Youth Development

2MBS-FM actively supports Australia's young performers and composers through a variety of annual initiatives open to musicians fro mage four to thirty  Some of the programs offer cash prizes, live-to-air broadcasts or a performance by the prestigious Willoughby Symphony Orchestra.

Programs include:

  • Young Performers Award
  • Young Organists Recitals
  • Young Ensembles Series 
  • Young Composers Award - Applications are now open for the 2010 series Download Form
  • Younger Performers
  • Even Younger Performers 

2009 YPA finals

On 19 October the final of the 2009 2MBS-FM Young Performers Award was held at the 2MBS-FM Studios in St Leonards. The six young musicians performed a number of works for the adjudication panel. We would like to congratulate soprano Emma Moore who was named as the 2009 2MBS-FM Young Performer. The Adjudicators' Encouragement Award went to flautist Rosie Gallgher and violinist Ji Won Kim. We would also like the congratulate all of the other young performers who have participated in the 2009 YPA broadcasts. 

2010 YPA Semi-Finalists announced click here

2MBS-FM's Youth Development programs are proudly supported by

Overs Pianos
The Australian Elizebethan Theatre Trust (AETT)
Willoughby Symphny Orchestra and Choir (WSOC)
Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)
The Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners' Society (AMCOS)

   

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Application forms

2010 Young Composers Award

For more information:

For Young Performers Award, please contact:
Judy Deacon
YPA Coordinator 
T: (+61 2) 9439 4777
musiced@2mbs.com

For Young Composers Award, please contact:
Julie Simonds
YCA Coordinator 2007
T: (02) 9439 4777 or 
M: 0427 035 465
julie.simonds@2mbs.com

2MBS-FM 102.5
76 Chandos Street
St Leonards NSW 2065