A Borth student has scooped a £1,500 scholarship prize in a prestigious harp competition.

The Nansi Richards Scholarship competition was held this year in Galeri, Caernarfon, as part of the Wales Harp Festival.

Mared Emyr Pugh-Evans, a student at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, was named the winner.

The scholarship is open to harpists under 25 years old who live in Wales, or were born in Wales.

Mared intends to use her prize to pay for individual masterclasses, to buy new music and to pay travel costs to international competitions.

The adjudicator, Angharad Wyn Jones said: “It is an honour to adjudicate the scholarship competition this year, as I myself won the prize in 2002.

"It has been a competition of the highest standard and each and every harpist that performed this evening has a bright future.”

Over the years the scholarship has contributed over £30,000 to harpists who have gone on to establish successful musical careers.

In 1976 a tribute concert was held for Nansi Richards, Telynores Maldwyn, in Corwen with the lady herself present in the audience.

A fund was created from the profits of that evening, and a trust was created to manage the money.

The first competition was held in 1983 and the scholarship has continued ever since.