RCM Graduation Programme 2016

GrADuAtioN ceremoNY Friday 8 July 2016

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 7,000 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 touch with the college, whatever is next in store for you.

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continue to access careers support from the Creative Careers Centre (for five years from graduation).

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Set up an rcm alumni email address.

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catch up with your friends at alumni reunions.

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connect with fellow alumni at industry networking events.

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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 2016 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: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Sir Colin Davis, John Wilson, Sir Thomas Allen, Sarah Connolly, Sir James Galway, Julian Lloyd Webber, Sophie Bevan, Jonathan Lemalu, Elizabeth Watts and Alina Ibragimova.

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 Ms Ruth Keattch The Hon Richard Lyttelton Mr Julian Metherell 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) Ms Madeleine Mitchell (elected by professors) Mrs Eleanor Taylor HonRCM (elected by administrative staff) Mr Eugene Marshall (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

Head of Junior Programmes Miranda Francis

Head of Postgraduate Programmes Dr Natasha Loges

Head of Centre for Performance Science Professor Aaron Williamon

Head of Undergraduate Programmes Dr Christina Guillaumier

Student Services Manager Lynnette Easterbrook

Head of Keyboard Professor Vanessa Latarche

President of the Students’ Union Eugene Marshall

Head of Strings Mark Messenger

Elected Members Dr Ingrid Pearson Ian Jones Janis Kelly Gary Ryan Dr Wiebke Thormählen

Head of Woodwind Simon Channing Head of Brass Nigel Black Head of Percussion David Hockings Head of Vocal Studies Nicholas Sears

Academic Registrar Eleanor Taylor (Secretary)

order of ceremony Undergraduate Ceremony

9.45am

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 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.

Private filming, sound recording and commercial photography are not permitted without prior written permission.

Postgraduate Ceremony

1.15pm

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 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.

Private filming, sound recording and commercial photography are not permitted without prior written permission.

platform party Chairman Professor Lord Winston Director Professor Colin Lawson Director of Research Professor Richard Wistreich Head of Undergraduate Programmes Dr Christina Guillaumier Head of Postgraduate Programmes Dr Natasha Loges President of the Students’ Union Eugene Marshall

music Pre-ceremony Music Bethan Griffiths harp

Processional Music Nigel Black director RCM Brass Ensemble Dukas Fanfare pour précéder La Péri Joseph Horovitz Graduation Fanfare no 2* *Performed in celebration of Joseph Horovitz’s 90th birthday year.

During the receptions music will be provided by the Sergei Israti Jazz Trio.

graduands Undergraduate Programmes Gap Year Experience James Christopher Carrabino piano

Jia Ying Chan piano Laure Chan (Foundation Scholar) violin Kei Lok Chau flute Liwen Chen piano

Certificate of Higher Education

Chi-Hoi Cheung piano

Ana Rita Feijao (Scholar) horn

Jessica Chorley (Scholar) oboe

Jack Henry Martin (Scholar) harpsichord

Jessica Coleman (Scholar) violin

Juliana Myslov (Scholar) harp

Eleonora Consta violin

Sofia Navarro Escano violin

Rosanna Cooper voice

Eleanor Susan Pollock violin

Maria Ines Costa piano

Diploma of Higher Education Yen-Ho Anny Chen (Scholar) violin Eleanor Doddford (Scholar) oboe Hyeseo Lee piano Yukyung Na (Scholar) cello Sakura Tanaka violin

Hannah Dacey double bass Osian Hedd Dafydd violin Lowri Elizabeth Davies clarinet Ana Teresa De Bragae Alves viola James Douglas viola Lucinda Theresa Dunne saxophone Djumash James Medetovich Durusaliev violin

Bachelor of Music

Ben George Edwards trumpet

Philip James Glenister

Fabian Edwards percussion

Bachelor of Music with Honours

Nazli Erdogan (Scholar) viola

Joel Andersson violin Jacob Bagby horn Frederic Bager (Scholar) piano Kyle Barnes composition Clara Berger cello Kiril Boshikyov guitar Laia Valentin Braun violin Molly Leonora Broadley oboe Kizzy Brooks (Scholar) percussion Oliver Brooks (Scholar) tuba Hei Lam Cecilia Chan cello

Tony Fallone piano Weihao Fu piano Elisabeta Teodora Furtuna piano Todd Gibson-Cornish (Scholar) bassoon Domenico Gioffre organ Juliette Giovacchini cello Dominic Hales (Scholar) trombone Jack Hancher guitar Marsailidh Groat Hardy viola Catherine Hare (Scholar) flute Isabel Anthea Harries harp

Nina Harries double bass

Richard Eric Miller composition

Lillie Phoebe Harris composition

Ma Regina Montesclaros (Scholar) piano

David Peter John Hasler (Scholar) oboe

Vassil Nachev (Foundation Scholar) piano

Ben Havinden-Williams double bass

Pekka Oskari Niemi violin

Fiona Haynes voice

Emma Louise Oldfield (Scholar) violin

Kristina Margaret Hedley bassoon

Damon Oliver saxophone

Indigo Agnes Hicks cello

Stephanie Onggowinoto (Scholar) piano

Lisa Jayne Hilditch harpsichord

Sarah Park piano

Kristiana Ignatjeva (Scholar) cello

Aleksandar Pavlovic (Scholar) piano

Sean Jackson (Scholar) piano

Helena Pearson (Scholar) harp

Nabillah Jalal piano

Mafalda Pinho da Silva Ramos (Scholar) baroque flute

Munjeong Kim (Scholar) violin Yejee Kim flute Alzbeta Klasova (Foundation Scholar) saxophone Aleksy Kornicz piano Algirdas Kraunaitis composition Edyta Lajdorf piano Paul Lamstaes saxophone Rosie Land recorder Alexandru-Ioan Lazar piano Cameron Lee percussion Ji Yun Lee (Scholar) violin Kaarin Lehemets violin Sarah Lenney (Scholar) voice Dora Ren Hui Lim harp Angela Lobato cello James Ralph Longbottom violin Camilla Marchant flute Jon Mikel Martinez Valganon double bass Stephen Matthews percussion Catrin Meek harp Lara Melda (Scholar) piano Pedro Merchรกn Correas (Scholar) bassoon Paul Milhau violin

David Pitts trombone Emma Lauren Bell Purslow (Scholar) violin Rosanna Rolton (Foundation Scholar) harp Tamila Salimdjanova (Scholar) piano Thomas Scott-Cowell voice Ning Hui See (Scholar) piano Thomas James Shelbourn recorder Sarah Small recorder Ben Smith (Scholar) voice David John Smith flute Sabina Stancs violin Weronika Stepkowska oboe Jack Alexander Stone organ Maho Taguchi violin Deni Luyi Teo (Scholar) cello Lewis Tingey double bass Elizabeth Claire Tocknell (Scholar) horn Yaroslava Trofymchuk (Scholar) cello Miklos Alexander Veszpremi piano James Wafer voice Hannah Washer saxophone Ada Maria Witczyk violin

Samuel Peter Woodford (Scholar) clarinet Bethany Yeaman voice

Postgraduate Programmes in Performance

Alison Rebecca Young (Scholar) horn

Postgraduate Certificate in Performance

Anna Ziman violin

Edivino Dos Santos Filho violin

Bachelor of Music with Honours

Pavel Markov piano

Taught and assessed jointly by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal College of Music, in Singapore and London

Emmanuel Tardy piano

Postgraduate Diploma in Performance

Yong Jiat Chen violin

Felix BäckstrÜm violin

Xing Zhi Chua percussion

Karoline Brevik cello

Ke Gong piano

Molly Cockburn (Scholar) violin

Sanche Jagatheesan double bass

Jonathan Maloney (Scholar) horn

Muhammad Nazzerry Bin Kamarun Zaman piano

Chen Zhang piano

Meng Li piano Crystal Feng Lin flute Jiaxin Lin piano Shutong Liu piano Ee Vian Loi liu qin Chu Ying Ng suona Jocelyn Ng piano Catherine Ong piano Xue Peng Alexander Ian Oon horn Hee Cheng (Xie Xiqing) Seah saxophone Wen Kai Seet piano Yu Sun flute Yayi Wei yang qin Vanessa Wijaya piano Meng Yang piano Doreen Ee Ting (Yang Yiting) Yeo clarinet Jacelyn Siew Ru Yeo voice Hanjia Zhang yang qin Tie Zhou composition

Master of Performance Duncan Calvert Appleby piano accompaniment Zherard Aymonche (Scholar) piano Emmanuel Bach (Scholar) violin Laura Balboa Garcia (Scholar) violin Elia Benhamou cello Miriam Bergset violin Chong Wei, Benjamin Boo percussion Joy Boole clarinet Hamish Alastair Brown piano accompaniment Gianni Bruno trumpet Emma Burgess (Scholar) clarinet Simon Carrey piano Lorene Carron viola Shing Ying Cheng piano Catherine Ying Yiu Cheung contemporary piano Valentina Ciardelli double bass Luis Correia Da Silva Mota violin Clara Danchin (Scholar) violin Joseph Thomas Everson Davies (Scholar) cello Charlotte Evans (Scholar) oboe

Lison Favard violin

Yukina Murase piano

Ana Beatriz Ferreira piano

Asier Puga conducting

Marco Fozzi guitar

Florian Sattler (Scholar) cello

Olivia Rose Francis (Scholar) violin

Alan Shellard clarinet

Alexander Fryer oboe

Aristel Skrbic (Scholar) marimba

Tatiana Gachkova violin

Emily Sun (Scholar) violin

Nadine Galea violin

Varvara Tarasova (Scholar) piano

CĂŠcile Galy violin

Simone Alessandro Tavoni piano

Pietro Gatto piano

Ioannis Theodoridis guitar

Dominic Hammett (Scholar) trumpet

Baldvin Ingvar Tryggvason (Scholar) clarinet

Nicholas Harris piano

Samson Tsoy (Scholar) piano

Gregory Andrew Hearle (Scholar) clarinet

Alexander Ullman (Scholar) piano

Aleksandra Celina Henszel (Scholar) flute

Amber Verser oboe

Danny Holland guitar

Fanjie Wan piano

Wai Nok Hui percussion

Rebecca Watt (Scholar) oboe

Cassandra Hutchings (Scholar) viola

Marijke Margretha Alice Theresa Welch viola

Saya Ikenoya violin

Ruben Zilberstein violin

Atsushi Imada (Scholar) piano

Ewan Zuckert (Scholar) clarinet

Suein Kang violin Pavel Kolesnikov (Scholar) piano Ilia Kondratev (Scholar) piano Salvatore La Rosa double bass Alix Lauranne Benedicte Lagasse (Scholar) violin Alexandra Lomeiko (Scholar) violin Aaron Lott piano accompaniment Taylor Donald Peter MacLennan (Scholar) flute Johannes Marmen (Scholar) violin Dakota Martin flute Stefano Marzanni piano Catriona Isabel McDermid (Scholar) bassoon Francina Elisabet Moll Salord violin Margalida Florentina Moll Salord piano Jeremy Morris tuba Ramina Mukusheva violin

Master of Music in Performance Kate Agostino (Scholar) baroque violin Anthea Heather Conway-White baroque flute Armin Coralic piano Yu Fu piano Liam Grunsell (Scholar) euphonium Aischa Guendisch (Scholar) violin Ryan John Hume (Scholar) trombone Fatima Lahham (Scholar) recorder Kaitlyn Lipka horn Shao Wei Loh piano Xintong Qu piano Georgina Sherriff organ Heather Anne Stewart violin Xiaoou Wang piano

Andrew Yiangou piano

Master of Performance in Vocal Performance

David Zucchi (Scholar) saxophone

Louise Fuller (Scholar)

Artist Diploma in Performance Juan Barahona piano Lisa Maree Bucknell (Scholar) viola Henry Chandler (Scholar) violin Yoon-Kyung Cho (Scholar) cello Konstantinos Destounis (Scholar) piano Pavel Kolesnikov (Scholar) piano Alexander Krichel piano Alisa Liubarskaya cello Magdalena Loth-Hill baroque violin Mariam Maghradze (Scholar) violin Izabela Karolina Musial (Scholar) bassoon Luka Okrostsvaridze piano Anna Quiroga-Serra (Scholar) harp Anastasia Sofina (Scholar) viola Hin-Yat Tsang (Scholar) piano

Artist Diploma in Chamber Music Elise Harper (Scholar) violin

Postgraduate Vocal Programmes Graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance Dominic Bevan (Scholar) Wesley Biggs Daniel Joseph D’Souza Francis Gush Yasashi I Evelyn Pangaribuan Pharel Jonathan Silaban Steven Nicholas Swindells Carrie Rebecca Thompson

Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal Performance Daniel Farrimond (Scholar)

Josephine Goddard (Scholar) Rebecca Hardwick (Scholar) Milo Harries Turiya Haudenhuyse (Scholar) Sarah Mizuko Paule Hayashi Catriona Hewitson (Scholar) Polly Leech (Scholar) Lauren Tyler Libaw Helaine Liebman (Scholar) Cherise Lukow Amy Jane Lyddon Sinéad M O’Kelly (Scholar) Kieran James Rayner (Scholar) Simphiwe Simon Shibambu (Scholar) Simon Tournier

Master of Music in Vocal Performance Katherine Buzard (Scholar) Gabriel Courvoisier

Artist Diploma in Opera Peter Aisher (Scholar) Galina Averina (Scholar) Timothy John Connor (Scholar) Marie Jaermann (Scholar) Sofia Larsson (Scholar) Nicholas Morton (Scholar) Gemma Lois Summerfield (Scholar)

Postgraduate Programmes in Composition

Postgraduate Programme in Performance Science

Master of Composition

Postgraduate Diploma in Performance Science

Hyunjoo Kim

Tyrone Whiting (Scholar)

Ross Koopmans Youngjin Lim Leopoldo Meirinhos Loebenberg Gaetano Nenna Alexander James Paxton (Scholar) Joanne Clara Sy

Master of Composition in Composition for Screen Ezra Axelrod Mahlon Berv Phoebe Garratt Jack Hurst

Master of Science in Performance Science Rachel Bogues Natalie Bradford Darragh Brogan Jack Darkins Erika Jacobs Mark James Petur Jonasson Victoria Soames Samek Katharine Aphra Chamberlin Taylor Joshua Wood

Benjamien Bernard Lycke (Scholar)

Research Degrees

Eren Önsoy (Scholar)

Doctor of Music

Alistair Guy Robertson

Erick Flores (Scholar) Conception and Creation of Sonority Depiction of Mental Images and the Order, Malleability and Generation of Sound

Christopher Schlechte-Bond James Smith Benjamin Willan

Master of Music in Composition Poumpak Charuprakorn Wynton Kelly Stone Guess Eduardo Kenichi Ikuno Sekiguchi Houw Ping Lau Nicholas Moroz (Scholar) Ian Richard Murray Marco Scorsolini

Master of Music in Composition for Screen Oliver W Mayo Mitchell Tanner (Scholar)

Camilo Andres Mendez San Juan Texts, Numerical Sequences and Patterns in My Recent Music Dimitri Scarlato Drama and Music: a Composer’s Personal Response

Doctor of Philosophy Bruno Bower (Scholar) The Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts, 1865–1879: A Case Study of the Nineteenth-Century Programme Note Maria Razumovskaya (Scholar) Heinrich Neuhaus: Aesthetics and Philosophy of an Interpretation Tamara D Thompson (Scholar) The Vocality of Sibyl Sanderson in Massenet’s Manon and Esclarmonde

prizes Beethoven Piano Competition

Lies Askonas Competition

Kendall Taylor Prize First Prize: Frederic Bager Second Prize: Richard Fu

Lies Askonas Prize (First Prize): Marie Jaermann

Chappell Piano Competition

Cuthbert Smith Prize (Second Prize): Katie Coventry Third Prize: Victoria Skornyakova

Chappell Medal (First Prize): Ilia Kondratev

Titanic Memoriam Prize (Pianist First Prize): Marie Otaka

Hopkinson Gold Medal and Cyril Smith Prize (Second Prize): Chan Siu Tung Matthew

Violin Competition

Hopkinson Silver Medal and Peter Wallfisch Prize (Third Prize): Aleksandar Pavlovic Esther Fisher Prize (Best Undergraduate Performance): Aleksandar Pavlovic

Ian Stoutzker, WH Reed and Stanley Blagrove Prize: Jian Ren and Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux (joint first place) Isolde Menges Prize (for Unaccompanied Bach): Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux

Joan Chissell Schumann Prize for Voice and Piano

Viola Competition

Vocal Awards First Prize: Julien Van Mellaerts

Incorporating the Cecil Aronowitz, Lionel Tertis and Lesley Alexander Prize: Bryony Gibson-Cornish

Second Prize: Marie Jaermann Third Prize: Nicholas Morton Pianist Awards First Prize: Hamish Brown Second Prize: Rachel Chen Third Prize: João Pontes de Araújo

Brooks-van der Pump English Song Competition Vocal Awards First Prize: Julien Van Mellaerts Second Prize: Thomas Scott-Cowell Third Prize: Julieth Lozano Rolong Pianist Awards First Prize: Mateusz Rettner Second Prize: João Pontes de Araújo

Lieder Competition Ted Moss and Bertha Taylor-Stach Prize (Singer): Milo Harries Pianist Prize: Hamish Brown

Prize for Best Performance of Unaccompanied Bach: Bryony Gibson-Cornish

Violoncello Competition Ivor James, Helen Just, Mrs Will Gordon, Thelma Reiss and Stuart Knussen Prize: Yoon-Kyung Cho Anna Shuttleworth Prize (for Unaccompanied Bach): Jobine Siekman

Double Bass Competition Double Bass Prize: Philip Nelson and Valentina Ciardelli (joint first place)

Harp Competition Harp Prize: Bethan Griffiths

Guitar Competition Guitar Prize: Nelly von Alven

String Quartet Music Competition Helen Just and Susan Conrell Prize and Sacconi Quartet Prize: The Banks Quartet: Osian Dafydd, Bethan Allmand, Philippa Bint and Indigo Hicks

Solo Brass Competition

Historical Performance Competition

Brodie Prize (Overall Winner): Stephen Calow

Incorporating the Century Fund Prize and Richard III Prize: Equilateral: Daniel Scott, Thomas Shelbourn and Iain Hall

Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Horn: Anna Euen Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Trumpet: Emily Harding and Jack Wilson (joint first place) Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Trombone: Andrew Crampton Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Tuba: Stephen Calow

Brass Ensemble Competition Brass Ensemble Prize: Prince Consort Trombone Quartet: Ross Johnson, Nicolas Kent, Judith Richmond 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: Camilla Marchant All Flutes Plus Flute Prize: Camilla Marchant Evelyn Rothwell Oboe Prize: Charlotte Evans Clarinet Prize: Elliot Gresty Howarth of London Bassoon Prize: Catriona McDermid

Saxophone Competition Jane Melber Prize: Lucinda Dunne

Woodwind Ensemble Competition Woodwind Ensemble Prize (First Prize): W7: Philip Attard, Azusa Ono, Rusne Mikiskaite and David Zucchi Launchpad Prize (Second Prize): Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet: Laure Chan, Eleanora Consta, Joanna Patrick, Clara Berger and Camellia Johnson

Percussion Competition Percussion Prize: Hyun-Gi Lee

Contemporary Music Competition John and Jean Redcliffe-Maud Prize: Rosie Land and Lynette Yeo (joint first place)

Composition Prizes Elgar Memorial Prize: Lillie Harris Joseph Horovitz Prize for Composition for Screen: Mitchell Tanner

RCM Music Excellence Award To a student at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts: Xingchen Guo

Scholarships Since its foundation in 1882 the Royal College of Music has awarded scholarships to help cover the tuition fees of students to enable them to study here. Scholarships are awarded by the Director at the start of each academic year on the grounds of talent, potential and musical ability.

Currently around half of our students receive support through scholarships and awards. Generations of gifted students have been inspired to forge their creative careers at the RCM, including some of the most distinguished figures in British music history. Every gift to the Royal College of Music Scholarship Fund helps to transform the lives of talented young students and the RCM is grateful to all the individuals, organisations, companies and charitable trusts that have supported Scholars. Many of those graduating today have benefited from the support of the following generous donors:

Annual Scholarships Soiree d’Or Scholarships ABRSM Scholarship Leverhulme Trust The Reed Foundation (The Big Give Scholarship) Future of Russia Foundation Benjamin Britten Piano Fellowship HR Taylor Trust Scholarship HF Music Award Ruth West Scholarship The Richard Carne Scholarship Laurie Barry and the John Barry Scholarship for Film Composition Musicians’ Company Scholarships Irene Hanson Scholarship John Lewis Partnership Scholarship Polonsky Scholarship Fishmongers’ Company Scholarship Stephen Catto Memorial Scholarship Drapers’ Company Scholarships The Headley Trust Scholarship Countess of Munster Memorial Trust Biddy Baxter and John Hosier Music Trust Help Musicians UK Terry Hitchcock Scholarship Sir Roger and Lady Carr Soirée d’Or Scholarship Emma Rose Memorial Scholarship Dr Michael West Scholarship Janet and Michael Levesley Scholarship Jane Barker Scholarship Tegner Scholarship Gisela Gledhill Scholarship Kiri Te Kanawa Scholarship Aldama Scholarship The Siow-Furniss Scholarship Linda Beeley Scholarship Victoria Robey OBE Scholarship Dasha Shenkman Scholarship Sheila Saam Memorial Scholarship

Robertson Scholarship Bob and Sarah Wigley Scholarship Ian Stoutzker Prize The Charles Stewart Richardson Scholarship for Composition Boltini Trust Scholarship Gylla Godwin Award John Ackroyd Scholarship The Estate of Albert and Eugenie Frost Boise Scholarship Tillet Trust Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Foundation Joaninha Award Stanley Picker Scholarship Wall Trust Award Parnassus Award Iris Chapell Scholarship John Nickson and Simon Rew Scholarship Charles Napper Award Lydia Napper Award Hester Laverne Award Independent Opera Scholarship Toeman Weinberger Award Russell Race Scholarship South Square Trust Scholarship Lark Insurance Scholarship Karina Choudhrie Scholarship Laing Scholarship Steinway Scholarship Wyseliot Scholarship Tait Trust Scholarship Greenbank Scholarship Gary and Eleanor Brass Scholarship Betty Brenner Scholarship Fiona and Douglas Flint Soirée d’Or Scholarship Radcliffe Trust Bursary Award JCM Award Carole and Geoff Lindey Award Milstein Medal Award Knights of the Round Table

Andy Woodburn Memorial Award HMD Meyer Violin Prize Douglas and Kyra Downie Award Mark Loveday Scholarship Else and Leonard Cross Award Yehudi Menuhin Award Opperby Stokowski Scholarship Gordon Palmer Charitable Trust Kirby Laing Foundation Scholarship Music Talks Award Sir Peter and Lady Walters Award The Bliss Trust Award Bell Percussion Award Ann Driver Trust Scholarship Arthur Wilson Trombone Award Lee Abbey Award Henry Wood Accommodation Trust Boconnoc Award Reintamm Award Charles Jacobs Scholarship RCM Pete Handley Award

Endowed Scholarships Douglas and Hilda Simmonds Scholarship Ian Evans Lombe Scholarship Estate of Dr Neville Wathen The Frederick and Phyllis Treby Scholarship Mason Scholarship Kenneth and Violet Scott Scholarship Michael Quinn Award Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Scholarship Derek Butler Scholarship Joan Weller and Jessie Sumner Scholarship Robert McFadzean Whyte Award Clifton Parker Scholarship Stanbridge Drake-Brockman Scholarship The Dr Knobel Fund Alice Templeton Scholarship David Young Piano Prize Pidem Foundation Orpheus Scholarship Basil Coleman Opera Awards Herbert Howells and Thomas Fielden Scholarship Peter and Sheila Bennett Scholarship Helen Marjorie Tonks Scholarship Amaryllis Fleming Scholarship Evelyn Tarrant Scholarship

John and Marjorie Coultate Scholarship Frederick Johnston Scholarship Sir Gordon Palmer Scholarship Jenny Marsh Chapman Memorial Scholarship George Stennett Award Pamela Weston Scholarship Yvonne Wells Award Gordon Calway Stone Scholarship Martin Harris Scholarship Wilkins-Mackerras Award Kendall-Taylor Award Charles Branchini Award Gandar Dower Scholarship Theo Max van der Beughel Scholarship Edward and Helen Hague Award Somers-Mountfort Scholarship Cuthbert Smith Award Humphrey Searle Scholarship Midori Nishiura Scholarship Leopold de Rothschild Scholarship Mary Elizabeth Morgan Hilary Fabian Award Major Van Someren Godfrey Memorial Scholarship Lady Ruth Fermoy Award Vivian Prins Award Herbert Samuel Award Cosmina and Douglas Liversedge Award Heddy Simpson Award Baring Foundation Award Audrey Piggott Award Sir Philip Shelbourne Award for Brass Alida Johnson Award Jacqueline Ward Award Hilda Houssart Award Norah Popple Award Henriette Schoeller Harrison Elt and Anatole Mines Award Antonio Brosa Award Pauline Hartley Award Emma Rose Scholarship Rose Williams Scholarship Audrey Sacher Award Other donors who wish to remain anonymous

No student should be denied a Royal College of Music education for want of funds. We welcome all donations from individuals, organisations and charitable trusts to provide scholarships for students at the RCM. For further information please contact Emma McCormack, Scholarships Manager, on 020 7591 4862 or at emma.mccormack@rcm.ac.uk or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/supportus

MORE MUSIC: REIMAGINING THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC We are entering into a period of transformation for the Royal College of Music, with major plans to expand and enhance our facilities, increase accessibility and further our reach both within the local community and the international music scene.

The dramatic building redevelopment will enrich the way students and visitors experience the RCM. In order to continue to attract the world’s most talented musicians we realise the need to improve our facilities. As a result of the More Music redevelopment, the College will be able to offer an increased number of practice rooms, new teaching and performance spaces and public facilities of the highest quality. 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 get in contact at moremusic@rcm.ac.uk

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