Surrey Heath Young Musician of the Year 2010

This year’s competition takes place in October/November at

Camberley Theatre. If you play the trumpet, trombone, piano, flute, clarinet,

oboe, guitar, saxophone or any other instrument and would like to take part you

will need to complete the entry form and return it by Thursday 30th

September.  The competition is open to

young musicians aged 12 to 18 years old who live or learn within Surrey Heath

Borough.  The heats will take place

during October and those who win through the heats will take part in the final

to be held at Camberley Theatre on Saturday 13th November.

There are three sections to the competition:

• Ungraded
• Grades

  1 to 4

• Grade

  5 and above

and covers the following instruments – wind, strings, keyboard,

percussion and brass.  The winners of

each section will be awarded £100 and one of the section winners will be named

as Surrey Heath Young Musician of the Year 2010 and will be awarded an

additional £150.  Entry to the

competition is £5 and the entry form can be found on the Surrey Heath Arts

Council website.

The competition was first held in 2008 and the first winner

of the title was Elizabeth Edwards (15) playing the cello. Last year’s winner

was 17 year old pianist Colin Li.