Wandsworth Music Ensemble Competition Final 2025

Thu 10 Jul 2025
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
All Saints Church, Tooting

Wandsworth Music Ensemble Competition 2025

**Applications are now open to take part in the NEW Wandsworth Music Ensemble Competition 2025!!**

We write to ask you to share news and to invite your ensemble/s to participate in the Wandsworth Music Ensemble Competition, 2025. Previously a category in the Wandsworth Young Musician of the Year Competition, the newly titled, Wandsworth Music Ensemble Competition, will showcase ensembles only, and is open to all ensemble members attending the Wandsworth Music Academy, attending a school in Wandsworth, or living in the borough of Wandsworth.

We would like to receive applications from the below ensembles;

• Chamber music ensembles
• Jazz ensembles
• Vocal ensembles
• Traditional/World Music ensembles

*All ensembles should have a maximum of 10 players and should be a minimum standard of Grade 5 on their instrument, or the equivalent level of ensemble standard for traditional, world music ensembles.

10 Ensembles will be chosen following initial video submissions and will perform an 8 minute programme in the Ensemble Competition Concert, to an audience of family, friends and esteemed colleagues.

The Ensemble Competition will be judged by a guest judge (to be announced in due course!).

There will be one ensemble winner and one runner up prize. The winners of the competition will be awarded the Ensemble Competition Trophy, a £100 prize voucher sponsored by Rotary Music Battersea and the opportunity to perform in a prestigious external concert with Wandsworth Music and it’s partners. The runner up prize winners will win a £50 prize voucher for their ensemble.

The Wandsworth Music Ensemble Competition Final Concert 2025

Thursday 10^th July, All Saints Church, Tooting, Brudenell Road, 7pm

The 10 chosen ensembles will each play a programme of no more than 8 minutes and should be available to arrive at 4pm on the day for a brief run through at the venue.

The Competition Concert will start at 7pm and finish at approx. 8.45pm following the adjudication results.

How to apply?

1 -Please complete this online form and send a video performance up to 5 minutes long of your ensemble to apply to compete.

2- Please submit your video to the following Dropbox file request and ensure it is of good visual and sound quality and shows all members of the ensemble clearly – https://tinyurl.com/ensemblecompetition

3 -Preliminary round videos will be adjudicated by Wandsworth Music. Successful finalists through to the performance on the 10^th of July will be notified by the 13^th of June.

The deadline to receive preliminary applications is 11pm Friday 6^th of June 2025, after which the video submission will close.

The online application form must be completed by the Ensemble leader or parent responsible for the ensemble.

We very much look forward to receiving your application to showcase your talented ensemble, and we can’t wait to hear from you!

With best wishes,

The Wandsworth Music Team