About the Competition
The Young Drummer of the Year competition was put together to give the country’s young drumming talent a national and indeed international platform, which will act as the first steps in their musical career.
The competition has seen tremendous growth both in the number of entrants and the standard of the finalists. In 2005 the event took a giant leap forward in terms of popularity and production, following sponsorship from the British fashion designer; Peter Werth.
The finals are held every year at the Royal Spa Theatre in Leamington Spa, a beautiful theatre and a great venue for the event and in the year following the finals, the winner is kept busy with past winners making numerous TV and radio appearances, as well as support slots for the like of Billy Ward, Thomas Lang, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez and Stanton Moore and every winner opens the Drummer Live show in London.
Finalists will have to perform a solo piece and two other pieces with a band on the day. One of these pieces of music is sent to each finalist a few weeks before the finals. The second piece of music will be released at the finals. A five piece kit, hi-hats, 2 crash cymbals, a ride cymbal, stool and hardware will be provided on the day. You may only use your own kick pedal and of course sticks.
For more information about how to enter and an application form please go to the main site making sure you view the FAQ’s which cover all of the details you need to know or alternatively click HERE.
3/1/2008
Tickets are now on sale for the 2008 finals which are held at the Royal
Spa Centre in Leamington Spa. We need as much support as possible on the
day to make sure its a great day for all. Tickets are £7.50 for
adults, £5 for under 16's and you can get a family ticket for 2
adults and 2 childresn for £22. You can get tickets in the following
ways:
In Person
The Box Office is open from 10.00am - 5.00pm Monday to Saturday, and remains
open until after the interval on show nights.
By Phone
Tel 01926 334418
Online
Tickets for most of our events can be booked Online. Follow the instructions
on-screen from the listings menu. All bookings are made via a secure server
so you can be sure that your details remain safe at all times.
On completing your booking you will be sent an email confirmation. A
£2 transaction fee is payable.
(Unfortunately they are unable to accept bookings for Wheelchair spaces
Online. Please call the Box Office or send an email with your seating
requirements to boxoffice@royal-spa-centre.co.uk )
By Post
Include your name, address, phone number, performance details and tickets
required. Please make cheques payable to Warwick District Council and
post to:
Royal Spa Centre
Newbold Terrace
Royal Leamington Spa
CV32 4HN
Please enclose a SAE
By Fax
Fax 01926 832054
Email
boxoffice@royal-spa-centre.co.uk
26/11/2007
We can now announce the 10 finalists for the 2008 Young Drummer of the
Year competition. Many names have been here before but all are deserved
finalists with their individual standards being amongest the best in the
country. Keep an eye on this site for details of the finals on Sunday
3rd February 2008. Well done to all 10 finalists.
Michael Speers
George Barnett
Scott Chapman
Ben Williams
Richard Rayner
Nick Ross
Dexter Hercules
Josh Law
Grant Kershaw
Lee Browning
22/11/2007 It's been another tough year for choosing the final 40. We say
it every year but if you've seen Harpal Mudhar or James Birt play, you'll
know what we mean when we say the standard of the enrties is very high.
Ok so without further delay here's the final 40. Well done to all who've
made it this far. The final 10 will be announced early next week.
Michael Speers
Mati Bialek
Luc Bugmann
Blaire Mackenzie
Tom Frampton
Macarius Agagah
William Downes-Hall
Andrew Wilder
Comel Hrissa-munn
George Barnett
Chris Hardwick
Connor Cast
Declan Vaughan
Raife Hacking
Ollie Harding
Segun Akinola
Scott Chapman
Steely Thatcher
Tom Ross
Jack Mosley
Joshua Reddy
James Brier
Paeris Giles
Miles Gill
Lewis O'Neill
Jack Hoad
Ben Williams
Josh Devine
Jesse Samasuwo
Richard Rayner
Jon Needham
Isaac Curran
Nick Ross
Mark Hale
Dexter Hercules
Daniel Blake
Alan Soltani
Josh Law
Grant Kershaw
Lee Browning
01/09/2007
Welcome to the 6th UK National Young Drummer of the Year Competition.
For the fourth year running the competition is sponsored by the famous
British fashion designer; Peter
Werth. Once again we will be staging the finals at The Royal Spa Centre
in Leamington Spa. Building on the overwhelming success of last year's
event, will ensure a very exciting day for the finals on February 3rd
2008.
A full review of the 2007 finals can be viewed here.
Hello and welcome to my new drummers community for the UK. Here you'll find everything that's drum related but my main aim is to help UK bands find a suitable drummer, and UK drummers find the right band for them. Check out my immediate top friends for the 'Wanted' list. (details in blogs). Stay cool.
hey thanx for puttin me in ur top friends, it means a lot :) im guessin it was cuz i was in the top 40 twice lol ?
just wanna say also that it has helped me as a drummer to be able to say that i was ranked within the top 40 of the under 16's Uk drummers 2 years running.. so thanks for that :D
