Chetham's alumnus Matthew White won the BBC Radio 2 Brass Soloist of the Year competition at the weekend.
Matthew, who currently studies at the Royal Northern College of Music and is the Principal Euphonium of the Pemberton Old DW Band and the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, performed the 2nd and 3rd movements of Peter Graham's concerto In League With Extraordinary Gentlemen.
This was third-time-lucky for Matthew who has been a runner-up for the last couple of years, with his performance being praised by the adjudicators Philip Cobb and Richard Evans. Mr Evans said of Matthew's performance "There was some excellent playing with the winner having that little bit extra. He was so well prepared."
You will be able to hear Matthew's performance, along with the other finalists, on BBC Radio 2 on Friday 26th February at 9.30pm.
