2024 Vaughan Williams Bursaries
Over the last 40 years 260 Vaughan Williams Bursaries have been awarded to help fund Masters Degrees in composition. Previous recipients have included Graham Fitkin, Christian Alexander, Anna Meredith, Gavin Higgins, Hannah Kendall and Daniel Kidane.
This year the Foundation has awarded seven Bursaries, totalling £30,000, for the 24-25 academic year. We congratulate all the composers and hope their next year is fascinating and enriching. Keep your ears open for the range and talent of these new voices.
The 24-25 Vaughan Williams Bursary holders are (clockwise from the top):
Jake Thorpe: Guildhall School of Music
Dawn Erridge: Royal Academy of Music
Alexander Papp: Royal Academy of Music
Gregory May: Guildhall School of Music
Rosemary Tickle: Royal Northern College of Music
Brett Miller: Royal Northern College of Music
Zhuoer Zhou: Guildhall School of Music
18 June 2024
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