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May 2020
Smart phone audition earns Ripon teenager place at famous music college
A smart performance by Ripon Grammar School singer and trumpet player Eva Scullion, has won her a coveted place at the Junior Royal College of Music in Manchester.
Because of the coronavirus crisis, Eva, who is 15 and a year 10 student at the school, had her audition filmed on a smartphone by her mother Beki.
The lockdown and social distancing restrictions, meant that auditions in Manchester could not go ahead and Eva was asked to submit a video featuring her performing and talking about why she wants to study at the college.
She has achieved Grade 8 in voice and grade 6 in trumpet and said she finds music a way of expressing her emotions, especially when singing and added:
Ripon Grammar School director of music, Michael Barker, said he was proud that Eva and pointed out:
In Harrogate, Ellie Schaiper, a sixth former from Ashville College has won a coveted place at the National Youth Theatre.
The NYT has a long list of A-lister alumni that includes Dame Helen Mirren, Daniel Craig, Rosamund Pike, Sir Daniel Day-Lewis, Colin Firth and Sir Ben Kingsley.
Ellie Schaiper said:
Karl Boyd, Ashville College’s Head of Drama, said:
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