Some 200 parents and children from four local schools came together at St Mary's Church last week for the return of Warwick Rotary Club's Midsummer Schools Concert returned.

Hosted for the first time in two years during to Covid, the event also featured young soloists ready to show off their musical prowess.

The event, which raised money to support music in local schools, was attended by new Mayor of Warwick Cllr Parminder Singh Birdi.

Cllr Birdi told the audience that the musicians had brought "sunshine to his heart" and said that music was a gift for life and a universal language.

He thanked all the teachers, parents and all performers for putting on such a talented concert.

As well as music from local schools there was a wide range of sounds presented by Warwickshire Music Hub brought by Richard Hart and Laura English - the first of a series of their concerts this summer.

MC Graham Sutherland introduced each contribution outlining the role Rotary plays in the community.

Some 200 parents and children from four local schools came together for the concert at St Mary's Church

Young singers from Aylesford School got the concert started, recovering swiftly as their backing music failed, replaced by a piano.

They completed the appropriately named Don't Stop by Fleetwood Mac, Rockin' all over the World and Don't Stop believin', finishing with Gary Barlow's Sing to great applause.

Kieran Halsey then changed the tempo with a delightful concerto by Vivaldi on the violin which was lively and confidently performed.

Evergreen School made sure everyone could join in with sign language and then sang Sunshine in my Heart followed by Power in Me.

Their enthusiastic and joyful performance underlined the sheer joy of everyone in the church being able to share music together again.

Jamie Thornton then performed the Trumpet Voluntary which echoed around St Mary's and was superbly played. He was followed by Edouard Scherer on saxophone playing a lively samba and had toes tapping around the church.

Young people from Brookhurst Primary burst in, entering the church with loud drums and whistles playing Samba Regae and Funk – creating a joyous sound which filled the church.

Adele Osborn had to follow that with a delicate prelude on the flute which floated through the church with her lovely sounds.

Joshua Yin Zhen Tan from Stratford then stepped forward with his violin At .12 years old he played confidently without sheet music and held the audience spellbound with an emotional piece by Rachmaninoff.

Coten End Primary School brought the finale to the concert, performing a popular medley of songs ending with Power in Me and Sing from your Heart which seemed to echo Warwick's to be a Singing Town.