Student successes
The Guildhall School continues to produce exceptional students, whose achievements are recognised in award ceremonies, competitions and auditions across the globe. Successes for 2013/14 included: (Opera Course) was awarded the Miriam Licette Scholarship from Help Musicians UK., while ANNA STARUSHKEVYCH (Artist Diploma) won 1st Prize at the Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers’ Competition. JENNIE WITTON (Postgraduate Vocal Studies) won 1st Prize at the Rosenblatt Recitals Singing Competition and also took the Dvorˇák Society Prize at the Emmy Destinn Young Singers Awards. ALISON ROSE
(Artist Diploma) won 2nd Prize at the Patricia Routledge National English Song Competition, and BENJAMIN APPL (Artist Diploma) was named an ECHO Rising Star performer for 2015/16. RAPHAELA PAPADAKIS
James Sherlock
Competition. BRYONY KEYSE (BMus Piano) won the National Eisteddfod Solo Piano Competition in the under 25s category. (BMus Piano) won 2nd Prize and the Vitols Prize at the 6th Jazeps Vitols International Piano Competition in Riga, while JEANSELIM ABDELMOULA (Artist Diploma) won a Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. He was also a winner in the Tillett Trust Young Artists Platform. ANTONINA SUHANOVA
JAMES SHERLOCK (Piano Accompaniment
Fellow) won the Accompanist Prize at the prestigious 2014 Royal Overseas League Music Competition. The Wind Brass & Percussion department saw trombone professor PETER GANE and the Guildhall Trombone Ensemble win the British Trombone Society Ensemble Competition. Saxophone group the KALEIDOSCOPE QUARTET (MMus students GUY PASSEY and JOHN MOORE alongside alumni IAN DINGLE and SALLY MCTAGGART ) were selected as Tunnell Trust Artists for 2014-15. And JONATHAN QUAINTRELL-EVANS (BMus Horn) was named Lions UK and Ireland Musician of the Year.
Overseas, IOANA MACOVEI-VLASCEANU (BMus Voice) won Best Young Singer Award at the National Romanian Lied Competition, and JOSEP OLIVE SOLER (Postgraduate Vocal Studies) won 2nd Prize and was named ‘Most Promising Young Talent’ at the 20eme Concours International d’Air d’Opera et de Medloie Francaise de Macon. In Wales, JOSHUA OWEN MILLS (Opera Course) was named MOCSA Young Welsh Singer Guildhall ensembles continued to gain of the Year, and CHARLOTTE SKIDMORE recognition for the School’s expertise (BMus Voice) won the Geraint Morris in chamber music, with the IDOMENEO Music Award. GETHIN LEWIS (BMus QUARTET (MARK DERUDDER, VIKTOR Voice) was the winner at the John Fussell STENHJEM, MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ, Award for Young Musicians. PAU CODINA) winning the Trondheim International Chamber Music Opera Course students LAUREN FAGAN Competition; and the HIERONYMUS and JAMES PLATT were accepted onto the QUARTET (YOLANDA BRUNO, HUN OAK prestigious Jette Parker Young Artists PARK , JENNY LEWISOHN , VLADIMIR Programme at the Royal Opera House. WALTHAM) were awarded the Guildhall singers also won places on ChamberStudio Mentorship for the Young Artist Programme at the 2014-15. Salzburger Festspiele, the Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme, and at the Other string successes included National Opera Studio. YOLANDA BRUNO (Artist Diploma Violin), who won the Grand Prize at In the Keyboard Department, SOPHIA the OSM Standard Life Competition DEE (BMus Piano) took 1st Prize at the in Montreal, Canada; JOAO SEARA 2013 Manchester International Piano (BMus Double Bass), who was appointed Concerto Competition, while MARINA Assistant Principal Bass in the KOKA (MMus Piano Accompaniment) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; was the winner of the 2014 Tunbridge and MARCO BEHTASH (MPerf Double Wells International Young Concert Bass), who won a place at the Academy Artists Competition, as well as taking of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 2nd Prize at the Sheepdrove Piano for the 2014-15 season.
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