The Society's annual Chester Young Musician competiton was held in November 2022, followed by a recital in February 2023 by the winners and runners up in the three categories: up to age 12; age 13 to 15; age 16 to 18. A silver salver and a Bursary of £500 was given to the Young Musician of the Year: George Akka plus bursaries to Tyler Davies and  Daniel Pengelly. Cash awards and certificates of merit were also awarded to Elliot Chan, Mia Hirakawa, Millie Huang and Cameron Liu. Brief biographies of the competitors appear below. Presentations - now known as the David Woods Awards - were made by former Music Society Chairman David Woods.