Fifth day of Mrs Sunderland Festival celebrates solo musicians

The tunes of top solo musicians delighted audiences during the fifth day of the Mrs Sunderland Festival

The three overall winners in the stringed, woodwind and piano classes, violinist Jordan Earnshaw, pianist Adam Repa and flutist Lydia Wyatt came together to compete in the instrumentalists challenge.

And it was pianist Adam Repa who stole the show winning the Business and Professional Women’s Trophy, a Mrs Sunderland Medal and a bursary of £100.

Wednesday at the festival saw more than 100 children and young adults with special needs take to the concert hall stage to demonstrate their singing and dancing prowess.

Pupils from Castle Hill School, Longley School and Ravenscliffe High School all took part in the jamboree, in which they performed a selection of high-energy routines.

They then all came together for a vibrant finale rendition of Reach for the Sky.

Results from Tuesday’s events are as follows:

Class 25 Guitar solo 1) Rishi Ramesh.

Class 26 Guitar solo – 1) Tom Sanderson, 2) Alexander Philokyprou and 3) Tejas Nandish, Niall O’Connell.

Class 27 Guitar solo open – 1) Jacob Fullalove

Class 24 String solo open – 1) Jordan Earnshaw and 2) Jenny O’Sullivan.

Class 37 Two instruments or instrument and voice – 1) Edwin Farrar 2) Millie Evans and 3) Elizabeth Philokyprou and Taran Thiyagesh

Class 38 Solo instrumentalists Challenge – 1) Adam Repa

Class 32 Brass Solo 1) Haydn Osborne, 2) Ainslee Farrar and 3) James Smith.

Class 33 Brass Solo School year 9 & under 1) Christie Smith 2) Hannah Schofield-Lea 3) Ainslee Farrar

Class 34 Brass Solo School year 11 and under 1) Edwin Farrar 2) Josh Barber 3) Hannah Stell

Class 35 Trumpet/Cornet 1st Solo– 1) Ainslee Farrar

Class 113 Dramatic Solo – 1) Melina Shillito, 2) Jenny Browne and 3) Nick Mehrgan and Georgina Westwood.

Class 119 Poetry Writing– 1) Mason Nelson, 2) Jack Firth and 3) Esther Schofield.

Class 120 Poetry Writing– 1) Edward White, 2) Ella Spencer and 3 )Lily Carver and Lauren Wimpenny.

Class 122 Short Story Writing – 1) Oliver Hone, 2) Robin Curtis Duckworth and 3) William Knight and Jenna Hemingway.

Class 123 Short Story Writing– 1) Matthew Tam-McMillan, 2) Grace Addy and 3) Mollie O’Connor and Thomas Clarkson.

Class 124 Short Story Writing – 1) Jasmine Kaur.

Class 114 Dramatic Solo – 1) Ysanne Morrill, 2) Gina Boyle and 3)Tyler Harriott.

Class 115 Dramatic Solo open– 1) Ysanne Morrill and 2) Rak Verma.

Class 116 Dialect Speaking– 1) Carol Walker, 2) Glenys Holdsworth and 3) Alan Walker.

Class 117 Dialect Prose Writing– 1) Carol Walters.

Class 118 Dialect Poetry Writing– 1) Gerald Stead, 2) Christine Goodwin and 3) Carol Waters.

Class 112 Sight Reading– 1) Pamela Rowley, 2) Hilary Pollard and 3) Ann Kendall.

Class 121 Poetry Writing– 1) Coral Willis 2) Alicia Roznowski and 3) Debbie Hemingway.

The Henderson Smith Cup was awarded to Gerald Stead for the best overall poem in classes 118-121.