Rotary Young Musician 2025/26

District 1010 Scottish Final 2025/26 results

Well done to Ewan, Dylan, Finlay and Marci, the D1010 Young Musician Finalists, for their fantastic results at the Rotary Scotland Young Musician Competition (Regional Heat) on Saturday 7th March. Another wonderful day of music in Dundee.

Instrumental winner: Ewan McAree, Bagpipes (Rotary Club of Arbroath)
Instrumental runner-up: Finlay McLuckie, Trumpet (Rotary Clubs of Elgin / Forres)

Vocal winner: Dylan Wallace (Blairgowrie & District Rotary)
Vocal runner-up: Marci Patterson (Rotary Auchterarder & District)

We wish Dylan and Ewan all the best as they now progress to the National Final on Saturday 25th April in Hartford, Cheshire.

This competition is open to amateur musicians up to the age of 17.

There are four stages to the competition, each designed to support and encourage the development of musical skills. The first stage is a competition at local level where a Rotary Club will organise a competition. Winners then take part in a district competition (Scotland North) which is followed by a cluster final (Scotland) and, in due course, a national final (UK).

The competition is open to all levels, grades and styles of young instrumentalists and vocalists.

The competition aims to offer young people:

the experience of performing on a public stage
an opportunity to showcase their musical talent
impartial feedback and assessment of their performance by an experienced adjudicator

The competition is open to all schools and college communities, including those that are home educated and any other young peoples’ community organisations, for example, community RotaKids, community Interact, Scout Groups, Girl Guides, etc.

There are two categories in the competition:

solo instrumental
solo vocal

This is a competition at which competitors are judged within the context of a live performance. Competitors perform a work or selection of works of their own choice within a time not exceeding 13 minutes.

District1010 Final (Scotland North) - Saturday 7th February 2026, Dundee Westgait Church, 130 Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4JW

Cluster Final (Scotland) - Saturday 7th March 2026, Chaplaincy Centre, University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN

National Final (UK) - Saturday 25th April 2026 - venue to be confirmed.

Rotary Clubs: download the Poster and 2025/26 competition Information Pack and register your competition no later than 26th September 2025.

Competitors: contact your local Rotary club for details on the local heats.

More information (for Rotary Clubs) is available HERE