GRADUATION CEREMONY Thursday 15 July 2021
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music | London
ALUMNI Congratulations on graduating in person on this very special day and a renewed welcome to the Royal College of Music Alumni Network. You are a member of a community of more than 9,000 illustrious alumni all over the world. We are immensely proud of the achievements of all our graduates, and we hope you continue to keep in contact with us, whatever is next in store for you. If you have not already done so, please help us to stay in touch with you by updating your details today at: www.rcm.ac.uk/alumni/update As an RCM graduate you can: • Continue to access careers support from the Creative Careers Centre for five years following graduation • Sign up to receive the weekly jobs bulletin • Access RCM Studios at a discounted rate for one year following the graduation ceremony • Receive invitations to alumni events • Keep up to date with regular newsletters and our termly magazine, Upbeat • Make use of our excellent Library facilities • Get discounted use of RCM venues and spaces For more information on alumni privileges, please visit: www.rcm.ac.uk/alumni/benefits
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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 2020 Graduation Ceremony. I hope that this will be an occasion that you will remember with pleasure and pride. Whilst the format of this live event has changed because of the pandemic, I must pay special tribute to supporters, family and friends who may be joining us online; your contribution is also worthy of celebration. I have been astonished by the resourcefulness and resilience of the RCM community over the past year, and I hope that each of you has managed to sustain a spirit of optimism. It has never been more important for each RCM graduate to take 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, even in challenging times. However the world may change post-Covid, membership of the RCM is surely a matter of pride and a badge of high-level endeavour and achievement. It is a pleasure to report that, for the sixth year in a row, the Royal College of Music has been named the top institution for Performing Arts in the United Kingdom in the 2021 QS World University Rankings. Over the past four years we have taken the opportunity to transform both our facilities and the life and work of the Royal College of Music for many decades to come; in doing so, we have virtually doubled the RCM footprint. At the same time, we have explicitly articulated a vision to embrace the ideals of an open and just society, supporting students from diverse social, economic and ethnic backgrounds, as an agent for positive and meaningful cultural change. 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 a number of current members of staff. 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. Certainly your graduation year of 2020 is one that none of us will ever forget.
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 Humphrey Norrington OBE FRCM Dame Janet Ritterman DBE HonDMus Sir Ian Stoutzker CBE FRCM Professor Lord Winston FRCM
Council Lord Black of Brentwood (Chairman) Jane Barker CBE FRCM (Deputy Chairman) Catherine Clarke Peter Dart Baroness Fleet CBE Douglas Gardner Andrew Haigh Sir George Iacobescu CBE Ruth Keattch John Nickson Jamie Njoku-Goodwin Andrew Ratcliffe Geoffrey Richards HonRCM Rhoderick Voremberg Sir Guy Weston HonRCM James Williams
Director Professor Colin Lawson CBE FRCM
Deputy Director Kevin Porter HonRCM
Elected Members Professor Vanessa Latarche FRCM (elected by professors) William Mival FRCM (elected by professors) Eleanor Taylor HonRCM (elected by administrative staff) Joel Wilson (President, RCM Students’ Union)
Clerk to the Council Charlotte Martin HonRCM 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 Programmes Dr Diana Salazar
Chair of Material Culture and Music, Curator Professor Gabriele Rossi Rognoni
Head of Postgraduate Programmes Professor 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 and 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 & Opera Nicholas Sears
President of the Students’ Union Joel Wilson Elected Members Gabrielle Lester Dr Ingrid Pearson Dr Paul Robinson Patricia Rozario OBE Gary Ryan Academic Registrar Eleanor Taylor (Secretary)
ORDER OF CEREMONY Pre-ceremony Music Polina Sosnina organ Stefania Lo Castro harp
Processional Music Nigel Black director RCM Brass Ensemble Elgar Howarth Processional Fanfare no 1
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, addresses the assembly The Director confers degrees and diplomas The Chairman addresses the assembly The President of the Students’ Union, Joel Wilson, offers a vote of thanks The Chairman offers his closing remarks and concludes the ceremony
Recessional Music Elgar Howarth Processional Fanfare no 2 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 Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall. All academic gowns are to be returned to Room G15 no later than 5pm on Friday 16 July. 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 Head of Undergraduate Programmes Dr Christina Guillaumier Head of Postgraduate Programmes Professor Natasha Loges President of the Students’ Union Joel Wilson
GRADUANDS Certificate of Higher Education
Ashley Brand Saxophone
William Fielding Organ
Maxence Bretel Violin
Simone Herbert-Moores (Scholar) Percussion & Timpani
Mollie Georgina Bristow (Scholar) Bassoon
Cameron John Hughes Cello Apolline Khou (Scholar) Harpsichord Jieun Lee (Scholar) Composition Axel Liden (Scholar) Bassoon Clement Pickering (Scholar) Viola James Richard Nicholas Tett (Scholar) Organ & Violin
Ricardo Anthony Brown Roger Violin Harriet Elizabeth Butterworth (Scholar) Cello Luke Martin Challinor (Scholar) Viola da Gamba Yu Hsuan Chen (Scholar) Piano Ho Yan Tiffany Cheng Viola Robert Cheung (Scholar) Piano Olivia Chuang Cello
Diploma of Higher Education
Erika Mona Elvira Clevejarn Guitar
Alexander Edmund Blinko Flute
Russell Graham Coates (Scholar) Oboe
Sarah Brienza Clarinet
Adam Jonathan Cracknell Percussion & Timpani
Pierpaolo Casamassima Violin
Edward Jack Curtis (Scholar) Bass Trombone
Tímea Daradics Fortepiano
Victor Wei-Jie Dai (Scholar) Piano
Zimon Yngve Huldt Viola
Georgiana Davis Viola
Morgane Matteuzzi Voice
Georgia Dawson French Horn
Antoine Paul Pichon Piano
Jessica Edom-Carey Voice
Robert Elias Schina Oboe
Claire Edwards Violin
Bachelor of Music with Honours Rosina Luisa Acosta Violin Dafydd John Allen Voice Anastasia Arapi Cello Artemios Armakolas Guitar Polly Anne Bartlett (Scholar) Oboe Daniel Gray Bell (Scholar) Voice
Emma Clara Ikeda Edwards (Scholar) French Horn Peter Lawrence Farthing Double Bass Patryk Maksymilian Frac Piano Stephanie Frankland Saxophone Pietro Fresa (Scholar) Piano Natalija Ganina Piano Matthew John Glendening (Scholar) Clarinet Will Glenn Guitar
Holly Graham (Scholar) Voice
Sohyun Park Piano
Lewis George Graham (Scholar) Clarinet
Hannah Jayne Parry (Scholar) Recorder
Carys Anna Hall Cello
Sofia Pecina Medina Piano
Jane Hammond Piano
Emma Louise Pelkiewicz (Scholar) Voice
Max Heaton (Scholar) Percussion & Timpani
Maja Persson Flute
David Horvat (Scholar) Violin
Quynhanh Hung Pham (Scholar) Violin
Auguste Emilija Janonyte (Scholar) Violin
Nika Pinter (Scholar) Flute
Ismael Jarmouni Gomez Violin
Mariela Plachkova Piano
Zacharias Kärnekull Wolfe (Scholar) Composition
Lucy Pond Flute
Ruihan Kee Bassoon
Joshua Isaac Shawyer Pyman Clarinet
Danil Kharitonov (Scholar) Piano
Anna-Lena Reifland (Scholar) Harp
Abdul-Qadir Lahham (Scholar) Lute
Merin Rhyd (Scholar) Tenor Trombone
Muhammad Yusuf Lahham Viola da Gamba
Victoria Richmond Oboe
Daniel Lewis Lawton (Scholar) Composition
Gregory Rose Trumpet
Yoonseo Lee (Scholar) Violin
Elizaveta Saul (Scholar) Violin
Tsz Lok Leung Piano
Daniel James Scott (Scholar) Saxophone
Yiming Li Piano
Petr Sedlak (Scholar) Bassoon
Abigail Lorimier Cello
Emily Sierra (Scholar) Voice
Jonathan Sze King Ma Flute
Kit Ting Stella Sin (Scholar) Piano
Ler Ler Ma (Scholar) Violin
Joseph Skypala Trumpet
Miles Alexander McLeod Bruce-Jones Oboe
Colette Spaul Recorder
Jon Mendiguchia Audicana (Scholar) Double Bass
James Findlay Spence (Scholar) Cello
Alexander Miller Tuba
Yiyi Su (Scholar) Piano
Nicholas Mott (Scholar) Trumpet
Kui Man Tommy Tai Piano
Geeta Nazareth (Scholar) Viola
Daniel Tancredi (Scholar) Double Bass
Lukasz Niemancewicz Piano
Yin Wei Evangeline Tang Double Bass
Grace O’Malley (Scholar) Voice
Shizuku Tatsuno (Scholar) Cello
Ruby Orlowska Trumpet
Alexander Temple-Heald (Scholar) Percussion & Timpani
Nakyung Park (Scholar) Viola
Henry Oliver Thomas Trumpet
Stefani Composition
Maxwell Fraser Thomson Trumpet
Wang Siyuan Pipa
Emilia Utter Mangsbo (Scholar) Voice
Wong Xuan Flute
Edoardo Vella Composition
Wu Di Voice
Francesca Louise Warren Bassoon
Xiang Zhenyi Piano
Lifei Weng (Scholar) Piano
Yee Hern Yeow Ryan Violin
Adam David West (Scholar) Voice
Yeo Zeng Ying Double Bass
Deronne White Flute
Evelyn Zainal Abidin Piano
Emilia Karolina Wieczorkowska Violin
Zhou Yayi Guzheng
Boyi Wu Piano Xue Lin Peter Xie (Scholar) Piano
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES IN PERFORMANCE
Kam Yan Yip Piano
Graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance
Kristina Yumerska (Scholar) French Horn Yu Zhou Zhang Piano
Caitlin Goreing Voice Catherine Arabella Teresa Hooper Voice Samson Shalamar Setu (Scholar) Voice
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
Postgraduate Certificate Ki Hyun Lee (Scholar) Voice
Chan Wei Keong Samuel Clarinet
Postgraduate Diploma in Performance
Foong Jun Jie Tenor Trombone
Kieran Carter (Scholar) Cello
Dorcas Koshy Composition Liang XinYu Piano Lim Cheng Wei Harp Lim Nicole Lee Piano Lim Xing Hong Percussion & Timpani Lim Ying Yi Piano Nattawat Luantampol Violin Jonathan Mark Macpherson Voice Ng Joon Hoe Bass Trombone Anqi Shen Voice
Alex Collins Violin Hugo Herman-Wilson Voice Elisabeta Furtuna Piano Manase Latu (Scholar) Voice James Maund (Scholar) Bass Trombone Zachary Moxon (Scholar) Bassoon Abel Kalle Sakarias Puustinen (Scholar) Violin Wai Han Yung Piano
Master of Performance
Ffion Edwards (Scholar) Voice
Bethan Allmand Violin
Jose Miguel Freitas (Scholar) Viola
Cristian Anton (Scholar) Violin
Mei Fujisato Violin
Sparsh Bajpai Voice
Yume Fujise (Scholar) Violin
William Barnes-McCallum (Scholar) Tenor Trombone
Francisco Garcia Cervera Clarinet
Leilani Louise Barratt (Scholar) Voice Martin James Bartlett (Scholar) Piano Haydn Thomas Daniel Bateman (Scholar) Guitar Ana Isabel Beard Fernandez Voice Alice Ruxandra Bell (Scholar) Voice
Simone Geda (Scholar) Saxophone Amy Gillen (Scholar) Flute Juliette Giovacchini (Scholar) Cello Jorinde Sophia Agnes Gray Violin Elliot Gresty (Scholar) Clarinet
Michael Bell (Scholar) Voice
Conor James Gricmanis (Scholar) Violin (Historical Performance)
Yulei Bian Flute
Grady Hassan (Scholar) Tuba
Ted Black (Scholar) Voice
Samuel Hau Violin
Charlotte Bowden (Scholar) Voice
Stephanie Hershaw Voice
Christopher Bowman (Scholar) Trumpet
Xavier Pascal Oliphant Hetherington (Scholar) Voice
Olivia Brett (Scholar) Voice Nicole Burke (Scholar) Voice Xiaoting Chang (Scholar) Organ Gong Chen Trumpet Yi-Fang Chen Cello
Changting Huang Piano Zara Hudson-Kozdoj (Scholar) Cello Brian Hughes (Scholar) Collaborative Piano George Graham Ireland Collaborative Piano
Yi-Hsuan Cheng Percussion & Timpani
Oliver Anton Christopher Johnson (Scholar) French Horn
Man Lok Cheung Piano
Rebekah Jones Voice
Ha Im Choi (Scholar) Violin
Edward Gareth Jowle (Scholar) Voice
Henrietta Claire Cooke Oboe
Dmitrii Kalashnikov (Scholar) Piano
Karen Joan Daley Voice
Irene Katsenelson Viola
Maxim Teh Del Mar (Scholar) Violin (Historical Performance)
Matthew John Keighley (Scholar) Voice
Petar Dimov Piano Lewis Dunsmore Guitar
Alexander Kelly (Scholar) Bass Trombone Liam Keneally Violin Judith Margaret Le Breuilly (Scholar) Voice
Rebecca Leggett Voice
James Schouten (Scholar) Voice
Tak Wun Sophie Leung Violin
Eliza Nancie Scott Violin
Nanzi Li Violin
Emily Scott (Scholar) Voice
Yangjun Lin Bassoon
Elize Sera Cello
Shile Liu Collaborative Piano
Laura Serra Marín Piano
Ziming Liu Violin
Yue Shen Violin
Vincenzo Loisi Piano
Blair Shepperd (Scholar) Bassoon
Mingyu Lu Piano
Sofia Silva Sousa (Scholar) Viola
Ana Madalina Manastireanu Collaborative Piano
Sarah Small (Scholar) Viola da Gamba
Seda Margarjan Violin
Hyun Jin Soh Viola
Mathilde Marsal Violin
Zachary Spontak Violin
Victor Maslov (Scholar) Piano
Tamaki Sugimoto (Scholar) Cello
Adam Maxey (Scholar) Voice
Karolina Sutt (Scholar) Violin
Kellija Moncaka Violin
Avi Taler (Scholar) Conducting
Maxime Morise (Scholar) Violin
Shimona Rose Thevathasan (Scholar) Voice
Andrés Navarro Piano
Richard Philip Armand Thomas (Scholar) Violin
Conall O’Neill Voice
Humphrey John Rucker Thompson (Scholar) Voice
Sarah Rhiannon Parkes Bowen (Scholar) Flute
Despoina Tsilivakou Piano
Elliot Edward George Phelps Trumpet
Tolga Atalay Un (Scholar) Piano
Lawrence William Plant (Scholar) French Horn
Nicholas Martin Walker (Scholar) Trumpet
Elisabeth Plaza Serrano Viola
Silu Wang Piano
Irena Maria Josephine Radić (Scholar) Piano
Anna Webster (Scholar) Clarinet
Lavinnia Rose Gonzales Rae Cello
Alistair Jeremy Welsh (Scholar) Tenor Trombone
Meera Priyanka Raja (Scholar) Cello
Xiaoqing Xu Violin
Emma Roberts (Scholar) Voice
Yaqi Yao (Scholar) Violin
George Robinson Guitar
Zhaoliang Yuan Piano
Bacem Anas Romdhani Violin
Yutong Zhou Piano
Roberto Ruisi (Scholar) Violin
Iakov Zhurkin Collaborative Piano
Franck Edouard Sauvignon Piano
Master of Music in Performance
Artist Diploma in Performance
Mariana Baggio Thomaz Voice
Alis Yu An Piano
Carolina Blaskovic Violin
Yunju Bae Cello
Andrew Bearden Brown (Scholar) Voice
Anais Dessislava Boyadjieva (Scholar) Violin
Molly Burnside (Scholar) Voice
Michelle Candotti (Scholar) Piano
Mi Chen Piano
Clara Alfreda Genevieve Garde (Scholar) Violin
Inês Delgado Violin
Jacob Garside (Scholar) Viola da Gamba
Dominic Doutney (Scholar) Piano
Artur Haftman (Scholar) Piano
Ayesha Justice Gough (Scholar) Contemporary Piano
Danbi Heo (Scholar) Piano
Joseph Howson Contemporary Piano Nicolas Kent (Scholar) Tenor Trombone Maria Koroleva Voice Tsoi Yin Lai Clarinet Tristan John Lambert Bassoon (Historical Performance)
Rustam Khanmurzin (Scholar) Piano Aaron Kurz Piano Seong Sin Lee Cello Chun Yin Marco Leung Flute Siqian Li Piano Mengqiao Liu Collaborative Piano
John Sen Jet Lee (Scholar) Voice
David Lopez Ibanez (Scholar) Violin
Sophia Edith Yen-Yi Liu Piano
Danilo Mascetti (Scholar) Piano
Michaella Livadiotis Contemporary Piano
Daina Mateikaite (Scholar) Violin
Jinhong Low Piano
Ross Montgomery Clarinet
Nuno Lucas Piano
Alfredo Reyes Logounova Violin
Christopher Quentin McMullen-Laird† (Scholar) Conducting
Ezgi Sarikcioglu (Scholar) Violin
Kwan To Ng Piano The Cuong Quoc Nguyen Piano Simon Pearce (Scholar) Guitar Jose Francisco Quintas Vilar (Scholar) Piano Peter Regan Piano Mutong Shao (Scholar) Piano
Louis Stanhope (Scholar) Saxophone
Jobine Olga Siekman (Scholar) Cello Siru Su Piano Ermin Tkalec (Scholar) Piano Veronica Isabelle Ulrikkeholm (Scholar) Oboe Hiu Nam Peggy Wu (Scholar) Piano Wei-Ting Wu (Scholar) Violin Zijun Xu Piano
Artist Diploma in Opera
Master of Music in Composition
Holly-Marie Bingham (Scholar)
Edwin Alberto Sherman Beesley Composition for Screen
Anna Elizabeth Cooper (Scholar) Glen Alexander Cunningham (Scholar) Thomas Isherwood (Scholar) Theodore Platt (Scholar) Katy Margaret Thomson (Scholar)
Thomas Foster Composition Carla Garcia-Ginjaume (Scholar) Composition Harriet Grainger Composition Fei Wan Ho Composition Maria De Los Angeles Luque Composition
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES IN COMPOSITION
Andrew John McDonnell Composition for Screen
Postgraduate Diploma in Composition
Artist Diploma in Composition
Daniel Laurie Potter Composition
Lara Poe Composition
Sophie Patricia McMahon Sparkes (Scholar) Composition
Hangrui Zhang Composition
Master of Composition
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES IN MUSIC EDUCATION
Hadrien Bonardo (Scholar) Composition for Screen
Postgraduate Certificate
Jingyu Chen Composition
Julia Valentina Siedl
Clemens Damerau (Scholar) Composition for Screen
Master of Education in Music
Richard James House Composition for Screen Daniel Keen Composition for Screen Konstantin Kemnitz Composition for Screen Reza Kholosi Composition Jae Hyun Lee Composition Yin Lu Composition for Screen Marten Niklas Melcher (Scholar) Composition for Screen Noga Rotem (Scholar) Composition for Screen Oliver Vibrans Composition for Screen
Philip Attard Natalie Betts Si Min Ching Faraz Eshghi Sahraei Elizabeth Giannopoulos Yiran Huang Alberto Mastrocostas Boya Yu
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES IN PERFORMANCE SCIENCE Master of Science In Performance Science Lindsay Allan Claire Austen Helen Anne Butcher Ellen Casey
DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES Doctor of Music Konstantinos Destounis The solo piano works of Theodore Antoniou in the context of contemporary Greek piano repertoire: A performer’s approach Lisa Illean Vanishing Points: A personal approach to non-tempered tuning
Joshua Karyl Daulo
Doctor of Philosophy
Claudia Maria Fernandez De Cañete Garcia
Luiz Carlos Mantovani Jr Ferdinand Rebay and the Reinvention of Guitar Chamber Music
Xihui Paul Huang Carmen Iriarte Xinran Jiang Mattina Keith Hei Ching Kum Freya Morgan Zane Morris Claire Motyer Rebeca Nuez Suarez Garam Park Lowri Dornford Sarah Porter Clarke Randolph Vale Southard Katherine Strohmaier Nandini Sudhir Sarah Walster Charlotte Elizabeth Way Craig White Talitha Williams-Frost Soonyiu Yau
Kenneth Edmund Querns (Scholar) Reconstructing the Tenor Pharyngeal Voice: a Historical and Practical Examination
COMPETITIVE PRIZES Chappell Medal Piano Competition
String Quartet Music Competition
Chappell Medal (First Prize): Siqian Li
Helen Just and Susan Conrell Prize and Sacconi Quartet Prize: Gasparo Quartet (Vera Beumer violin, Eliott Bougant violin, Clement Pickering viola, Clélia Le Bret cello)
Hopkinson Gold Medal and Cyril Smith Prize (Second Prize): Mykyta Burzanitsa Hopkinson Silver Medal and Peter Wallfisch Prize (Third Prize): Yuanfan Yang Esther Fisher Prize (Best Undergraduate Performance): Mykyta Burzanitsa
Solo Brass Competition Horn Prize: Millie Lihoreau Trumpet Prize: Ruby Orlowska Tenor Trombone Prize: Gemma Riley
Joan Chissell Schumann Competition
Bass Trombone Prize: Joe Smales
Vocal Awards (First Prize): Theodore Platt
Tuba Prize: Connor Gingell
(Second Prize): Ted Black
Brass Ensemble Competition
(Third Prize): Thomas Isherwood
Brass Ensemble Prize: Qurtis Quartet (Eddie Curtis trombone, Gemma Riley trombone, Merin Rhyd trombone, Nicolas Kent trombone)
Pianist Awards (First Prize): Jinhong Low (Second Prize): Ana Manastireanu
Senior Woodwind Competition
(Third Prize): Jack Campbell
Edward and Helen Hague Senior Woodwind Prize in Memory of Joy Boughton, Eve Kisch, Arthur Somervell and Frederick Thurston: Alison Wormell
Brooks-van der Pump English Song Competition Vocal Awards (First Prize): Rebecca Leggett (Second Prize): Anna Cooper
All Flutes Plus Flute Prize: Hannah Gillingham Oboe Prize: Polly Bartlett and David Hedley Clarinet Prize: Andrei Caval
(Third Prize): Madeline Boreham
Howarth of London Bassoon Prize: Alison Wormell
Pianist Awards (First Prize): Ana Manastireanu
Saxophone Competition
(Second Prize): Rob Hao and Jack Campbell
Jane Melber Prize: Robert Finegan
Awards from the first round of the competition (Best Undergraduate Performance): May Abercrombie
Woodwind Ensemble Competition
Pianist Awards (Best Student Pianist): Ana Manastireanu
Lieder Competition Ted Moss and Bertha Taylor-Stach Prize (Singer): Esme Bronwen-Smith Pianist Prize: Ana Manastireanu
Woodwind Ensemble Prize (First Prize): Vara Saxophone Quartet (Louis Stanhope soprano saxophone, Sophia Elger alto saxophone, Joe Mackley tenor saxophone, Agnija Silicka baritone saxophone)
NOMINATED PRIZES Harold Darke Prize (organ): Xiaoting Chang McKenna Prize (baroque): Hannah Parry Elgar Memorial Prize (composition): Darren Sng and Andrew Zhou Joseph Horovitz Prize for composition for screen: Hadrien Bonardo
RCM Musical Excellence Award to a Student at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Luo Tianze
SPECIAL PRIZES Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Rosebowl: Dmitrii Kalashnikov Tagore Gold Medal: Amy Gillen and Roberto Ruisi Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal: Katy Thomson
SCHOLARSHIPS The RCM is committed to attracting and retaining the best young musicians from around the world, and scholarship provision is vital in upholding this commitment. Currently 60% of our students receive some form of financial assistance to help cover the cost of tuition fees and living during their studies. Every gift donated to the RCM Scholarships Fund has a tangible impact on the professional and personal lives of talented musicians, enabling them to access tuition from world-renowned professors, make use of first-class facilities and take advantage of unparalleled performance opportunities, all within a professional and supportive environment. We are grateful to all the individuals, legators, organisations, companies and charitable trusts who have supported RCM scholars throughout our 138-year history. We especially value their kind commitment at this challenging time and our supporters’ key role in helping to secure the future of music.
Scholarships and awards 2019–20 ABRSM Scholarship Aldama Scholarship Alice Templeton Scholarship Alida Johnson Award Amaryllis Fleming Foundation Scholarship Anne & Brian Wadsworth Scholarship Antonio Brosa Award Arthur Bliss Scholarship Arthur Wilson Trombone Award Aston Lark Scholarship Audrey Piggott Award Audrey Sacher Award Australian International Opera Award Baring Foundation Award Basil Coleman Opera Award Benjamin Britten Piano Fellowship Boltini Trust Scholarship Bruce-Payne Vaseppi Scholarship C. Bechstein Scholarship Carne Trust Junior Fellowship Charles Branchini Scholarship Charles Jacobs Scholarship Charles Napper Award Charles Richard Sisson Scholarship 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 Dolly Knowles Charitable Trust Scholarship Douglas & Adele Gardner Award Douglas and Hilda Simmonds Scholarship Douglas and Kyra Downie Award Dr Michael West Scholarship Drapers’ Company Scholarship Drapers’ de Turckheim Scholarship Edward and Helen Hague Award Elizabeth Mary Morgan Award
Elsie Gertrude Martin Scholarship Emma Rose Scholarship Evelyn Tarrant Scholarship Fiona & Douglas Flint Award Fishmongers’ Company Beckwith Scholarship Fishmongers’ Company Scholarship Frederick Cox Scholarship Frederick Johnston Scholarship Future of Russia Scholarship Gandar Dower Scholarship Gary & Eleanor Brass Scholarship George Stennett Award George Thornton Award Gladys Hay Scholarship Gordon Calway Stone Scholarship H R Taylor Charitable Trust Scholarship Heddy Simpson Award Helen Just Scholarship Helen Marjorie Tonks Scholarship Henry Wood Accommodation Trust Herbert Samuel Award Hester Laverne Award Hilary Fabian Award Hilda Houssart Award HMD Meyer Violin Prize Huffner Scholarship Humphrey Searle Scholarship Ian Evans Lombe Scholarship Il Circolo Music Award Independent Opera Scholarship International Students House Irene Hanson Scholarship Jacqueline Ward Award James Horner Scholarship Jamie Milford Award Jane Barker Scholarship Janet & Michael Levesley Scholarship Jenny Marsh Chapman Memorial Scholarship Joan Weller & Jessie Sumner Scholarship John & Marjorie Coultate Scholarship John Barry Scholarship for Film Composition John Birch Scholarship John Lewis Partnership Scholarship John Llewellyn Edwards Scholarship John Nickson & Simon Rew Scholarship
Joseph Clover Scholarship Julia and Hans Rausing Scholarship Karaviotis Scholarship Keith Poole Award Kendall Taylor Award Kenneth and Violet Scott Scholarship Kiri Te Kanawa Scholarship Kit and John Gander Award Knights of the Round Table Award Lady Ruth Fermoy Award Lee Abbey London Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust Scholarship Leopold de Rothschild Scholarship Leverhulme Arts Scholarships Linda Beeley Scholarship Linda Hill Scholarship Lord & Lady Davies of Abersoch Soirée d’Or Award Lucy Ann Jones Scholarship Lydia Napper Award Martin Harris Scholarship Mason Scholarship Michael Quinn Award Michael Whittaker Scholarship Midori Nishiura Scholarship Mike Rimmer Scholarship Mills Williams Junior Fellowship Milstein Medal Award Mimi Opperby Award Monika Saunders Award Music Talks Award Musicians’ Company Lambert Scholarship Needley Family Scholarship Neville Wathen Scholarship Noël Coward Composition Scholarship Noel Croucher Scholarship Norah Popple Award Noswad Charity Award Parnassus Award Peter and Sheila Bennett Scholarship Pidem Scholarship Polonsky Award Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Scholarship Ray Davies Award Reintamm Award Richard Newton Scarth Award Richard Toeman / Weinberger Opera Scholarship Robert Anderson Award 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 George Iacobescu Award 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 Stanislawa Kryszek Award Stanley Picker Award Steinway Scholarship Sussex Scholarship Tegner Scholarship Terry Hitchcock Scholarship The Big Give Scholarships 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 Award The Frederick and Phyllis Treby Scholarship The Geoffrey Boyes Memorial Scholarship The H F Music Award The Hargreaves and Ball Trust Scholarship The Headley Trust Scholarship The Helen Rachael Mackaness Trust Scholarship The Herbert Howells & Thomas Fielden Scholarship The Ivor Llewellyn Foster Scholarship The JMC Award The Johnson Scholarship The Lawrence Winston Scholarship The Linbury Scholarship The Major Van Someren Godfrey Memorial Award The Margaret Mount Scholarship The Orpheus Scholarship The Pauline Hartley Award The Reinhold-Blüthner Scholarship The Rhoddy Voremberg Scholarship The Robert Anderson Trust Residential Scholarship The Ruth Keattch Piano Award The Siow-Furniss Scholarship The Sir Peter & Lady Walters Soirée d’Or Award The Wall Trust Award The Wyseliot Scholarship Their Serene Highnesses Prince Donatus and Princess Heidi von Hohenzollern Scholarship Theo Max van der Beugel Scholarship Thomas Llewellyn Cottrell Scholarship Tiong Kiu King Award Victoria Robey Scholarship Violet Lucas Scholarship Vivian Prins Award Wilkins-Mackerras Award William Mealings Scholarship Winifred Law Award Yehudi Menuhin Award Yvonne Wells Award Other donors who wish to remain anonymous
For further information on the RCM Scholarships Fund, please contact: Marianna Raatikainen, Supporter Engagement Officer, on +44 (0)20 7591 4862 or marianna.raatikainen@rcm.ac.uk or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/support/supportascholarship
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