Musician, 12, strums way to New York scholarship

A YOUNG Limerick musician has won a scholarship to a world famous jazz institute in New York.

Andreas Varady, 12, who plays bass guitar, will get intensive tuition at the Skidmore College from June 26 to July 10 with the help of funding from the Northern Ireland Arts Council.

Skidmore College is a private arts college with an enrolment of more than 2,500 students in the small historic city of Saratoga Springs, New York.