No Strings Attached: €10,000 to be won by Violin Students

No Strings Attached: €10,000 to be won by Violin Students as part of The National Concert Hall Young Musician’s Award 2008

The National Concert Hall launches its first-ever ‘Young Musician’s Award 2008’ this December. Open to violin students between 13 and 17 years of age, this award gives young musicians the opportunity to win a cash prize of up to €10,000 in total. The cash award will go towards music tuition, instrument upgrade, travel or other costs faced by students as they develop their musical studies. The deadline for receipt of entries is 30th January 2009.

Katie Wink, Learn & Explore Manager for The National Concert Hall comments :

“This competition is just one way in which The National Concert Hall can support young musicians as they continue with their music careers. The substantial cash award will go a long way to help those young students who may not have the financial support they need to further their studies ordinarily. It is in the spirit of excellence and commitment to music education, that the Learn & Explore programme at the National Concert Hall have developed the ‘Young Musician’s Award 2008’ to support the development of young musicians in Ireland”.

The award will be given biannually and for its inaugural year (2009) will be open to violinists.
Upon review of all submitted application forms, a panel of judges will select a shortlist of candidates who will be invited for audition and interview. One or two candidates may receive the award in each cycle, with the number of winners and the amount of the cash award(s), up to €10,000 total, to be at the judging panel’s discretion.

All entries to be received by 30th January 2009. Application forms are available to download here.
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For further information please contact: Sinead Doyle, Marketing & PR Manager, Tel: 01 417 00 00 or www.nch.ie no booking fees.