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Students should consult literature produced by the individual funding organisations for complete and up-to-date information & for relevant application forms.

Piano

BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
Biennial competition, open to any nationality aged 18-30. Application fee. Prizes: 1st = £3,000 + London debut recital, London Steinway recital, engagements and management; 2nd = £2,000; 3rd = £1,000; recital prize = £500; 4 Steinway awards.
Details: The Administrator, 11 Peartree Drive, Pedmore, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 2LB.
Tel./Fax: 01384 379306

ROBERT WILLIAM & FLORENCE AMY BRANT PIANOFORTE COMPETITION
Annual competition for soloists of any nationality aged 20-28, resident in UK. Closing date June. Entry fee £35. Prizes: 1st = £2,000, 2nd = £1,000 3rd = £500. 1st prizewinner may be invited to give solo recital.
Details: Miss G.L. Brant, 83 Windsor Road, Oldbury, Warley, West Midlands, B68 8PB (+ s.a.e.).

BRITISH CONTEMPORARY PIANO COMPETITION
Triennial, open to British pianists aged 18-40. Aims to encourage expansion of 20th century repertoire & promote career. Entry fee £25. Closing date Oct. Prizes: 1st = £1,200 + 10 engagements.
Details: The Artistic Director, 31 Lingholme Close, Cambridge, CB4 HW. Tel: 01223 357431

CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL DE PIANO NIKOLAI RUBINSTEIN
Competition in April, open to pianists of all ages. Closing date March.
Contact: Lana Bezanov Promotions, tel./fax. 020 7736 4717
Email: lbproms@classicfm.net

DUDLEY INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
The competition is open to pianists of all nationalitites studying or resident in the British Isles and aged 30 years or under at the final stage of the competition. Website: www.dipc.org.uk

ROWENA FERGUSON MEMORIAL PIANO COMPETITION
Open to pianists of any age, nationality and musical backgrounds. Prizes awarded for outstanding solo performance. Emphasis placed on passion and performer-audience relations as well as technique. Pianists may perform their own work.
Contact: Nicholas Hind, Director, 26 Pentland Crescent, Edinburgh, EH10 6NP.
Tel: 0131 445 2044 Email: rfmpc@commensensemusic.com

JOHN LILL PIANO PRIZE
Open to pianists aged between 18 and 25 studying in London and the east of England. Finalists will be provided with the opportunity of performing in public with a professional orchestra. Closing date of applications November.
Contact: Julia Turner, English Sinfonia, 1 Wedgwood Court, Stevenage, SG1 4QR. Tel: 01438 350990
Email: englishsinfonia@tesco.net

KEYBOARD CHARITABLE TRUST
Assistance given in establishing platform career, and for those in straitened financial circumstances.
Details: The Administrator, 5 The Barons, St. Margaret’s, Twickenham, TW1 2AN.
Tel./Fax: 020 8982 3848 Email: kbt@moyse.demon.co.uk

LEEDS INTERNATIONAL PIANOFORTE COMPETITION
Triennial, open to any nationality under age 32. Total prize money =£57,000. Entry fee £50. Closing date mid-Mar.
Details: Competition Office, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT.
Tel./Fax: 0113 2446586 Email: admin@leedspiano.bdx.co.uk
Website: www.leedspiano.com

LONDON INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
See Website for details: www.lipc.org.uk
Email: ldn-ipc@dircon.co.uk

NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PIANISTS
Triennial, open to any nationality under age 25. Provides platform at start of professional career. Prizes: 1st = £5,000 + concerto performance with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, 2nd = £2,500, 3rd = £1,000, 3 prizes of £500. Entry fee £50.
Details: The Hon. Secretary, Leisure & Environmental Protection, Newport County Borough Council, Civic Centre, Newport, South Wales, NP9 4UR.
Tel: 01633 232604         Fax: 01633 232808
Email: piano.competition@newport.gov.uk  Website:www.newport.gov.uk/piano

SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION
Triennial. Open to any nationality under age 30. Prizes up to £25,000. Travel scholarships also available.
Details: The Hon. Secretary, c/o RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB.
Tel: 0141 332 4101 x 243 Fax: 0141 332 8901 Email: r.barr@rsamd.ac.uk
Website: www.ScottishInternationalPianoCompetition.com

WILLIAMS-MORGAN PIANO COMPETITION
Competition in Dec. Apply by 1st Nov. Set music composed by Williams-Morgan. 2 classes under and over age 18. Combined entry fee and competition kit (incl. book and CD recording of set music) £40. 1st prize in each class = recording contract.
Contact: RWM Music, PO Box 166, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2FL. Tel: 01923 841645 Fax: 01923 841785 Email: wmpc2000@rwmmusic.com
Website: www.rwmmusic.com Freephone 0500 305630

WORTHING MUSIC FESTIVAL PIANO CONCERTO COMPETITION
Open to pianists aged 16-25. Candidates required to perform concerto or work of comparable stature (30 mins. limit), with accompaniment from a second piano. Three best candidates will compete in final for prizes of £1,000, £500 and £250. Held on 10th Nov. 2000 in Assemby Hall, Worthing.
Contact: The Administrator, Worthing Festival Association, Town Hall, Chapel Road, Worthing, Sussex, BN11 1HA.

Piano Accompanists/Repetiteurs

BIRMINGHAM ACCOMPANIST OF THE YEAR AWARD
Biennial, open to competitors under age 30 on 30th Sept. Entry fee.
Details: The Registrar, Birmingham Conservatoire, Paradise Place, Birmingham, B3 3HG.
Tel: 0121 3315901 Fax: 0121 331 5906 Email: conservatoire@uce.ac.uk Website: www.conservatoire.uce.ac.uk

MEGAN FOSTER ACCOMPANISTS’ PRIZE
Held in conjunction with the Maggie Teyte Prize & Miriam Licette Scholarships. Prize = £500. Age limit 30. Closing date Dec. Audition fee £18.
Details: Felicity Guinness, Administrator, 20 Beaumont Street, London, W1N 1FF.

GRIMSBY INTERNATIONAL SINGERS COMPETITION
Triennial, open to any nationality, aged 20-30 (singers), 20-27 (accompanists). 4 prizes of £2,500, 4 prizes of £1,250, 4 prizes of £750, prizes of £250 each for best Italian aria, German Lied, French melody, English song, + £750 for accompanist. Entry fees for singers & accompanists. Closing date Mar.
Details: Dr. Anne Holmes, Co-Chair, 23 Enfield Avenue, New Waltham, Grimsby, DN36 5RD. Tel: 01472 812113

MBF AWARDS for REPETITEURS incorporating the SIR HENRY RICHARDSON SCHOLARSHIP
Awards of up to £3,000 are offered to repetiteurs. The Sir Henry Richardson Scholarship of £3,500 will be awarded if an outstanding candidate is heard at the auditions.
Open to students undertaking a postgraduate course as a repetiteur who are under 30 (on closing date) and who are British/Irish or have been resident in the UK for at least three consecutive years. Closing date: May.
Details: The Administrator, 16 Ogle Street, London, W1P 8JB.
Tel: 020 7636 4481 Fax: 020 7637 4307 Email: education@mbf.org.uk Website: www.mbf.org.uk

GERALD MOORE AWARD
Biennial award for piano accompanists of song repertoire. Entrants nominated by major UK conservatoires,, also a few places for outside pianists. Age limit 29, resident or studying full-time in UK. 1st prize = £2,000. No entry fee. Closing date: Feb.
Contact: Kate Avey, Courtyard House, Neopardy, Crediton, Devon, EX17 5EP.(+sae)

NATIONAL OPERA STUDIO
Provides 1-year course of intensive training for young professional repetiteurs in conjunction with main UK opera companies. 3 repetiteurs selected each year. Grants and scholarships available, mainly to cover course fees. Audition fee. Details: The Administrator, Morley College, 61 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7HT.
Tel: 020 7928 6833 Email: natoperastudio@aol.com Website: www.nationaloperastudio.org.uk

FERDINAND RAUTER PRIZE
Prize of £500 for accompanist who, in jury’s opinion, gives best performance at final audition of Richard Tauber Prize for Singers. Applications by 6th Feb.
Apply: The Anglo-Austrian Music Society, 46 Queen Anne’s Gate, London, SW1H 9AU. Tel: 020 7222 0366

WIGMORE HALL INTERNATIONAL SONG COMPETITION
Biennial. Open to singers and accompanists of any nationality under age 32. Accompanists considered only as part of duo. Accompanist’s prize = £6,000. Closing date Apr.
Details: The Administrator, Room 609, Langham House, 308 Regent Street, London, W1R 5AL.
Tel: 020 7637 8515 Fax: 020 7637 8516 Email: whisc@wigmore-hall.org.uk

Organ

GARDNER’S TRUST MUSIC AWARDS
The Elizabeth Eagle-Bott Memorial Find - Annual awards between £5,000 & £20,000 to visually impaired organists and other classical musicians under age 30. Funding for any musical activity in preparation for the music profession. Open to UK citizens. Deadline March.
Details: The Music Services Manager, RNIB, 224 Great Portland Street, London, W1N 6AA.
Email: rfirman@rnib.org.uk

MICHAEL JAMES MUSIC TRUST
Annual awards to young musicians to advance education in music, particularly performed in Christian setting for enrichment of worship. Priority given to organists & choral singers. Closing date 30th Apr.
Details: The Administrative Trustee, 4 Onslow Gardens, Rowlands Hill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 2QG (+ s.a.e.).

ROYAL COLLEGE OF ORGANISTS
Funding to assist organ students at various stages of their careers. Open to Members only by date advertised, usually Apr. No entry fee.
RCO Performer of the Year - Competition open to all members of the RCO.
Details: The Senior Executive, 7 St. Andrew Street, Holborn, London, EC4A 3LQ.
Tel: 020 7936 3606 Fax: 020 7353 8244 Email: admin@rco.org.uk Website: www.rco.org.uk

ROYAL HOSPITAL CHURCH MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP
Annual scholarship of £3,000, tenable for 1 academic year, aiming to provide opportunity for promising young church musician to receive practical guidance, support and experience. Open to full-time music students aged 18-26 studying at recognised institutions of higher education, living within easy reach of central London. Closing date March. Auditions and interviews May.
Details: Ian Curror, Royal Hospital, 22 West Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 4SR.
Tel: 020 7881 5250 Fax: 020 7881 5463 Email: iancurror@chelsea-pensioners.org.uk

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
Eric Thompson Trust - Annual scholarship to enable a young organist to visit Bonn for 2 weeks - introductory course in organ building and tuning as well as a series of lessons with Johannes Geffert. Open to full-time organ students who are studying in the UK or Ireland and who will be under 25 on 13 Dec.
Write to David Lowe, c/- The Royal Philharmonic Society, 10 Stratford Place, London, W1C 1BA (include following details: date of birth, full details of training and career alongside 2 references; as well as brief outline on how the visit would assist their study and future career). Tel: 020 7491 8110 Fax: 020 7493 7463 Email: admin@rps-uk.demon.uk

ST. ALBAN’S INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL COMPETITION
Please see website for full details: www.organfestival.com
Email: info@organfestival.com

H.J.C. STEVENS ORGAN SCHOLARSHIP
Award to 2nd/3rd year organ student at London music college/university. Postgraduate student applications also considered. Scholarship for 2 year duration. Auditions May.
Apply: The Rector/Music Director, St. Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8AU.
Tel: 020 7353 1301 Fax: 020 7583 4867

THALBEN-BALL MEMORIAL AWARDS
Grants ranging from £100-£2,500 for young organists and church musicians of any nationality studying in UK under age 26. Applications by 1st April. Annual scholarship for Assistant Organist at St. Michael’s Church, Cornhill.
Contact: The Trustee & Hon. Secretary, St. Michael’s Vestry, Cornhill, London, EC3V 9DS.
Tel: 020 7626 8841, 01737 244604 Fax: 01737 271128

THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF MUSICIANS
W.T. Best Memorial Scholarship for Organists - Triennial award to senior organ student or organist at start of professional career, aged 18-25. Worth £3,000 p.a. for up to 3 years. F.E. Smith Medal (£500) awarded to runner-up. Only organists of at least FRCO standard. Closing date 1st July.
Contact: The Clerk, The Worshipful Company of Musicians, 74/75 Watling Street, London, EC4M 9BJ.
Tel: 020 7489 8888 Fax: 020 7489 1614

Harpsichord

THE BROADWOOD HARPSICHORD COMPETITION
Auditions at Fenton House, Hampstead, for UK- based harpsichordists under age 28 on closing date at end Feb.
Contact: Miss Susan Alcock, 62 Messina Avenue, London, NW6 4LE. Tel: 020 7372 3206

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