Four of Tauranga's top young musical talents will take to the stage next week in hope of becoming the city's next Rising Star.

After scouring secondary schools across the city, Bay of Plenty Symphonia settled on four students who will each perform for the title alongside an orchestra on Friday, September 6.

Rising Star finalists Dominic Lee, Anna Wright, Anna Lee and Janet Reid.

Under the direction of music director/conductor Justus Rozemond, each player will be assessed by a panel of judges - two from Auckland and the third from Wellington.

Below is a short profile of each finalist and the chance to win a double pass to the event.

Janet Reid – Aged 15, Janet is in Year 11 at Bethlehem College. Born in Rotorua, she started learning the violin by the Suzuki method, with Robin Denize, at just five-years-old.

Janet passed her Grade 8 violin with distinction at 13, and gained her Advanced Certificate last year. She is now working towards an ATCL Diploma, which she will sit at the end of this year. As well as violin, Janet learns singing and will sit her Grade 6 exam this year. She also plays trombone in the Bethlehem College Jazz Band.

Anna Wright - Aged 16, Anna is in Year 12 at Tauranga Girls' College, and is the trombone finalist in the competition.

Anna has been learning trombone for more than three years but in that time has progressed quickly to become lead trombone player of the Tauranga Girls' College Big Band. She is also a member

of Tauranga Girls' and Boys' College's combined Jazz Combo, which won the award for Best Combo at the 2013 Youth Jazz Competition.

Anna's performances at the competition saw her awarded the Rodger Fox Trombone Award for the

'Most Outstanding Trombonist'. She has now been accepted as a member of the New Zealand

Youth Jazz Orchestra.

Anna Lee – Aged 13, Anna is the youngest finalist in 2013 competition (a contest designed for secondary school students within the Bay). She is currently studying with Papamoa domiciled Urszula Kint - a graduate of the Warsaw University.

Anna recently returned from Italy and South Korea where she was very successful in international competitions. At the Viotti Valsesia Music Competition in Italy Anna won her section with a mark of 96 out of 100. She then went on to play at the winners' concert.

She has also won many competitions around New Zealand and has attended master classes with

Charles Castleman (USA), Leo Phillips (UK) and Donald Armstrong (NZ). In 2011 and 2012 Anna received the highest marks in Grades 6-8 Trinity exams. She plans to continue studying the violin in the future.

Dominic Lee - Aged 15, Dominic has had an extraordinary year to date, winning several competitions both in New Zealand and internationally. A talented cellist, his top achievement on the international scene is overall winner of the Viotti Valsesia International Music Competition in Italy; and his performance in the winners' concert saw him win the Monterosa Kawai Prize. He is also overall winner at the Seoul National Music Competition in South Korea.

For the last three years, Dominic has been studying with cellist Edith Salzmann, a professor at Canterbury University, as a scholarship recipient at the National Academy of Music.

Dominic is in his final year at Bethlehem College and next year will head to university to continue his dream of becoming a world-class cellist.

Bay of Plenty Symphonia's Rising Stars Concerto Competition is on Friday, September 6 from 7pm at Tauranga Boys' College Graham Young Youth Theatre.

SunLive has five double passes to give away to lucky readers who can tell us how many finalists there are.

Enter online here or in the competitions' section. Entries must be received before Wednesday, September 4.