Mar 2015 District 1080 Young Musician Competition

Our Joint Winners were - Lily Bravery (voice) and Joseph Reynolds (Cello), with Eugenie Dalgleish (Violin) and Charles Sheppard (Voice) as excellent Runner-Ups.

This Year the Cambridge South Rotary Club are organising the annual District Young Musician of the Year Competition 2015 drawing competitors from across East Anglia - with thanks to our sponsor Millers Music Shop, keen to promote music playing by youngsters, who are providing the prizes - www.millersmusic.co.uk/ .

Each Candidate is sponsored by a local Rotary Club.

Here are the programme details

Doors Open at 1pm (12.30 for helpers) - come and hear these 11 talented young people play or sing to us and wish them well.

The music starts at 2pm.

Venue - St Faiths School Hall, Trumpington Road, Cambridge.

Parking and Refreshments available.

Our experienced Judging Panel today will be :

Tom Appleton - Music Director of the King's Lynn Festival Chorus (KLFC) since 2010, Director of Music Outreach at Gresham's, Choir Manager of the Monteverdi Choir, and Bass voice in the same group under Sir
John Eliot Gardiner.  His work for Gresham's sees him return to his old school and includes workshops and performances with the local community and talented young musicians. Part of his role at Gresham's is as Artistic Director of the International Britten Music Course where 8-12 year old children from all over the world come together for a residential music course. Tom gained a place as an Apprentice with the Monteverdi Choir and rose
through the ranks, via a solo in the 2010 BBC Proms, and is now the Choir Manager, as well as continuing to sing for the group which has performed in many prestigious venues.

Ralph Woodward studied Music as Organ Scholar at Queens