Tag: Young Musician of the Year
John Gray cellist named Young Musician of the Year
(CNS Local Life): Cellist Dequan Smith of John Gray High School took home the first-place trophy at the 12th annual Butterfield Young Musician of the Year finals, held Saturday, 4 May, at the Prospect Playhouse. There were 11 finalists competing on the night from seven of Cayman’s public and private schools, with each one performing […]
Young Musician winners visit Juilliard
(CNS): As part of their prizes, the winners of Butterfield’s Young Musician of the Year competition for 2016 and 2017 were treated to a trip to New York City to visit The Juilliard School, accompanied by their mothers. Marcos Bertran, this year’s winner, plays the alto saxophone and Daniela Granados, the 2016 winner, plays the […]
Sax player judged top young musician
(CNS Local Life): Saxophonist Marcos Bertran, from St Ignatius High School, took home top honours in the 10th Annual Butterfield Young Musician of the Year competition, which was held Saturday, 1 April 2017 at the Prospect Playhouse. Vocalist Liana DaCosta, from Cayman Prep and High School, was the runner up. Returning judges Stephanie Williams and […]
Flautist named Cayman’s top young musician
(CNS): Daniela Granados, a flautist from St Ignatius Catholic School, has won the prestigious Young Musician of the Year competition for 2016. The 17-year-old musician performed the “Sonata Flute and Piano, Op. 120” by Edwin York Bowen, and “Hypnosis” by Ian Clark at the competition held Saturday, 30 April at Prospect Playhouse.
Young musicians set to compete for annual award
(CNS): This year’s finalists for the Butterfield Young Musician of the Year award celebrated with a luncheon last week. The award has been a feature of the programme of the National Children’s Festival of the Arts for the past nine years, and the competition will take place Saturday, 30 April at the Prospect Playhouse.
