Tickets are now on sale for the finals of the 2012 Young Drummer of the Year!

Sunday 5th February 2012
Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa

Doors Open 1pm, Show starts at 2pm

Click here to buy your tickets or call the Box Office on 01926 334418.

1 December 2011

The Final 10! .... in no particular order:

Charles Johnson – (15) Surrey

Charles Hall – (16) Essex

Jordan Owen – (15) Dorset

Nathan Wallington – (15) Dorset

Morgan Simpson – (13) Hertfordshire

Oliver Cox – (15) Warrington

Mikey Ciancio – (16) Bedfordshire

Dominic Calzetli – (16) Scotland

Charlie Vasiliou – (14) Middlesbourgh

Calum Blair – (16) Scotland

Well done to those who made it through and thanks to everyone who sent in their entry.

This year’s final is Sunday February 5th 2012 at the Spa center Leamington Spa. Keep watching this space for more details of how to buy your tickets.

7 November 2011

We're pleased to announce the shortlist for the final 40
for this year's competition.......

This year we have had a record number of entries, at 537 in total. A judging panel of four teachers and players has selected the final 40 from a very high standard.

Please note that the final 40 is in no particular order.

1: James Fuke
2: Will Downes-Hall
3: William Jupp
4: Charles Johnson
5: Sam Wyss
6: Charles Hall
7: Jordan Owen
8: Nathan Wallington
9: Oscar Ogden
10: Morgan Simpson
11: Oliver Cox
12: Jake Brown
13: Mikey Ciancio
14: Danny Williams
15: Lewie Hilsdon
16: Chris McIntyre
17: John Kerfoot
18: Peter Rayner
19: Zak Reynolds
20: Dominic Calzetli
21:Angus MacGregor
22: Joe Dawson
23: Lyle Dear
24: Charlie Vasiliou
25: Luke Jarrett
26: Callum Masters
27: Alex Whibley-Conway
28: Max Mills
29: Mathew Brown
30: Calum Blair
31: Elloise Houghton
32: Joey Robbins
33: Toby Green
34: Joel Waters
35: Tom Monk
36: Kieran Gaffney
37: Joe Mallet
38: Graeme Newbury
39: Paul Youngs
40: Gregory Greenfield

Well done to the final 40.

The final 10 will be judged by a panel of 6 professional drum teachers and players from various genres from this list of 40 and will be announced here on December 1st.

This year’s final is Sunday February 5th 2012 at the Spa center Leamington Spa - put it in your diary now!

26 September 2011:

This year, the Young Drummer of the Year competition reaches its 10th year and in association with Natal drums and The London drum show, we are opening our entries at the London drum show on the 15th/16th October 2011.

There will be a sound-proof booth for anyone 16 years or younger to come and play a 2 minute solo, which we will record and submit to this years competition.

Previous Young Drummer winners and finalists will also be available to answer questions on what they did to get them to the final and 2011 winner Stephen Asamoah-Duah will be performing on the main stage.

So what are you waiting for? Get your tickets for the London Drum Show or watch this space for more details on how to enter the competition......