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.

Please see link below for information about the School Of Music Open Day at RCS on Fri 15 May.  Make sure to let your Music teacher know if you’re interested.

RCS Open Day

Please see link below for information about upcoming Open Days for acting, film and production at the Junior Conservatoire.  Make sure to let your Music teacher know if interested!

Junior Conservatoire Open Days

The winner of each class will progress to represent the school at the East Ayrshire Young Competition on Thursday 23rd April – details TBC.

If you wish to enter, complete the Form below.  The Form will close at 2.45pm on Friday 6th March.

Huge congratulations to our two Stewarton Academy music department pupils, Gregor C. in S5 and Erin P. in S4 who have both been named winners of the Rotary District Young Musician Competition at the Scotland South District Final in Glasgow on Sunday.

Performing at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Erin won the vocal category and Gregor won the instrumental category on marimba after both were winners at the Kilmarnock Rotary Club competition in November.

Both young musicians will now progress to the Scottish final in Dundee on 7th March. We wish them all the very best of luck!

Please see link below for information about the NYCOS National Boys Choir event.

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S2 pupils are currently making their subject choices for S3 – please see the links below for information about the S3 Music and Music Technology courses on offer from the department.

Music In S3

Music Technology In S3

Well done to our music council members Aleisha S. and Jess B. who helped fundraise over £125 at the Christmas Market by running the stall on Thursday evening.

Selling our range of Christmas baubles, cards, ceramics and wooden stars proved to be a success alongside our Guess Sparkle’s Birthday which is fast becoming a music department tradition! Well done to Mr Dodds who won the giant unicorn – we hope he enjoys it!

This year’s Winter Concert is taking place on Tuesday 16th December 2025, starting at 6.00pm in the school Games Hall.  Please see the attached letter for details about how to get tickets!

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