TOP-class music-making was the order of the day at the finals of the Young Musician of Richmondshire awards.
Eight finalists from the Richmond, Bedale and Northallerton areas took to the stage of the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond in front of an appreciative audience.
And the eventual winner, flautist Charlotte Clarke from Easby, near Richmond, became the youngest ever to take the title - at just 12.
Charlotte attends Queen Margaret’s School at Baldersby Park, near Thirsk, where and received a cup and a cheque for £150 from Lord Zetland.
Seventeen year clarinettist Jay Glover, from Bedale, was the runner-up. He attends Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College in Darlington.
The competition, which began 30 years ago, has been resurrected after a five-year gap with sponsorship from the Rotary Club of Richmond and Friends of the Georgian Theatre Royal.
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