graduation ceremony Friday 7 July 2017
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music | London
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From the Director On behalf of the Council, staff and students of the Royal College of Music, I am delighted to welcome you to the 2017 Graduation Ceremony. For those of you here to receive awards or to support friends or members of your family, I hope that this will be an occasion that you will remember with pleasure and pride. I believe that each RCM graduate has a particular responsibility to be an advocate for music. Wherever your career takes you, I want you to be inspired by what you have learned and experienced here. The power of music has long been understood. As Plato recognised more than 2,500 years ago: ‘Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.’ Music does indeed change the way we see the world and influence how we behave. For musicians, therefore, though the responsibility is great, the possibilities are thrilling, and the rewards infinite. Those graduating today join generations of gifted students who have forged their creative careers at the RCM. This list includes some of the most distinguished figures in British music history: Sir Thomas Allen, Sophie Bevan, Benjamin Britten, Dame Sarah Connolly, Sir Colin Davis, Gervase de Peyer, Sir James Galway, Alina Ibragimova, Jonathan Lemalu, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Elizabeth Watts, Julian Lloyd Webber and John Wilson. Our students are members of the College and this membership does not cease at graduation. You have now become part of one of the most prestigious alumni communities in the world. The RCM network will stand you in good stead in your career, and I hope you will remain proud of that association. Please keep in touch and remember to mention the RCM in your biographies. We will look back with pleasure on the ways in which you have contributed to the life of the College during your student days here: we hope that you will want to do the same.
Professor Colin Lawson CBE Director
royal college of music Patron Her Majesty The Queen
President His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales KG, KT, GCB, OM, AK, QSO, PC
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 Sir Anthony Cleaver FRCM Lady Middleton FRCM Mr Humphrey Norrington OBE, FRCM Dame Janet Ritterman DBE Mr Ian Stoutzker CBE, FRCM
Council Professor Lord Winston (Chairman) Mrs Jane Barker CBE (Deputy Chairman) Lord Black of Brentwood Mr Peter Dart Mr Douglas Gardner Mr Andrew Haigh Sir George Iacobescu CBE Ms Ruth Keattch The Hon Richard Lyttelton Ms Gillian Moore MBE, FRCM Mr John Nickson Mr Andrew Ratcliffe Lady Robey OBE Ms Alethea Siow Mr Rhoderick Voremberg Mr Robert Wigley
Director Professor Colin Lawson CBE, FRCM
Elected Members Professor Ashley Solomon HonRCM (elected by professors) Professor Vanessa Latarche (elected by professors) Mrs Eleanor Taylor HonRCM (elected by administrative staff) Mr Alexander Fryer (President, RCM Students’ Union)
Clerk to the Council Mr Kevin Porter HonRCM Mr Nicholas Seager (Assistant Clerk)
Senate Members Director Professor Colin Lawson (Chair)
Head of Composition William Mival
Deputy Director Kevin Porter
Head of Historical Performance Professor Ashley Solomon
Artistic Director Stephen Johns
Librarian Peter Linnitt
Director of Research Professor Richard Wistreich
Curator of RCM Museum Gabriele Rossi Rognoni
Head of Postgraduate Programmes Dr Natasha Loges
Head of Junior Programmes Miranda Francis
Head of Undergraduate Programmes Dr Christina Guillaumier
Head of Centre for Performance Science Professor Aaron Williamon
Chair of International Keyboard Studies and Head of Keyboard Associate Director for Partnerships in China Professor Vanessa Latarche
Student Services Manager Lynnette Easterbrook
Head of Strings Mark Messenger Head of Woodwind Simon Channing Head of Brass Nigel Black Head of Percussion David Hockings Head of Vocal Studies Nicholas Sears
President of the Students’ Union Alexander Fryer Elected Members David Graham Ian Jones Janis Kelly Gary Ryan Dr Wiebke Thormählen Academic Registrar Eleanor Taylor (Secretary)
order of ceremony Undergraduate Ceremony
10am
Registration for graduands commences in the Britten Theatre Foyer
10.30am
All graduands and guests to be seated in the Britten Theatre
11am
The audience is requested to stand for the entry of the academic procession The Chairman opens the proceedings The Director addresses the assembly The Director confers degrees and diplomas The Director announces special prizes, to be presented by the Chairman: – The Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Rose Bowl – Tagore Gold Medals The Chairman addresses the assembly The President of the Students’ Union offers a vote of thanks The Chairman concludes the ceremony The audience is requested to stand for the exit of the academic procession
Graduates and guests should remain in their places until the academic procession has left the Britten Theatre
12pm–1.30pm
A reception will follow in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall for all graduates and guests (tickets are required)
All academic gowns are to be returned to the Corelli Room no later than 5pm. Private filming, sound recording and commercial photography are not permitted without prior written permission.
Postgraduate Ceremony
1.30pm
Registration for graduands commences in the Britten Theatre Foyer
2pm
All graduands and guests to be seated in the Britten Theatre
2.30pm
The audience is requested to stand for the entry of the academic procession The Chairman opens the proceedings The Director addresses the assembly The Director confers degrees and diplomas The Director announces special prizes, to be presented by the Chairman: – The Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Rose Bowl – Tagore Gold Medals The Chairman addresses the assembly The President of the Students’ Union offers a vote of thanks The Chairman concludes the ceremony The audience is requested to stand for the exit of the academic procession
Graduates and guests should remain in their places until the academic procession has left the Britten Theatre
3.30pm–5pm
A reception will follow in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall for all graduates and guests (tickets are required)
All academic gowns are to be returned to the Corelli Room no later than 5pm. Private filming, sound recording and commercial photography are not permitted without prior written permission.
platform party Undergraduate Ceremony Chairman Professor Lord Winston Director Professor Colin Lawson Director of Research Professor Richard Wistreich Acting Head of Undergraduate Programmes Dr Anastasia Belina-Johnson President of the Students’ Union Mr Alexander Fryer
Postgraduate Ceremony Chairman Professor Lord Winston Director Professor Colin Lawson Director of Research Professor Richard Wistreich Head of Postgraduate Programmes Dr Natasha Loges President of the Students’ Union Mr Alexander Fryer
music Pre-ceremony Music Catrin Meek harp
Processional Music Nigel Black director RCM Brass Ensemble Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Britten Fanfare for St Edmundsbury During the receptions music will be provided by the Jonny Vaux Quartet
graduands Undergraduate Programmes
Anna Binias lute
Gap Year Experience
Philippa Bint viola
Ken-Ee Choong piano
Jonatan Bougt guitar
Certificate of Higher Education Dimitar Balev guitar Jenny Lee Clarke (Scholar) piano Eri Stephanie Joan Hunter piano Anna Christine Landolt violin Hau Lam Charlene Lee voice Simeon Munro (Scholar) voice Atida Johanna Torun Munthe Stahlhammer cello Maria Rodriguez Diaz (Scholar) bassoon Dorina Kata Vancsik saxophone
Anaïs Dessislava Boyadjieva violin Amy Bryce composition Christopher James Cohen violin Grigore Cuciuc violin Erika Victoria Curbelo (Scholar) trumpet Joshua Dalton violin Sarah Daramy-Williams violin Dimitris Daskalakis piano Piotr Dec (Scholar) clarinet Patricia Duraes violin Remi Faggiani horn
Diploma of Higher Education
Christopher Michael Ford trombone
Samuel Howard Duffield voice
Kimberley-Anne Foster percussion and timpani
Alberto Santamaría Lázaro composition
Matthew Gallagher composition
Harriet Frances Walker cello
Sophie Gallagher voice
Jessica Wadey violin
Maria Gilicel violin
Bachelor of Music with Honours Jamal Aliyev (Scholar) cello Bethan Allmand violin Eduardo Andrade Azanza composition James Alexander Atkinson (Scholar) voice Laura Ayoub violin Tamara Bakoč voice Haydn Thomas Daniel Bateman (Scholar) guitar Stefan Beckett (Scholar) percussion and timpani Florian David Emmanuel Belbeoch cello Dominique Bespalov violin Jacob Bettinelli voice
Jan Gorjanc harp Bethan Louise Griffiths harp Artur Andrzej Haftman (Scholar) piano Iain Hall (Scholar) recorder Samuel Jonathan Hall (Scholar) composition Emily Louise Harding (Scholar) trumpet Alexander Hart (Scholar) guitar Rosa Hartley violin Jake Hinson clarinet Laura Elizabeth Hocking (Scholar) voice Thomas Hollister percussion and timpani Gregory Huff trombone Rachel Louise Hurst bassoon
Grigorios Ioannou (Scholar) piano
Antoine Indronil Sarkar trumpet
Sergei Istrati composition
Franck Edouard Sauvignon piano
Martin Jeriga (Scholar) viola
Daniel Paul Scott flute and recorder
Camellia Johnson clarinet
Claire Shaw saxophone
Aleem Kandour (Scholar) violin
Jobine Olga Siekman cello
Lucy Harriet Keller double bass
Rebecca Antonia Silverman voice
Leon Keuffer (Scholar) violin
Matthew Smith trombone
Ha Eun Kim cello
Xiyuan Sun (Scholar) piano
Sa Lang Kim piano
Tingwei Tan violin
William Jacob Knight (Scholar) clarinet
Mikel Uskola Cobos voice
Maria Kustas (Scholar) piano
Fabian van de Geest (Scholar) horn
Yan Lam Lai piano
Bertram Jia Kai Wee (Scholar) composition
Jing Yu Jane Lau piano
Emma Westley bassoon
Sally Law (Scholar) violin
Amelia Widjaja piano
Yi Lee (Scholar) violin
Jack Wilson trumpet
Aleksandra Li (Scholar) violin
Peter Wilson (Scholar) composition
Melody Kuan-Yin Lin cello
Wei-Ting Wu (Scholar) violin
Brenda Lopez Gimenez classical clarinet
Helena Dawn Yah (Scholar) violin
David Lopez Ibanez violin
Lynette Yeo piano
Kheng Hoe Low piano Eloise Florence Marie MacDonald violin Jacqueline Martens (Scholar) violin James Maund (Scholar) trombone Daniel McBride (Scholar) composition Amy-Jayne Milton (Scholar) flute Huw David Montague Rendall (Scholar) voice Robert Moseley (Scholar) trombone Emily Newman (Scholar) bassoon Conall William O’Neill voice Keziah Peel (Scholar) saxophone William Riby percussion and timpani Morag Robertson viola Florence Rousseau (Scholar) horn Paula Sanz Alasa 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 Cheng Yee Ki clarinet Chia Wei Jian ruan Cortez Ma. Angela Javelosa voice Goh Jia Hui Jolene viola Guo Xingchen violin Evelyn Handrisanto piano Hui Man Qin piano Koh Wen Jun, Derek percussion and timpani Eunice Koh Kai’en cello Kwek Yu Rong, Marcus horn Donald Law Wei Song piano
Li Jingli cello
Frances Elizabeth Roberts violin
Li Qianhui piano
Adrianna Stoiber piano accompaniment
Jennifer Lie piano
Greg Topping (Scholar) bassoon
Lim Qing Yang viola
Maureen Vallery viola da gamba
Lin Wan piano
William Walker cello
Ngeow Si Ming, Jonathan ruan
Christopher Xuereb double bass
Cindy Photina piano
Jiajia Yu piano
Muhammad Andi Shafiq Bin Sa’iddi trumpet Shen Longguang, Christopher horn Soh Swee Kiat sheng Song Yuexuan piano Tan Guan Ting, Zerlina (Chen Guanting) voice Tan Jiewei, Jasper trombone Tan Kai Ting, Caroline clarinet Tay Yvonne Tay guzheng Toh Ying Le, Ophelia cello Tse Hal Ye Cherie voice Carissa Wijaya piano Yong Koi Onn Joshua piano Zou Yuanxu piano Zhang Hui piano Zhou Yutong piano
Postgraduate Programmes in Performance
Master of Performance Mario Ahijado de la Cruz piano Nikola Avramovic (Scholar) piano Carolina Bartumeu (Scholar) cello Mark Biggins (Scholar) conducting Elizabeth Bunday oboe Stephen John Calow (Scholar) tuba Sofia Castillo Zambrano (Scholar) flute Rachel Chen piano accompaniment Jaymee Coonjobeeharry (Scholar) flute Katie Cowling recorder Andrew Crampton trombone (bass) Calyssa Davidson violin Aleksei Demchenko piano May Dolan (Scholar) viola Anne-Gabriele Douce piano Anna Magdalena Euen horn
Postgraduate Certificate in Performance
Iain Gibbs violin
Anton Crayton cello
Tom Griffiths (Scholar) trumpet
Hanna Andrea Yasmine Peters horn
Max Hale saxophone
Postgraduate Diploma in Performance Tiago Gomes de Matos guitar Madelaine Clara Jones piano Thomas Kelly tuba Paul Milhau violin Clarice Rarity violin
Liam Harman clarinet Alfred Harries double bass Sten Heinoja (Scholar) piano Carl Johan Michael HĂśglind viola Jonathan Paul Hollick (Scholar) trombone Yuet Ka Hui piano
Helena Jacklin (Scholar) horn
Lowri Thomas (Scholar) viola
Alex William Jenkins piano accompaniment
Svetoslav Todorov contemporary piano
Sarah Johnson (Scholar) horn
Elena Toponogova piano
Kayol Lam organ
Elisabeth Turmo violin
Matthew Lewis (Scholar) bassoon
Nelly Von Alven guitar
Chengwei Li piano
Naomi Watson violin
Yawen Li piano
Jo Dee Yeoh (Scholar) cello
Julia Liang (Scholar) violin
Tianpeng Yu piano
En-Ming Lin cello
Veniamin Zhukov (Scholar) piano
Li-Pei Liu piano Mengqiao Liu piano Chi Hang Long piano Michael George McGeary guitar Alun McNeil-Watson (Scholar) percussion and timpani
Master of Music in Performance Samuel Beck-Johnson double bass Siu Tung Chan piano Edward Kenneth Giffney piano Michael Hughes guitar
Gerardo Mendez Juarez (Scholar) viola
Alexandra Isted violin
Hikaru Nakanishi piano accompaniment
Alexander Kirk piano
Jorge Nava Vasquez piano
William Ross Lumbard (Scholar) trombone
Assya Nurzhigitova (Scholar) violin
Chloe Grace Murphy guitar
Azusa Ono (Scholar) saxophone
Melissa Ong cello
Marie Otaka piano accompaniment
Katie Suzanne Mary Potts oboe
Yuanwei Ping piano
Jian Ren (Scholar) violin
Joao Pontes de Araujo piano accompaniment
Arianne Louise Rooney horn
Guillermo Presa Santana (Scholar) saxophone
Gabrielle Sofia Teychenne violin
Myfanwy Angharad Price oboe
Jingjing Wan piano
Mateusz Ignacy Rettner piano
Yun Zhou (Scholar) piano
Zoe Saubat (Scholar) cello
Artist Diploma in Performance
Victoria Sawyer violin Young-Kwang Son (Scholar) cello Ana Souza Leban (Scholar) oboe Caitlin Stock bassoon Adam Stockbridge (Scholar) trumpet Brigitte Subkov contemporary piano Lasma Taimina (Scholar) violin
Philip Attard (Scholar) saxophone Zherard Aymonche (Scholar) piano Nicholas Baroutsakis guitar TimothĂŠe Ruben AndrĂŠ Botbol (Scholar) cello Shi Ling Chin violin Clara Danchin (Scholar) violin Joseph Thomas Everson Davies cello
Pierre Frapier (Scholar) violin
Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal Performance
Bryony Louise Gibson-Cornish (Scholar) viola
Sophie Dicks (Scholar)
Sue In Kang (Scholar) violin Ilya Kondratiev (Scholar) piano Tanja Helen Kvitnes flute Alix Lauranne Benedicte Lagasse (Scholar) violin Alexandra Lomeiko (Scholar) violin Taylor Donald Peter MacLennan (Scholar) flute Zeljka Mandaric piano Michal Tomasz Marcol (Scholar) violin Rusne Mikiskaite (Scholar) saxophone Eunsley Park (Scholar) violin Oliver Robert Poole piano Pia Elisabeth Rossel violin Varvara Tarasova (Scholar) piano Samson Tsoy (Scholar) piano Alexander Ullman (Scholar) piano Hyun Jung Won piano Andrew Yiangou piano Hang Zhou piano David Zucchi (Scholar) saxophone
Master of Performance in Vocal Performance Anna Josephine Cavaliero (Scholar) Jennifer Coleman (Scholar) Thomas Francois Burger Erlank (Scholar) Emily Jean Jennings April Atinuke Koyejo (Scholar) Julieth Lozano Rolong (Scholar) Elspeth Marrow (Scholar) Lauren Joyanne Morris (Scholar) Feargal Mostyn-Williams (Scholar) Thobela Ntshanyana (Scholar) Samuel Robert Oram Carly Marie Owen (Scholar) Eleanor Penfold Rowan Mair Pierce (Scholar) Richard Alan Pinkstone Elizabeth Reeves Eleanor Rose Sanderson-Nash Viktoriia Skorniakova (Scholar)
Artist Diploma in Chamber Music
Harry Thatcher (Scholar)
Henry Chandler (Scholar) violin
Ashlyn Tymms (Scholar)
Karen French (Scholar) cello Benjamin Harrison (Scholar) viola Soh Yon Kim (Scholar) violin
Master of Music in Vocal Performance Timothy Edlin (Scholar) Yiwen Su (Scholar)
Postgraduate Vocal Programmes
Artist Diploma in Opera
Graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance
Katie Rebecca Coventry (Scholar)
Marion Harache
Kamilla Kate Dunstan (Scholar)
Hugo Douglas Herman-Wilson (Scholar)
Julien Amand Van Mellaerts (Scholar)
Alexander Jarl Thorsteinsson
Postgraduate Programmes in Composition
Postgraduate ProgrammeS in Performance Science
Postgraduate Certificate in Composition for Screen
Postgraduate Diploma in Performance Science
Jakub Konrad Rychlik
Master of Composition Benjamin Luke Ashby (Scholar) Ho-Yi Chan David Peter Evans (Scholar) Yun-Ho Jeong (Scholar) Piyawat Louilarpprasert (Scholar) Benjamin Wade
Michelle Marie Felipe Stuart
Master of Science in Performance Science Marijn Abbink Tipwatoo Aramwittaya Mary Aynsley Ardington Sasha Bainson Stefan Bernhard Laura Bonar Danielle Mary Doherty
Master of Composition in Composition for Screen
Emily Hall
Jan Fité Piguillem (Scholar)
Eleanor Mary Jones
Thomas Foskett-Barnes (Scholar)
Kwok Hei Michael Lee
Dominic Friston
Kathryn Louise Salter
Jiayi Huang
Rosamund Surtees
Mauricio Loseto
Kathryn Warran
Timothy Garfield James Maryon
Maria Alexandra Zlatior
Lucinda Kate Heyman
Gareth John Murphy (Scholar)
Master of Music in Composition Daniel Lee Chappell (Scholar) Chung Yin Leung
Master of Music in Composition for Screen Christos Kiourtidis
Research Degrees Doctor of Music Michael Oliva Singularity: a new multimedia verismo opera for the 21st century Maria Immaculata Setiadi (Scholar) Creating new concert experiences via cross-arts practice for pianists
Doctor of Philosophy Lisa Aufegger (Scholar) The investigation of musicians’ physiological and psychological responses to performance stress Catherine Jill Crisp (Scholar) The clarinet comes of age, c.1760–1810: a tale of two cities
competitive prizes Beethoven Piano Competition
Third Prize: Julieth Lozano
Kendall Taylor Prize First Prize: Tolga Un Joint-Second Prize: Philippos Tsiaklides and Jun Lin Wu
Titanic Memoriam Prize (Pianist First Prize): Alex William Jenkins
Chappell Piano Competition Chappell Medal (First Prize): Veniamin Zhukov Hopkinson Gold Medal and Cyril Smith Prize (Second Prize): Arina Lazgiian Hopkinson Silver Medal and Peter Wallfisch Prize (Third Prize): Victor Maslov
Violin Competition Ian Stoutzker, WH Reed and Stanley Blagrove Prize: Aleksandra Li Isolde Menges Prize (for Unaccompanied Bach): Aleksandra Li
Viola Competition Viola Prize: Lowri Thomas
Esther Fisher Prize (Best Undergraduate Performance): Victor Maslov
Prize for Best Performance of Unaccompanied Bach: Geeta Nazareth
Joan Chissell Schumann Prize for Piano
Violoncello Competition
First Prize: Stephanie Onggowinoto
1st Prize: Jamal Aliyev
Second Prize: Nikola Avramovic
Unaccompanied Bach Prize: Kristiana Ignatjeva
Joint-Third Prize: Dominic Doutney and Ilya Kondratiev
Harp Competition
Brooks-van der Pump English Song Competition
Harp Prize: Rosanna Rolton
Guitar Competition
Vocal Awards First Prize: Julien Van Mellaerts
Guitar Prize: Jonatan Bougt
Second Prize: Tom Scott-Cowell
String Quartet Music Competition
Third Prize: Julieth Lozano
Helen Just and Susan Conrell Prize and Sacconi Quartet Prize: Salomé Quartet (Haim Choi violin, Phoebe Goddard violin, Katarzyna Ziminska viola, Shizuku Tatsuno cello)
Pianist Awards First Prize: Mateusz Rettner Second Prize: Joao Pontes de Araujo
Lieder Competition Ted Moss and Bertha Taylor-Stach Prize (Singer): Eleanor Sanderson-Nash Pianist Prize: Marie Otaka
Lies Askonas Competition Lies Askonas Prize (First Prize): Ida Ränzlöv Cuthbert Smith Prize (Second Prize): Anna Cavaliero
Solo Brass Competition Horn Prize: Alexander Oon Trumpet Prize: Adam Stockbridge Tenor Trombone Prize: Matthew Smith Bass Trombone Prize: James Maund Tuba Prize: Oliver Brooks
Brass Ensemble Competition Brass Ensemble Prize: Skyline Brass (William Morley trumpet, Adam Stockbridge trumpet, Oliver de Carteret horn, Jonathan Hollick tenor trombone, Stephen Calow tuba)
Senior Woodwind Competition Edward and Helen Hague Senior Woodwind Prize in Memory of Joy Boughton, Eve Kisch, Arthur Somervell and Frederick Thurston: Sofia Castillo Zambrano All Flutes Plus Flute Prize: Sofia Castillo Zambrano Oboe Prize: Anna Seaton Clarinet Prize: Piotr Dec Howarth of London Bassoon Prize: Justin Sun
Saxophone Competition Jane Melber Prize: Jose Manuel Brazo
Woodwind Ensemble Competition Woodwind Ensemble Prize (First Prize): Godiva Trio (Jaymee Coonjobeeharry flute, Elliot Gresty clarinet, Matthew Lewis bassoon) Launchpad Prize (Second Prize): The Aesthesia Quartet (Jonathan Vaux soprano saxophone, Daniel Scott alto saxophone, Stephanie Frankland tenor saxophone, Ashley Brand baritone saxophone)
Percussion Competition First Prize: Hyun-Gi Lee
Contemporary Music Competition First Prize: Amy Bryce Composition Prize: Bertram Wee
Historical Performance Competition First Prize: Sara Simenyi
nominated prizes McKenna Prize (Baroque): Iain Hall Joy Hockings Prize for Percussion: Jess Wood Southern Percussion Prize 2017: William Riby Sabian Prize for Percussion 2017: Stefan Beckett Elgar Memorial Prize (Composition): Bertram Wee Joseph Horovitz Prize for Composition for Screen: Jan FitĂŠ Piguillem
RCM Music Excellence Award To a student at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts: Tan Li Shan
Scholarships Since its foundation in 1882 the Royal College of Music has awarded scholarships to help cover the cost of tuition fees and enable generations of gifted students to forge their creative careers at the RCM. Scholarships are awarded by the Director at the start of the academic year on the grounds of talent, potential and musical ability. The RCM remains committed to its founding principles: that those with talent should have the opportunity to study with us regardless of their means. Currently more than 55% of students receive financial support through scholarships and awards, and the College has ambitious plans to increase this to 75% over the next five years. The RCM is grateful to all individuals, organisations, companies and charitable trusts who support our scholars, and would like to thank in particular those who have supported many of the students graduating today in the following named scholarships and awards:
ABRSM Scholarship Aldama Scholarship Alice Templeton Scholarship Alida Johnson Award Amaryllis Fleming Foundation Scholarship Antonio Brosa Award Anthony Elt Award Arthur Bliss Award Arthur Wilson Trombone Award Artpoint Foundation Scholarship Audrey Piggott Award Audrey Sacher Award Baring Foundation Award Barry Shaw Scholarship Basil Coleman Opera Awards Betty Brenner Scholarship Boltini Trust Scholarship Bowerman Charitable Trust Scholarship Carne Trust Scholarship Carole and Geoff Lindey Award Chairman’s Award Charles Branchini Scholarship Charles Jacobs Award Charles Napper Award (Pro Musica Ltd) Charles Richard Sisson Scholarship Christopher Hogwood Scholarship Clifton Parker Award Cosmina and Douglas Liversidge Scholarship Cuthbert Smith Scholarship Dasha Shenkman Scholarship David Young Prize Derek Butler Scholarship Dmitri Hvorostovsky Scholarship Douglas and Hilda Simmonds Scholarship Douglas and Kyra Downie Award Dr Michael West Scholarship Drapers de Turckheim Scholarship Edward and Helen Hague Award Elizabeth Mary Morgan Award Else and Leonard Cross Award
Elsie Gertrude Martin Scholarship Emma Rose Scholarship Evelyn Tarrant Scholarship Fiona & Douglas Flint Award Frederick Johnston Scholarship Gandar Dower Scholarship Gary & Eleanor Brass Scholarship George Stennett Award Gisela Gledhill Scholarship Gordon Calway Stone Scholarship Greenbank Award Gylla Godwin Award H R Taylor Trust Scholarship H.M.D. Meyer Violin Prize Heddy Simpson Award Helen Marjorie Tonks Scholarship Henry Wood Accommodation Trust Awards Herbert Samuel Award Hester Laverne Award (Pro Musica Ltd) Hilary Fabian Award Hilda Houssart Award Humphrey Searle Scholarship Ian Evans Lombe Scholarship Ian Stoutzker Prize Independent Opera Voice Scholarship 2016 Irene Hanson Scholarship Jacqueline Ward Award Jane Barker Scholarship Janet & Michael Levesley Scholarship Jenny Marsh Chapman Memorial Scholarship Jessie Sumner Scholarship Joan Weller Scholarship John & Marjorie Coultate Scholarship John Barry Scholarship for Film Composition John Birch Scholarship John Lewis Partnership Scholarship John Llewellyn Edwards Award John Nickson & Simon Rew Scholarship Joseph Clover Scholarship Keith Poole Award
Kendall-Taylor Award Kenneth and Violet Scott Scholarship Kirby Laing Foundation Award Kiri Te Kanawa Scholarship Knights of the Round Table Award Lady Ruth Fermoy Award Lark Insurance Scholarship Lee Abbey Award Leopold de Rothschild Scholarship Leverhulme Arts Scholarships Linda Beeley Scholarship Lord and Lady Davies of Abersoch Award Lucy Ann Jones Scholarship Lydia Napper Award (Pro Musica Ltd) Martin Harris Scholarship Mason Scholarship Michael Quinn Award Midori Nishiura Scholarship Milstein Medal Award Mike Rimmer Scholarship Music Talks Award Musicians’ Company Scholarship Neville Wathen Scholarship Nina Polani Award Norah Popple Award Anglo-Norse Award Olive Rees Prize Opperby Stokowski Scholarship Pamela Larkin Scholarship Pamela Weston Scholarship Parnassus Award Peter and Sheila Bennett Scholarship Pidem Scholarship Polonsky Award Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Scholarship Reintamm Award Richard Toeman/Weinberger Opera Scholarship Robert McFadzean Whyte Award Robertson Scholarship Rosalind Leney Award Rose Williams Scholarship Royal College of Music Pete Handley Award Russell Race Scholarship Ruth Dyson Award Ruth West Scholarship Sheila Richer Award Sheila Saam Memorial Scholarship Sir Gordon Palmer Scholarship Sir John Stratton Scholarship
Sir Philip Shelbourne Award for Brass Sir Roger and Lady Carr Soirée d’Or Scholarship Soirée d’Or Scholarships Somers-Mountfort Scholarship South Square Trust Award Stanbridge Drake-Brockman Scholarship Steinway Scholarship Stephen Catto Memorial Scholarship Tait Trust Scholarship Tegner Scholarship Terry Hitchcock Scholarship The Abel G Halpern & Helen Chung-Halpern Scholarship The Ann Driver Trust Scholarship The Big Give Scholarship The Charles Stewart Richardson Scholarship for Composition The Dennis and Sylvia Forbes Award The Doctor Knobel Fund The Fenella and Harry Hope Memorial Scholarship The Fishmongers’ Company Scholarships The Frank Shipway Conducting Scholarship The Frederick and Phyllis Treby Scholarship The Future of Russia Scholarship The H F Music Award The Headley Trust Scholarship The Herbert Howells & Thomas Fielden Scholarship The HSH Dr Prince Donatus Von Hohenzollern Scholarship The JMC Award The Johnson Scholarship The Major Van Someren Godfrey Memorial Award The Margaret Mount Scholarship The Orpheus Scholarship The Pauline Hartley Award The Siow-Furniss Scholarship The Sir Peter & Lady Walters Soirée d’Or Award The Stanley Picker Scholarship Theo Max van der Beugel Scholarship Victoria Robey Scholarship Vivian Prins Award Wall Trust Award Wilkins-Mackerras Award William Mealings Scholarship Yehudi Menuhin Award Yvonne Wells Award St Paul’s Knightsbridge Award Wyseliot Award Other donors who wish to remain anonymous
No student should be denied a Royal College of Music education for want of funds. Every gift to the Royal College of Music Scholarship Fund helps to transform the lives of talented young musicians. For further information please contact Louise Birrell, Head of Regular Giving, on 020 7591 4743 or louise.birrell@rcm.ac.uk or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/supportus
MORE MUSIC: REIMAGINING THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC The Royal College of Music has begun a period of transformation. Over the coming years we will be expanding and enhancing our facilities, increasing accessibility and furthering our reach both within the local community and the international music scene. A dramatic redevelopment will enable us to offer an increased number of practice rooms, new teaching and performance spaces and public facilities of the highest quality, enriching the way students and visitors alike experience the RCM for generations to come. As an RCM graduate we hope that you will visit us in a few years’ time to witness and enjoy this redevelopment of your RCM. To find out more about how you can get involved in the transformation of the Royal College of Music please visit www.rcm.ac.uk/moremusic or contact the Development team on 020 7591 4331 or moremusic@rcm.ac.uk. Artist Impressions
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