It is time again for the Epplett and Co Accounting Hawke's Bay Young Musician of the Year Competition, with the Final in the Blyth Performing Arts Centre at Iona College in Havelock North at 7.30pm tonight.
Organised by the Hawke's Bay Branch of the Institute of Registered Music Teachers, this competition has become an established part of the Hawke's Bay music calendar.
Fourteen talented young musicians competed in the Preliminary Round on September 3, adjudicated by piano teacher Lisa Chou.
Six competitors - pianists Harriet Holt and Hayden Snell, soprano Grace Duncan, flautist Nickylee Anderson, oboist Darcy Snell and violinist Larissa Kent - made it through to the final which will be adjudicated by visiting Trinity College London examiner David Adlam.
With an LTCL on both piano and clarinet and an MPhil degree in Composition from Auckland University, Mr Adlam was a former principal clarinet in the Auckland Symphonia, has worked extensively as a music educator and is in demand as a conductor, soloist and composer.