ROSL ANNUAL MUSIC COMPETITION: Singers Section Final won by Henry Neill, baritone

Baritone Henry Neil won the  64th ROSL Annual Music Competition Section Final for Singers on Tuesday 9 February and was awarded the £5,000 prize and sought after place at the Grand Final on 1 June 2016. Henry was considered the standout performer on the night by the adjudicators, and the audience at the Princess Alexandra Hall certainly agreed.  

ROSL ANNUAL MUSIC COMPETITION: Strings Section Final won by Emily Sun, violin.

Australian violinist Emily Sun won the 64th ROSL Annual Music Competition Section Final for Strings on Tuesday 16 February and was awarded the £5,000 prize and sought after place at the Grand Final on 1 June 2016. The evenings’ competition was exceptional; with diverse and entertaining programmes from all but it was Emily who wowed the audience and the adjudicators with her performance of:  

ROSL ANNUAL MUSIC COMPETITION 2016: Wind and Percussion Section Final won by Philip Attard, Saxaphone

Maltese saxophonist Philip Attard wowed the adjudicators of the 64th ROSL Annual Music Competition Section Final for Wind and Percussion on Tuesday 2 February with his performance, and was awarded the £5000 prize and sought after place at the Grand Final on 1 June 2016. Philips’s impressive repertoire in the final included Yoshimatsu, Fuzzy Bird Sonata and Decruck Sonata for saxophone and piano. Philip was accompanied by Christine Zerafa.

What does the future hold for arts and cultural institutions?

Christopher Le Brun - President of the RA, Frances Morris - Director Tate Modern and Alex Beard - CEO Royal Opera House, debate the future for arts organisations on 14 July 2016, 6.30pm at The arts in the UK: A vision for the future, the Royal Over-Seas League’s inaugural Evelyn Wrench Lecture.

Our esteemed panellists will explore the real opportunities and threats faced by arts and cultural institutions and explain how these issues shape the evolution of their organisation – from programming to funding and audience development – painting their vision for how arts in the UK will figure in years to come.

ROSL ANNUAL MUSIC COMPETITION 2016: Keyboard Section Final Winner

Pianist Tyler Hay won the 64th ROSL Annual Music Competition Section Final for Keyboards on Tuesday 23 February and was awarded the £5,000 prize and sought after place at the Grand Final on 1 June 2016. Tyler’s 20 minute programme of  Valse Oubliée no. 4 - Liszt  and Sonata in B flat minor, Opus 36 no. 2 – Rachmaninov, was a talented and remarkable performance.

Huw Wiggin wins Gold Medal

ROYAL OVER-SEAS LEAGUE - 62nd Annual Music Competition.
Saxophonist Huw Wiggin (Royal College of Music) has won the Gold Medal and £15,000 in prize money at the 62nd Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition.

The competition final took place on Tuesday 6 May 2014 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London’s South Bank Centre. The Chairman of the distinguished panel of judges was Gavin Henderson CBE, Principal of Central School of Speech and Drama. Prizes were presented by HRH Princess Alexandra, Vice Patron of the Royal Over-Seas League.

The other finalists, who each received £5,000 were: Jan Hugo piano (Istituto Superiore di Studi, Modena, Italy) Toby Hughes double bass (Royal Northern College of Music) and Anna Rajah soprano (Royal College of Music).

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