Callum Beaumont is Scottish
bagpipe
Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, Nor ...
player.
Life
He was born in
Bo'ness
Borrowstounness (commonly known as Bo'ness ( )) is a town and former burgh and seaport on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Historically part of the county of West Lothian, it is a place within the Falki ...
in central Scotland, and started playing the
practice chanter
A bagpipe practice chanter is a double-reed woodwind instrument, principally used as an adjunct to the Great Highland bagpipe. As its name implies, the practice chanter serves as a practice instrument: firstly for learning to finger the differe ...
at the age of seven.
Career
At the age of 12 he joined the now defunct
Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band
The Lothian and Borders Police Pipe Band was a grade one pipe band based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
History
The band can trace its origins back to 1882, after the Lord Provost's Committee suggested in February of the same year that a police ban ...
, and then played with
Shotts & Dykehead,
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located from ...
,
Inveraray & District and
ScottishPower
Scottish Power is a vertically integrated energy company based in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a subsidiary of Spanish utility firm Iberdrola.
ScottishPower is the distribution network operator for Central and Southern Scotland, Merseyside, Nort ...
. He won the
World Pipe Band Championships
The World Pipe Band Championships is a pipe band competition held in Glasgow, Scotland. The World Pipe Band Championships as we currently know them have been staged since 1947 although the Grade 1 Pipe Band Competition winners at the annual Cowal ...
twice with Simon Fraser University, once with Shotts & Dykehead and once with Inveraray and District.
He teaches at
Dollar Academy
Dollar Academy, founded in 1818 by John McNabb, is an independent co-educational day and boarding school in Scotland. The open campus occupies a site in the centre of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, at the foot of the Ochil Hills.
Overview
As of 20 ...
, which has a successful youth pipe band. Whilst leading the Novice A pipe band, they have won 2 Grand Slam Titles.
As a solo piper he has won most of the top prizes in piping. Prizes include;
Glenfiddich Piping Championships
Overall Champion (2023),
MSR (2018),
Piobaireachd (two-2022,2023);
Northern Meetings, Inverness
The Clasp (five-2012,2015,2018,2019,2023),
Former Winners MSR, Silver Star (2023),
Highland Society of London Gold Medal (2013),
'A' Grade MSR (2018),
Overall Winner (2023);
Argyllshire Gathering, Oban
Highland Society of London Gold Medal (2011), Silver Medal (2006),
MacGregor Memorial (2003),
Open Jigs (2011),
'A' Grade Strathspey and Reel (2023);
The Scottish Piping Society of London, London
Overall Winner (five-2014,2016,2018,2019,2021),
Am Bratach Gorm (two-2016,2019),
William Gillies Cup (two-2018,2019);
Former Winners MSR (six-2014,2015,2018,2019,2021,2022),
J.B Robertson March (three-2018,2019,2021);
Donald MacLeod Memorial, Stornoway
Overall Winner (two-2013,2023),
Piobaireachd (three-2013,2019,2023):
MSR (2023);
Dunvegan, Skye
Overall Winner (two-2014,2022),
Silver Chanter (2013),
Dunvegan Medal (2014),
Clasp to the Dunvegan Medal (two-2014,2022);
Springbank Invitational, Campbeltown
Overall Winner (2018),
Hornpipe and Jig (two-2013,2015),
6/8 March (2016);
Piping Live!
Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital Challenge (three-2019,2020,2021);
The Metro Cup,USA
Overall Winner (five-2014,2016,2017,2018,2019),
Piobaireachd (two-2016,2017),
Medley (three-2014,2017,2019);
The Masters, National Piping Centre
Overall (two-2021,2022),
Piobaireachd (three-2013,2021,2022);
The Sun Belt Invitational, Florida
Overall (2022),
Piobaireachd (2022),
Medley (2023);
Uist and Barra
Overall Winner (two-2016,2017),
Piobaireachd (two-2016,2017);
Donald MacDonald Quaich, Skye
(two-2017,2021)
Braemar Highland Gathering
Overall Winner (2014),
Gold Medal (2014);
References
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Great Highland bagpipe players
Living people
Gold Medal winners (bagpipes)
Scottish bagpipe players
1988 births