2022 Sussex Young Musician of the Year to be announced

Zoe Barnett from Chichester, Laura Coppinger from Cuckfield and Laurence Cuttriss from Burgess Hill are in the running to become the 2022 Sussex Young Musician of the Year.

The winner will be announced at a Platinum Jubilee concert at 7pm on Saturday, July 16 at St Andrew's Church, Burgess Hill.

Catherine Kent, managing chairman of Coro Nuovo choir, said: “Music lovers will be regaled by music fit for royalty as Coro Nuovo, one of Sussex’s most accomplished choirs, contributes to the celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

“The Jubilee concert will also be hosting the final of the 2022 Sussex Young Musician of the Year Competition.

"After the three finalists have performed for the audience, a winner will be selected by this year’s adjudicator, the celebrated Grammy nominated conductor David Lawrence.”

David Lawrence has conducted the London Philharmonic choir and holds the Guinness World Record for conducting the UK’s largest choir.

As a not-for-profit choir, Coro Nuovo founded the Sussex Young Musician of the Year Awards in 2016 to support Sussex’s most talented young musicians aged 18-26 as they embark upon a professional career in music.

The 2022 competition winner will receive a £1,000 bursary to help towards the costs of their musical development.

This year’s finalists for 2022 are:

Zoe Barnett, 23, from Chichester.

Zoe learnt to play classical guitar from her mother and has just made her Wigmore Hall debut.

She is currently studying at the Royal College of Music.

Laura Coppinger, 26, from Cuckfield and Storrington.

Laura is a soprano specialising in classical and operatic recitals.

She is studying towards a postgraduate degree at the Royal Scottish Conservatoire.

Laurence Cuttriss, 24, from Burgess Hill.