Music Performance Awards
Brass
| Name | Value | Open | Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Barzyk Brass Award | Approximately $1,000 | Applications are not required.* | Brass, Undergraduate, One award |
| Donald William Thornton Bequest Scholarship | Approximately between $500 and $2,500 per recipient | Applications are not required.* | Brass and/or Woodwind; multiple awards; Graduate or Undergraduate |
*Nominations are made by the Head of discipline in consultation with academic staff. The Dean will approve the recipients.
Conducting
| Name | Value | Open | Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemary and John Hopkins Award | Approximately $5,000 | Applications open in March annually. Applications will close end of March. | Conductor; youth or community music project; One award; Undergraduate, Graduate or alumni |
| State Music Camp - Orchestral Conducting | Approximately $6,500 and a professional development opportunity | Applications open in January annually. Applications will close end of March. | Master of Music (Performance Teaching) or PhD student who specialises in Conducting. Willing to participate in the State Music Camp, held late June/early July. |
*Nominations are made by the Head of discipline in consultation with academic staff. The Dean will approve the recipients.
Guitar
| Name | Value | Open | Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guitar Perspectives Composition Award | $5,000 | Applications are not required.* | Classical guitar composition; Undergraduate, Graduate or alumni. One recipient |
*Nominations are made by the Head of discipline in consultation with academic staff. The Dean will approve the recipients.
Keyboard
| Name | Value | Open | Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allan Scholarship | Approximately $450 | Applications are not required.* | Home 50 miles from Horsham, Undergraduate, Piano, One award |
| Agnes Robertson Undergraduate Scholarship for Piano | Approximately $6,000 per year for 3 years (4 years if honours is undertaken) | Applications are not required. Candidates will be selected on the basis of audition for candidacy.* | First year Undergraduate, piano (PCME or Jazz & Improvisation). Australian citizen. |
| Angela Dhar Award for Chamber Music Performance (Piano) | $6,000 | Applications are not required.* | End of year prize for a high achieving final year Bachelor, Honours or Masters student in pianoforte chamber music. |
| Bachelor of Music Keyboard Prize | $5,000 | Applications are not required.* | End of year prize for a high achieving student in pianoforte |
| Doris Chandler Bursary | Approximately $3,000 | Applications are not required.* | Piano classical; One award; Undergraduate or Graduate |
| Dr Alexandra Cameron Scholarship | Approximately $1,000 | Applications are not required.* | Most outstanding undergraduate performance student (keyboard or string) or musical education in the final year of the Bachelor of Music. |
| DW Gardiner Fund | Approximately $1,000 | Applications are not required.* | piano - classical; <30 yrs old, Australian; 1 or more awards |
| Approximately $150 | Applications are not required.* | Piano, 3rd year student entering 4th year (Bachelor of Music (Honours)), One award | |
| Frederick Harlock Scholarship | Approximately $2,500 | Applications are not required.* | Piano, Undergraduate, One award |
| FW Homewood Scholarship | Approximately $1,500 | Applications open in March annually. Applications will close 4 weeks after the opening date. | Graduated within 5 years; Cannot be awarded twice to same person; Piano; One award |
| Graham Coyle Award | Approximately $4,000 | Applications are not required.* | One or more awards, Jazz and Improvisation, Piano, Undergraduate or Graduate |
| Grathelms Piano Award | $10,000 | Applications open in January annually. Applications will close end of March. | 2nd or 3rd year Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music (Honours) or final year Master of Music classical Piano, One award |
| Harold Charles Chatfield Medal | Approximately $350 plus engraved medal | Applications are not required.* | Organ, Undergraduate or Graduate, One award |
| John Hellyar Piano Scholarship | Approximately $20,000 in total, multiple awards | Applications are not required.* | Under 30, Australian born, advanced musical study (Graduate), based on audition results; Multiple awards |
| Katharine Ellis Memorial Fund | Approximately $3,000 | Applications are not required.* | Pianist, Australian, Undergraduate or Graduate, One or more awards |
| Madeleine Orr Scholarship | Approximately $4,700 | Applications are not required.* | Classical piano; One award; Undergraduate or Graduate |
| Mary Elizabeth McComas Piano Scholarship | Approximately $40,000 in total - multiple awards | Applications open in March annually. Applications will close 4 weeks after the opening date. | 1 or more awards, Piano, Travel overseas for graduate activity at a piano teaching institution, Australian citizen |
| McKay Pianoforte Scholarship | Approximately $300 | Applications are not required.* | Piano, Undergraduate, One award |
| Mona McCaughey Scholarship - Una Bourne | Approximately $200 | Applications are not required.* | Piano, Undergraduate or Graduate, One award |
| Pearis Rodger Scholarship | Approximately $8,000 | Applications open in January annually. Applications will close end of March. | Piano, Undergraduate, One or more awards |
| Phyllis Judd/Therese de Kretser Scholarship | Approximately $55,000 in total, multiple awardees | Applications are not required.* | Piano classical, Australian citizen; Multiple awards; Undergradate or Graduate |
| Rosemarie Kenny Prize | Approximately $300 | Applications are not required.* | Piano, Best piano exam 4th year, One award |
| Sir William McKie Travelling Scholarship | Approximately $1,000 | Applications open in March biennially (odd years). Applications will close 4 weeks after the opening date. | Organ/piano; Music graduates for study in London; One award |
| Will Poskitt Piano Scholarship | Approximately $2,600 | Applications are not required.* | 1 or more, piano - improvisation / classical, any year level |
*Nominations are made by the Head of discipline in consultation with academic staff. The Dean will approve the recipients.
Strings
| Name | Value | Open | Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Artingstall Prize | $10,000 | Applications open in July annually. Applications will close 4 weeks after the opening date. | Final year undergraduates (Third year Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Music (Honours)) or Master of Music, Violin or viola student who has demonstrated the most outstanding performance on violin or viola. |
| Alberto Zelman Violin Scholarship | Approximately $400 | Applications are not required.* | Violin, Undergraduate or Graduate, One award |
| Ann and Peter Law Scholarship for Cello | Approximately $1,400 | Applications open in January annually. Applications will close end of March. | Bachelor of Music, Cello 1 or more |
| Bertha Jorgensen Exhibition | Approximately $150 | Applications are not required.* | Violin, Undergraduate, 3rd/4th year, One award |
| Brunner Music Scholarship - Excellence Prize | Approximately $800 | Applications are not required.* | 2nd year Bachelor of Music, Undergraduate, violin or viola, One award |
| Brunner Music Scholarship - Improvement Prize | Approximately $800 | Applications are not required.* | 2nd year Bachelor of Music student, violin or viola, One award |
| CD Hume Violin Scholarship | Approximately $480 | Applications are not required.* | Violin, Undergraduate, 1 award |
| Corinna D'Hage Mayer String Scholarship | Approximately between $500 and $5,000 per recipient | Applications are not required.* | Strings, Australian born, multiple awards, Undergraduate or Graduate |
| Dorcas McClean Scholarship | Between $5,000 and $40,000 | Applications open in March triennially (next 2027). Applications will close approximately 12 weeks after the opening date. | Violin Competition -held triennially (2020, 2023 etc); Undergraduate, Graduate or alumni; 25 years or under; Resident in Australia for minimum 2 years |
| Dr Alexandra Cameron Scholarship | Approximately $1,000 | Applications are not required* | Most outstanding undergraduate performance student (keyboard or string) or musical education in the final year of the Bachelor of Music. |
| E&D Rogowski Scholarship | Approximately $4,200 | Applications are not required* | Bachelor of Music: Cello or Saxophone, Two awards |
| Grace Ella Fraser Fund | Approximately $4,500 | Applications are not required* | Cello; Undergraduate; 1 or more |
| Gwen Prockter Violoncello Prize | Approximately $750 | Applications are not required.* | Final year student: 3rd year Bachelor or Honours student, Cello, One award |
| Judith Rodriguez Violin Scholarship | loan of a violin and bow for up to the duration of BMus degree (allowance for Honours if applicable) | Applications open in January triennially (2026, 2029 etc). Applications will close 4 weeks after the opening date. | First year, Undergraduate, Violin |
| Kate Flowers Memorial Scholarship | Approximately $10,000 | Applications open in January annually. Applications will close end of March. | 1 award, Violin, viola or cello, Undergraduate, completed at least one year of study. |
| Liselotte ‘Lilo’ Nassau Cello Scholarship | Approximately $1,000 to $5,000 | Applications are not required.* | cello; ideally 1 x 1st year, 1 x 2nd year, 1 x 3rd year; Undergraduate |
| Otti Veit Violoncello Scholarship | Approximately $17,000 in total, multiple awardees | Applications are not required.* | One award, Undergraduate or Graduate, cello |
| Peg Oldfield Prize | Approximately $800 | Applications are not required.* | Strings, Final year Bachelor of Music/Honours, best results, Undergraduate, One award |
| Peers Coetmore Fund | Approximately $3,000 | Applications are not required.* | Cello; 1 award; Undergraduate |
| W Bardsley Award | Approximately $500 | Applications open in January annually. Applications will close end of March. | 1 award, violin- can be classical or contemporary; Undergraduate or Graduate |
*Nominations are made by the Head of discipline in consultation with academic staff. The Dean will approve the recipients.
Voice
| Name | Value | Open | Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| CM Middleton Scholarship | Approximately $1,450 | Applications are not required.* | Voice - classical; female; Undergraduate; One award |
| Grace Durling Encouragement Award | Approximately $1,000 | Applications are not required.* | Voice, one award, Undergraduate or Graduate |
| Mona McCaughey Scholarship | Approximately $300 | Applications are not required.* | Classical voice, Undergraduate or Graduate, One award |
| Mona McCaughey Scholarship - Elise Weiderman | Approximately $300 | Applications are not required.* | Classical voice, Undergraduate or Graduate, one award |
| Murial Cheek Memorial Scholarship | Approximately $350 | Applications are not required.* | Voice, Undergraduate, One award |
| Rae Banger Music Bursary | Approximately $1,000 | Applications are not required.* | 1 or more awards, voice, Undergraduate or Graduate |
| Walter Kirby Singing Scholarship | Approximately $300 | Applications are not required.* | Vocal Performance, Undergraduate , One award |
| Webster Nolan Fund Scholarship | Approximately $4,500 per year for duration of BMus | Applications are not required.* | 1 award, reside 50 from Melbourne, Undergraduate |
*Nominations are made by the Head of discipline in consultation with academic staff. The Dean will approve the recipients.
Woodwind
| Name | Value | Open | Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bebbington Prize | Approximately $450 | Applications are not required.* | Woodwind, Undergraduate or Graduate, One award |
| Donald William Thornton Bequest Scholarship | Approximately between $500 and $5,000 per recipient | Applications are not required.* | Brass and/or Woodwind; multiple awards; Graduate or Undergraduate |
| Elizabeth Grace Woodwind Award | $5,000 | Applications are not required.* | Final year undergraduates (Third year Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Music Honours), outstanding performance on a woodwind instrument. One award |
| E&D Rogowski Scholarship | Approximately $4,200 per recipient | Applications are not required.* | Bachelor of Music: Cello or Saxophone, Multiple awards |
| Lyn Bromley-Julian Oboe Scholarship | Approximately $9,000 | Applications are not required.* | Oboe, one or more, Undergraduate/Graduate |
| Taffy Gould and Jeffrey Rosenfeld Prize | $6,000 | Applications open in July annually. Applications will close 4 weeks after the opening date. | Clarinet, Final year undergraduates (Third year Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Music Honours) |
*Nominations are made by the Head of discipline in consultation with academic staff. The Dean will approve the recipients.