Students in harmony for Birchwood High School's music showcase

Students hit the high notes at Birchwood High School's Young Musician of the Year competition final.

The contest, in its eighth year, was judged by Peter Foster who is head of Bishops Stortford Music Centre, based at the Parsonage Lane secondary.

Pupils were accompanied by Birchwood music teacher William Stock and by the end of the performance, three youngsters emerged as overall winners.

Vocalist Sophie Springham won the musical theatre category with her interpretation of Burn from Hamilton.

Pianist Kieren Mok took the classical title playing Clair de Lune by Debussy.

The pop crown went to Lucas Berry for his performance of Tornado of Souls by Megadeth on electric guitar.

A spokeswoman said: "It was a wonderful evening of music and the performances were outstanding. The range of talent on display was inspiring and the final included solo performances on clarinet, flute, piano, saxophone, voice, cello, heavy metal guitar and drum kit. We would like to thank all students who entered the competition, the quality of entries made deciding on the overall finalists exceedingly difficult."