A huge congratulations to S6 pupil Gregor C. who has been accepted into the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain for the forthcoming session.

This is a massive achievement for Gregor to have been accepted into this prestigious ensemble and we hope he has a fantastic time in the three tours of the UK he will be embarking upon, including performances at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Well done

Following their success at our school Young Musician Competition last month, Gregor C (S5) and Lucy M (S3) both represented Stewarton Academy at the East Ayrshire Young Musician Competition which took place on Monday 20th April in Stewarton Area Centre.

Lucy sang Maybe This Time in the Junior competition, and although she wasn’t awarded a place, she performed incredibly well and received positive feedback from the adjudicators.

Gregor performed a piece on snare drum and one on marimba in the Senior competition.  He also played incredibly well, garnering positive feedback from the adjudicators, and was awarded Runner Up.

We held our annual Young Musician Competition on the evening of Tuesday 31st March and were absolutely blown away with the musical talent of all our young musicians who put themselves forward to compete.

Thanks to our adjudicator, Miss Sarah Skerritt, who had the unenviable task of deciding our winners on the night.

In our Junior competition, for those in S1 – S3, our runner up was Oscar W (S3) who performed Solitaire on flute, and our winner was Lucy M (S3) who sang Maybe This Time.

Junior competitiors

Lucy M (winner) and Oscar W (runner up) with adjudicator, Sarah Skerritt

In our Senior competition, for those in S4 – S6, our runner up was Ruby M (S5) who performed Frogs on marimba, and our winner was Gregor C (S5) who performed Despedida on marimba.

Senior competitors

Gregor C (winner) and Ruby M (runner up) with adjudicator, Sarah Skerritt.