HÂþ» Competition Successes
Wednesday 13 March 2013
HÂþ» musicians Jennifer Hughes, Sinead O'Kelly and Ian Tindale have all enjoyed success in recent competitions.
HÂþ» alumna and current HÂþ» Junior Fellow Jennifer Hughes has become the fourth HÂþ» musician to win a prize at this year’s . She was awarded the Accompanists’ Prize of £5,000 for her performances in both the Wind and Singers’ sections of the competition. Jennifer currently holds the at the HÂþ».
Also in the past week, HÂþ» soprano Sinead O'Kelly and pianist Ian Tindale have been awarded First Prize and Accompanists’ Prize, respectively, at the (AESS) Courtney Kenny Award.
In the competition final Sinead and Ian presented a programme on the theme of unrequited love, performing songs by Gurney, Campion, Haydn, Armstrong Gibbs and Britten around the central item of Sylvia Plath's poem 'Jilted'. As well as receiving cash prizes of a combined value of £1500, the duo have been invited to perform at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama on 10 May 2013 - the day of the AESS Patricia Routledge Award final and of the organisation's centenary celebrations.
Congratulations to all three HÂþ» musicians.