Oakham School’s annual Singing Competition took place on Sunday 4 February, involving large numbers of individual vocal students performing solo pieces in year group classes throughout the afternoon. We were privileged to be joined by visiting professional singers, Sarah Fox & Gaynor Keeble, as our adjudicators, whose positivity and encouragement were hugely appreciated by the pupils involved. They were fulsome in their praise of Oakham’s five excellent singing teachers, regularly referencing how well prepared and well taught the pupils were.
Each year group class led to the award of certificates to a winner and runner-up, and many pupils were also highly commended. We enjoyed a superb final recital at 4.30pm featuring all the class winners and runners-up, and particular congratulations go to the following pupils who were awarded trophies as major prizewinners:
OVERALL WINNER – Lily (Gunthorpe, Form 6)
OVERALL RUNNER-UP – Will (School House, Form 7)
MOST PROMISING YOUNG SINGER – Charlie (Clipsham, Form 3)