Musicians battled it out for the title of Young Musician of the Year at St Christopher’s CE High School.

Around 160 singers, soloists and ensembles took part in the competition at the school on Queens Road West in Accrington.

Included in the many performances were a solo on his pipe band drum by Fergus Parker-Knapper and Sarah Hoyle, 16, who played a bassoon concerto in B flat by Mozart.

Helen Davies, head of music and performing arts said the annual event went well and said a lot of children worked very hard in the run-up to it.

Blackburn Cathedral’s director of music Samuel Hudson adjudicated the grand final.

Helen Davies, head of music and performing arts at St Christopher’s, said: “We had some really moving musical performances. A lot of the children had worked very, very hard for a long time in the run-up, even the little ones impressed.

“Stand-out performances of the night were Fergus Parker-Knapper, a year eight student who plays in Accrington Pipe Band, he treated us to a solo on his pipe band drum called The Rebel Drummer. And Sarah Hoyle, a 16-year-old, played a bassoon concerto in B flat by Mozart, but they were all just fantastic.”