Buxton teen violinist lands top scholarship to study at Royal Northern College of Music

Georgina Bloomfield, a year 13 student at the King's School in Macclesfield, will have fees covered for the first year of a four-year course – providing she earns the necessary A level grades this summer.

She has turned down offers from several top London conservatoires in favour of the Manchester school, having studied there over the last few years she knows “the teaching is fabulous.”

King's Director of music Ian Crawford said: “Georgina is one of our most talented musicians and this latest honour is very much deserved.

“I have no doubt that she will flourish at the RNCM and go on to great things.”

The daughter of a leading local violinist, Helen Bloomfield, who teaches violin, viola and piano, Georgina cannot remember when she first picked up the instrument.

She said: “I was just always around mum and copying her, but I had my first lesson at the age of five and was playing in local festivals at the age of six.”

Georgina gained one of the highest marks possible in her grade eight violin exams at the age of 11 and has since gone on to score a string of awards and roles in top youth ensembles.

She has performed across the country in recitals and concerts, and has spent this last year performing online for various projects including the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, where she has been a member for three years.

She said: "I simply love music and enjoy performing in front of appreciative audiences. I would like to become a professional musician in the pit for operas or ballets or in big orchestras. I very much hope that I will be able to play a lot of chamber music too"

Her course at RNCM will combine intensive playing and practice with the opportunity to perform in the college's orchestra and small groups, and academic study on the history of world music.

She practices for an hour every day, buy modestly says, “really I should do more” and is not averse to listening to modern pop alongside the classics.

She said: “I'm not that keen on heavy metal or traditional jazz really, but anything else I'll try.”

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