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Full-time specialist music and academic education for talented instrumentalists, singers and composers aged 9 -19
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Day and Boarding Entry by audition at any stage Consistently excellent results
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Scottish Government and Bursary funding, up to 100% Part-time Pathways to Music Specialism, for post-Higher students
AUDITIONS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
T: 0131 538 7766 E: info@st-marys-music-school.co.uk
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REBECCA AFONWY-JONES Mezzo-Soprano Welsh mezzo-soprano Rebecca Afonwy-Jones studied at the Guildhall School of Music, and at the Alexander Gibson Opera School at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She was a Scottish Opera Emerging Artist and sang the title role in its touring production of Carmen, Fox The Cunning Little Vixen, Resi Intermezzo, and Countess Ceprano Rigoletto. Recent engagements include Messiah at Royal Festival Hall, Suzuki Madama Butterfly with Festival Opera New Zealand, Mozart Requiem with the Norwegian Wind Ensemble and Kerstin Juliana at Cheltenham Music Festival. Upcoming engagements include Flora La traviata for Welsh National Opera, Elgar Sea Pictures with Wrexham Symphony Orchestra and Wellgunde Das Rheingold for Longborough Festival Opera.
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NYOS Membership Scheme
Friend £75
Chair Sponsor £200
Principal Chair Sponsor £500
Conductors' Circle £1000
Acknowledgement in programmes and online Annual Season Brochure mailing Spring, summer and autumn newsletter Invitation to annual concert reception Free concert programmes Acknowledgement in Season Brochure Attend open rehearsals Meet the player on your chair Receive updates from the player on your chair Invitation to exclusive events Meet the conductor and attend bespoke events
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Broad academic curriculum in one of the top ten performing secondary schools in Scotland.
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