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Jackdaws Music Education Trust urgently seeks a new sponsor for its Great Elm Vocal Awards - an annual competition for aspiring young professional singers aged 22 to 30 from across the UK and overseas. The present sponsors are stepping down after 2005.
The Awards, which offer some of the most valuable prizes in the UK, have been held annually since 1992 and have helped launch the operatic careers of many young singers who are now gaining international recognition. The prize money helps the winners further their singing careers. The Awards Winners have also gone on to win prizes in the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, Cardiff Singer of the World and The Royal Overseas League. Although the preliminary rounds take place in London, the Finals have always been held in Great Elm in Somerset which is the home of Jackdaws. However Jackdaws in 2005 is bringing them to London so that a larger audience can appreciate and support the talents of these young singers.
The 2005 Finals will take place on 15th October at St. Mary's Church, Elsworthy Road, Primrose Hill, London NW3. A panel of professional judges pick the six finalists from the 2-day preliminary rounds and this year they will be offering, for the first time, an Accompanist's prize. In 2003, Dame Joan Sutherland, the Patron of Jackdaws, led the panel.
The prizes are: first prize £2,000 ; second prize £1,000; third prize £500; Accompanist's prize £750. Previous winners include Christopher Maltman, Sarah Fox, Andrew Kennedy, Mary Nelsen, Amanda Echalaz and Kate Royal, who are all now enjoying international acclaim. Jackdaws Music Education Trust is recognised nationally and locally as a major contributor to classical music education. Jackdaws was founded in 1993 by Maureen Lehane Wishart, the current Artistic Director and a former international mezzo-soprano.
The Trust was set up to promote access to music for all ages, abilities and backgrounds through teaching and performing by first class teachers and artists. A programme of residential courses, community courses and the Great Elm Vocal Awards are run from the picturesque Vallis Vale at Great Elm, Frome, Somerset. The natural beauty of the setting by the river is extremely conducive to artistic endeavour.
Dame Joan Sutherland is the Patron of Jackdaws and its Vice-Patrons are Sir Charles Mackerras, James Bowman and the Earl of Oxford and Asquith.