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The
BMS Junior Musician of the
Year Competition
This new initiative has been introduced for
2009. Organised by Brent Music Service, it is designed to
encourage the more junior musicians that benefit from music tuition from
the Service. The competition was open to all students aged 9-13
who receive tuition from Brent Music Service in their school and/or
perform in one of the many music ensembles run through the Brent Music
Service Evening Centres.
This
will be a bi-annual competition taking place in 2009, 2011 and so on.
Competition auditions take place towards the end of the preceding year
from which 8 finalists (4 who are members of the BMS Junior Ensembles
and 4 who are members of the BMS Senior Ensembles) are selected to perform at the finals and compete
for Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. The two gold medal winners will then have the opportunity to
perform at a celebration concert as a guest soloist which takes place
later that year.
2009
What a wonderful
evening of entertainment! This year's BMS Junior Musician of the
Year was an undoubted success as the eight young finalists (selected
from over 60 first round entries) overwhelmed the enthusiastic audience
with their fantastic performances.
Special
congratulations go to Kieran Varjavand and Emile Misquita who were the
deserved Gold Medal winners with further congratulations being offered
to all the other finalists who were awarded the respective silver and
bronze medals.
 
BMS
Junior Ensemble Musician of the Year Section:
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Kieran
Varjavand – 12 (guitar)
- Gold Medal
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Reuben
Cantacuzino – 11 (saxophone) - Silver Medal
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Emma
Daly -13 (flute) - Bronze Medal
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Leah
Lovell – 10 (violin) - Bronze Medal
 
BMS
Senior Ensemble Musician of the Year Section:
-
Emile
Misquita – 11 (trumpet) - Gold Medal
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Louise
Hamilton-Vickers – 13 (trumpet) - Silver Medal
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Catherine
Lyons – 12 (flute) - Bronze Medal
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Aaron
Merai – 12 (euphonium) - Bronze Medal
The two
Gold Medal winners, Kieran Varjavand and Emile Misquita, will
now go on to perform as guest soloists at the forthcoming "BMS Junior Fest 2009"
showcase event at Brent Town
Hall on 9th July 2009.
Congratulations
To Everyone!
Deputy Head of Service, Eric Angus commented:
"From the outset of the competition, all the performers have
shown such courage and determination by entering the competition,
preparing their pieces and standing up in front of the panel of judges
to perform. The
standard of playing was encouragingly high throughout and it was such a delight to see so many young players making the most of an opportunity to perform in this competition.
They all deserve huge congratulations and should enjoy their own personal achievements with their performances and preparation work, whether they were selected for the finals or
not.”
A
Difficult Final Decision
The finals were
judged by three very esteemed musicians, including Lizzie Bancroft (headteacher
and former professional singer), Ben Mason (professional composer,
teacher, tuba player and pianist) and Dimitri Van Zwanenberg
(professional violinist and music teacher).
After
having assessed all the performances, the judges met with the young
musicians and opened their comments by acknowledging how extremely
difficult it had been to make their choices, because of the impressively
high standard of all their performances. They offered their best wishes
to the finalists and announced the awards to the "very promising
musicians of the future".
A
Great Inaugural Event
The competition closed with rapturous applause and cheers for all of the
performers, giving true confirmation that this, the first BMS Junior
Musician of the Year competition, had been an outright success. An event
to be repeated in 2011 giving the future contender plenty of time to get
practising!
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