As part of the Foden's innovative 'partnership' agreement with Cheshire East, a new 'Cheshire East Schools Music Competition' will be held at Congleton Town Hall next month.

Celebration

The celebration competition, on July 10th, will begin at 7.30pm with three schools each performing a 10-minute programme of music.

The three schools taking part are Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School Jazz Band, Sandbach High School (Girls) School Choir and Sandbach School (Boys) Big Band.

Award winning percussionist Simone Rebello will judge the event and cast her critical eye over proceedings in the first half of the evening and adjudicate on each performance.

Solo opportunity

Foden’s will then provide an opportunity in the second half of the proceedings to feature individual musicians from the three schools, who will perform solos with the band.

Certificates will be awarded to all three participating schools at the end of the evening and each school’s music department will also receive £500. The competition winner will be awarded the inaugural 'Cheshire East Schools Music Trophy'.

We are proud to be a partner with Cheshire East and it is hoped the competition will become an annual event celebrating the diverse and high quality music making within East CheshireJohn Barber

Proud partner

Foden's Chairman John Barber told 4BR: "We are proud to be a partner with Cheshire East and it is hoped the competition will become an annual event celebrating the diverse and high quality music making within East Cheshire."

Fantastic idea

Councillor Andrew Knowles added: "This a fantastic idea and the competition will give musical talent a real showcase to shine. It will be a really enjoyable evening of music making that hopefully will inspire youngsters and schools to develop their musical talent and aim for the very highest standards."