Mar 2015 Rotary Young Musician Region 3 Competition

Region 3 Competition - Rotary Young Musician of the Year 2015.

Congratulations to all our enthusiastic competitors for their contribution to this excellent day.

Winners - Rachele Howes, piano (Crystal Palace & Norwood) and Rachel Ridout, voice (Luton Someries)

Runners Up - Joseph Reynolds, cello (Cambridge South) and Lily Bravery, voice (Cambridge South)

Highly Commended - Stephen Payne, french horn (Havering) and Bryony McIvor, voice (Putney)

The Regional final - an opportunity to hear performances by 16 talented young musicians from Region 3 - Districts 1080, 1130, 1240 and 1260 - across East Anglia and beyond. The help from 10-12 Cambridge South Rotary Club members was essential to make the Regional final as much a success as the Club and District 1080 competitions have been this year. (Organisers arrive at 10.45pm)

To be held at St Faiths School, Cambridge - Doors open to public at 1pm.

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Audience is always welcome - parking and refreshments available.

The standard of all the competitiors was so high that our experienced panel of judges had a very difficult time deciding on who to send on to the national final.

Howard Ionascu, Joanna Thornton and Peter Giles have a wealth of musical expertise and experience between them.

Our 16 Contestants (8 vocalists and 8 instrumentalists) are sponsored by 10 Rotary Clubs across Rotary Region 3 - Luton Someries, South Woodham Ferrers, Colchester, Holt & Broadlands, Havering, Chelmsford, Crystal Palace & Norwood, Putney, Cambridge South and Amersham. The boys and girls range from 13 - 17 years old.

Winners of the Vocalist, Rachel, and the Instrumentalists, Rachele,  will go on to the National Rotary GB&I (Britain ans Ireland) Grand Finals - Sat 16th May 2015 at Darwen Vale High School, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 0AL.