February Scholar of the Month - Yusuf
Yusuf is a talented young violinist from Hounslow Music Service and has been passionate about music since Year 1. His mentor tells us how after a project on rhythm and body percussion, he went home and composed a whole-body percussion piece to perform for the class! He has also been excelling in advanced violin classes at his primary school and, despite only being in Year 3, was asked to join the Year 6 violin class, catching up to the other students (who had been learning in the class for two years) within the first two terms!
He has also shown great initiative as a violin ‘buddy’ to the other pupils who find violin class more challenging and has mentored any new starters, even giving up his break time to work with a pupil who moved into the class and had not had violin lessons before. Wow!
We’re delighted to welcome Yusuf as one of our new Scholars as part of the 2024-2028 cohort, and celebrated his Scholarship Award at our Sinfonia Smith Square Awards Day in September.
We asked Yusuf:
What did you enjoy the most about the Scholars' Awards Day?
‘I loved everything! I think that the day was great and that it was an amazing piece of music that made everyone smile.’
What are your musical goals for the future?
‘My goal is to keep getting better at violin and to never stop learning and have fun.’
Yusuf’s mentor also tells us he will be performing with two Year 6 LMF scholarship students in the summer concert, and has been identifying and performing complex rhythms and confidently reading treble clef notes. How impressive?