Noëlle Mann Scholarship
The Serge Prokofiev Foundation is offering a scholarship in memory of Noëlle Mann, founder of the Serge Prokofiev Archive and the Centre for Russian Music at Goldsmiths, who died in 2010. Due to Noëlle’s activities over many years, Goldsmiths has become an important centre for the study of Russian music in the UK, with several other research collections of Russian materials in addition to that of the Prokofiev Archive itself.
The award will be offered to a postgraduate research student in the Department of Music at Goldsmiths, starting in September 2012. Preference will be given to research projects dealing directly with an aspect of Serge Prokofiev’s life and/music, but topics related to Prokofiev and his work in its broader context will also be considered. Applications for the PhD Performance Pathway that conform to the above will also be considered.
The scholarship will be offered annually, giving the first awardee opportunity to be considered for funding for three years of study (full-time). The scholarship will be to the value of the current home/EU full-time tuition fee for the relevant PhD pathway. The scholarship will be paid directly to the awardee. For a part-time enrolment the award will be reduced by 50% per annum.
Please follow the link to the for information about current research in Russian music and the various possibilities for research supervision.
Your application should be made online using the normal PhD application form: there is no separate application form for the scholarship. It should include a statement of up to 2,000 words explaining your intended research project, and how you see it fitting into the Department’s research profile for Russian music studies. For more information about the PhD programmes and application process, go here
In addition you should also send a copy to Kim Mulhall, the Departmental Senior Administrator, at the address below. Applications must be received by Thursday 31 May and must be clearly marked ‘Music PhD Prokofiev Scholarship 2012’. Interviews will be held during the week commencing Monday 18 June, and the successful applicant will be informed as soon as possible thereafter. For further enquiries please email Keith Potter, Director of Postgraduate Studies.
Department of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
London SE14 6NW
The Rob Stringer Music Scholarship 2012
The Rob Stringer Music Scholarship is named after its funder, who is a former Goldsmiths student and Honorary Fellow as well as Chairman of Sony Music Label Group.
The Scholarship is worth £12,000, spread in instalments across the three-year degree.
In making the award, the Department will consider the following criteria: financial need, academic merit and musical ability. Preference will be given to students from low-income backgrounds. The award is open to UK students only.
Rob Stringer is described as 'one of the most powerful figures in the music business' - and one of the top 20 most influential Britons in America according to The Daily Telegraph - his career in music started in the Goldsmiths Students' Union, where as Social Secretary he was responsible for booking bands. He has responded to tumultuous times in the industry by repositioning Sony as a multimedia giant, while upholding his conviction that 'music is still an art form'.
Applications are invited from those who have accepted the offer of a place on the BMus Popular Music programme starting in October 2012.
Enquiries: money@gold.ac.uk
For details on funding, click here
Music for Alice
Alice MacGill, who was a student in the Department of Music at Goldsmiths from 2000 - 2004, lost her life in the 2004 Asian Tsunami.
The Music for Alice Trust was established in 2006 in Alice’s memory, and supports the musical education of young people in a variety of ways.
The criteria for the award for 2012-13 are currently under review.
Previous Awardees:
- 2010-11 Janie Armour (MMus, Studio Composition)
- 2011-12 Ben Bradley (MMus, Composition)