Angus A. Macquarrie Memorial Challenge Cup, the ACPBA Nickel Medal
21st Annual Bronze Medal Piobaireachd Challenge
The Piobaireachd Society of Antigonish Challenge Cup, the ACPBA Bronze Medal
12th Annual Copper Medal Piobaireachd Challenge
The Pipe Major William (Bill) Magennis Challenge Cup, the ACPBA Copper Medal
18th Annual Pewter Medal Piobaireachd Challenge
The Scott Williams Challenge Cup, the ACPBA Pewter Medal
Saturday, April 25, 2015
The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada in Summerside, PEI
Doors open 8:30am and competitions begin at 9:00am
The tunes to be submitted are not from a set list for the 2015 Atlantic Canada Piobaireachd
Challenge events on April 25th. If settings used are taken from sources other than the Kilberry
(K) or Piobaireachd Society (PS) collections, competitors must be prepared to provide the judge
with a copy of the tune in the setting to be played. The judge may take into consideration the
merits of the setting played.
Gold Medal (Open Professional) Challenge and Silver Medal (Grade 1) Challenge – four
tunes of the competitor’s choice must be submitted.
Professional (Gold Medal): submit four tunes. Grade 1 (Silver Medal): submit three tunes.
Grade 2 (Nickel Medal): submit two tunes. Grade 3 (Bronze Medal): submit one complete
tune. Grade 4 (Copper Medal): submit one complete tune. Grade 5 (Pewter Medal):
submit the Ground and Var. 1 singling of one tune only.
A mach variations are not required for the following events: Nickel Medal, Bronze Medal,
Copper Medal and Pewter Medal.
Senior: Own choice
Gold Medal: Own choice
Silver Medal: Own choice
In events where more than one tune is to be submitted, the judge will select the tune to be
played and competitors will be notified prior to their playing time.
Competitors from Atlantic Canada must be current members of the ACPBA. Competitors from
other jurisdictions must be members of their own regional associations. In all events, tuning time
before the judge must be kept to a minimum.
Order of Play: Last to enter in each event plays first. Competitors are asked to present
themselves to the judge within three minutes of the completion of the previous competitor’s
performance. The order of play will be posted.
Entry Fee: All entries must be accompanied by a cheque or money order in the amount of $10.00
made payable to The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada. Deadline for
entries: Friday, April 17th, 2015. Absolutely no late entries, no telephone entries accepted and
no refunds.
This year we are excited to announce Sunday (April 26th) workshops with Roddy
MacLeod.
Who is Roddy MacLeod?
Roddy MacLeod, MBE, is one of the most distinguished and widely accomplished pipers
of his generation, and one of Highland piping’s most profoundly influential identities.
A student of the late Duncan Johnstone, he played with the Red Hackle and British
Caledonian Airways Pipe Bands, the last of which became the ScottishPower Pipe Band.
In 1995, Roddy MacLeod became its Pipe Major and, over the next decade, led it to over
45 Grade 1 Championship prizes including the Cowal Championships and All Ireland
Championships. In 2008, Roddy was involved in the formation of the Spirit of Scotland
Pipe Band which brought together a group of elite solo pipers and drummers for one
week. The band with Roddy as its Pipe Major played in Grade 1 at the World Pipe Band
Championship and qualified for the final. A movie called “On the Day” was made
documenting the band’s preparations and performances.
As a soloist, Roddy MacLeod won his first Gold Medal at the Northern Meeting in 1986,
then the Argyllshire Gathering Gold Medal in 1988. Alongside innumerable successes as
a light music competitor, Roddy MacLeod flourished as a player and interpreter of
piobaireachd.
He has won the Glenfiddich Piping Championship four times, winning the MSR twice
and the piobaireachd event a record nine times, the Bratach Gorm six times, the Silver
Chanter six times, the Northern Meeting Clasp on two occasions, Bi-centenary medal
(1988) and Former Winners MSR, the Senior Piobaireachd at the Argyllshire Gathering
twice and the Former Winner MSR twice and the Gillies Cup Open Piobaireachd in
London nine times and the Former Winners MSR five times. He continues to be a
dynamic and exceptionally successful competitor. He is internationally esteemed as a
teacher, adjudicator and recitalist. It is Roddy MacLeod’s love and understanding of the
music, and his passion to communicate it, that motivate his devotion to the cause of
piping.
Deeply loyal to piping’s traditions, Roddy MacLeod also has been potently engaged with
innovation and development. As Principal of The National Piping Centre, established in
Glasgow in 1996, he has been a prominent driving force behind such highly significant
initiatives as the institution of the BA (Scottish Music – Piping), degree programme, the
establishment of the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, the inauguration of
the Piping Live!, Glasgow International Piping Festival, and the formation of the Piping
and Drumming Qualifications Board. He has so far been responsible for the production
and editng of two influential teaching books, the National Piping Centre’s Highland
Bagpipe Tutor Book and its Transition to Bagpipes book.
In 2003, he was made a Member of the British Empire in recognition of his services to
piping and, in 2004, was awarded the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for Music.
In 2012 Roddy was inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Awards Hall of Fame.
Entry Form
Atlantic Canada Piobaireachd Challenge Competitions
April 25th, 2015
Send entry form with fee to: The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of
Canada / c/o Kylie MacHattie / 619 Water Street East / Summerside, PE / C1N 4H8
Name________________________________
Phone #______________________
Address______________________________
Postal Code: _______________
_____________________________________
Email: ______________________
Check to indicate event entered:
Professional (Gold Medal) _____
Grade 1 (Silver Medal) _____
Grade 2 (Nickel Medal) _______
Grade 3 (Bronze Medal) _____
Grade 4 (Copper Medal) _____
Grade 5 (Pewter Medal) _____
Workshop with Roddy MacLeod (both morning and afternoon) ($50.00) __________
Workshop with Roddy MacLeod (piobaireachd; morning only) ($30.00) __________
Workshop with Roddy MacLeod (light music; afternoon only) ($30.00) ___________
Tune(s) submitted:
1. _____________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________________
Fee must be enclosed ($10.00). Cheque must be made payable to
The College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada
No late entries. No telephone entries. No refunds. Deadline for entries by mail:
April 17th, 2015.