So even though Covid stopped some of our concerts, we did manage to hold our composers competition – see A tale of two competitions – part 1 – and our soloist competition in 2020. This is a big part of our ERSO year and we love giving talented young musicians the chance to perform with the orchestra.
Covid meant we had to hold auditions online and we received 23 really fabulous entries. Choosing just four players to move onto the Final was incredibly tough. Meet the Fab Four Finalists
We selected ace tuba player Grady Hassan as our winner and he will perform the Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto with ERSO in our June concert and perform a solo piece created by the winner of our composer’s competition Alex Papp at ERSO’s 90th Birthday Concert in November 2021.
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