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GRADUATIONCEREMONY
Friday 5 July 2013
Britten Theatre | Royal College of Music | London
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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 2013 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 2500 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. 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 Director
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Royal College of Music
PatronHer Majesty The Queen
PresidentHis Royal Highness The Prince of Wales KG KT GCB OM AK QSO PC
Vice-PresidentsThe Most Revd and Rt Hon The Lord Archbishop of CanterburyThe Most Revd and Rt Hon The Lord Archbishop of YorkThe Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of LondonSir Anthony Cleaver FRCMMr Michael Gough Matthews HonDMus, FRCM †Lady Middleton FRCM Mr Humphrey Norrington OBE FRCMDame Janet Ritterman DBEMr Ian Stoutzker CBE FRCMSir David Willcocks CBE MC FRCM
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CouncilProfessor Lord Winston (Chairman)Mrs Jane Barker (Deputy Chairman)Mr Nicholas Ward (Honorary Treasurer)Lord Black of BrentwoodThe Hon Richard LytteltonMr Andrew HaighMr Julian MetherellMs Gillian Moore MBE FRCMMr John NicksonMr Richard PriceMrs Victoria SharpMs Alethea SiowMr Rhoderick VorembergMr Robert WigleyMr Nigel Woolner
DirectorProfessor Colin Lawson FRCM
Elected membersMr Ashley Solomon HonRCM (elected by professors)Professor Vanessa Latarche FRCM (elected by professors)Miss Ann Somerville (elected by administrative staff) Mr Pablo Ortiz De Urbina (President, RCM Students’ Association)
Clerk to the CouncilMr Kevin Porter HonRCM
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Order of Ceremony
12.30pm Registration for Graduands commences in the Britten Theatre Foyer
2.00pm Graduands and guests are invited to take their seats 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 Chairman presents special prizes
The Chairman addresses the assembly
The President of the Students’ Association offers a vote of thanks
The Chairman concludes the ceremony
Graduates and guests should remain seated until the academic procession has left the theatre.
A reception will follow in the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall for all graduates and guests. Tickets are required.
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Platform Party
ChairmanProfessor Lord Winston
DirectorProfessor Colin Lawson
Deputy DirectorMr Kevin Porter
Director of Programmes & ResearchProfessor Amanda Glauert
Head of Academic Development & Undergraduate ProgrammesDr Elisabeth Cook
President of the Students’ AssociationMr Pablo Ortiz De Urbina
Processional MusicDukas Fanfare pour précéder La Péri Joseph Horovitz Graduation Fanfare no 2 (world premiere)
Directed by Nigel BlackRCM Brass students
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Graduands
Undergraduate Programmes
Certificate of Higher Education
Emma Huelskamp Scholar
Karin Nordstrom
Erik Vardanyan
Bachelor of Music with Honours
James Alexander Foundation Scholar
Alrick Archambault
Lucy Ashton
Benjamin Baker Scholar
Victoria-Alina Balan
Thomas Barton
Gregory John Batsleer
Stephanie Bissell Scholar
Arthur Boutillier
Rosemary Braddy
Karoline Brevik
Genevieve Brothwood
Lindsay Bryden Scholar
Ellen Bundy
Matthew Buswell Scholar
Rory Cartmell Foundation Scholar
Rebecca Cass Scholar
Alexander Cattell
Elaine Chen
Tak Man Chow
Steffan Ciccotti
Maia Collette
Daniel Day Scholar
Edward John Dean
William Aaron Edwards
Thomas William Ellis
Merce Escanellas
Samuel Espinosa
Julian Fish
Michael Foyle Scholar
Pierre Frapier Foundation Scholar
Algirdas Galdikas
Nadine Galea
John James Garner
Mark Stuart Gibbs
Arne Gieshoff Scholar
Laura Gilroy
Pedro Gomes
Ricky Gore Foundation Scholar
Mikaela Elisabeth Gronberg
Anna Growns
Grace Harvey
Lifei Huang Scholar
Sophie Katherine Hunt
Channarong Jantararat
Ariana Kashefi Scholar
James Kenny
Pavel Kolesnikov Scholar
Gen Li Scholar
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Lin Lin
Valarie Xiao Chun Liow
Cynthia Lomri
Magdalena Loth-Hill
Susanna MacRae
Hannah Rebecca Masson-Smyth
Miguel Mateus
Ramina Mukusheva
Toby Nelms Scholar
Jude Obermuller
Akerke Ospan
Eunsley Park Foundation Scholar
Sujin Park Scholar
Oliver Patrick Scholar
Florence Petit
James Pillai Scholar
Oliver Robert Poole Foundation Scholar
Kesari Pundarika
John Roberts Scholar
George Ross Foundation Scholar
Toby Street Scholar
Aisha Syed Scholar
Mei Hui Tan Scholar
Louisa Miriam Tatlow
Samson Tsoy Scholar
Luke Tucker Scholar
Sabina Ioana Virtosu
Elin Maud White
Bronwen Mary Veronica Wilkins
Amy Williamson
Hailey April Willington
Laura Wright
Sze Chun Young
Bachelor of Music with Honours Taught and assessed jointly by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal College of Music, in Singapore and London
Chang Tat Fai Edmund
Chew Jun Ru
Dong Zilu
Shahrizan Bin Isnain
Kartik Alan S/O Jairamin
Samuel King Chew Leong
Lee Ching Julia
Lee Yu Qing
Li Ti
Liew Jie Ying
Low Wei Yang
Pan Shixuan
Qu Xintong
Sng Yiang Shan
Christoven Gerard Tan Choon Keat
Toh Kai Siang Eugene
Kseniia Vokhmianina
Wong Wing Kwan
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Physics and Musical Performance Taught and assessed jointly with Imperial College London
Lorenzo Bassano
Ryota Ichinose
Matthew Kibble
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Postgraduate Programmes in Performance
Postgraduate Diploma in Performance
Oliver Herbert Browne
Wing Shan Francesca Chan
Marc Charles Montesinos
Helen Clinton Scholar
Feargus Egan
Ruairi Glasheen
Hannah Grayson Scholar
Rosemary Patricia Lowen
Dora Maria
Mika Sawai Scholar
Judith Carol Spencer
Master of Performance
Diego Acena Moreno Scholar
Andrea Amat Scholar
Jonathan Bayley
Sanja Bizjak Scholar
Andras Daniel Bolgar Scholar
Wei-Ying Cao
Margarida Castro Scholar
Wanting Chen
Eun Cho Scholar
Brigid Coleridge Scholar
Marcio Da Silva Scholar
Zachary Deak
Clio Erte Scholar
Benjamin Exell Scholar
Vittorio Ferrari Scholar
Anna Ruth Fitzjohn
Diana Galakhova Scholar
Javier Garcia Aranda
Lydia Griffiths Scholar
Douglas Alexander Harrison Scholar
Steven Hickey Scholar
Alasdair Hill
Jun Ishimura Scholar
Yuki Ito Scholar
Thanihan Jeyapalan
Sarah Joyce Scholar
Hiroyuki Kawamoto
So Yeong Kim
Sam Kinrade
Yeil Ko
Aiko Kojima
Alexander Leese
Mary-Jannet Nancy Christina Leith Scholar
Wing Man Leung
Miriam Levenson
Ching-Hang Camilla Li Scholar
Joana Ly
Jens Lynen
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Jennifer Margaret MacCallum
Joan Martinez
Ilya Maximov Scholar
Patrick Anthony McEntee
Marta Menezes
Clara Sophia Murnig
Adelia Myslov Scholar
Eunji Nam
Colette Overdijk
Lidia Palomo
Oscar Perks Scholar
Olga Popova
Poom Prommachart Scholar
David William Scott
Bethan Mair Semmens Scholar
Oxana Shevchenko Scholar
Pak Hong Sit
Adrian Somogyi Scholar
Victoria Stephenson
Stefan Stroissnig Scholar
Katherine Sullivan
Yena Jenna Sung
Ka-Lok Tam
Ian Matthew Tindale Scholar
Carrie Ka Wai To
Julian Toha
Amy Tress Scholar
Lucie Marie Clementine Troger
Mark Viner
Christopher Weston
Mayuko Yamashita
Master of Music in Performance
Wai Man Au
Morgan Buckley
Aidan Chamberlain
Katherine Hart
Kirby Haugland
Kaya Kuwabara
Kit Chi Lau Scholar
Thao Le Thanh
Richard Moore
Melissa Parmar
Aditya Permana
Barnaby Philpott Scholar
Kausikan Rajeshkumar Scholar
Josephine Robertson Scholar
David Douglas Secchi
Sophie Caroline Stanley Scholar
Maksim Stsura Scholar
Joshua Marc van Konkelenberg
Ching Hang Yip
Artist Diploma in Performance
Giacomo Bigoni
Yulia Chaplina
Anne Chauveau Scholar
Caterina Grewe Scholar
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Yu-Wei Hu Scholar
Ekaterina Lazareva
Ellen Nisbeth
Hoang Pham
Mari Poll
Shiry Rashkovsky
Yoon-Seok Shin
Sergiu Tuhutiu
Postgraduate Vocal Programmes
Graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance
Katie Rebecca Coventry Scholar
Jerome Knox
Alexandra Morag Mathew
Mark Nathan
Maria Ostroukhova Scholar
Rose Stachniewska
Beverley Vong
Master of Performance in Vocal Performance
Michael Butchard
Jiwon Chung Scholar
Oliver Clarke Scholar
Simon Gilkes Scholar
Victoria Elizabeth Gray Scholar
James Hall
Stephanie Jennings-Adams
Bragi Jonsson Scholar
Fiona Mackenzie Scholar
Timothy Nelson Scholar
Morgan Elliot Pearse Scholar
Bradley Oliver Jack Travis Scholar
Filipa van Eck Scholar
Matthew Reuben James Ward
Artist Diploma in Opera
Louise Alder Scholar
Katherine Jane Crompton Scholar
Annie Fredriksson Scholar
Pnini Grubner Scholar
David Hansford Scholar
Postgraduate Programmes in Composition
Master of Composition
Mateus Alves
Andrew Walter Thomas Baldwin
Gerardo Gozzi
Master of Composition in Composition for Screen
Vincenzo Bellomo Scholar
Richard Ford
Timothy Johnson
Alexander Lamy
Pierre O’Reilly
Konstantinos Papalexopoulos
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Master of Music in Composition
Joel Baldwin
Ryan Cockerham
Louis d’Heudières
Laurence Osborn
Jack Symonds
Master of Music in Composition for Screen
Ewan Alexander Clark Scholar
William Benjamin Temlett
Postgraduate Programme in Performance Science
Master of Science in Performance Science
Sara Ascenso
Steven Dodsworth
Sai Li
Haruko Motohashi
Joana Vieira
Hannah Elizabeth Want
Doctoral Programmes
Doctor of Music
Andrew Aarons Tone Colour and Quality on the 21st Century Piano: Approaches to Interpretation Using Differentiated Sound Production
Luís Pedro Henrique M Soldado The Manipulation Of Texture In A New Consonant Music
Doctor of Philosophy
Nicolas Constantinou The Chamber Music of Erno Dohnányi: Tradition, Innovation and ‘Hungarianness’
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Special Prizes
Chappell Piano Competition Chappell Medal: Oxana Shevchenko
Jacqueline Ward Memorial Prize for Strings Joseph Devalle
Edward & Helen Hague Senior Woodwind Prize in memory of Joy Boughton, Eve Kisch, Arthur Somervell and Frederick Thurston Sophie Clayton
Brodie Prize (brass) Ryan Linham
Sabian Prize (percussion) Daniel Day
Cobbett & Hurlstone Prize (composition) Ryan Cockerham
Earl of Dalhousie Award Mary-Jannet Leith
Knights of the Round Table Award Michael Foyle
Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal To be announced
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Rose Bowl To be announced
Tagore Gold Medals To be announced
Competitive Prizes
Chappell Piano Competition Chappell Medal: Oxana Shevchenko Hopkinson Gold Medal & Cyril Smith Prize: Kausikan Rajeshkumar Hopkinson Silver Medal & Peter Wallfisch Prize: Poom Prommachart Esther Fisher Prize: (shared) Vasco Silva Dantas Rocha & Joaquim Badia
Contemporary Piano Music Competition John & Jean Redcliffe-Maud Prize: Lucie Troger Frank Merrick Prize: Valentin Barray
Beethoven Piano Competition Kendall Taylor Prize: Marta Menezes (1st Prize) Maksim Stsura (2nd Prize)
Lieder Competition Ted Moss & Bertha Taylor-Stach Prize: Soraya Mafi
English Song Competition English Song Prize: Rowan Pierce Alasdair Graham Accompanist Prize: Ian Tindale
Joan Chissell Schumann Piano Competition Kausikan Rajeshkumar (1st Prize) Vitaly Pisarenko (2nd Prize) Pavel Kolesnikov (3rd Prize)
Brooks-van der Pump English Song CompetitionSingers: Joanna Songi (1st Prize) Soraya Mafi (2nd Prize) Rosemary Braddy (3rd Prize)Accompanists: Christopher Weston (1st Prize) Clara Murnig (2nd Prize)
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Violin Competition Isolde Menges Prize: Amy Tress
Viola Competition Incorporating the Cecil Aronowitz, Lionel Tertis and Lesley Alexander Prizes: Francis Gallagher
Double Bass Competition Double Bass Prize: Rodrigo Moro Martin
Harp Competition Harp Prize: Rosanna Rolton
Guitar Competition Guitar Prize: Ariel Gragnani
String Chamber Music Competition Helen Just, Susan Connell and Sacconi Quartet Prizes: Naoki Aoki, Ana Nedobora Ivanova, Emma Purslow, David Son
Senior Woodwind Competition All Flutes Plus Flute Prize: Diego Acena Moreno Evelyn Rothwell Oboe Prize: Helen Clinton Clarinet Prize: Benjamin Mellefont Howarths of London Bassoon Prize: Luke Tucker
Saxophone Competition Jane Melber Prize: Linn Persson
Wind Ensemble Competition Douglas Whittaker Memorial Prize: Trio Gemini (Helen Clinton, Miriam Levenson & Christopher Mothersole) June Emerson Launchpad Prize: Esper Saxophone Quartet (Keziah Peel, Lucinda Dunne, Damon Oliver & Paul Lamstaes)
Early Chamber Music Competition Century Fund Prize: Consone Quartet (Agata Darashkaite, Magdalena Loth-Hill, Louisa Tatlow & George Ross) Richard III Prize: Mary-Jannet Leith & Thomas Allery
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Amadeus Fortepiano Prize Ewa Tytman
Sarah Mundlak Memorial Prize for Piano Pavel Kolesnikov
Harold Darke Prize (organ) Edward Dean
Walford Davies Prize (organ) Richard Moore
McCulloch Prize for Opera Katherine Crompton
Eric Joseph Shilling Prize for Opera Bradley Travis
Stephen Trier Award (bass clarinet) Elaine Ruby
Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Horn James Pillai
Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Trumpet Toby Street
Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Tenor Trombone Rory Cartmell
Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Bass Trombone James Alexander
Herbert Samuel Memorial Prize for Tuba Elliot Launn
McKenna Prize (baroque) Elspeth Robertson
Southern Percussion Prize Calum Huggan
Joy Hockings Prize for Percussion Louise Goodwin
Elgar Memorial Prize (composition) Arne Gieshoff
Joseph Horovitz Prize for Composition for Screen Vincenzo Bellomo
Adrian Cruft Prize (composition) Arne Gieshoff
Savage Club Prize Hristo Dushev
Nominated Prizes
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Scholarships
Since its foundation in 1882 the Royal College of Music has awarded scholarships to cover the tuition fees of students from the UK and abroad 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 all-round musical ability.
Over the years RCM Scholars have gone on to achieve considerable distinction in the world of music: Julian Bream, Michael Collins, Sir Colin Davis, Sir James Galway, Peter Hurford, Vanessa Latarche (the RCM’s current Head of Keyboard), Jonathan Lemalu, John Lill, Wayne Marshall, Sarah Connolly, Sophie Bevan and Alfie Boe are just some of those who studied at the RCM as Scholars.
The RCM is grateful to all the individuals, organisations, companies and charitable trusts that have supported Scholars via the RCM Scholarship Fund. Those graduating today have benefited from the support of the following generous donors, whose gifts are listed in descending order:
Annual scholarship donorsABRSM ScholarshipLeverhulme Scholarship Soirée d’Or ScholarshipRichard Carne ScholarshipThe Reed FoundationThe Big Give TrustH F Music AwardDerek Butler ScholarshipH R Taylor Trust ScholarshipMusicians’ Company ScholarshipMichael Bishop FoundationJohn Lewis Partnership ScholarshipIrene Hanson ScholarshipThe Hon Ros KellyCroucher Foundation Hong Kong ScholarshipOpperby Stokowski ScholarshipLee Abbey AwardStephen Catto Memorial ScholarshipDrapers’ Company ScholarshipArmitage ScholarshipFishmongers’ Company ScholarshipRuth West ScholarshipAldama ScholarshipEmma Rose ScholarshipGisela Gledhill ScholarshipJanet & Michael Levesley ScholarshipTegner ScholarshipPolonsky ScholarshipSir Roger and Lady Carr ScholarshipKiri Te Kanawa ScholarshipDr Michael West Scholarship
Ian Stoutzker PrizeJane Barker ScholarshipAndrew and Karen SunnucksBoltini Trust ScholarshipMonica and Guy Black ScholarshipStanley Picker ScholarshipJohn Ackroyd Music ScholarshipWall Trust AwardCelia and Andrew Curran ScholarshipFiona Frank ScholarshipIndependent Opera ScholarshipJohn Nickson ScholarshipLaing ScholarshipThe Siow-Furniss ScholarshipLord Winston ScholarshipSteinway ScholarshipToeman Weinberger AwardParnassus AwardSouth Square Trust ScholarshipCharles Napper AwardLydia Napper AwardHester Laverne AwardRussell Race ScholarshipLark Insurance ScholarshipRayne Trust ScholarshipSir Peter and Lady Walters AwardDouglas and Kyra Downie AwardMark Loveday ScholarshipBell Percussion AwardArthur Wilson Trombone AwardElse and Leonard Cross AwardYehudi Menuhin Award Continued...
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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 Nicholas Selman, Development Manager (Scholarships & Academic Awards), on 020 7591 4320 or [email protected] or visit www.rcm.ac.uk/supportus
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Kirby Laing Foundation ScholarshipThe Bliss Trust AwardDonald Paterson AwardReintamm Award
Endowed scholarship donors Douglas and Hilda Simmonds ScholarshipIan Evans Lombe ScholarshipQueen Elizabeth the Queen Mother ScholarshipKenneth & Violet Scott ScholarshipMichael Quinn AwardJoan Weller ScholarshipPolani AwardLucy Ann Jones AwardElse Gertrude Martin ScholarshipAnthony Saltmarsh ScholarshipElizabeth Van Someran Sherrard ScholarshipClifton Parker ScholarshipDS Bancroft ScholarshipRuth Dyson AwardDr Knobel FundAlice Templeton ScholarshipPidem Foundation ScholarshipMary Jobson AwardOrpheus ScholarshipPeter and Sheila Bennett ScholarshipNeville Wathen ScholarshipHelen Marjorie Tonks ScholarshipAmaryllis Fleming ScholarshipJoseph Clover ScholarshipEvelyn Tarrant Scholarship Robert McFadzean Whyte AwardSir Gordon Palmer ScholarshipGeorge Stennett AwardFrederick Johnston ScholarshipFrederick Cox ScholarshipGylla Godwin AwardYvonne Wells AwardEdward & Helen Hague AwardGordon Calway Stone ScholarshipPamela Weston ScholarshipJanet Bolton O’Sullivan
Kit & John Gander AwardMartin Harris ScholarshipWilkins Mackerras AwardCharles Branchini AwardGandar Dower AwardTheo Max van der Beughel ScholarshipSomers-Mountfort ScholarshipDennis & Sylvia Forbes ScholarshipGladys Hay ScholarshipCuthbert Smith AwardMason ScholarshipMidori Nishiura AwardJohn Astor AwardAudrey Sacher AwardJoe Lassetter AwardKendall-Taylor AwardHeddy Simpson AwardHerbert Samuel AwardChristopher & Susan Gordon-Wells Scholarship Vivian Prins AwardBaring Foundation AwardAudrey Piggott AwardSir Philip Shelbourne Award for BrassCosmina & Douglas Liversidge AwardJacqueline Ward AwardNorah Popple AwardHilda Houssart AwardAngela Nankivell AwardHilary Fabian AwardAlida Johnson AwardWinifred Law AwardAnatole Mines and Anthony Elt AwardsKeith Poole AwardLeonard and Margaret Boden ScholarshipAntonio Brosa AwardRussell Gander AwardJane Melber Award for Saxophone Other donors who wish to remain anonymous
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