The Inverness Music Festival’s centenary year drew to a close on Sunday night after two weekends of music and dance at Merkinch Community Centre
Events were in-person and online and this weekend the focus shifted to contemporary and classical music.
Highlights of the second weekend included the 100th premier competition where the Curtis Craig Trophy was up for grabs and the special centenary class for Uniformed Groups under 14.
The Curtis Craig trophy was created in 1994 in memory of Curtis Craig who organised the festival for many years.
It was won by Violet Matheson, who also placed first in open piano solo and classical/contemporary composition open.
Runners-up were Joe Kelly, Emma Cameron, Jason McClurg and Jean Bradley.
The weekend began with upper string elementary where the Jean Slater Shield was won by Elizabeth Cowie.
Lower strings elementary saw a joint first between Aoibhe Doorley and James MacGregor .
Festival chairwoman Jean Slater said: “It was wonderful to be able to run the festival live again while still keeping an element online. This format worked well for us and the participants. There was a wee bit of apprehension and anxiety in arriving to take part in live events but that soon disappeared.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank the festival team for putting in a lot of hard work to make our centennial festival a success, the volunteers, adjudicators and accompanist.
“Thanks also to the Inverness area committee for the grant from the Common Good Fund, Loch Ness Pianos for loaning us a piano and the management committee of the Merkinch Community Centre. We are hoping to hold a centennial concert later this year.”
