Finzi Scholarships
Patrons: Andrew Motion, Antony Gormley, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Alan Rusbridger.
The Gerald Finzi Charitable Trust has now completed its sixth series of scholarship awards. Successful applicants in 2010 were:
Sian Jones: creative performance project, "Lily - My Debussy".
Daniela Rosselson: spiritual song from the Matanzas region; Cuba.
Anneke Scott: Jacque-Francois Gallay - A practical exploration of the Douze Grands Caprices; France.
Callum Thomson: Broadening the reach of music: the US perspective; USA.
2009 awards were given to:
Patricia Vella Burrows, The Use of Music in Dementia Care.
Kate Wakeling, Studying Carnatic Flute and Bharatanatyam Dance in Chennai.
Katrina Waters, Singing Strauss in the German Operatic House Style.
2008 awards were given to:
Lucy Forde, London, Animateur/Flautist; Indian Music, Cross Cultural Collaboration and Creative Approaches to Music Making; India.
Rolf Jordan, Irby, Artist/Designer; A Portrait of J Campbell McInnes; Canada.
Helen Porter, Gillingham, Dorset, Composer/Singer; The Venetian Interludes; Italy.
Jo-Anne Scanlan, Swindon, Dancer/Choreographer; Connecting with Jazz: exploring tap as a percussive art form; USA.
2007 awards were given to:
Gordon Cox, Reading, Senior Lecturer; Richard Slater, Father of Salvation Army Music: A Biographical Study; UK.
Bridget Cunningham, London, Harpsichordist; Research and performance of Early Irish Music; Ireland.
Sarah Field, London, Saxophonist/Trumpeter; Indian Odyssey: The Breath, The Life, The Music; India.
Gregory Martin, Oxford, Scholar; The Intersection of Language, Landscape and Music, in Early 20th Century England; UK.
Julian Perkins, London, Organist/Conductor; Organ Pilgrimage to Germany and The Netherlands; Germany, Netherlands.
Micaela Schmitz, Broadway, Scholar; 18th Century English and Scottish Songs; UK.
2006 awards were given to:
Jill Anderson, London, Broadcaster/Musician/Teacher; Klezmer, Then and Now; USA.
Mark Eden, Winchester, Classical Guitarist; Music for an Island – creating visual images of locations inspiring compositions; UK.
Dan Gresson, London, Percussionist; Brazilian Percussion Traditions; Brazil.
Elizabeth Tingle, Northampton, Senior Lecturer in History; Chantries and the Liturgy for the Dead in Brittany, 1500-1720; France.
2005 awards were given to:
Nigel Hildreth, Colchester, Teacher; Study of Folk Traditions; Sweden and Estonia.
Sarah Moule, London, Writer/Singer; Learning to sing with Italian style; Italy.
Hilary Phillips, Glasgow, Teacher; Colourstrings – a new direction in teaching from Finland to the UK; Finland.
Svetlana Zvereva, Milngavie, Scholar; Alfred J Swan: A Life in Music Seen Through his Archive; USA.
Details of the awards for 2011 are available on this site, or from P O Box 137, Shaftesbury, SP7 0WX.