Established in 1964 and endowed by Cyril Davis (Court Member 1976-1983) for a scholarship to be presented annually for advanced study as a singer, producer, conductor or repetiteur under contract, and in consultation with Glyndebourne Festival Opera. From 2003 to 2014 it was part-funded by the Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks Trust. It is named after the founder, in 1934, of Glyndebourne Festival Opera in Sussex.
On October 12th 2015, a star-studded concert was held at The Royal College of Music to celebrate 50 years of this Award.
Presented by the legendary tenor Ryland Davies (and first winner of this award) and in the presence of Lady Christie, the concert included performances by Louise Alder, Kate Royal and Duncan Rock (all previous winners of the award), together with the 2015 winner, Nikola Hillebrand.
Issue 51 of Preserve Harmony has a good article on this event. Click on the image right to download.
Past Winners:
1965 - Ryland Davies
1966 - Richard Van Allan
1967 - Jill Gomez
1968 - Jill Gomez
1969 - No award
1970 - Teresa Cahill and Yvonne Fuller
1971 - Anthony Roden
1972 - Ian Caley
1973 - Linda Esther Gray and John Tomlinson
1974 - Elizabeth Gale and Anthony Rolfe Johnson
1975 - Anthony Rolfe Johnson and Alan Watt
1976 - John Rawnsley
1977 - Kate Flowers
1978 - Fiona Kimm
1979 - Keith Lewis
1980 - Christopher Blades
1981 - Helen Walker
1982 - Glen Winslade
1983 - John Hall
1984 - Louise Winter
1985 - Anna Steiger
1986 - Peter Rose
1987 - Alastair Miles
1988 - Robert Poulton
1989 - Alison Hagley and Gerald Finley
1990 - Sarah Pring and Christopher Ventris
1991 - Andrew Slater
1992 - Edith Pritchard
1993 - Julie Unwin
1994 - Howard Quilla Croft
1995 - No award
1996 - Lisa Milne
1997 - Linda Tuvas
1998 - Daniel Borowski
1999 - Darcy Bleiker
2000 - Sarah Fox
2001 - Marie Arnet
2002 - Alfie Boe
2003 - Lubyov Petrova
2004 - Kate Royal
2005 - Claire Ormshaw
2006 - Matthew Rose
2007 - Peter Gijsbertsen
2008 - Allan Clayton
2009 - Natasha Jouhl
2010 - Duncan Rock
2011 - David Butt Philip
2012 - Katherine Watson
2013 - Ulyana Aleksyuk
2014 - Louise Alder
2015 - Nikola Hillebrand
2016 - Huw Montague Rendall - click here for more information
2017 - James Newby - click here for more information
2018 - William Thomas - click here for more information
2019 - Vuvu Mpofu - click here for more information
2020 - No award
2021 - Thomas Mole - click here for more information
2022 - Amy Holyland - click here for more information
Patrick Keefe - click here for more information
2023 - Michael Ronan
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