Peter Gallant
Director of the Scott MacAulay Performing Arts Centre
Peter Gallant is the Director of the Scott MacAulay Performing Arts Centre at the College of Piping. He joined the team in 2022 and brings a wealth of diverse experience. He dedicated 33 years to teaching and serving as the music director for award-winning show bands, jazz bands, and concert bands at Summerside Intermediate School in Prince Edward Island. Additionally, he held the position of Music Department Head for the provincial school board.
Peter has been teaching guitar for over two decades and was a member of both the PEI Symphony Orchestra and the North York Symphony Orchestra. He also serves as the musical and technical director for the Church of The Nazarene in Summerside. In addition to these roles, he owned and operated “Solo Audio Projects,” where he has mixed shows for artists such as Natalie MacMaster, Matt Andersen, Lennie Gallant, and many others. For 13 years, he was the technical director for the Indian River Music Festival (Now Under The Spire), has worked as front of house mix engineer at the Celtic Performing Arts Centre (the College of Piping) as well as engineering shows and events for the PEI Festival of Small Halls, Harbourfront Theatre and many more clients. Moreover, Peter has been the director of the flagship show of the College of Piping, Highland Storm since 2018.
His talents and dedication have earned him several recognitions, including:
- Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
- A feature in Canadian Living Magazine’s education article “At the Top of Their Class”
- Music PEI Educator of the Year
- Live Production Professional of the Year with MusicPEI
- East Coast Music Association Nominated Live Sound Engineer of the Year
- PEI Teachers’ Federation Honorary Membership Award
- Summerside YMCA Peace Medallion
- Culture Summerside Award of Honour
Peter holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Education from the University of PEI, and a Master of Education degree in Information Technology from Memorial University.
Joseph Cole
Theatre Tech
Joseph joined the team in March of 2024 to be trained as a theatre tech by Peter, director of the Scott MacAulay Performing Arts Centre. Originally hailing from the Kensington area, Joseph moved to Summerside to be closer to the theatre. He loves all things music and performing arts. After recieving two awards for musical accomplishment in his school years, Joseph majored in voice during his two years of study at the School of Performing Arts (SoPA) at Holland College, where he honed his abilities/knowledge on music tech, music theory, ear training, performing and much, much more.
Joseph considers every day at the Scott MacAulay Performing Arts Centre a gift and loves spending time working on sound and lights, graphic design, and anything he is needed for. He is thankful for the opportunities the theatre gives both him and the performers who grace its stage, and he is thankful for Peter and all of the staff who have mentored him.