MMS Scholarship

Will had brought a complete drum kit and played an exciting mix of contemporary and jazz pieces for those present. There was then a photo call when Neil handed him the cheque and wished him well in all his future musical endeavours.

Click on the photo to watch a video of Will performing at the MMS 2023 AGM!

Apart from her flute playing, Lydia is a lead player with our steel pan bands and has performed in numerous concerts around the North East and during European music tours. As a dedicated all-round musician, Lydia makes the most of every opportunity to get involved in the widest possible range of musical styles and she is both a composer and player with the KEVI Ceilidh Band and also sings in our choir and chamber choir. 

Lydia also enjoys being part of our musical and theatrical productions, and has just completed a starring and multilevel role in the play Teechers by John Godber.

Elizabeth gained A* grades in both music and music technology A Level whilst studying at KEVI. She is at present an undergraduate studying music at Harvard University, USA.  She was the leader of the KEVI Community Orchestra and played many solos during her time with this orchestra, including the solo violin part in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld overture.

Elizabeth is a Grade 8 violinist but also, unusually, also a Grade 8 classical guitarist, who enjoys a wide range of music from classical forms to folk genres and gypsy jazz styles.  She has sung with both our choir and chamber choir and has performed with our steel pan bands both here in the UK and also abroad during European music tours.  On one music tour, Elizabeth had the distinct honour of performing Massenet's Meditation in a concert in Barcelona's huge cathedral.  Elizabeth recently played the prominent solo violin part in the professional band that accompanied our highly successful musical production of Annie.

Angus is currently studying music at Birmingham University. He is a prolific composer with rare talent for creating a wide range of music from powerfully imaginative film scores to intense multipart vocal ensembles.

Angus is a gifted brass player who plays both tenor horn and French horn to a very high standard. In our local community, Angus has performed many times at concerts, weddings and regional events with the famous Ellington Colliery Band which is one of the busiest and most highly rated brass bands in the North East.

He has also performed in many concerts with the KEVI Community Orchestra and when only in Year 11, performed in a brass quintet made up of classmates from KEVI, in a successful concert in the King's Hall, Newcastle.

Angus is also a keen singer with a wide ranging bass voice who has sung with our choir and chamber choir in many concerts both here in the North East and during European music tours.