P/M Roddy MacLeod MBE
Roddy MacLeod MBE, is one of the most distinguished and widely accomplished pipers of his generation.
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.
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 three times and the piobaireachd event a record six times, the Bratach Gorm four times, the Silver Chanter four times, the Northern Meeting Clasp on two occasions, Bi-centenary medal (1988) and Former Winners MSR, the Senior Piobaireachd at the Argyllshire Gathering and the Former Winner MSR twice and the Gillies Cup Open Piobaireachd in London nine times.
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.
He recently launched a new Piobaireachd download website with full length Piobaireachds recorded on the pipes. Visit www.roddymacleodpiobaireachd.com
Roddy lives near Glasgow with his wife Margaret.
