GRADUATION CEREMONY
Friday 5 July 2024
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music | London
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CONGRATULATIONS!
On behalf of the Royal College of Music’s Council, Directorate, professorial, teaching and administrative staff, it is a great pleasure to welcome you to this 2024 Graduation Ceremony. We take huge pride in your achievements, and hope that you will carry the memory of this special occasion with you as you leave the RCM to become global ambassadors for the College and for the future of music.
I am delighted to report that the Royal College of Music has been ranked the Global No. 1 institution for Performing Arts for the third consecutive year, and has also taken the inaugural top spot for Music in the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject. The RCM is a global community and you can feel proud of the College’s international reputation wherever in the world your career takes you.
RCM musicians continue to shine on world-leading concert stages, including a stunning performance of Messiaen’s Turangalîla-symphonie at the Royal Festival Hall in May. We look forward to the Royal College of Music’s BBC Prom on 25 August, which was one of the fastest-selling Proms of the season. These exceptional performance opportunities are just a small part of the RCM’s unique educational experience. Those graduating today join generations of students who have forged their artistic careers at the RCM, including some of the most acclaimed figures in music.
This ceremony represents not the end of your connection with the Royal College of Music, but the beginning of a new chapter. I share this pivotal moment with you as I reach the end of my 19 years as Director, which have truly been a joy. I hope that you will join me in keeping in touch with the College, maintaining the friendships you have made here, and being an active advocate for the Royal College of Music as you inspire future generations.
I wish you all a happy and fulfilling future.
Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM
ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC
Patron
HM King Charles III
Vice-Presidents
The Most Revd and Rt Hon The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
The Most Revd and Rt Hon The Lord Archbishop of York
The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London
Jane Barker CBE FRCM
Sir Anthony Cleaver FRCM
Humphrey Norrington OBE FRCM
Dame Janet Ritterman DBE HonDMus
Professor Lord Winston FRCM
Council
Independent Members
Lord Black of Brentwood (Chairman)
Catherine Clarke (Deputy Chair)
Peter Dart
Baroness Fleet CBE
Douglas Gardner
Richard Goulding
Professor Peter Holgate
Sir George Iacobescu CBE
Ruth Keattch
Jamie Njoku-Goodwin
Andrew Ratcliffe
Geoffrey Richards HonRCM
Professor Dr Shirley J Thompson OBE
Dr Paula Walter
Sir Guy Weston HonRCM
James Williams LVO
Director
Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM
Deputy Director
Kevin Porter HonRCM
Elected Members
Dr Ingrid Pearson HonRCM (elected by professors)
Patricia Rozario OBE FRCM (elected by professors)
Ann Somerville HonRCM (elected by administrative staff)
Tymon Zgorzelski (President, RCM Students’ Union)
Senate Members
Director
Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM (Chair)
Deputy Director
Kevin Porter HonRCM
Artistic Director
Stephen Johns FRCM
Director of Programmes
Dr Diana Salazar
BMus Programme Co-ordinator
Dr Ann van Allen-Russell
Head of Postgraduate Programmes
Professor Mark Bowden
Head of Research
Professor Robert Adlington
Head of Keyboard
Professor Vanessa Latarche FRCM
Head of Strings
Gary Ryan
Head of Woodwind
Marie Lloyd
Head of Brass
Amos Miller
Head of Percussion
David Hockings FRCM
Head of Vocal & Opera
Nicholas Sears FRCM
Head of Composition
Dr Jonathan Cole FRCM
Head of Historical Performance
Professor Ashley Solomon FRCM
Academic Registrar
Eleanor Taylor HonRCM
Librarian
Peter Linnitt HonRCM
Curator
Professor Gabriele Rossi Rognoni HonRCM
Head of Junior Programmes
Miranda Francis HonRCM
Head of Centre for Performance Science
Professor Aaron Williamon HonRCM
Student Services Manager
Nicola Smith
President of the Students’ Union
Tymon Zgorzelski
Elected Members
Dr Christina Guillaumier
Audrey Hyland
Gabrielle Lester FRCM
Dr Ingrid Pearson HonRCM
ORDER OF CEREMONY
Ceremony 1 at 10.45am
The audience is requested to stand for the entry of the academic procession
– The Chairman, Lord Black of Brentwood, opens the proceedings
– The Director, Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM, addresses the assembly
– The Director confers undergraduate degrees and diplomas
– The Director announces special prizes and awards
– The Chairman addresses the assembly, The President of the Students’ Union, Tymon Zgorzelski, offers a vote of thanks
– The Chairman offers his closing remarks and concludes the ceremony
The audience is requested to stand for the exit of the academic procession. Graduates should remain in their places until the academic procession has left the Britten Theatre.
Ceremony 2 at 1.15pm
The audience is requested to stand for the entry of the academic procession
– The Chairman, Lord Black of Brentwood, opens the proceedings
– The Director, Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM, addresses the assembly
– The Director confers postgraduate degrees and diplomas
– The Director announces special prizes and awards
– The Chairman addresses the assembly, The President of the Students’ Union, Tymon Zgorzelski, offers a vote of thanks
– The Chairman offers his closing remarks and concludes the ceremony
The audience is requested to stand for the exit of the academic procession. Graduates should remain in their places until the academic procession has left the Britten Theatre.
Ceremony 3 at 3.45pm
The audience is requested to stand for the entry of the academic procession
– The Chairman, Lord Black of Brentwood, opens the proceedings
– The Director, Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM, addresses the assembly
– The Director confers postgraduate degrees and diplomas
– The Director announces special prizes and awards
– The Chairman confers Fellowship of the Royal College of Music on the incoming Director, James Williams LVO
– The Chairman addresses the assembly, The President of the Students’ Union, Tymon Zgorzelski, offers a vote of thanks
– The Chairman offers his closing remarks and concludes the ceremony
The audience is requested to stand for the exit of the academic procession. Graduates should remain in their places until the academic procession has left the Britten Theatre.
Special prizes and awards to be announced
– RCM Accelerate Awards
– Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal
– Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Rose Bowl
– Tagore Gold Medals
Pre-ceremony Music
Jimena Eisele Farag harp
Processional Music
Kenneth Hesketh Fanfare no 3 from Fanfares for St Bartholomew (world premiere)
Recessional Music
Gwydion Rhys Graduation Fanfare (world premiere)
RCM Brass Ensemble
Amos Miller director
Entertainment at the reception provided by the Toby Morgan Trio
Each ceremony will be followed by a reception in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall for graduates and guests (tickets are required).
All academic gowns are to be returned to the Recital Hall no later than 5.45pm.
It is illegal to record any performance, or part thereof, unless prior arrangements have been made with the Royal College of Music.
PLATFORM PARTY
Chairman
Lord Black of Brentwood
Director
Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM
Director of Programmes
Dr Diana Salazar
Head of Postgraduate Programmes
Professor Mark Bowden
Head of Research
Professor Robert Adlington
President of the Students’ Union
Tymon Zgorzelski
GRADUANDS
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
Certificate of Higher Education
Sara Belić (Scholar) Violin
Elna Bosch Jimenez (Scholar) Bassoon
Joy Sarah Elizabeth Hardy Composition
Jessica McFarlane (Scholar) Trumpet
Inês Vilas Boas (Scholar) Guitar
Sophie Sunday Warner (Scholar) Percussion & Timpani
Diploma of Higher Education
Lucas Boylan Tuba
Hannan Connell (Scholar) Trumpet
Karl Guhl Composition
John Cameron McDonnell French Horn
Bachelor of Music with Honours
Catherine Maria Alsey Violin
Toril Azzalini (Scholar) Percussion & Timpani
Marvin Beli (Scholar) Piano
Rubie Savanah Besin Violin
Alexander Bistany Savi Guitar
Julia Blachuta (Scholar) Violin
Greta Bommarito Violin
Enya Bowe Flute
Esther Alexandre Ballesteros Pereira Branco Violin
Amelie Budd (Scholar) Oboe
Sarah Therese Byrne (Scholar) Bassoon
Aidan James Campbell (Scholar) Bassoon
George Lanxi Campbell (Scholar) Piano
Yau Ip Chan Violin
Yixiang Chen Piano
Annabella Chenevix Trench Saxophone
Lydia Cochrane Saxophone & Jazz Saxophone
Alexandra Leonora Cooper (Scholar) Voice
Francisco Couto Piano
Emily Catherine Crook Clarinet
Joshua Cusworth (Scholar) Trumpet
Gabriel Czerniejewski (Scholar) Piano
Arie Dakesian (Scholar) Guitar
Alexandros Dani (Scholar) Saxophone
Alice Dilley Clarinet
Alice Kaho Dring Violin
Martha-Lilly Dyer Lute
Jasper Eaglesfield (Scholar) Composition
Theodore Richard Augustine Elwes Violin
Louis Jack Enright Composition
Alexander Evans Organ
Zachariah Everson Voice
Delyth Field Composition
Benjamin Joseph Fosker Double Bass
David Fraser (Scholar) Voice
Isabel García González (Scholar) Double Bass
Leah Hallinon Flute
Berniya Hamie (Scholar) Cello & Piano
Isaac Harari (Scholar) Percussion & Timpani
Lily Harwood (Scholar) Violin
Qinyue He Piano
Emily Sarah Henderson Cello
Amy Heptinstall (Scholar) Voice
Lucy Eleanor Holmes Violin & Composition
Lydienne Kalia Monica Horsford Double Bass
Ziming Huang Piano
Mine Aysha Ibrahim Violin
Maria Weronika Jaszewska Violin
Xinyue Kang Viola
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (Scholar) Piano
Mikhail Kaploukhii Piano
Hey Lok Haley Kwai Harp
Hiu Yan Kwan Oboe
Faye Lam (Scholar) Violin
Thomas Hector Law Voice
Jack Finn Ledger-Dowse (Scholar) Composition
Jiwon Lee Cello
Yu Liang Oliver Lee (Scholar) Saxophone
Elena Ana Leon Oboe
Elizaveta Lessoun (Scholar) Cello
Wai Sum Leung (Scholar) Oboe
Zhuofan Li (Scholar) Piano
Hannah Limbrick (Scholar) Voice
Esmee Loughlin-Dickenson Voice
Joseph Elias Lowe (Scholar) Viola & Historical Violin
Jack Luk Piano
Qianyi Ma Piano
Ustinya Malinina Voice
Daniil Margulis (Scholar) Double Bass
Mirabelle Marley Clarke (Scholar) Viola
Paul Igorevich Mnatsakanov (Scholar) Piano & Harpsichord
Astrid Ulrika Solvind Montén (Scholar) Voice
Jasmine Morris (Scholar) Composition
Leopoldo Franco Stefano Mugnai Saxophone
Alexandra Olivia Peel (Scholar) Violin
Edward Pelham Clarinet
Marco Perez Martinez Violin
Evgeni Petrichev (Scholar) Piano
Viviane Iaroslavna Larissa Plekhotkine (Scholar) Violin
Jan Pospíšil Composition
Harriet Joy Quick (Scholar) Viola
Yelyzaveta Rakovska (Scholar) Harp
Rosanna Rowe Viola
William Rowling (Scholar) Percussion & Timpani
Julie Scheuren Percussion & Timpani
Sasha Scott (Scholar) Composition
Murray Sedgwick (Scholar) Percussion & Timpani
Deniz Şensoy (Scholar) Violin
Hannah Grace Shimwell (Scholar) Clarinet
Leonor Sousa Luz da Silva Historical Flute
Radu-Gabriel Stoica (Scholar) Piano
Cheuk Him Tang Piano
Jose Teixeira Bass Trombone
Helena Thomas Violin
Moyang Tian Piano
James William Todd Organ
Isabella Todes Violin
Ethan Michael Townsend (Scholar) Saxophone & Jazz Saxophone
Marcell Vajda (Scholar) Piano
Elizaveta Velikhova Piano
Brontë Vlashi Violin
Anxin Wang Piano
Rui Wang Flute
Maddie Wegg (Scholar) Saxophone & Jazz Saxophone
Matthew West Organ
Leslie Wilburn Violin
Tom Wilson Violin
Yuting Wu Guitar
Daniel Jiarui Xia (Scholar) Piano & Harpsichord
Peixuan Xie Cello
Aoqing Yang Cello
Dian Yi Harp
On Man Yip Harpsichord
Laura Amelia Young Viola
Ziheng Yu Cello
Da Zhang Piano
Qiawen Zhao Piano
Yihan Zhao (Scholar) Piano & Harpsichord
Ugne Liepa Zuklyte (Scholar) Violin
Bachelor of Music with Honours
Taught and assessed jointly by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal College of Music, in Singapore and London
Cen Qiushi Voice
Chen Meijun Piano
Gamaliel Christiansen Mamahit Piano
Gu Tianjiao Ruan
Huang Tingxuan Guzheng
Koh Cheng Ya Violin
Lau Jing Lun Tenor Trombone
Natasha Lee Xin Yi Viola
Lim Fang Yi, Joey Aston French Horn
Lim Rei Percussion
Michelle Lim Qian Yee French Horn
Li You Guzheng
Lyu Mingjie Voice
Michelle Piano
Jacky Ng Yong Hoe Suona
Ong Beng Kiat, Daniel Clarinet
Song Yena Piano
Tian Jiayu Sheng
Tosakul Saenghaengfah Violin
Wan Junni Pipa
Wang Jiajie Voice
Wilbert Taylor Piano
Yang Zongao Saxophone
Zeng Huiyi Violin
Zhang Jiarui Ruan
Bachelor of Education with Honours in Instrumental & Vocal Teaching
Taught and assessed jointly by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal College of Music, in Singapore and London
Chai Siak Lee Violin
Chew Shaun En, Elias Piano
Goh Yang Kai Piano
Ivena Patri Piano
Kang Kat Ying Piano
Ng Yun Hui, Sherra Piano
Samuel Pang En Piano
Tan Li Thong, Isabel Piano
Tan Zhi Shin Piano
Teh Kai Yin Cheney Erhu
Graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance
Natalka Pasicznyk
Adja Thomas-Mbaye
Gabriel Tufail Smith
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES IN PERFORMANCE
Postgraduate Certificate
Max Blass-Laker (Scholar) Collaborative Piano
Postgraduate Diploma in Performance
Tabitha Isobel Eve Bolter (Scholar) French Horn
Hanna Mbuya (Scholar) Tuba
Ecaterina-Daniela Popescu (Scholar) Voice
Dímitra Sioras Violin
Hannah-Elizabeth Teoh Collaborative Piano
Master of Performance
May Abercrombie (Scholar) Voice
Cristiana Achim (Scholar) Piano
Laura Mary Aherne (Scholar) Voice
Joshua Allen (Scholar) Tuba
Laura Jane Armstrong (Scholar) Cello
Vusala Babayeva Piano
Charles Baigent Voice
Zoe Barnett (Scholar) Guitar
Mirjam Bartol Violin
Vera Beumer (Scholar) Violin
Madeline Boreham (Scholar) Voice
Simon Brown (Scholar) Voice
Mykyta Burzanitsa (Scholar) Piano
Maxim Harry Calver (Scholar) Cello
Elif Cansever (Scholar) Violin
Xinyu Cao Oboe
Abhisri Chaudhuri (Scholar) Collaborative Piano
Huayi Chen Cello
Charlotte Clapperton (Scholar) Voice
Benjamin Collyer (Scholar) Organ
Matilda Coulton Flute
Anna Crawford (Scholar) Cello
Heng Cui Piano
Ella Dorothea Delbrueck (Scholar) Oboe
Aocheng Di Piano
Aleksandra Dunaeva (Scholar) Voice
Isabel Esaín Viola da Gamba
Maria Filippova (Scholar) Flute
Connor Gingell (Scholar) Tuba
Sofía Gómez Alberto (Scholar) Violin
Annissa Kali Gybel (Scholar) Violin
Isabelle Haley-Porteous (Scholar) Flute
Alysia Hanshaw (Scholar) Voice
Samuel James Hird (Scholar) Voice
Leila Jasmine Lona Hooton (Scholar) Flute
Junyao Hou Cello
Lok Yin Hui Flute
Matthew Iddeson (Scholar) Voice
Yizhen Jia Piano
Bingbing Jiang Piano
Chenmei Jiang Violin
Gavin Johnson (Scholar) Tuba
Yeh-Chuan Kao Piano
Charlotte Jane Kennedy (Scholar) Voice
Lily Vera Kettle Violin
Amelia Grace Langley Voice
Francesca Lauri (Scholar) Collaborative Piano
Xiaoyan Leng Cello
Xin Ze Ian Lim Harp
Tsun Ho Lok French Horn
Carolina López Del-Nero Cello
Kei Yin Lui (Scholar) Bassoon
Polina Makhina (Scholar) Violin
Katie Mazur Violin
Georgia Melville (Scholar) Voice
Julia Metzmacher Collaborative Piano
Xiongyufan Miao Violin
Elliott Thomas Milum Tuba
Joel David Munday (Scholar) Violin
Elizabeth Nagle (Scholar) Violin
Eyra Rose Lourdesmary Norman (Scholar) Voice
Michal Oren (Scholar) Orchestral Conducting
James Parkinson (Scholar) Tenor Trombone
Ceferina Penny (Scholar) Voice
Thibaut Pesnel Violin
Marion Portelance (Scholar) Cello
Feimin Qiao Viola
Amber Reeves Pigott (Scholar) Voice
Michael Roche Voice
Anna Rogers Flute
Euan Scott (Scholar) Trumpet
Kaja Sešek (Scholar) Violin
Angèle Sevestre (Scholar) Violin
Edward Smith Trumpet
Izabela Stefańska (Scholar) Cello
Rennie Sutherland (Scholar) Clarinet
Otoha Tabata (Scholar) Viola
Jamie Tweed (Scholar) Tenor Trombone
Zhiyi Wang Piano
Poppy Webb-Taylor (Scholar) Oboe
Jingyi Wei Cello
Alexandria Ivy White (Scholar) Voice
Ross Williams (Scholar) Oboe
Maria Willis (Scholar) Voice
Yinglun Wong Piano
Felicitas Wrede (Scholar) Voice
Di Wu Voice
Jiaxin Yang (Scholar) Viola
Changyu Yin (Scholar) Piano
Hong Zhan Piano
Ni Zhang Cello
Master of Music in Performance
Amelia Atkinson Voice
Tayfun Bomboz Violin
Archie Bonham Piano
Katie May Bunney (Scholar) Saxophone
Connor Campbell Voice
Haomiao Cao Cello
Richard Decker (Scholar) Voice
Kushan Avishka Edirisinghe (Scholar)
Collaborative Piano
Haitong Fu Piano
Olivia Gandee (Scholar) French Horn
Leo Glenister (Scholar) French Horn
Vladimir Grudin (Scholar) Organ
Yiling Huang Cello
Hoi Lam Hui Cello
Anastasia Koorn Voice
Hiu Shan Lai Piano
Alexander Mackinder Orchestral Conducting
Nicole Micheli (Scholar) Saxophone
Ana Molnar-Popa (Scholar) Violin
İlayda Deniz Oğuz (Scholar) Piano
Ellen Grace Pearson Voice
Beatriz Vila (Scholar) French Horn
Subin Yoon (Scholar) Violin
Yinzhi Yuan (Scholar) Piano
Huan Zhang Piano
Fangwei Zhao Piano
Peng Zhen Violin
Tianlang Zhou (Scholar) Piano
Artist Diploma in Performance
Archie Bonham (Scholar) Collaborative Piano
James Carrabino Piano
Tian Chen Collaborative Piano
Leora Cohen (Scholar) Violin
Diana Cooper Piano
Qiyin Deng Piano
Fangning Dong Cello
Svyatoslav Egorov (Scholar) Piano
Hanji Fan Violin
Maria Ford Violin
Junhao Fu Oboe
Xinping Gao (Scholar) Flute
Yu Gu Collaborative Piano
Mengyao Guo Collaborative Piano
Parvis Noah Hejazi Nico (Scholar) Piano
David Horvat (Scholar) Violin
Vanesa Hristova (Scholar) Viola
Lan Hu Piano
Thomas Kelly (Scholar) Piano
Ivan Chin Yuen Leung Organ
Mingze Li Double Bass
Ruohua Li Double Bass
Mengxue Liang Collaborative Piano
Pedro Lopez Salas (Scholar) Piano
Rieko Makita Piano
Lucilla Rose Mariotti (Scholar) Violin
Yumeng Pan Piano
Sofía Peciña Medina (Scholar) Piano
Chen Peng Viola
Lucia Porcedda (Scholar) Clarinet
Yuyao Qu Collaborative Piano
Dorian Rambaud (Scholar) Violin
Andrej Shaklev (Scholar) Piano
Peiyao Shan (Scholar) Piano
Peiyao Su (Scholar) Piano
Yaoqi Tang French Horn
Kostandin Tashko (Scholar) Piano
Aimée Elizabeth Taylor (Scholar) Historical Flute
Pablo Tejedor-Gutiérrez Historical Cello
Giulia Toniolo (Scholar) Piano
Yang Wang Piano
Andrzej Wiercinski (Scholar) Piano
Rui Wu Collaborative Piano
Gaoyang Yang Violin
Yuanfan Yang (Scholar) Piano
Subin Yoon (Scholar) Violin
Zhiqi Yuan Piano
Huanyan Zhang Piano
Shuang Zhang Piano
Yajing Zhang Saxophone
Tianlang Zhou (Scholar) Piano
Xindi Zhu Piano
Artist Diploma in Opera
Dafydd Jones (Scholar)
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES IN COMPOSITION
Master of Composition
Seyedsobhan Afsarianmohassel Composition for Screen
Jinghan Chen Composition for Screen
Leah Tatjana Ann Clarke (Scholar) Composition for Screen
Isin Eray Composition for Screen
Thérence André Daniel Guillerme (Scholar) Composition for Screen
Bingxu Hou Composition
Toby Longhurst Composition for Screen
Joel Ofori Composition for Screen
Arya Pugala Composition
Samy Qoraiche-Sahraoui† Composition for Screen
Joshua Urben Composition for Screen
Jérémy Velez (Scholar) Composition for Screen
Obe Vermeulen Composition
Matthew West (Scholar) Composition for Screen
Ka Youn Yoo Composition for Screen
Master of Music in Composition
Sophia Bass Composition for Screen
Edward Driver (Scholar) Composition
Rebecca Galian (Scholar) Composition
Ka Cheuk Kwok Composition
Mitsuaki Daniel Musashi Composition
Julia Skiba Composition for Screen
Chak Yan Tang Composition
Qixuan Wu Composition for Screen
Jieqi Zhang Composition
Artist Diploma in Composition
Darren Jun-Long Xu Composition
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES IN MUSIC EDUCATION
Master of Education in Music
Emma Cooper
Catherine Ann Cundy
Alan Charles Duguid
Yuen Yan Lai
Reyhaneh Lotfi
Madeleine Shearer
Jack Stafford Ronayne
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES IN PERFORMANCE SCIENCE
Postgraduate Diploma in Performance Science
Tiago Andre Carvalho
Master of Science in Performance Science
Jeryl Bayona
Wei Chen
Chak Kwan Chung
Jen Davies
Michaela-Daisy Evans
Jia Ni Erica Goh
Charlie-Jade Jones
Chun Lee
Yanhao Liu
Nara MacDermott-Clapperton
Nikole Puchkov
Alicia Thomas
Charlotte Walker
Nicola Wydenbach
Sheng Yu
DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES
Doctor of Music
Alexander Ho (Scholar)
Reflecting and reimagining transnational Chinese identity through composition
Jorge Filipe Pinto Ramos
Technology and composition — an autoethnography on the influence of electronics on orchestration practice
Doctor of Philosophy
Tihamér Hlavacsek
The piano music of Carl Goldmark (1830–1915)
Ho Chuen Lam
An investigation of coping, resilience and selfcompassion among conservatoire music students in the United Kingdom
Samuel Mallia
Unsettling ‘necessities’: a poststructural analysis of curricular policy and its implementation in state secondary level music education in Malta
Sureshkumar Pasupula Sekar
Liveness, Liveliness, aLiveness: an empirical study on audience experience in Film-with-Live-Orchestra concerts
Berenice Beverley Zammit
Preparing to perform: professional musicians’ pre-performance routines and strategies
Doctor of Philosophy (by publication)
Federica Nardacci
New perspectives on the Italian instrumental music renaissance over the long nineteenth century
COMPETITIVE PRIZES
Beethoven Piano Competition
Kendall Taylor Prize (First Prize): Paul Mnatsakanov (Second Prize): Wong Kai Chit Jack
Chappell Medal Piano Competition
Chappell Medal (First Prize): Magdalene Ho
Hopkinson Gold Medal and Cyril Smith Prize (Second Prize): Mikhail Kaploukhii
Hopkinson Silver Medal and Peter Wallfisch Prize (Third Prize): Diana Cooper
Esther Fisher Prize (Best Undergraduate Performance): Magdalene Ho
Joan Chissell Schumann Competition
First Prize: Madeline Boreham
Second Prize: Ceferina Penny
Third Prize: Lily Mo Browne
Pianist Awards
Pianist First Prize: Francesca Lauri
Pianist Second Prize: Archie Bonham
Pianist Third Prize: George Campbell
Brooks-Van der Pump English Song Competition
Awards from the first round of the competition (Best Undergraduate Performance): Esmée Loughlin-Dickenson
Pianist Awards from the first round of the competition (Best Student Pianist): Magdalene Ho
First Prize: Sam Hird
Second Prize: Lily Mo Browne
Third Prize: Ceferina Penny
Pianist First Prize: Ayane Nakajima
Pianist Second Prize: Francesca Lauri
Pianist Third Prize: Julia Metzmacher
Lieder Competition
The Bertha Taylor-Stach & Ted Moss Prize (Singer): Charlotte Jane Kennedy
Alasdair Graham Pianist Prize: Firoze Madon
Lies Askonas Competition
1st Prize (Lies Askonas Prize): Dafydd Jones
2nd Prize (Cuthbert Smith Prize): Beatriz Volante
3rd Prize: Charlotte Jane Kennedy
The Pianist Prize (Titanic Memoriam Prize): Francesca Lauri
Violin Competition
Violin Prize (incorporating The Ian Stoutzker, WH Reed & Stanley Blagrove Prizes): Lily Harwood
The Isolde Menges Prize for Unaccompanied Bach Prize: Tom Wilson
Viola Competition
Viola Prize: Vanessa Hristova
Unaccompanied Bach Prize: Vanessa Hristova
Harp Competition
Harp Prize: Tannaz Beigijouinani
Guitar Competition
Guitar Prize: Sacha Bistany
String Quartet Competition
The Helen Just & Susan Connell Prize and The Sacconi Quartet Prize: Seion Quartet (Joe MacDonald, Sally Aiko Dando, Joseph Berry, Carys Underwood)
Solo Brass Competition
Horn Prize: David Wheeler
Trumpet Prize: Katie Bannister
Trombone and Overall Competition Prize: Meggie Murphy
Tuba Prize: Gavin Johnson
Michael Laird Prize for Historical Brass Performance: Libby Foxley
Brass Ensemble Competition
Brass Ensemble Prize: The Outsliders (Robyn Anderson, Pau Santamaría, Meggie Murphy, Jonny Lovatt)
Solo Woodwind Competition
The Edward & Helen Hague Senior Woodwind Prize (in memory of Eve Kisch, Joy Boughton, Frederick Thurston & Arthur Somervell):
Maria Filippova
All Flutes Plus Flute Prize: Maria Filippova
Oboe Prize: Ross Williams
Clarinet Prize: Emily Crook
Howarth of London Bassoon Prize: Emily Ambrose
Woodwind Ensemble Competition
Woodwind Ensemble Prize: Hyde Clarinet Quartet (Emily Crook, Hannah Shimwell, Eleanor Kershaw, Edward Pelham)
June Emerson Music Launchpad Prize: Lucerna Quartet (Nicole Micheli, Paynor Tsate, Rosemary Ball, Emilija Auskalnyte)
Contemporary Music Competition
Winning Performer Prize: Ezra Escobar
Winning Composer Prize: Ezra Escobar
Double Bass Prize: Nathan Perry
Cello Prize: Carys Underwood
Unaccompanied Bach Prize: Carys Underwood
Percussion Competition
Prize for an Ensemble: Sirocco Duo (Toril Azzalini, Isaac Harari)
Historical Performance Competition
The Century Fund Prize & The Richard III Prize: Tempesta Barroca (Luca Imperiale, Isabel Esain Garcia, Joseph Lowe, Xavier Lowe and Apolline Khou)
Cor Anglais Competition
Grimaldi Prize for the Overall Winner: Amelie Budd
Grimaldi Prize for Runner-ups: Elizabeth Russell, Ross Williams
NOMINATED
PRIZES
Harold Darke Prize (organ): James Todd
McKenna Prize (baroque): Yihan Zhao
Joy Hockings Prize for Percussion: Julie Scheuren
Southern Percussion Prize: Clara Smith
Zildjian Prize for Percussion: Isaac Harari
James Holland Percussion Award: Murray Sedgwick
Elgar Memorial Prize (composition): Jasper Eaglesfield
Joseph Horovitz Prize for composition for screen: Thérence Guillerme, Jérémy Velez
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Best Graduate Awards
Samuel Pang
Michelle
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
All of us at the Royal College of Music extend our heartfelt thanks to our donors and supporters, whose generosity enables us to attract and retain the most talented young musicians from around the world. We are proud to be able to offer financial support to more than 50% of our students.
These scholarships and awards have a tangible impact on the lives of our students, providing access to world-renowned professors, state-of-the-art facilities and unparalleled performance opportunities. Such support fosters a professional and supportive environment where our students can thrive, allowing them to focus on their studies, refine their skills and reach new heights in their musical journeys.
We are immensely grateful for the continued commitment of our supporters, whose contributions played a vital role in securing our position as the top global institution in performing arts for the third year in a row (QS World University Rankings 2024, 2023 and 2022), as well as earning the inaugural top spot for Music in the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject.
With the support of our community, we are nurturing exceptional musicians and shaping the musical landscape of the future.
Scholarships and awards 2023–24
Aldama Scholarship
Alice Templeton Scholarship
Alida Johnson Award
Amaryllis Fleming Foundation Scholarship
Andrea Bocelli Foundation-Community Jameel Scholarship
Andrew Treagus Scholarship
Anglo-Norse Award
Ann Driver Trust Scholarship
Anne & Brian Wadsworth Scholarship
Antonio Brosa Award
Audrey Piggott Award
Audrey Sacher Award
Baring Foundation Award
Basil Coleman Opera Award
Benjamin Britten Piano Fellowship
Bernard Alexander Royle Shore CBE Scholarship
Bliss Trust Scholarship
Brooks-Anderson Award
Bruce-Payne Vaseppi Scholarship
C. Bechstein Scholarship
Carne Junior Fellowship
Celia Elmhirst Award
Charles Branchini Scholarship
Charles Richard Sisson Scholarship
Charlotte Fraser Foundation
Christopher Hogwood Scholarship
Clifton Parker Award
Constant & Kit Lambert Junior Fellowship
Cosmina and Douglas Liversidge Scholarship
Cotes-Burgan Scholarship
Cuthbert Smith Scholarship
Dangoor Scholarship
Dasha Shenkman Scholarship
David Laing Scholarship
David Young Piano Prize
Derek Butler Scholarship
Douglas & Adele Gardner Award
Douglas and Hilda Simmonds Scholarship
Drapers’ Company Scholarship
Drapers’ de Turckheim Scholarship
Edward and Helen Hague Award
Elizabeth Mary Morgan Award
Elsie Gertrude Martin Scholarship
Emma Rose Scholarship
Eric Gilbert Wells Scholarship
Evelyn Tarrant Scholarship
Fishmongers’ Colyer-Edwards Bequest Scholarship
Fishmongers’ Company Beckwith Scholarship
Fishmongers’ Company Scholarship
Frederick Cox Award
Frederick Johnston Scholarship
Gandar Dower Scholarship
Gary & Eleanor Brass Scholarship
George Stennett Award
George Thornton Award
Gladys Hay Scholarship
Gordon Calway Stone Scholarship
Graham Brookman Scholarship
H R Taylor Charitable Trust Scholarship
Heddy Simpson Award
Helen Just Scholarship
Helen Marjorie Tonks Scholarship
Herbert Samuel Award
Hilary Fabian & Geoffrey Dellar Award
Hilda Houssart Award
HMD Meyer Violin Prize
Humphrey Searle Scholarship
Ian Evans Lombe Scholarship
Il Circolo Music Award
Ilona Eibenschutz Award
International Music and Art Foundation Scholarship
Irene Hanson Scholarship
Jacqueline Ward Award
James Horner Scholarship
Jane Barker Scholarship
Jean Middlemiss Award
Jenny Marsh Chapman Memorial Scholarship
Jessie Sumner Scholarship
Joan Weller Scholarship
John & Marjorie Coultate Scholarship
John and Sylvia Daughtry Scholarship
John Birch Scholarship
John Lewis Partnership Scholarship
John Nickson & Simon Rew Scholarship in memory of Sir Peter Jonas
Joseph Clover Scholarship
Julia and Hans Rausing Scholarship
Karaviotis Scholarship
Keith Poole Award
Kendall Taylor Scholarship
Kenneth and Violet Scott Scholarship
Kirby Laing Foundation Scholarship
Kiri Te Kanawa Scholarship
Kit and John Gander Award
Knights of the Round Table Award
Koganovitch-Kagan Scholarship
L A Jones Scholarship
L G Harris Trust Scholarship
Lady Ruth Fermoy Award
Lee Abbey London
Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust Scholarship
Leonard Marks Memorial Award
Leopold de Rothschild Scholarship
Leverhulme Arts Scholarships
Linda Beeley Scholarship
Linda Hill Scholarship
London Women’s Clinic Foundation Scholarship
Maria Björnson Memorial Fund Award
Marian and Gordon Pell Award
Martin Harris Scholarship
Mary Tindall Scholarship
Mason Award
Michael Quinn Award
Michael Redman Scholarship
Michael Whittaker Scholarship
Midori Nishiura Scholarship
Mike Rimmer Scholarship
Mills Williams Junior Fellowship
Milstein Medal Award
Musicians’ Company Lambert Scholarship
Nancy Wolfers Scholarship
Needley Family Scholarship
Neville Wathen Scholarship
Noël Coward Composition Scholarship
Noel Croucher Scholarship
Norah Popple Award
Pamela Weston Clarinet Research & Performance Scholarship
Parnassus Scholarship
Peter and Sheila Bennett Scholarship
Petronella Dittmer Scholarship
Pidem Scholarship
Poppy Holden Scholarship
Professor Bernard Nevill Award
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Scholarship
Ray Davies Award
Richard & Susan Jarvis Award
Richard Goulding Scholarship
Richard Newton Scarth Award
Richard Silver Scholarship
Risman Foundation Scholarship
Rivers Symmons Scholarship
Robert Avery Scholarship
Robert Lancaster Scholarship
Robert McFadzean Whyte Award
Robert Sutherland Award
Roger Phillimore Award
Rose Williams Scholarship
Royal College of Music Pete Handley Award
Russell Race Scholarship
Sergei Kojine Scholarship
Sheila Saam Memorial Scholarship
Sir Gordon Palmer Scholarship
Sir John Stratton Scholarship
Sir Philip Shelbourne Award for Brass
Somers-Mountfort Scholarship
South Square Trust Award
Stanbridge Drake-Brockman Scholarship
Stanislawa Kryszek Award
Steel Charitable Trust Scholarship
Steinway Scholarship
Stephen Catto Memorial Scholarship
Stephen Roberts Scholarship
St Marylebone Educational Foundation
Tait Trust Scholarship
The Big Give Scholarship
The C H Scholarship
The Charles Colt Scholarship
The Charles Ravel Scholarship
The Charles Stewart Richardson Scholarship for Composition
The Dennis and Sylvia Forbes Award
The Doctor Knobel Fund
The Frederick and Phyllis Treby Scholarship
The Geoffrey Boyes Memorial Scholarship
The H F Music Award
The Hamilton-Stewart Scholarship
The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Scholarship
The Headley Trust Scholarship
The Herbert Howells & Thomas Fielden Scholarship
The Houston Family Scholarship
The Ivor Llewellyn Foster Scholarship
The JMC Award
The John Astor Fund
The Johnson Scholarship
The Linbury Scholarship
The Marco Livingstone Composition Award
The Margaret Mount Scholarship
The Michael Champion Scholarship
The Orpheus Scholarship
The Pauline Hartley Award
The Ramona and Trevor Swale Scholarship Fund
The Reinhold-Blüthner Scholarship
The Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation Scholarship
The Ruth Keattch Piano Scholarship
The Siow-Furniss Scholarship
The Sir Peter & Lady Walters Scholarship
The Spiller Award
The Stanley Picker Award
The Sussex Scholarship
The Victor and Lilian Hochhauser Scholarship
The Victor Dahdaleh Foundation Scholarship
The Wyseliot Scholarship
Theo Max van der Beugel Scholarship
Thomas Llewellyn Cottrell Scholarship
Tiong Kiu King Scholarship
Victoria Robey Scholarship
Vivian Prins Award
Wall Trust Award
Wilkins-Mackerras Award
William Mealings Scholarship
Winifred Law Award
Yvonne Wells Award
We would also like to extend our thanks to those who donate anonymously, and those who have donated to the RCM Scholarships Fund including attendees of the Future of Music Gala, supporters’ trip to Klosters and the ABRSM for their support of scholarships and bursaries in 2023–24.
For further information on the RCM Scholarships Fund, please contact the Philanthropy Team on +44 (0)20 7591 4862 or rcmscholarships@rcm.ac.uk or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/supportascholarship
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