The Edwin Carr Foundation was established in 2004 with interest from the estate of the late Edwin Carr. It enables young composers to further their studies overseas.
Scholarship recipients for 2023
- Nathaniel Otley - $13,000 towards a post masters study at the Hochshule for Music, Theatre and Media Hannover in Germany
- Dexter Stanley-Tauvao - $10,000 towards a second year of my Master’s degree in Jazz Studies at Queens College, New York City, USA
Previous recipients include:
- Luka Venter - $20,000 towards a Master of Arts in Opera Making and Writing at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
- Kirsten Strom - $25,000 towards a Master of Music in Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London (2021)
- Reuben Jelleyman - $18,202 towards the second year of a Master's in Composition at the Conservatoire de Paris, France (2021)
- Alex Taylor - $21,850 for the Edwin Carr Foundation Scholarship towards a PhD in Composition at the University of California, San Diego (2019)
- Jasmine Lovell-Smith - $3,150 for the Edwin Carr Foundation Scholarship towards a residency led by composer/improviser Nicole Mitchell at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, USA (2019)
- Salina Fisher - $30,000 towards the second year of a Master of Music in Composition at Manhattan School of Music, New York (2018)
- Ashton Sellers - $2,849 towards a Masters of Music in jazz guitar and composition at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in The Netherlands (2017)
- Salina Fisher - $9,151 towards a Masters in Music in composition from the Manhattan School of Music in New York (2017)
- Jake Baxendale - $7900 towards travelling to international locations to work with leading world experts on writing and arranging for large jazz ensembles (2016)
- Warwick Blair - $5000 towards a residency at Kingston University in the United Kingdom (2016)
- David Taylor - $9100 towards support for the final year of a Masters of Music in Composition at San Francisco Conservatory (2016)
- Alexis French - $5,000 towards a professional development opportunity with Canadian jazz composition specialists (2015)
- Gemma Peacocke - $15,000 towards a Master of Music Composition at New York University Steinhardt (2015)
- Celeste Oram - $20,000 towards a Masters in Music Composition at the University of California (2014)
- Gemma Peacocke - $10,000 towards Master of Music Composition at New York University Steinhardt (2014)
- Andrew Baldwin - $10,000 towards study for a Master of Composition at the Royal College of Music in the United Kingdom (2012)
- Ewan Clark - $15,000 towards a post graduate diploma in composition for screen at the Royal College of Music in the United Kingdom (2011)
- Simon Eastwood (2010)
- Chris Gendall (2009)
- Johnathan Crayford (2008)
- Rachael Morgan (2008)
- Lissa Meridan (2007)
- Robin Toan (2006)
- Dylan Lardelli (2005)
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