Youths' music success
YOUNG musicians from North Tyneside have enjoyed great success at the National Music for Youth Festival regional event held in Blaydon.
The festival, which caters for musicians under 19-years-old from across the north east saw the North Tyneside Steelband (NTSB) take on the competition by storm.
The NTSB whose average age is 15-years-old and attend Churchill, Whitley Bay, Burnside and Monkseaton high schools and the Tyne Metropolitan College performed Joplin's 'Maple Leaf Rag' and the Stranglers' 'Golden Brown'.
The band was conducted by Jennie Gilberg, aged just 20, who also arranged both pieces.
Kirsty Watters, 13, from Churchill Community College said: "We knew we had put on a good show and it all came together just right. It was great!"
NTSB musical director Dave Edwards said: "This was probably our best performance for some time.
"We hope that we will be invited to play at the national stages of the festival in Birmingham in July.
"Our young players give a great deal of time and effort throughout the year and their schools and parents should be really proud of them."
NTSB recently recorded a new CD which they plan to launch at a local event shortly.
Email to a friend
Print this page
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Whitley Bay
Thursday 24 May 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 9 C to 20 C
Wind Speed: 9 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 8 C to 19 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: East
