The Morriston Orpheus Choir Supporters Association sponsors an annual Young Welsh Singer of the Year competition with the winner being awarded ,1000 ($1636). The competition was held in Tabernacle Chapel, Morriston Swansea. Catrin hails from West Wales and is studying at the prestigious International Academy of Voice in Cardiff with Dennis ONeill. She previously studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (RWCMD), Cardiff, and the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), London, gaining a Postgraduate Diploma with Distinction. Whilst at RWCMD, she won the first Dame Shirley Bassey Vocal Award, the Sir Geraint Evans Scholarship and the Elias Prize. She also won the RAM English Song Prize. She represented the UK in the final rounds of the Montreal International Singing Competition in May this year and, in August, won the Towyn Roberts Scholarship at the National Eisteddfod in Bala. Other awards include the DISS Advanced Opera Scholarship and she was a finalist in the Stuart Burrows Competition.As winner, Catrin was presented with the MOCSA Trophy, sponsored by Gravells Renault of Kidwelly, and the The Ivor E Sims Memorial Prize of 1,000, donated by the Choir.The other three finalists, who contributed to a wonderful competition, Menna Cazel Davies, Osian Gwynn and Rhian Lois, each received an inscribed plaque and a cheque for 300.