70 children, aged 9-13, competed to win the opportunity. Three singers – from Devon, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight – have been announced as the winners.

Performances take place at Lighthouse, Poole on Saturday 14 December at 3pm and 7pm. Tickets from £5.

 

Howard Blake’s Walking in the Air remains an enduring festive favourite. This Christmas, it marks the start of a new chapter for three talented singers as they prepare to perform music from The Snowman with the BSO.

 

Logan Broom from Ringwood, Will Kent from Sandown, and Megan Frost-Howe from Newton Abbot beat off competition from dozens of other talented young singers to perform as soloists with the professional orchestra this Christmas.

The talented trio will each perform individually alongside Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and its Southampton-based community choir, BSO Voices. The live performances, which are conducted by Pete Harrison, accompany a full-length screening of The Snowman.

Anthony Brown, the BSO’s Head of Marketing and curator of its BSO Pops series, said: “We were thrilled to welcome such a large number of young singers from across the South West and beyond to audition. Logan, Megan, and Will stood out as brilliantly talented – we’re excited to be able to offer them this memorable performance experience and look forward to welcoming them to the stage in December.”

 

The Snowman is presented as part of the BSO’s festive season, which includes family favourites, such as Last Night of the Christmas Proms with Joe Stilgoe. It also features traditional Christmas classics ranging from a Celebration of Christmas Carols and Handel’s Messiah to the BSO’s ever-popular New Year’s Gala. The BSO’s festive season tours Exeter, Fareham, Marlborough, Poole, Portsmouth, Taunton and Weymouth, throughout December and early January.

The Snowman takes place on Saturday 14 December – at 3pm and 7pm – at Lighthouse, Poole. Tickets are from £5 and can be booked at bsolive.com.

 

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NOTES TO EDITORS

For more information please contact:
Claire Rawles | crawles@bsorchestra.co.uk | 07860 776646 or Rebecca Johns | rebecca.johns@premiercomms.com | 07715 205 196

 

The Snowman is screened with permission from Snowman Enterprises Ltd | thesnowman.com