“In our first Summer School etc project with the East Riding Music Hub, Sam was conducting the band during the show and noticed a couple of times some talking and fussing behind him. At the end of the show it became apparent that a girl who we had cast in a leading role, who had more solos to sing than almost anyone in the show, had a large contingent of family in watching – as is often the case. The difference, it turned out, was that they had never heard her sing. She was a secondary school student with much talent and potential. She started singing lessons with the Music Service when term restarted and went from strength to strength.(And she came back!)”