Three students from Ashfield School will be performing at a prestigious annual event organised by the local Rotary district.

Elliott Hardy and his sister, Millie, and Jonathan Clarke were nominated by Kirkby Rotary Club and have been selected to appear at the Rotary District 1220 Young Musician Gala Concert.

Millie (14), will sing We Found Love by Rhianna, accompanied by Elliott (15), on the guitar. Sixteen-year-old Jonathan will play his own piano composition, Prelude One.

The concert is to be held at the Robert Ludlum Theatre, Derby, on Sunday, April 24th, at 7pm. It is the 21st event to be organised by Rotary District 1220 is open to any musician under 18 and in full-time education. Nominations are taken from clubs across the district, which covers Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire.

Rotarian Francis Newenham, chairman of Kirkby Rotary Club’s projects committee, said: “We’re delighted to nominate these three students. The purpose of the event is not a competition, but rather to recognise the wealth of talent among young musicians and give them an opportunity of broadening their experience by playing before a new audience.”