A TALENTED 18-year-old musician at Monmouth School for Girls made the shortlist in a competition this week run by the illustrious composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Sixth Form student Carys Davies, was given a special mention by the judging panel led by Mr Lloyd Webber after a 20-second clip of the student singing was aired in the 'Think Of Me' Cadenza Challenge video on YouTube.

Ms Davies was among 1,500 people who entered the competition for a chance to perform in the Phantom of the Opera when it returns to the West End stage in London.

She appeared in the broadcast as Mr Lloyd Webber, TV host Graham Norton, and American theatre actress Sierra Boggess, discussed the shortlist and highlighted some extraordinary vocal talents.

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“I felt so honoured to be part of the video,” said Ms Davies, a soprano who won the Blue Riband music prize earlier this year in the school's Eisteddfod, and played the role of Henry V in Monmouth School for Girls' interactive and all-female Shakespeare production.

She has also previously toured the Wales Millennium Centre, Bristol, Birmingham, Southampton, Milton Keynes, Plymouth and Llandudno as one of the gingerbread children in WNO’s Hansel and Gretel production.

“It would be wonderful to ‘Sing for (Me!) You’ around the piano after lockdown," she added.

The lockdown competition was first announced on April 17, when Mr Lloyd Webber invited fans to submit their video renditions of Cadenza ‘Think of Me’ through his social media channels.

Ms Davies, who has been a pupil at Haberdashers' schools since nursery, congratulated fellow contestant, Kit Salter-Kay, who won the competition.