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Headmaster Mr Kevin Riley says the school is very grateful for the awards and congratulated this year’s winners on their success: “These awards make it possible for pupils to develop interests in ways they might not otherwise be able to afford. I am sure that Chris and Lottie will gain huge benefit from the money they have been given.”

Chris and Lottie both belong to Bristol Cathedral School’s co-educational sixth form. The school recently announced that it will also begin accepting girls as pupils from the age of 11 from September 2006.

Bristol Cathedral School sixth-former Chris Gilligan struck the right note when he applied to this year’s Tools of the Trade awards – because he won £1,000 to buy a piano keyboard. Classmate Lottie Sprague was also successful with her application for the awards, netting £500 towards a trip to Italy to study the work of the great Renaissance artists.

The annual £1,500 awards are made from the legacy of famous Bristol philanthropist John James and are used to help pupils pursue an interest or potential career away from school.

Eighteen-year-old Chris, of Henleaze, has already spent his £1,000 on a Roland SP5 stage piano. Chris enjoys performing in jazz and blues concerts and will use the keyboard for his stage performances.

“I am hoping to go to university in Cardiff this autumn to read psychology, and you can’t really lug a conventional piano off to university with you! This is a lovely instrument that will be invaluable when I perform,” he adds.

Seventeen-year-old Lottie, of Keynsham, will use her £500 to subsidise a trip to Italy, ahead of taking up a university place to read History of Art. During her visit to Florence, Venice and Rome, she hopes to see treasures including Michelangelo’s David and works by Titian.

“I am really happy to get this because I am doing my course work on Titian,” says Lottie.

Eventually Chris would like to work as a session musician. In the meantime, he will be playing the new keyboard at the independent school’s Some Like It Hot jazz concert on Friday 25 June.

 

 

 

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