What is the Rebecca Clarke Song Competition?
A brand-new national competition for classical singers and pianists, shining a spotlight on British women composers of the past 150 years and the extraordinary art songs that deserve their place in today’s canon.
We are so grateful to our competition supporters, including:
The Golsoncott Foundation | The Stanford Society | The Winship Foundation | Christopher Johnson | The Finzi Trust | Kind supporters donating in memory of Humphrey Morison | Private sponsors who wish to remain anonymous
Meet Our Winners
Huge congratulations to all the singers and pianists who took part. The standard was extraordinarily high and the judges had an extremely difficult job.
Pianist Prizes
The Winship Prize (First) for Pianists :
Alfred Fardell and Jasmin Allpress
Generously donated by The Winship Foundation (shared)
Second Prize for Pianists:
Ella O'Neill
Generously donated by Christopher Johnson in memory of Rebecca Clarke.
Special Mentions to:
Roelof Temmingh
Daniel Peter Silcock
Singer Prizes
The Morison Prize (First) for Singers: Jonathan Eyers
Generously donated by the friends and family of Humphrey Morison in his memory
Second Prize for Singers:
Beth Moxon
Generously donated by Christopher Johnson in memory of Rebecca Clarke.
The Stanford Prize for the Best Performance of a Song by a Living Composer: Lucy Gibbs and Jack Redman
for their performance of ‘Rubbish at Adultery’ by Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Generously donated by The Stanford Society
Special Mentions to:
Archie Inns and Alfred Fardell for ‘Mabel Walsh’ by Cheryl Fances Hoad
Katy Thomson and Rustam Khanmurzin for ‘Mother Love’ by Emily Hazrati
Miro Traherne and Curtis Vetter for ‘Rain’ by Errollyn Wallen
Gabriella Noble and Jasmin Allpress for ‘Epilogue’ by Electra Perivolaris
Thank you to all our donors and supporters, volunteers and helpers. To Geoff Parkin and the ROSL team, to everyone who came to the live rounds to support this venture, and to the brilliant artists who entered, introduced us to wonderful new rep, and gave us such stunning performances.
We really hope to make this a regular event, at least bi-annually, possibly expanding the boundaries of the repertoire. Please follow us/sign up to our mailing list/watch this space for the next one.
Please support our work in any way you can, whether that be by donation, advocacy or joining us. We are recruiting new trustees and always appreciate volunteers to help with specific projects.
The SWAP’ra Team
