Portsmouth High Prep School Young Musician Competition celebrates musical talent

The Prep School’s recent Young Musician Competition saw an impressive 221 entries, with pupils performing across a wide range of classes including piano, voice, strings, woodwind, brass, ensemble and composition over the whole musician week period.

The competition featured an exceptionally high standard this year. It gave many pupils the valuable experience of performing in front of an audience ahead of their music examinations.

The Young Musician final, held in front of the whole school, was judged by Estelle Flood, a former Director of Music at Oaklands School in Waterlooville. Current Year 12 student, Libby, who also assisted with the judging. is, a Grade 8 singer and a former Prep School pupil.  She has performed in many school concerts and school productions and remembers competing in the Young Musician Competition herself.

The Young Musician winners included:

Young Musician of the Year
Vanessa (Year 6)

Runner-Up
Jasmine (Year 5)

Junior Winner
Felicia (Year 3)

Pre-Prep Winner:
Olivia (Year 2)

Individual class winners were as follows:

Piano Cup – Annabel, Year 6
Woodwind Cup – Zoe, Year 5
Own Composition Cup – The Year 6 Group aka Fruit Salad (Beatrice, Anna, Mia, Thea, Hetty, Sophia)
Ensemble Cups – Vanessa, Year 6 and Zoe, Year 5
Brass Award – Florence, Year 5
Bowed Strings Cup – Jasmine, Year 5
Plucked Strings Award – Freya, Year 4
Voice Cup – Ayla, Year 5

Congratulations to all the participants, and thank you to our visiting music teachers, staff, pupils and parents for making the event such a success.