This scholarship, established in 2009, is funded through a bequest from the estate of the late Mr Brent Lewis with the assistance of Creative New Zealand, and administered through the Public Trust. It enables young musicians to undertake study or gain further musical experience at a tertiary institution in New Zealand or overseas.
Previous recipients include:
- Claudia Tarrant-Matthews: $8,000 towards a Professional Diploma in Violin Performance at the Royal Academy of Music, London (2021)
- Dominic Jacquemard: $8,000 towards Master of Music in Percussion at Het Conservatorium van Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2021)
- Alexander Arai-Swale: $9,600 for the NZ/Aotearoa Music Scholarship towards a Master of Music in Double Bass at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin (2019)
- William McNeill: $5,251 towards a Master of Music in French Horn at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar, Germany (2019)
- Benson Wilson: $8000 towards the second year of the Artist Masters programme in opera studies at Guildhall School of Music (2018)
- Vincent Hardaker: $8000 towards the Advanced Postgraduate Programme in orchestra conducting at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen (2018)
- Hannah Darroch, $8,000 scholarship to support her Doctorate of Music at McGill University in Montreal, Canada (2017)
- Benson Wilson, $8,000 towards a postgraduate course in drama opera at the Guildhall School of Music in London (2017)
- Anna Whittaker, $16000 towards a Masters degree majoring in jazz voice at Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, USA (2016)
- Thomas Gaynor, $10,000 towards a Doctor of Musical Arts in Organ Performance and Literature at Eastman School of Music, Rochester (2015)
- Edwin King, $6000 towards a Master of Music soloist at the Universitat der Kunste, Berlin. (2015)
- Marcus Norman $16,000 towards a masters programme in clarinet at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (2014)
- James Ioelu $8,000 towards completing the final year of a masters degree in voice at the Manhattan School of Music (2012)
- Dickson Wing Fai Fung $8,000 towards postgraduate study in performing arts medicine and violin performance in London (2012)
- Byron Newton $8,000 towards masters study in euphonium at the Royal Welsh College of Music, Wales (2011)
- Jennifer Lee $8,000 to complete a doctorate degree in piano performance at City University, London (2011)
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