Grace (baritone horn)
Grace is from Hull and had been learning the baritone horn for five years before she approached Future Talent for support. Future Talent awarded Grace a bursary to enable her to continue her horn lessons for another year.
Ashley (piano)
Ashley is from Hull and is former pupil of Wansbeck Primary School, where he was taught music by Future Talent’s co-founder Katharine Kent. Ashley was very enthusiastic about learning the keyboard and was identified as having musical potential by Katharine and Hull Music Service, where he was receiving keyboard tuition. Ashley was also a member [...]
Harriet (piano)
Harriet was born in the Isles of Scilly and music has always played an important role in her life. She was eleven when she was awarded a bursary from Future Talent to enable her to own her own keyboard. Harriet had been having piano lessons with her teacher at school and from her very first [...]
William (tenor)
William is from Hovingham and began his musical life playing the clarinet. He then received singing lessons at Kirkham Henry Performing Arts Centre in Malton, North Yorkshire at the age of 13 and the progress he made in the first couple of years enabled Will to take his GCSE Music exam a year early, for which [...]
Ashleigh To (soprano)
Ashleigh’s musical talent was first spotted by her primary school teacher. She wouldn’t stop singing (!) and so she had her first formal singing lesson shortly after turning ten. Ashleigh’s singing teacher encouraged her to sing a variety of music, but in the end Ashleigh decided that classical music was her favourite style. Ashleigh had already [...]
Hannah Allaway (harp)
Hannah is 14 and is from Herefordshire and currently holds Grade 8 on piano and clarinet and Grade 7 on the harp, each with distinction. Future Talent has been supporting Hannah since July 2009, when we provided funding towards the cost of her own harp, which replaced the smaller borrowed instrument she was using previously. Owning [...]
