2007 Winners & Runners-up

A huge thank you to everyone who took part - both the judges and we at Sibelius have been amazed at the outstanding quality of all the entries. If you submitted an entry, well done.

Winners each received a copy of Sibelius 5 – the brand new version of the best-selling music notation software – a cheque for £500 and a day in Abbey Road recording studio with film composer and competition judge Michael Price, who has worked on scores for many blockbusters including the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In addition, Michael will hold a special music class at the winners’ schools, and Sibelius will donate a multi-user license of Sibelius 5 to the schools' music labs.

Prizes were awarded at the Sibelius 5 launch event at London's Royal Academy of Music on July 15th.

16-and-under age category

Winner: William Church from Shenfield High School in Brentwood, Essex

Runners-up (each receives a copy of Sibelius Student):

• Andrew Fender from Crofton School in Lewisham, London
• Gidon Fineman from Leckford Place School in Oxford
• Sam North from Marple Hall School in Stockport
• Milo Chen from Colstons School in Bristol
• Philip Bennetts from Cleeve School in Cheltenham
• Isis Wolflight from Sidcot School in Winscombe, North Somerset

18-and-under age category

Winner: Luke Richards from Tunbridge Wells in Kent

Runners-up (each receives a copy of Sibelius Student):

• Adam Violaris from Alexandra Park School in London
• Grace Newcombe from The Godolphin School in Salisbury
• Jack Matthias from Royal Grammar School in Guildford
• Stephanie Singer from The Abbey School in Reading
• Zachary Patterson from Canons High School in Edgware, London

If you're a winner or a runner-up, congratulations. If not, we'd love you to try again next year if you can. If you're a music teacher, we'll be contacting you during the coming months to tell you how you can register students for next year's competition.

Due to the success of this competition – over 500 students registered to take part – we intend to hold the competition every year. Thank you again if you were one of them.