{{Short description|Scottish bagpipe player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Callum Beaumont | image = File:Callum Dunvegan Castle (1).jpg | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|12|17|df=y}} | birth_place = | origin = | death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} | death_place = | genre = | occupation = | instrument = Bagpipes | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|callumbeaumont.com}} }} '''Callum Beaumont''' is Scottish bagpipe player.
==Life== He was born in Bo'ness in central Scotland, and started playing the practice chanter at the age of seven.<ref name="tpc">{{cite web |title=Callum Beaumont |url=http://www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/teachers/callum-beaumont/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606005342/http://www.thepipingcentre.co.uk/teachers/callum-beaumont/ |archive-date=6 June 2016 |accessdate=6 June 2016 |publisher=thepipingcentre.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="about">{{cite web |title=About - Callum Beaumont Piping |url=http://www.callumbeaumont.com/about.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324131238/http://callumbeaumont.com/about.html |archive-date=24 March 2016 |accessdate=6 June 2016 |publisher=callumbeaumont.com}}</ref>
==Career== 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;
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Solo Piping Achievements |- ! Competition !! Prize !! Years won |- | '''Glenfiddich Piping Championships''' || Overall Champion || 2023, 2024 |- | || MSR || 2018, 2024 |- | || Piobaireachd || 2022, 2023 |- | '''Northern Meetings, Inverness''' || The Clasp || 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2023 |- | || Former Winners MSR, Silver Star || 2023, 2025 |- | || 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 Competition''' || Overall Winner || 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 |- | || Am Bratach Gorm || 2016, 2019 |- | || William Gillies Cup || 2018, 2019 |- | || Former Winners MSR || 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 |- | || J.B Robertson March || 2018, 2019, 2021 |- | '''Donald MacLeod Memorial, Stornoway''' || Overall Winner || 2013, 2023 |- | || Piobaireachd || 2013, 2019, 2023 |- | || MSR || 2023 |- | '''Dunvegan, Skye''' || Overall Winner || 2014, 2022 |- | || Silver Chanter || 2013 |- | || Dunvegan Medal || 2014 |- | || Clasp to the Dunvegan Medal || 2014, 2022 |- | '''Springbank Invitational, Campbeltown''' || Overall Winner || 2018 |- | || Hornpipe and Jig || 2013, 2015 |- | || 6/8 March || 2016 |- | '''Piping Live!''' || Alasdair Gillies Memorial Recital Challenge || 2019, 2020, 2021 |- | '''The Metro Cup, USA''' || Overall Winner || 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |- | || Piobaireachd || 2016, 2017 |- | || Medley || 2014, 2017, 2019 |- | '''The Masters, National Piping Centre''' || Overall || 2021, 2022 |- | || Piobaireachd || 2013, 2021, 2022 |- | '''The Sun Belt Invitational, Florida''' || Overall || 2022 |- | || Piobaireachd || 2022 |- | || Medley || 2023 |- | '''Uist and Barra''' || Overall Winner || 2016, 2017 |- | || Piobaireachd || 2016, 2017 |- | '''Donald MacDonald Quaich, Skye''' || Winner || 2017, 2021 |- | '''Braemar Highland Gathering''' || Overall Winner || 2014 |- | || Gold Medal || 2014 |}
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