Rotary Young Musician 2024/25

District 1010 Young Musician Competition 2024/25

17 year old Nathan Ogston from Dundee is celebrating after being crowned winner of the Rotary Young Musician Competition national final 2025.

Nathan came out pitch perfect in the vocalist category of the competition’s national final, which took place at New City College, London, in March. Nathan was one of 12 young musicians from across the UK and Ireland to compete in the national final, having overcome three previous qualifying rounds, including the District 1010 and Scottish finals.

Results in from the Young Musician District Final - Fiona Sellar

Nine instrumentalists & eight vocalists competed at the District Final held on Saturday 15th February in Dundee. Huge congratulations to all competitors and good luck to all who now move forward to the Scottish final on 8th March. We're all behind you.

Instrumental winner: Mika Wereszczyński, Cello (Blairgowrie & District)
Instrumental runner-up: Nyree Howes, Bagpipes (Inverkeithing & Dalgety Bay)
Vocal winner: Charlie Deeth (Crieff)
Vocal runner-up: Nathan Ogston (Dundee)

Format

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 the Rotary Club will organise a competition. Winners then take part in a District competition which is followed by a Regional final and, in due course, a National final.

The competition is open to all levels, grades and styles of young instrumentalists and vocalists. The organisers particularly welcome entrants from modern genres.

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.

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.

The District1010 Final will be held on Saturday 15th February 2025 at the High School of Dundee.

The Scottish Regional Final will be held on Saturday 8th March 2025 at Loch Leven Community Campus, Kinross, Fife. Contact bill.campbell2121@gmail.com

The National Final will be held on Saturday 29th March 2025 - venue to be advised in due course.

Further details with an Information Pack and Poster are on the Rotary GB&I website HERE. (https://www.rotarygbi.org/projects/young-people/competitions/). The Entry Form is available on the Members’ pages of the Rotary GB&I website.

Any young person who is interested in taking part is invited to contact their local Rotary Club. HERE

More information (for Rotary Clubs) is available HERE