Competition Winners
2020
Primary
Solo Strings – Alex Cham (cello)
Solo Wind/Brass – Freya Bruce (french horn)
Solo Piano – Sedona de Silva
Solo Vocal – Holly Russell
Choir – St Albans High School Singers
Ensemble – DeClaud Trio
Secondary
Solo Strings – William Bishop (cello)
Solo Piano/Drums – Sam Balchin
Solo Vocal – Sofia Stevens
Ensemble – 2Chams (cello duet)
2019
Primary
Solo Piano – Xanthe Babcock
Solo Strings – Eliza de Silva (violin)
Solo Wind/Brass – Alma Nunez-Debretzeni (recorder)
Choir – St John Fisher School Choir
Large Ensemble – Roundwood Primary School Steel Pans
Small Ensemble – Duo: Tabitha Wicks (viola) and Xanthe Babcock (piano)
Secondary
Solo Piano – Thomas Hillman
Solo Strings – Yiannis Emmanouilidis (cello)
Solo Wind/Brass – Kathryn McGuiness (alto saxophone)
Ensemble – Heifetz String Sextet
2018
Primary
Solo Strings – Ella Harrison (cello)
Solo Wind – Cecily Maxwell (bassoon)
Solo Piano – Sedona de Silva
Secondary
Solo Strings – Lucy Hillman (cello)
Solo Vocal – Rosanna Milner
Solo Wind/Brass – Christopher Price (tuba)
Solo Piano/Organ – George Throup (organ)
Ensemble – Parmiter’s Saxophone Quartet
2017
Primary
Solo Instrumental – Aidan Cham (cello)
Solo Piano – Olivia McClintock
Vocal Ensemble – St Albans High School Prep Junior Choir
Instrumental Ensemble – Abbey School Year 6 String Quartet
Secondary
Solo Piano – Thomas Hillman
Solo Strings – Fai Li (violin)
Solo Wind/Brass – Louisa Kataria (alto saxophone)
Solo Vocal – Emily Price
Vocal Ensemble – Parmiter’s Barbershop Quartet and St Albans School Chamber Choir (Joint winners)
Instrumental Ensemble – Zhao Trio
2016
Primary
Solo Instrumental – Arun Subramaniyam (violin)
Vocal Ensemble – Wheatfields Junior School Choir and Abbey Primary School (Joint winners)
Secondary
Solo Piano/Organ – Thomas Dilley (organ)
Solo Strings – Charlie Woodhouse (cello)
Solo Wind/Brass – Alice Dilley (clarinet)
Solo Vocal – Daniel Wright & Henry Nurse (Joint winners)
Instrumental Ensemble – STAHS Flute Quartet
Vocal Ensemble – Sandringham School Show Choir and Sir John Lawes Chamber Choir (Joint winners)
2015
Primary
Solo – Harry Watson Forbes L’Estrange (violin)
Instrumental Ensemble – Roundwood Year 6 Steel Pan Band
Secondary
Solo Piano – Lucy Sun
Solo Strings – Thomas Hillman (violin)
Solo Vocal – Nina Vinther (mezzo)
Solo Wind/Brass – Jack Jennings (trumpet)
Band Ensemble – Sandringham Jazz Band
Instrumental Ensemble – Mortimer Flute Quartet
Vocal Ensemble – Sir John Lawes Vocal Trio
2014
Primary
Instrumental Solo – Isabelle Methven (violin) and Rosanna Fenn (violin) (Joint winners)
Instrumental Ensemble – St Columba’s College Prep Bell Choir
Choir Ensemble – St Albans Cathedral Parish Junior Singers
Secondary
Solo Piano – Julian Trevelyan
Solo Strings – Theo Gill
Solo Wind/Brass – Thomas Dilley
Solo Vocal – Nicholas Springthorpe
Band Ensemble – St Albans School Jazz Band
Choir Ensemble – Loreto Rock Choir
Instrumental Ensemble – The Beaumont Trio
Vocal Ensemble – St Albans School Barbershop
2013
Primary
Solo Instrumental – Kishor Subramaniyam (violin)
Choir – St Columba’s Prep School Choir
Instrumental Ensemble – Abbey Primary School Orchestra
Secondary
Solo Vocal – Emily Almond and Emma Doherty (joint winners)
Solo Wind/Brass – Samuel Lewis-Lim
Solo Strings – Yannick Mayaud
Choir – Beaumont Vocal Ensemble
Band – Sandringham Swing Band
Instrumental Ensemble – The Brilim Trio
Vocal Ensemble – Beaumont Year 13 Girls
2012
Primary
Solo Instrumental – Laura Llewelyn (double bass)
Vocal Ensemble – The Abbey Primary School Choir
Instrumental Ensemble – The Abbey Primary School Quintet
Secondary
Solo – Jessica Price (double bass)
Ensemble – Julian Trevelyan and Didier Osindero
