Sandbach Concert Series Young Musician of the Year competition
Online Preliminary Round – closing date 18th March 2025
Final 18th May 2025 at Maxwell Davies Centre, Sandbach School, Sandbach
Send your application and video in by Tuesday 18th March 2025
>>APPLY HERE<<
The First Round will be an online format – where you will be requested to record yourself and send a video to SCS for adjudication.
There are three age categories
Up to 10 years
10-14 years
14-18 years
FIRST ROUND – submit an unedited video of an own choice piece live performance of up to 5 minutes maximum duration.
All entrants will be notified by 18th April 2025 whether they have been selected for the Finals.
The competition final will take place on 18th May at Maxwell Davies Centre, Sandbach School, Sandbach.
FINAL ROUND
Up to 10 years category – own choice piece live performance of up to 5 minutes maximum duration.
10-14 years category – own choice piece live performance of up to 7 minutes maximum duration.
14-18 years category – own choice piece live performance of up to 8 minutes maximum duration.
You can play the same music in the first and final rounds if you wish.
The winner of each category will win a cash prize and a trophy.
The winner of the senior section will be offered a solo performance opportunity with Foden’s Band.
Eligibility criteria
This competition is open to instrumentalists and singers.
Entrants should be 18 years old or less at the time of their application.
Entries are invited from young people (of school age) who either live or study* within the catchment area shown on the map.
The catchment area is broadly anywhere within a 9-mile radius of the centre of Sandbach.
A list of towns on the boundary of this area is shown below.
*Examples of eligibility:
1) If you live in the catchment area you are eligible for entry to the competition.
2) If you live outside the catchment area but come to school within it then you are eligible.
3) If you both live and go to school outside the catchment area, but attend private music lessons within the catchment area, then you are eligible.
The eligible towns/villages at the outer edge of the area are broadly as follows (starting in the North and moving clock-wise):
Lower Peover, Parkgate, Chelford, Siddington, Marton, North Rode, Timbersbrook, Biddulph, Kidsgrove, Goldenhill, Chesterton, Wrinehill, Betley, Walgherton, Nantwich, Wettenhall, Winsford, Davenham, Broken Cross, Plumley.