Two young musicians from Mapperley have been named as joint winners of this year’s Music Maker awards – a first in the contest’s 20-year history.
17-year-old pianist Konya Kanneh-Mason and Saxophonist Nathan Holroyd, also 17, were both named as winners of the annual award, which is organised by Carlton Male Voice Choir.
The judging panel was hugely impressed by the supreme musicianship displayed by both in their auditions and remained unable to separate them after long deliberation.
The annual contest,sponsored by John and Sue Brydon, attracts the best of Nottinghamshire’s musical talent in the 16 – 19 age range.
Konya and Nathan will now perform at Carlton Male Voice Choir’s Festival Concert at the Albert Hall, Nottingham on Saturday, April 28.
The concert will showcase the choir’s 2018 repertoire and also features guest artists “The Opera Dudes.”
Concert Tickets are £15.00 and can be obtained by tel 0115 844 0158 or e-mail tickets@carltonmvc.org
Congrats to them both, but good to see Konya following in her brother’s footsteps.