Soprano Elisabeth Tillett, a pupil at Queen Mary’s School in Thirsk, studies singing with renowned contralto Anna Burford, and tuba with Ian Davies. She has also played with the National Children’s Orchestra and will be joining the National Youth Choir this summer. Oli Tranter studies alto saxophone and piano and is in his third year with Yorkshire Young Musicians at Leeds College of Music and a member of the Youth Music for Life Jazz Band and Jazz Orchestra.. He started playing alto saxophone at the age of nine and also plays the piano/keyboards, drums, trumpet and guitar. He currently studies at York College with a view to specialising in popular music at a conservatoire in 2023. Grace Hughes lives in Ripon, and recently moved from Queen Mary's School, where she was a music scholar and Head Chorister, to York College and Yorkshire Young Musicians. This March Grace won both the Concerto class and the Open Strings class with distinction at the Harrogate Competitive Music Festival. Krish Desha-Beerachee attends St Aidan's School in Harrogate, recently passed his grade 8 piano aged 13 with distinction and is currently attending the Junior Royal Northern College of Music for piano and clarinet. He was recently in the Young Musician final at Harrogate Competitive Music Festival and was presented with the overall Wharfedale prize by Dame Fanny Waterman in 2019.