WHEN one boy from Hong Kong began his school career in Monmouth, he had never heard of Latin before and had only just been introduced to the organ.

Now, just four years later, Jordan Wong has been offered an organ scholarship to study classics at the University of Cambridge and defied odds to achieve a qualification rarely given to a school pupil.

The Royal College of Organists has awarded its Associateship Diploma to the talented 18-year-old.

Jordan endured six hours of written papers, a recital, keyboard tests and tests of aural perception in front of three cathedral organists in London and Huddersfield to make the grade.

The Monmouth School pupil now has the letters ARCO after his name.