A LANCASTER horn player has hit the highest note of his career to win through to the regional finals of one of Britain's most prestigious music scholarships.
Robert Churchill, 19, of Barley Cop Lane, performed in masterclasses with principals of the London Symphony Orchestra on his way through the regional rounds of the 1999 Shell LSO Music Scholarship, which offers prizes totalling £12,000.
Previous winners include Evelyn Glennie, widely acknowledged as the world's foremost solo percussionist. A student at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Robert, who also plays for Lancashire Students' Symphony Choir, was picked from a total of almost 300 entrants and represents the cream of Britain's young brass players.
The national final will take in London at the Barbican Centre on July 1.
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