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History

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Former WS Young Musician Competition Winners

1985 - Richard Emerson
1986 - Anna Livermore
1987 - Caroline Bailey
1988 - Kate Emerson
1989 - Andrea Cockerton
1990 - Erica Jeal
1991 - Gavin Bowyer
1992 - Roger Langford
1993 - Melody Mak
1994 - Sally Whomes
1995 - Catherine Muge
1996 - Tom Bootle
1997 - Andrew Wolstenholme
1998 - Tim Pannell
1999 - David Lale
2000 - Chris Pannell
2001 - Sally Beck

History of the WSYM competition

Formerly run for over 20 years by the West Suffolk Schools' Music Association, this competition has been supported in recent years by the Suffolk Sinfonia.

The list of former winners goes back to 1985.

The West Suffolk Music Competition has helped many participants on their way music and in other fields. You might like to know where they are now.

James Meldrum

James is studying for a Advanced Postgraduate Diploma with Barnaby Robson at the Royal College of Music.

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Andrew Wolstenholme

After winning WSYM, Andy went off to London to study Nursing at King's College where he continued to play trombone in University of London Symphony Orchestra as well as various jazz ensembles.

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Matthew Fletcher

Matthew graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, with a double First in Music.

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Tom Bootle

Tom is currently living in Australia.

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Sally Beck

Sally Beck won the West Suffolk Young Musician competition in 2001 playing the flute.

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David Lale

David Lale won the West Suffolk Young Musician competition in 1999 playing the cello.

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