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Brent Young Musician of the Year 2010 Performs at Wembley Arena
Indira Grier, won the title of Brent Young Musician of the Year 2010 on her cello in March. As a result of this achievement she was invited to be the special guest soloist at Brent Makes Music 2010 held at the prestigious concert venue of Wembley Arena. Indira chose to perform the 1st Movement of Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C Major and mesmerized the audience and other performers with her musicality and dexterity in performing this most challenging of classical works. Conducted by her father, Indira was accompanied by a small music ensemble, who also showed great professionalism in their own musical performance of this difficult work, receiving the appropriate acknowledgment from Indira and notable appreciation from the audience. A wonderful moment in the already spectacular programme of this showcase event.
Indira received rapturous applause of support and her name will now be added to the engraved winner's list on the trophy. Brent Young Musician of the Year 2010 - The Competition Organised and presented by Brent Music Service (a Brent Council service), the finals of ‘Brent Young Musician of the Year 2010’, held at Claremont High School on the evening of Thursday 25th March saw an exciting end to this year’s competition. From the auditions of over 50 young musicians back in January, the six most outstanding performers were selected as finalists to compete for the title of Brent Young Musician of the Year 2010. Supported by a near capacity audience at Claremont High School and judged by a panel of highly qualified musicians, the evening offered a wealth of extremely impressive musicianship performed on cello, double bass, violin and piano. The
Winner - Indira Grier Indira
began playing the cello at the age of 4 and added learning the piano
aged 12. She has private
cello lessons with Melissa Phelps and she has been awarded a scholarship
at the Royal Academy of Music. Indira enjoys listening
to classical music, Ella Fitzgerald and The Beatles and her favourite
cellist is Jacqueline du Pre who has been her inspiration ever since
hearing her performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto, In the future, Indira hopes to study music at the Royal College of Music and ultimately become a professional soloist. Other
Prize Winners
The
Other Finalists
The other finalists included:
Downloads
Now Available The Event Poster can be downloaded in PDF format by [clicking here] - a great memento of a great event! Musical
Entertainment from members of the BMS Youth Orchestra The
Prizes The £800 prize fund, provided by the Wembley Charitable Foundation, was shared between the top three winners to help towards their future musical development. The overall winner, Indira Grier, was also presented with the impressive Len Williams Memorial Trophy and an invitation to perform as a guest soloist at the forthcoming - Brent Makes Music 2010 - at Wembley Arena on 8th July 2010. The Adjudicators In the
their closing statements they confirmed that all the finalists
had displayed outstanding musical talent and unanimously congratulated
all the competitors for their performances. Comments
from Brent Music Service Deputy
Head of Service, Eric Angus concluded:
“It has been a
fantastic event and all six finalists gave performances of such
impressive levels. Their
professionalism and composure was also beyond their years.
It was particularly wonderful to see the positive reactions from
members of the BMS Junior Ensemble who were in the audience supporting
the finalists - wide-eyed and in awe of them – a true mark of success
when one youngster can inspire another!" Downloads
Now Available The Event Poster can be downloaded in PDF format by [clicking here] - a great memento of a great event!
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Indira Grier,
Brent Young Musician of the Year 2010
To
publicly mark Indira's success in winning the prestigious title of Brent
Young Musician of the Year 2010, Mr Peter Swordy,
Head of Centre of Excellence at Wembley Stadium and Director of the
Wembley Stadium Charitable Foundation (which sponsored the competition), was invited to
present
to her once again the beautiful silver
trophy.
Following
very positive and congratulatory comments to all the finalists, the
adjudicators’ decisions were announced with Indira Grier, a
Year 10 student of
Bentley Wood School, being the overall winner of ‘Brent Young Musician
of the Year 2010’ for her engaging and contrasting cello performances
of 
Second
place was awarded to violinist, Timothy Crawford, for his
dramatic and emotional Violin rendition of '
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