Callum Beaumont | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 17 December 1988 |
| Instrument(s) | Bagpipes |
| Website | callumbeaumont |
Callum Beaumont is Scottish bagpipe player.
Callum Beaumont | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 17 December 1988 |
| Instrument(s) | Bagpipes |
| Website | callumbeaumont |
Callum Beaumont is Scottish bagpipe player.
He was born in Bo'ness in central Scotland, and started playing the practice chanter at the age of seven. [1] [2]
At the age of 12 he joined the now defunct Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band, and then played with Shotts & Dykehead, Simon Fraser University, Inveraray & District and ScottishPower. He won the World Pipe Band Championships twice with Simon Fraser University, once with Shotts & Dykehead and once with Inveraray and District.
He teaches at Dollar Academy, 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);
The great Highland bagpipe is a type of bagpipe native to Scotland, and the Scottish analogue to the great Irish warpipes. It has acquired widespread recognition through its usage in the British military and in pipe bands throughout the world.
Pibroch, piobaireachd or ceòl mòr is an art music genre associated primarily with the Scottish Highlands that is characterised by extended compositions with a melodic theme and elaborate formal variations. Strictly meaning 'piping' in Scottish Gaelic, piobaireachd has for some four centuries been music of the great Highland bagpipe.
Shotts is a small town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located almost halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The town has a population of about 8,840. A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de Shotts, though toponymists give the Anglo-Saxon scēots as the real source of the name. Shotts is the home of the world famous Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band, 16 time winners of World Pipe Band Championships.
Jori Lance Chisholm is an American professional bagpipe player and teacher who lives in Seattle, Washington. Chisholm is a successful solo competitor winning the United States Gold Medal four times and has placed in the top three in Scotland's Argyllshire Gathering Gold Medal competition. He played with the six-time Grade One World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band and was a featured solo performer for the band on multiple occasions. Chisholm has performed in front of sold-out audiences with The Chieftains and with ex-Grateful Dead rocker Bob Weir and his band Ratdog, and has been featured as a soloist or band member on over 20 recordings. His debut solo album Bagpipe Revolution was nominated for Album of the Year by Pipes|Drums magazine. He writes the "Sound Technique" column for the National Piping Centre’s bi-monthly Piping Today Magazine. The New York Times featured Chisholm's online teaching program, BagpipeLessons.com, and described him as a "top-tier teacher" in a front-page story about the growth of Skype music lessons. A cover story in American Profile Magazine named Chisholm one of the "world's elite pipers."
This article defines a number of terms that are exclusive, or whose meaning is exclusive, to piping and pipers.
The Scots Trad Music Awards or Na Trads were founded in 2003 by Simon Thoumire to celebrate Scotland's traditional music in all its forms and create a high profile opportunity to bring the music and music industry into the spotlight of media and public attention. Nominations are made by the public and in 2019 over 100,000 public votes were expected across 18 categories.
The World Pipe Band Championships is a pipe band competition held in Glasgow, Scotland.
The MacCrimmons is a Scottish family that served as pipers to the chiefs of Clan MacLeod for several generations. The MacCrimmon kindred was centred at Borreraig near the Clan MacLeod seat at Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. At Borreraig the MacCrimmons conducted one of the best known "piping colleges" in the Highlands of Scotland.
Stuart Liddell MBE is a Scottish bagpipe player. As well as competing in solo competitions, he is the Pipe major of the Inveraray and District Pipe Band.
Margaret Dunn is an Irish bagpiper, originally from Cullen, County Cork, now living in Scotland.
The Glenfiddich Piping and Fiddle Championships are musical competitions for the bagpipes and fiddle. Both competitions take place annually in late autumn, at the ballroom of Blair Castle at Blair Atholl in Perthshire, Scotland. Entry to each championship is by invitation only, to those who have won various recognised major UK solo competitions held throughout the year.
The Scottish Piping Society of London is a Society of bagpipers, formed in 1932. The Society aims to support and promote the heritage of Scottish Highland bagpiping.
Gordon Walker is a Scottish bagpiper.
Alasdair Gillies was a Scottish bagpiper and tutor, and one of the most successful competitive solo players of all time.
Willie McCallum is Scottish Highland bagpipe player.
The Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band is a pipe band formed from top-class solo players.
Pipe Major George Stewart McLennan was a Scottish bagpipe player. He was a successful solo piper, as well as a pipe major and composer.
Pipe Major John MacDonald was a Scottish bagpipe player.
Donald MacPherson was a Scottish bagpipe player, and one of the most successful competitive solo pipers of all time.
Gail Brown is a Canadian musician who was the first female bagpipe player to play in the World Pipe Band Championships. She is also the first female bagpiper to win the highest level competition in the World Pipe Band Championships in 1973, with the Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band.