TALENTED musicians were in fine tune as they made a play for a prestigious award.

Bolton School boys' division held its annual Young Musician of the Year competition, which is now in its 14th year and showcases the musical ability of young people.

This year the the title of junior winner went to pianist William Miles, who is in Year Nine, and percussionist upper sixth-former Henry Webb was awarded the senior prize.

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The competition actually begun in mid-January, as hundreds of boys took part in heats in seven instrumental categories.

The field was whittled down to 84 semi-finalists — 12 performers, six senior and six junior, in each of the seven classes.

Lasting the whole day, 14 pupils become winners in their class – Jamie Death and Will Hardy were junior and senior winners in the brass category, William Miles and Alex Gao were winners in the piano/organ section, Mark Liu and Victor Chow in strings, Anuj Mishra and Adam Whitmore in the vocals category, Daniel Morris and Tom Paterson in woodwind instruments, Jacob Hughes and James Stevens in the guitar section and Laurence Britton and Henry Webb in the percussion category.

Each was presented with a trophy on the final night.

The two winners received a cash prize of £100, a winner’s trophy and had their name engraved on the Young Musician of the Year plaques which are on permanent display in school.

There were also trophies and cash prizes for the Junior Young Composer of the Year, George Seddon and Senior Young Composer, Jean-Paul Asumu.

A Most Promising Performer award went to Year 10 pupil Thomas Yates.

The competition was judged by Jacqueline Tinniswood from Westholme Junior School.

Director of Music, Jeremy Bleasdale, said: "Once again, it has been an exceptional evening of music. My sincere thanks go to Jacqueline Tinniswood for judging and to our accompanists, Ms Lien, Mrs Colgan and Mrs Whitmore, to Mr Forgrieve for his help on many fronts and to Mr Deakin for making everything sound so great. Finally, thanks also go to the boys – and their individual music teachers – for their hard work and for providing us with a wealth of wonderful music over the last two months."