For outstanding achievements by a group or individual artist from a Youth Music project.
A huge congratulations to all the nominees shortlisted for our Outstanding Act Award. The following nominees have all taken part in a Youth Music funded project in the last five years, and have gone on to achieve incredible musical success. Find out more about them below and listen to their music.
T.Roadz (winner)
The Pump, Pump Up The Volume (Birmingham)
Tyreece aka T.Roadz (14) regularly attends The Pump’s drop-in and artist development sessions to practice, record music and to socialise with his friends. T.Roadz is one of the UK’s brightest music talents. He has been featured and performed on some of the biggest music platforms including BBC 1Xtra, SBTV, Link Up TV and the prestigious grime competition Lord of The Mics to name a few. Tyreece is steadily building up an online presence, accumulating thousands of social media fans and over a million video plays. He is currently recording his new EP and touring venues and festivals around Europe.
CHAINES
Brighter Sound (Manchester)
CHAINES (Cee Haines, they/them) writes surreal and fantastical electronica and electro-acoustic music. Since graduating from the Royal Northern College of Music in 2013, CHAINES has taken part in a number of Brighter Sound initiatives. Working with a group of young artists led by residency director Anna Meredith, Cee created original material in response to the Graphene: Wonder Material exhibition and performed live at the Museum of Science and Industry to a packed audience. They have since released a critically acclaimed album ‘The King’, worked extensively with the London Contemporary Orchestra, premiering works at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms 2018), Tate Modern (Uniqlo’s Tate Lates series 2017) and the Roundhouse (Ron Arad’s Curtain Call 2016), and won a PRS Foundation Oram Award (2019).'
'THE KING'; OUT NOW at Rough Trade, Boomkat, Bandcamp, One of FACT Magazine's Top 25 albums of 2018's First Quarter Live with NTS @Tate Modern, Uniqlo Tate Lates 'OST' - CHAINES 'SPLIT' CHAINES/TCR
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Harlee Sudworth
Accent Music Education Hub, Grrrl Band / Orford Young Women's Group (Warrington)
Harlee Sudworth is an 18 year old singer/songwriter from Warrington Cheshire. At the age of eleven, Harlee began her career in the music industry by covering songs and posting them on YouTube, and by twelve was performing at prestigious venues including the O2 arena as part of the Teenstar singing competition. As a teenager, Harlee honed her lyrical skills and by fifteen signed with Primary Wave, one of the largest independent talent management companies in the United States and Steve Madden’s 5Towns Records. Harlee continues to develop as an artist and is establishing herself as a successful songwriter, recently penning tracks for artists such as Afrojack.
Steve Oates says, "Working alongside the team of music leaders, from the age of 13 Harlee developed her vocal projection, delivery, song writing and performance skills. She steadily improved her confidence by taking part in professional recording sessions, mock interviews with radio DJs as well as performances at Orford Youth Base, Warrington Parr Hall and Warrington Music Festival. During her time at Orford Youth Base Harlee developed her leadership skills and, as a Young Female Ambassad or, inspired and supported other young women. Musical success for Harlee soon followed and, after being spotted singing on social media platforms, she signed management and recording contracts with Primary Wave Talent and 5 Towns Records in New York."
Trinity College London
Trinity College London is a leading international exam board and independent education charity that has been providing assessments around the world since 1877. They specialise in the assessment of communicative and performance skills covering music, drama, combined arts and English language. With over 850,000 candidates a year in more than 60 countries worldwide, Trinity qualifications are specifically designed to help students progress. Their aim is to inspire teachers and learners through the creation of assessments that are enjoyable to prepare for, rewarding to teach and that develop the skills needed in real life.
