BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year 2002
James Eager and Lucy Rhodes have been crowned the winners of the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year Competition.
Singing their way to success, James (aged 11) from Llysworney in the Vale of Glamorgan, and Lucy (aged 14) from Harrogate, beat off stiff competition from the hundreds of other young contestants.
The host for this year's event, held at All Souls Church in London, was singer and Songs of Praise presenter Aled Jones.
A former choirboy, Aled was delighted when asked to front the event: "Having experienced my own success as a choirboy, I leapt at the chance to get involved in the competition as it does so much to encourage the efforts of young choristers throughout the UK.
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Salvation Army junior member James Eager was the BBC Radio 2 Choirboy of the Year in 2002. He lives in South Wales with his family who are all accomplished musicians. Eleven year old James was a chorister at Llandaff Cathedral and attended the cathedral choir school. After winning the final, broadcast on BBC radio 2, James appeared on Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night and BBC's Songs of Praise. The single shown here 'Song of peace' was his only recording as a treble and was written by Salvation army composer Darren Bartlett.
Eleven-year-old James, a chorister from the Llandaff Cathedral
School, Cardiff, is a junior member of The Salvation Army. He won the
prestigious title in October of 2002 which included £1,000 for himself and £500
for his school.
He was named the 2002 BBC Radio 2 Choirboy of the Year and released a Christmas
CD single entitled Song of Peace. The song was specially written for him by
Salvation Army composer Darren Bartlett. He already has several television
and radio appearances lined up including an appearance on BBC Songs of Praise.
James was a guest soloist at the Royal Albert Hall in December 2002 for The
Wonder of Christmas, The Salvation Army’s annual carol concert.
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