A YOUNG opera singer from Musselburgh is winning talent contests throughout Scotland.

The latest success for 20-year-old Rebecca Traynor was coming top in the recent final of Linlithgow’s Got Talent.

The soprano was also among the finalists for a competition on Forth 1 to find a singer to perform a contemporary pop song on the station’s breakfast show.

She made it through an initial round that saw her sing on the show and, on Monday, she joined other contestants at Forth House for auditions.

However, the former Musselburgh Grammar School pupil was not chosen as the overall winner.

Rebecca’s singing talent was first spotted by her class teacher when she was a pupil at Pinkie St Peter’s Primary School. She won the school’s talent competition at the age of 10, performing Hallelujah.

Her teacher phoned her dad to say she thought Rebecca had a good voice and might benefit from lessons. This was duly done and she developed her skills with advice on breathing and holding notes from a coach.

She completed exams held by Trinity College London – the international exam board for the performing arts and English language.

Rebecca, from Edenhall, is also a former winner of the Musselburgh Rotary Club Young Musician of the Year competition. A double winner of Wishaw’s Got Talent, she also scooped top spot in Edinburgh’s Got Talent in 2014.

“I love singing,” she told the Courier.

Rebecca, who works with Specsavers Opticians at Fort Kinnaird, said her idol was classical singing star Katherine Jenkins.