GrADUAtioN ceremoNy Friday 6 July 2018
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 this 2018 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 a passionate advocate for music. Wherever your career takes you, I want you to be inspired by what you have learned and experienced here. Music can change the way we see the world and it can influence how we behave. Therefore for musicians, although the responsibility is great, the possibilities are thrilling and the rewards infinite. It is a pleasure to report that, for the third year in a row, the Royal College of Music has been named the top institution for Performing Arts in the United Kingdom and Europe in the 2018 QS World University Rankings. Meanwhile, the continuing level of our institutional ambition is reflected in the current More Music: Reimagining the Royal College of Music Campaign. We are now one year into this once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform both our facilities and the life and work of the Royal College of Music for many decades to come. 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, including Lady Evelyn Barbirolli, Sophie Bevan, Dame Sarah Connolly, Helen Grime, Alina Ibragimova, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Dame Thea King, Susan Milan, Dame Joan Sutherland and Elizabeth Watts. Naturally, membership of the College does not cease at graduation – and the RCM network will stand you in good stead throughout your career. 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, and we hope that you will want to do the same.
Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM 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 HonDMus Mr Ian Stoutzker CBE, FRCM Professor Lord Winston FRCM
Council Lord Black of Brentwood (Chairman) Mrs Jane Barker CBE FRCM (Deputy Chairman) Mr Peter Dart Mr Douglas Gardner Mr Andrew Haigh Sir George Iacobescu CBE Mrs Ruth Keattch The Hon Richard Lyttelton Mr John Nickson Mr Andrew Ratcliffe Mr Geoffrey Richards HonRCM Ms Alethea Siow Mr Rhoderick Voremberg Ms Veronica Wadley CBE Mr David Whelton OBE Mr Robert Wigley
Director Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM
Elected Members Professor Ashley Solomon HonRCM (elected by professors) Professor Vanessa Latarche FRCM (elected by professors) Mrs Eleanor Taylor HonRCM (elected by administrative staff) Mr Nathan Cho (President, RCM Students’ Union)
Clerk to the Council Mr Kevin Porter HonRCM Mr Nicholas Seager (Assistant Clerk)
Senate Members Director Professor Colin Lawson (Chair) Deputy Director Kevin Porter Artistic Director Stephen Johns Director of Research Professor Richard Wistreich Head of Postgraduate Programmes Dr Natasha Loges Head of Undergraduate Programmes Dr Christina Guillaumier Head of Keyboard and Associate Director for Partnerships in China Professor Vanessa Latarche Head of Strings Mark Messenger Head of Woodwind Simon Channing Head of Brass Nigel Black Head of Percussion David Hockings Head of Vocal & Opera Nicholas Sears
Head of Composition William Mival Head of Historical Performance Professor Ashley Solomon Librarian Peter Linnitt Personal Chair of Material Culture and Music Professor Gabriele Rossi Rognoni Head of Junior Programmes Miranda Francis Head of Centre for Performance Science Professor Aaron Williamon Student Services Manager Lynnette Easterbrook President of the Students’ Union Nathan Cho Elected Members David Graham Professor Janis Kelly Patricia Rozario 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: – 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 offers his closing remarks and 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. It is illegal to record any performance, or part thereof, unless prior arrangements have been made with the Royal College of Music.
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: – 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 offers his closing remarks and 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. It is illegal to record any performance, or part thereof, unless prior arrangements have been made with the Royal College of Music.
platform party Undergraduate Ceremony Chairman Lord Black of Brentwood Director Professor Colin Lawson Director of Research Professor Richard Wistreich Head of Undergraduate Programmes Dr Christina Guillaumier President of the Students’ Union Mr Nathan Cho
Postgraduate Ceremony Chairman Lord Black of Brentwood Director Professor Colin Lawson Director of Research Professor Richard Wistreich Head of Postgraduate Programmes Dr Natasha Loges President of the Students’ Union Mr Nathan Cho
music Pre-ceremony Music Henriette Poos harp
Processional Music Nigel Black director RCM Brass Ensemble Dukas Fanfare pour précéder La Péri Elgar Howarth Processional Fanfare no 1 During the receptions music will be provided by the RCM Jazz Trio
graduands Certificate of Higher Education
Alec Stephen Coles-Aldridge trombone
Jenny Lee Clarke piano
Elliot Corner viola
Joseph Edwards violin
Augustin Cornwall-Irving guitar
James Kenneth Andrew Holt voice
Felicity May Cowell (Scholar) oboe
Alexander Meikle-Briggs violin
Nicholas Cowling percussion and timpani
Lia Tang (Scholar) violin
Filip Cwizewicz (Scholar) violin
Diploma of Higher Education
Petar Dimov (Scholar) piano
Joseph Barstow percussion and timpani
Lydia Emily Dobson cello
Alistair Anthony Hickman composition
Dominic Doutney (Scholar) piano
Philippos Tsiaklides (Scholar) piano
Bachelor of Music with Honours Benedict Ivo Almond voice Summer Alp recorder Cristian Anton violin Isabelle Atkinson (Scholar) voice Beatriz Baptista Neto Miranda (Scholar) voice Martin James Bartlett (Scholar) piano Matthew Begg double bass Alice Ruxandra Bell voice Paula Belzunegui Moreno piano Declan Birchall double bass Carolina Blašković violin Alenka Bogataj (Scholar) flute Louisa Briguglio flute Thea Butterworth (Scholar) harp and double bass Kieran Carter cello Xiaoting Chang organ Yi Chen Chen viola Pik-Ying Cheung piano Nathan Cho (Scholar) violin Ha Im Choi (Scholar) violin José Maria Cid Matias clarinet
Alexander Morgan Fishburn organ Yume Fujise (Scholar) violin Phoebe Goddard (Scholar) violin Wilford Yu Xiang Goh (Scholar) piano and violin Freya Goldmark (Scholar) violin Zofia Goral piano Ryan David Gray (Scholar) trombone Elliot Gresty (Scholar) clarinet Dominica Hallstead viola Andrew John Harsley cello Elizabeth Haughan piano Juan Pablo Hinojosa Farrera piano Lily Grace Thompson Hope cello Zara Hudson-Kozdoj (Scholar) cello Nicholas Elias Hughes viola Jonna Elisa Järvitalo (Scholar) flute Liam Ross Johnson viola Ross Johnson (Scholar) trombone Edward Gareth Jowle (Scholar) voice Nicolas Kent trombone Jennifer Rose Key viola Krystian Alexander Lamb piano Hyun-Gi Lee (Scholar) percussion and timpani
Nurry Lee piano
Donald Robinson (Scholar) cello
Richard Lines-Davies oboe
Roberto Ruisi (Scholar) violin
Laurence Long (Scholar) organ
Daria Rybak (Scholar) voice
Ana Madalina Manastireanu piano
Emily Ann Scott voice
Nicholas Mannoukas organ
William Scott guitar
Seda Margarjan violin
Laura Seoane Veiga violin
Jessica Lauren Martin saxophone
Mutong Shao piano
Victor Maslov (Scholar) piano
Inês Maria Soares Delgado violin
Maeve Elizabeth McCarthy (Scholar) composition
Freya Spence clarinet
Ian Manuel Mercado composition
Isabel Stewart-Kasimba (Scholar) saxophone
Madeleine Rose Millar (Scholar) bassoon
Christopher Strange organ
Max Mills percussion and timpani
Kieran Philip David Timbrell composition
Kanon Miyashita violin
Naomi Tran cello
Alan Joseph Montgomery organ
Anna Tulchinskaya violin
Timothy Morgan voice
Elizaveta Tyun (Scholar) violin
Maxime Morise violin
Tolga Atalay Ün (Scholar) piano
Zachary Guy Neal voice
Nadezhda Vasileva violin
Owen Nicolaou double bass
Nicholas Martin Walker (Scholar) trumpet
Michael Oram guitar
Anna Webster (Scholar) clarinet
Elizabeth Grace Parkes (Scholar) guitar
Melissa Youngs clarinet
Joanna Grace Patrick viola and baroque viola
Theresa Yu (Scholar) piano
Summer Perry bassoon
Ariane Zandi cello
Elliot Edward George Phelps trumpet
Amanda Xiao Tong Zhu cello
Sophie-Louise Phillips violin Jack Richard Pilcher May french horn Kin Long Pong violin Aaron Pryce-Lewis voice Abel Kalle Sakarias Puustinen (Scholar) violin Jingmei Quan violin Jose Francisco Quintas Vilar piano Irena Maria Josephine Radić piano Meera Priyanka Raja cello Katherine Raven viola Kristian Reeves Richardson guitar Judith Margaret Richmond trombone
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 Li Ting Chia piano Celyn Min Xiu Chua piano Felisia piano Chuntung Fung composition Reginald Matthias Jalleh voice Yangjun Lin bassoon Gelin Liu voice Jinhong Low piano
Jinghui, Jocelyn Ng violin
Peter Athans (Scholar) trumpet
Marcus Zhong Qing Ng french horn
Jacob Bagby (Scholar) french horn
Xunyun Nadine Ng violin
Dominic Bevan voice
Chricelyn Jitas Putri piano
Wesley Biggs voice
Wei Ying Sim voice
Laia Valentin Braun (Scholar) violin
Han Yong Tan trumpet
Jose Manu Brazo (Scholar) saxophone
Li Shan Tan harp
Rory Carver (Scholar) voice
Dun Yao double bass
Hei Lam Cecilia Chan (Scholar) cello
Bachelor of Science In Physics and Musical Performance Taught and assessed jointly with Imperial College London
Laure Chan (Scholar) violin Meng Chen piano Elizabeth Chertok violin Yoon So Cho violin
Joel Hayhow piano
Eleonora Consta (Scholar) violin
Meri Wei Yan Tan piano
Anna Elizabeth Cooper voice Rosanna Cooper (Scholar) voice
Postgraduate Programmes in Performance Graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance Leilani Louise Barratt Ana Isabel Beard Fernandez Emily Burnett Brigette De Poi Emma Rosamund Lilian Roberts
Joley Cragg percussion and timpani Liam Domnall Crangle piano accompaniment Hannah Rose Crerar (Scholar) voice Abel Bence Cziczer Balazs (Scholar) baroque violin Lowri Elizabeth Davies clarinet Ana Teresa de Braga e Alves (Scholar) viola Samuel James Dewese (Scholar) voice Rosalind Sarah Watson Dobson (Scholar) voice
Postgraduate Diploma in Performance
Tony Fallone piano
Phoebe Alice Butler recorder
James Fisher (Scholar) bassoon
Veronica Alice Colyer oboe
Robert Forrest (Scholar) voice
Glen Alexander Cunningham (Scholar) voice
Salih Can Gevrek piano
Jonathan James Dodd cello
Giulia Grassi piano
Emma Louise Oldfield (Scholar) violin
Marsailidh Groat Hardy (Scholar) viola
Emma Lauren Bell Purslow (Scholar) violin
Jack Hancher (Scholar) guitar
Anna Waszak baroque violin
Matthew Hardy (Scholar) conducting
Master of Performance
Catherine Hare (Scholar) flute
Alice Mary Michal Angliss percussion and timpani
Alec Harmon (Scholar) oboe
Tipwatoo Aramwittaya piano
David Hasler oboe
Laurence Astill saxophone
Gabriella Jade Haynes oboe
Kristina Margaret Hedley (Scholar) bassoon
Jorge Ripoll Ivorra (Scholar) clarinet
Charlotte Eleanor Hoather voice
Luis Rodriguez Lax violin
Esme Elizabeth Margaret Hurlburt voice
Daniel Ruiz Hurtado (Scholar) piano
Kristiana Ignatjeva (Scholar) cello
Tamila Salimdjanova (Scholar) piano
Prajna Indrawati piano accompaniment
Tom Scott-Cowell (Scholar) voice
Asia Jiménez Antón de Vez violin
Anna Catriona Seaton (Scholar) oboe
Gabriella Rose Jones (Scholar) violin
Amelia Elizabeth Shakespeare (Scholar) baroque flute
Magdalena Ruth Jones (Scholar) organ Barbara Jop (Scholar) voice Munjeong Kim violin Alžbeta Klasová saxophone Marike Kruup (Scholar) violin Arina Lazgiian (Scholar) piano Anna Ji Yun Lee (Scholar) violin Kelly Lenahan (Scholar) piano Patrizia Lichtscheidl violin Jia Jin Ling (Scholar) voice Anna Litvinenko (Scholar) cello
Renate Sokolovska (Scholar) flute Justin Ruo-Fei Sun (Scholar) bassoon Claire Swale voice Deni Luyi Teo cello Ermin Tkalec piano Yaroslava Trofymchuk (Scholar) cello Ruth Hannah Tyler oboe Grace Walker (Scholar) flute Fionnuala Ward piano Eve Wieltschnig clarinet
Qiuyan Long piano
Master of Performance in Vocal Performance
Kirsty Loosemore (Scholar) trumpet
Daniel Joseph D’Souza
Maria Luzuriaga Lopez saxophone
Benjamin Durrant
Sara Mendez Arias (Scholar) saxophone
Benedict Hymas
Stephen Mills (Scholar) voice
Joel David Williams
William Rundle Alexander Morley (Scholar) trumpet
Master of Music in Performance
Hazel Neighbour (Scholar) voice Jingyuan Niu (Scholar) piano Xue Peng Alexander Ian Oon (Scholar) french horn Kyoungsun Park (Scholar) piano Sarah Park piano Aleksandar Pavlovic (Scholar) piano Marta Perales Mora (Scholar) oboe Davidona Pittock (Scholar) voice Thomas James Pollock (Scholar) french horn Christopher Quaid violin
Chun Kit Chan piano Jia Ying Chan harpsichord Kei Lok Chau flute Qiran Chen clarinet Chi Hoi Cheung piano Tsz Wai Chu voice Laura Farré Rozada contemporary piano Matthew Horn french horn Yun Lee piano Dora Ren Hui Lim harp Chung Yiu Mok piano
Amanda Ce-Kay Ng voice
Jonathan Radford saxophone
Peiyi Ng violin
Emily Sun (Scholar) violin
Stephanie Onggowinoto piano
Lasma Taimina (Scholar) violin
Wing Shan Or oboe
Se-Hyeong Yoo (Scholar) piano
Mafalda Pinho da Silva Ramos (Scholar) baroque flute
Veniamin Zhukov (Scholar) piano
David Pitts (Scholar) trombone Ning Hui See piano Kathleen Silverman organ Adam Taylor piano
Artist Diploma in Chamber Music Bryony Louise Gibson-Cornish (Scholar) viola Spencer Gore (Scholar) violin Johannes Marmen (Scholar) violin Steffan Bowen Morris (Scholar) cello
Artist Diploma in Performance
Ewan Zuckert clarinet
Artist Diploma in Opera Thomas Francois Burger Erlank (Scholar) Harriet Alice Eyley (Scholar) Louise Emily Fuller (Scholar) Josephine Goddard (Scholar) Emily Beth Moxon (Scholar) Richard Alan Pinkstone (Scholar) Ida Ränzlöv (Scholar) Kieran James Rayner (Scholar) Nardus Williams
Mario Ahijado de la Cruz (Scholar) piano Nikola Avramovic (Scholar) piano Emmanuel Ferdinand Bach violin Siu Tung Chan (Scholar) piano Yan Cheng piano Jaymee Coonjobeeharry flute Aleksei Demchenko piano Xiang Fan cello Jean-Paul Gasparian piano
postgraduate programmes in composition Master of Composition Joel Armishaw (Scholar) composition for screen Lisa Jade Burgess composition for screen Sung Jin Cho composition for screen Benjamin Francis Heim (Scholar) composition Joel Järventausta (Scholar) composition
Lucy Maria Gijsbers (Scholar) cello
Genovefa Danai Kokogia (Scholar) composition for screen
Pedro Gomes piano
Wai-Kit Edward Lun composition for screen
Sten Heinoja (Scholar) piano
Ákos Gergő Lustyik (Scholar) composition for screen
Carola Krebs cello
Richard Eric Miller composition
Matthew Lewis (Scholar) bassoon
Joshua Pacey (Scholar) composition for screen
Chi Hang Long piano
Sarah Playford composition for screen
Ilaria Macedonio harpsichord
Nino Russell composition
Jorge Nava Vasquez piano
Daniel Ryan (Scholar) composition for screen
Riccardo Pes (Scholar) cello
Harris Tartell composition for screen
Yuanwei Ping piano
Shuming Violette Truong composition
Lente Verelst composition for screen
Susanne Simma
James William Charles Uebel Yan (Scholar) composition for screen
Julia Tubilewicz
Karim Younis composition for screen Tie Zhou composition
Donata Vaitkute Qin Wu Sarah Yorke
Master of Composition in Composition for Screen
Research Degrees
Maximiliaan Liefkes (Scholar)
Doctor of Philosophy
Gedminte Samsonaite
Khalid Al Jabri Exploring Strategies for Developing Western Classical Music Education in the Sultanate of Oman
Master of Music in Composition James Gaddas-Brown (Scholar) Algirdas Kraunaitis (Scholar) Lara Poe
Anne Marie Christensen (Scholar) The Solo for a Violin: A New Perspective on the Italian Violinists in London in the Eighteenth Century
Hans Vercauteren
Fiona Joy Gibbs (Scholar) The Royal Albert Hall: a Case Study of an Evolving Cultural Venue
Postgraduate ProgrammeS in Performance Science
David Kirby Francis Poulenc’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1962): Reconciling Text and Act
Artist Diploma in Composition
Postgraduate Certificate in Performance Science Kei Suganuma
Master of Science in Performance Science Patrick Louis Brendan Avery Antonio Camarero Pareja Marthamarie Clayton Sophie Rose Dolamore Edmond M Dwan Wendy Jennifer Forbes Sophie Lee Vivien Louise Munday Ugne Peistaraite Claire Elizabeth Ruckert Anneliese Sayes Rasha Shaheen
Erin Rose McHugh (Scholar) The Vocality of the Dramatic Soprano Voice in Richard Strauss’s Salome and Elektra Balder Blankholm Neergaard (Scholar) Schumann as Aspiring Pianist: Technique, Sonority and Composition Randall Scotting (Scholar) Unknown Senesino: Francesco Bernardi’s Vocal Profile and Dramatic Portrayal, 1700–1740 Amit Yahav (Scholar) From Text to Sound: Revisiting Some Performance Indications in Chopin’s Works
competitive prizes Kendall Taylor Beethoven Piano Competition
Lieder Competition
Kendall Taylor Prize First Prize: Sten Heinoja Second Prize: Irena Radić
Ted Moss and Bertha Taylor-Stach Prize (Singer): Dan D’Souza
Chappell Medal Piano Competition
Lies Askonas Competition
Chappell Medal (First Prize): JunLin Wu
Lies Askonas Prize (First Prize): Theodore Platt
Hopkinson Gold Medal and Cyril Smith Prize (Second Prize): John Lee
Cuthbert Smith Prize (Second Prize): James Atkinson
Hopkinson Silver Medal and Peter Wallfisch Prize (Third Prize): Kyoungsun Park
Third Prize: Julieth Lozano
Esther Fisher Prize (Best Undergraduate Performance): JunLin Wu
Brooks-van der Pump English Song Competition Vocal Awards First Prize: Milly Forrest Second Prize: Tim Morgan Third Prize: Kieran Rayner Pianist Awards First Prize: Liam Crangle Second Prize: Prajna Indrawati Prizes awarded in the preliminary round: Best Undergraduate Singer: Annabel Kennedy Best Student Pianist: Liam Crangle
Joan Chissell Schumann Prize for Singing First Prize: Glen Cunningham Second Prize: Josephine Goddard Third Prize: Joel Williams
Joan Chissell Schumann Prize for Piano First Prize: Stephanie Shucksmith Second Prize: Prajna Indrawati Third Prize: Alex Stobbs
Alasdair Graham Prize: Joe Howson
Titanic Memoriam Prize (Accompanist First Prize): Prajna Indrawati
Violin Competition Ian Stoutzker, WH Reed and Stanley Blagrove Prize: Yume Fujise Isolde Menges Prize (for Unaccompanied Bach): David Lopez
Viola Competition Viola Prize: Ana Dunne Sequi Prize for Best Performance of Unaccompanied Bach: Marsailidh Groat Hardy
Violoncello Competition First Prize: Robbie Stanley-Smith and Kristiana Ignatjeva Unaccompanied Bach Prize: Nina Kiva
Harp Competition Harp Prize: Thea Butterworth
Guitar Competition Guitar Prize: Will Scott
Double Bass Competition Double Bass Prize: Philip Nelson
String Quartet Music Competition Helen Just and Susan Conrell Prize and Sacconi Quartet Prize: Artha Quartet (Charlotte SalusteBridoux, Line Faber, Ana Dunne-Sequi, Silvestrs Kalnins)
Solo Brass Competition Horn Prize: Joel Ashford
nominated prizes
Trumpet Prize: Peter Athans Tenor Trombone Prize: Ross Johnson Tuba Prize: Tom Torley
Brass Ensemble Competition Brass Ensemble Prize: Prince Consort Trombone Quartet (Judith Richmond, Ross Johnson, Nicolas Kent and Ryan Gray)
Senior Woodwind Competition Edward and Helen Hague Senior Woodwind Prize in Memory of Joy Boughton, Eve Kisch, Arthur Somervell and Frederick Thurston: Sirius Chau
McKenna Prize (Baroque): Amelia Shakespeare Joy Hockings Prize for Percussion: Gina Hyun-Gi Lee Southern Percussion Prize: Joley Cragg Sabian Prize for Percussion: Nick Cowling Elgar Memorial Prize (Composition): Nathanael Gubler Joseph Horovitz Prize for Composition for Screen: à kos Gergő Lustyik Harold Darke Memorial Prize (Organ): Laurence Long
Flute Prize: Sirius Chau
RCM Music Excellence Award
Oboe Prize: Alec Harmon
To a student at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts: Chen Yue
Yamaha Clarinet Prize: Lewis Graham Howarth of London Bassoon Prize: Maddy Millar
Saxophone Competition Jane Melber Prize: Laurence Astill
Woodwind Ensemble Competition Woodwind Ensemble Prize (First Prize): Ensemble Solaire (Renate Sokolovska, Polly Bartlett, Jorge Ripoll Ivorra, Justin Sun, Matthew Horn) Launchpad Prize (Second Prize): Aesthesia Quartet (Jonny Vaux, Daniel Scott, Steph Frankland, Ashley Brand)
Contemporary Music Competition First Prize: Alexander Oon and Sara Mendez Arias (joint winners)
Historical Performance Competition Joint-First Prize: Laure Chan and Ensemble La Notte (Gabriella Jones, Iain Hall, Matthew Lewis, Aidan Phillips)
Scholarships The RCM is committed to attracting and nurturing the best young musicians from across the globe and scholarship provision is vital in upholding this commitment. With 60% of our students receiving some form of financial assistance to help cover the cost of tuition fees and living, we are at the forefront of scholarship giving amongst UK conservatoires. As part of the More Music: Reimagining the Royal College of Music Campaign, we aim to increase this provision to 75%. Every gift given to the RCM Scholarship Fund has a significant impact on the lives of talented young musicians, enabling them to access tuition from world-class professors, utilise excellent facilities and take advantage of unparalleled performance opportunities, all within a professional and supportive environment. We are grateful to all the individuals, organisations, companies and charitable trusts who have supported scholars, including those graduating today, throughout our 136-year history:
Annual scholarships and awards ABRSM Scholarship Aldama Scholarship Alice Templeton Scholarship Alida Johnson Award Alvin Gold Award Amaryllis Fleming Foundation Scholarship Anglo-Norse Award Anne McDowell Award Antonio Brosa Award Arthur Bliss Award Arthur Wilson Trombone Award Ashley Family Foundation Scholarship Audrey Piggott Award Audrey Sacher Award Barbara Holt Award Baring Foundation Award Basil Coleman Opera Awards Betty Brenner Scholarship Boltini Trust Scholarship Bowerman Charitable Trust Scholarship Carne Trust Scholarship Carole and Geoff Lindey 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 Cotes-Burgan Scholarship Cuthbert Smith Scholarship Dasha Shenkman Scholarship David Young Prize Derek Butler Scholarship Douglas and Hilda Simmonds Scholarship Douglas and Kyra Downie Award Dr Michael West Scholarship Drapers 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 Fishmongers’ Company Beckwith Scholarship Fishmongers’ Company Scholarships Frederick Johnston Scholarship Gandar Dower Scholarship Gary & Eleanor Brass Scholarship George Stennett Award George Thornton Scholarship Gisela Gledhill Scholarship Gordon Calway Stone Scholarship H R Taylor Trust Scholarship H.M.D. Meyer Violin Prize Hargreaves and Ball Trust Scholarship 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 2017 International Students’ House Award Irene Hanson Scholarship Jacqueline Ward Award Jamie Milford 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 Kiri Te Kanawa Scholarship Knights of the Round Table Award Lady Ruth Fermoy Award Lark Insurance Scholarship Lawrence Winston Scholarship Lee Abbey Award Leopold de Rothschild Scholarship Leverhulme Arts Scholarships Linda Beeley Scholarship Linda Hill 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 Michael Whittaker Scholarship Midori Nishiura Scholarship Mike Rimmer Scholarship Milstein Medal Award Music Talks Award Musicians’ Company Scholarship Neville Wathen Scholarship Nina Polani Award Norah Popple Award Olive Rees Prize Opperby Stokowski Scholarship Pamela Weston Scholarship Parnassus Award Peter and Sheila Bennett Scholarship Pidem Scholarship Polonsky Award RCM Patrons Award Reintamm Award Richard Newton Scarth Award Richard Toeman/Weinberger Opera Scholarship Robert Lancaster Scholarship Robert McFadzean Whyte Award Robertson Scholarship Rosalind Leney Award Rose Williams Scholarship Royal College of Music Pete Handley Award Russell Race Scholarship Ruth West Scholarship 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 Sussex Scholarship Tait Trust Scholarship Tegner Scholarship Terry Hitchcock Scholarship The Ann Driver Trust Scholarship The Benjamin Britten Piano Fellowship The Big Give Scholarships The Charles Stewart Richardson Scholarship for Composition The Dennis and Sylvia Forbes Award The Doctor Knobel Fund The Dolly Knowles Charitable Trust The Estate of Anne Richardson The Estate of Ella Carstairs The Fenella and Harry Hope Memorial Scholarship The Frederick and Phyllis Treby Scholarship The Future of Russia Scholarship The Gillian Ashby Opera Scholarship The H F Music Award The Headley Trust Scholarship The Herbert Howells & Thomas Fielden Scholarship The Houston Family Scholarship The HSH Dr Prince Donatus and Princess Heidi Von Hohenzollern Scholarship The JMC Award The Johnson Scholarship The Major Van Someren Godfrey Memorial Award The Margaret Mount Scholarship The Miss Kathleen Beryl Sleigh Trust The Orpheus Scholarship The Pauline Hartley Award The Ruth Keattch Piano Award The Siow-Furniss Scholarship The Sir Peter & Lady Walters Soirée d’Or Award The Stanley Picker Scholarship The Tiong Kiu King Award Theo Max van der Beugel Scholarship Victoria Robey Scholarship Vivian Prins Award Wall Trust Award Wilkins-Mackerras Award William Mealings Scholarship Wyseliot Award Yehudi Menuhin Award Yvonne Wells Award Other donors who wish to remain anonymous
For further information on how to support a scholarship please contact Alice Bennett, Scholarships Officer, on 020 7591 4862 or alice.bennett@rcm.ac.uk or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/supportus
more mUSic: reimAGiNiNG the royAl colleGe oF mUSic The More Music Campaign officially launched in February 2017 at a gala event hosted by hrh the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace. to date, we have raised over £34 million towards our £40 million fundraising target. more music will touch all aspects of the rcm: scholarships, research, innovation and public engagement, together with the vital infrastructure that supports all of these.
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 & Alumni engagement team on 020 7591 4331.
A key element of more music is the physical transformation of our South Kensington campus. Dynamic, vibrant new spaces will provide cuttingedge facilities and an inspirational environment in which our international community of students can create, research and perform music. this building work is already well underway. As an rcm graduate we hope that you will visit in a few years’ time to witness and enjoy this development. Artist impressions
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The 2018 RCM Graduation Ceremony is being streamed live on the RCM website and will be available to view after the event at www.rcm.ac.uk/graduation Share your photos and messages of congratulations on Twitter and Instagram using @RCMLondon or #RCMGraduation
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