Rotary Young Musicians

Charis Wallum moved to the Scottish Borders as a child and started playing keyboard aged seven. Her growing enthusiasm for music led her to taking up the flute two years later. She started playing clarsach with the Traditional Music Centre at Selkirk High School in her second year. Since then she has played at various venues, travelling with the school orchestra to Plattling, the Ceilidh Band to Disneyland, Paris, and has also taken part in many concerts, charity events and local festivals such as Both Sides of the Tweed and Scott's Selkirk. She intends to continue with her music when she begins studying at St Andrews University in September.

Olivia Hoppé was born into a very musical family and music has always played a big part in her life. She has had piano lessons since she was 6 and started singing with the Yateley Girls Choir at the age of 8. She is now a 5th Year pupil at Earlston High School and enjoys taking part in their school shows, as well as those at Galashiels Amateur Operatic Society. In February, she won the regional Young Vocalist of the Year. Olivia especially loves musicals and would one day like to play leading roles in "My Fair Lady" and "The Phantom of the Opera."

Christopher Farish had recently achieved first prize at the Borders final of the Rotary's Young Musician of the year competition. Began playing piano at an early age - has experienced playing in public performances, amateur orchestras and achieved merits and distinctions from all grades of the A.B.R.S.M. This September Christopher Will be going to study piano and composition at university.