RCM Graduation Programme 2017

graduation ceremony Friday 7 July 2017

Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music | London

Alumni Welcome to the Royal College of Music Alumni Network.

Congratulations on graduating from the Royal College of Music! You are now a member of a community of more than 7,500 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 touch with the College, whatever is next in store for you.

As an RCM graduate, you can: • continue to receive dedicated careers support from the Creative Careers Centre for five years following graduation • sign up to receive the weekly Jobs Bulletin • set up an RCM alumni email address for life • catch up with your friends at alumni events • keep up to date with the latest RCM news through Upbeat, the RCM’s termly magazine

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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

Artist Impression

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