WHITE ROSE 43 - Masonic Province of Yorkshire, West Riding

A TALENT AID STORY OFREMARKABLE DISTINCTIONLYDIA WYATT, who lives with her parents Helen and Richard atBelgrave Court, Rastrick, started playing the piano at the age offive, and has progressed through the ABRSM grades, passing allof them with distinction.She has also benefited from the Masonic Trust for Girls andBoys Talent Aid.Lydia is the granddaughter of W Bro Philip Kaye, of the AlbertEdward Lodge No 1783, whose daughter Helen Kaye-Wyatt isher mum.Now aged 12, she was awarded the Elsie Roberts prize for thehighest marks achieved by any student taking the ABRSM GradeSeven in Yorkshire in 2010, by recording 144 out of 150. She isnow preparing to take Grade Eight in June of this year.She has been participating in all the local music festivals since2005, first entering the Holmfirth Festival in October followed bythe Haydn Wood in November.Her first success was winning the Les Enfants Trophy PianoSolo for children under nine at the Holmfirth Festival in that year.One major achievement was winning the Winifred M Brook trophyin 2008 for the most meritorious performance in the pianoclasses, again at the Holmfirth Festival and subsequently winningthis in 2009 and 2010. She also had successes at the HaydnWood Festival in 2010, winning the Open Recital Class and beingasked to represent this festival at the Festival of Festivals at theKings Hall, Ilkley on 24 September.She has also had many successes over the past four years atthe Mrs Sunderland Music Festival. This year she won the SchoolYear Eight piano solo event for the third year in addition to theprestigious Recital Class for children aged 12-14 years.Lydia was praised for her impressive performance of J S Bach’sAllemende and Gigue, Gliere’s prelude in D flat and O Polichineloby Villa Lobos. Adjudicator Margaret Murray awarded Lydia thetop A grade for her winning performance, describing her playingas beautiful and promising.Four years ago it was decided that she should enhance hermusical ability by adding a second instrument to her studies –the flute. Since then she has passed all the ABRSM grades toGrade Seven with distinction and will take the Grade Eightexamination in June of this year.At the Mrs Sunderland Festival this year, she won Year Eightand Year Ten competitions for woodwind and in recognition of heroutstanding achievements there, she was asked to perform at theend-of-competition Gala Concert at Huddersfield Town Hall onpiano in 2009 and 2011.Lydia is also a member of the Northerlies section of the NationalChildren’s Orchestra and of Kirklees Youth Symphony Orchestra.She also enjoys playing flute and piano solos with WakefieldFestival Chorus, in addition to providing some accompanimentand solo playing for the Opus 44 Ladies’ Choir on flute.In 2010 she won the Rastrick High School Junior YoungMusician of the year on flute and was also entered into the finalon piano finishing second. In addition she also sings in theschool junior choir and occasionally provides accompaniment onflute.Following auditions at school by Northern OrchestralEnterprises Limited, a charitable organisation based at10