Music Festival – Results
The first heat of the competition took place on Monday 28th February – it was fantastic to see the Festival up and running after a two-year absence.
The results of Contemporary Guitar are in and are as follows:
Beginner Category
Winner: Milo Ford Highly Commended: Cheuk Yin Lincoln Yu
Intermediate
Winner: Navod Jayakody Highly Commended: Aaron Mehmet Commended: Gardiner Mitchell
Advanced
Winner: Thomas Millar Highly Commended: David Kanabahita Commended: Max Porter Milo, Navod & Thomas now go through to the Festival Finals but congratulations to all the students who took part.
Brass Results
Always a strong category, the brass results are in. They are as follows:
Beginner
Winner – Louis Wright
Intermediate
Winner – James Casey Highly Commended – Oscar Goldsmith-Hughes Commended – JJ Sathan
Advanced
Winner – Owen Lee Highly Commended – William Worthy Commended – Isaac Reeve
Strings
We also have the Strings results for you:
Beginner
Winner – William Casey
Highy Commended – Neran Weaver
Intermediate
Winner – Kevin Halder
Highly Commended – Finlay Giffen
Advanced
Winner – Joe Lee
Highly Commended – Nick Miller / Ed Moulton
Commended – David Badcock
Beginner & Intermediate Strings
Advanced Strings
Woodwind Results
Another strong category, here are the woodwind results from Wednesday’s heats:
Intermediate:
Winner – Oscar Hormbrey
Highly Commended – Ezra Darley
Commended – James Lotens / Sam Fridrich
Advanced:
Winner – Finn Lihoreau
Highly Commended – David Badcock
Commended – Evan Badcock
Intermediate Woodwind
Advanced Woodwind
Piano
Beginner:
Winner – Nicholas Abery
Highly Commended – Joshua Mitchell
Commended – Leon Welch
Intermediate:
Winner – Thomas Leung
Highly Commended – Ronnie Sing
Commended – Joe Newman
Advanced:
Winner – Owen Lee
Highly Commended – Nicholas Miller
Commended – Dennis Chan & Harry Frans
Beginner Piano
Intermediate Piano
Advanced Piano
Percussion
Beginner:
Winner – Tobias Kadritzke
Highly Commended – Alec Sneddon
Commended – Brandon Fage
Intermediate:
Winner – Gustaw Kowalczyk
Highly Commended – Jack Lang
Commended – James Haines
Advanced:
Winner – Jonny Brewer
Highly Commended – James Lotens
Commended – Huey Levy
Beginner Percussion
Intermediate Percussion
Advanced Percussion
Voice
Beginner:
Winner – Thomas Millar
Highly Commended – Callum Wallace & Tofunmi Akerele
Intermediate:
Winner – Gabriel Wood
Highly Commended – Elliot Lavergne
Commended – James Slocombe
Advanced:
Winner – Finn Lihoreau
Highly Commended – Jonny Brewer
Commended Freddie Hardie
Beginner Voice
Intermediate Voice
Advanced Voice
Classical Guitar
Beginner:
Winner – Tobias Kadritzke
Highly Commended – Finlay Kerrison
Commended – Jamie Mitchell
Intermediate:
Winner – Daniel White
Highly Commended – Alex Banhidai
Commended – Thomas Kadritzke
Advanced:
Winner – Henry Davis
Beginner Classical Guitar
Intermediate Classical Guitar
Advanced Classical Guitar
The Finals, 9th March 2022
Beginner Final
Commended – Nicholas Abery
Highly Commended – William Casey
Winner – Toby Kadritzke
Intermediate Final
Commended – Navod Jayakody
Highly Commended – Thomas Leung
Winner – Oscar Hormbrey
Advance Finalé
Commended – Joe Lee
Highly Commended – Finn Lihoreau
Winner: Owen Lee
Owen wins the title Musician of the Year for the second time.