Two medals (a Bronze and a Silver) have been awarded to a student from the Royal Military School of Music every year since 1947. The award was endowed by Felix Cassel Bt following his period as Master throughout the Second World War.
Past Winners:
1947 - R A Hunt (Silver); F E Robinson (Bronze)
1948 - G Horsfell (Silver); A Pinney (Bronze)
1949 - F Bryce (Silver); I K Lambert (Bronze)
1950 - L C W Bentley (Silver); D Wilkinson (Bronze)
1951 - P Evans (Silver); S Harrison (Bronze)
1952 - B Bowyer (Silver); W Willis (Bronze)
1953 - David Bramwell Thornett (Silver); John Roberto James (Bronze)
1954 - A Handy (Silver); R Goddard (Bronze)
1955 - George Wood (Silver); D Leach (Bronze)
1956 - D Rawson (Silver); D G Palmer (Bronze)
1957 - John Francis Franchi (Silver); Trevor Plats (Bronze)
1958 - Roger Grenfell (Silver); John Gibson (Bronze)
1959 - John Dennis Leese (Silver); Nigel Anlerton (Bronze)
1960 - Martin Robert Baster (Silver); Colin John Petherham (Bronze)
1961 - Peter John Biggs (Silver); John Raymond Crisford (Bronze)
1962 - Keith Gordon (Silver); David Ian Garrod (Bronze)
1963 - Louis Paul Bradford (Silver); Antony Jackson (Bronze)
1964 - Roger James Jarris (Silver); Alan Keith Giles (Bronze)
1965 - Michael John Grey (Silver); Michael John Chesters (Bronze)
1966 - John Richard Bosher (Silver); Anthony A Wakefield (Bronze)
1967 - Hugh McKenna (Silver); John Barrett (Bronze)
1968 - Richard Alan Duckett (Silver); Graham Leslie Ward (Bronze)
1969 - Timothy Ellis Cumper (Silver); Malcolm John Torrent (Bronze)
1970 - David William Wood (Silver); Christopher M Thompson (Bronze)
1971 - Dennis Charles Felton (Silver); Malcolm Healey (Bronze)
1972 - Paul Wynford Townsend (Silver); Clive John Upson (Bronze)
1973 - Richard Mark Stanbrook (Silver); Keith Victor Riby (Bronze)
1974 - Christopher R Dawe (Silver); Robin Salisbury (Bronze)
1975 - M Curtis (Silver); M D Moran (Bronze)
1976 - P S Ellis (Silver); D Whittle (Bronze)
1977 - D L Gilson (Silver); C C Gray (Bronze)
1978 - R J Edwards (Silver); A J Flaxman (Bronze)
1979 - S Gauld (Silver); E P Forster (Bronze)
1980 - C E Hicks (Silver); L S Wells (Bronze)
1981 - S Thompson (Silver); A M Cowles (Bronze)
1982 - G D Glover (Silver); W J Lewis (Bronze)
1983 - E J Harkin (Silver); N G Slater (Bronze)
1984 - J C G Abernethy (Silver); N Thomas (Bronze)
1985 - K C Bird (Silver); C D Walker (Bronze)
1986 - B Wassell (Silver); C V Bugby (Bronze)
1987 - M A Clarke (Silver); A W Kelman (Bronze)
1988 - R Anderson (Silver); A Hudson (Bronze)
1989 - I L Mitchell (Silver); C J King (Bronze)
1990 - P Bede (Silver); R Stacey (Bronze)
1991 - A R Adams (Silver); M D Walters (Bronze)
1992 - R J Watterson (Silver); S Sparrow (Bronze)
1993 - M Holt (Silver); C S Hales (Bronze)
1994 - D T Wright (Silver); S Brown & D T Fennell (Bronzes)
1995 - E Conroy (Silver); N W Penny (Bronze)
1996 - Not recorded
1997 - J P Dutton (Silver); R Cole (Bronze)
1998 - Not recorded
1999 - J R Storey (Silver); T R Brown (Bronze)
2000 - D R Coles (Silver); A C Lile (Bronze)
2001 - R F Allison (Silver); C L Kitchen (Bronze)
2002 - V L Evans (Silver); A P Mercer (Bronze)
2003 - E Gibson (Silver); J Burton (Bronze)
2004 - Andy Harris (Silver); Kathleen Brown (Bronze)
2005 - Daryl Neville (Silver); Lauren Harris (Bronze)
2006 - Richard Tuddenham (Silver); Sam Smith (Bronze)
2007 - E S Gouws (Silver); S A Pearce (Bronze)
2008 - J F Oxley (Silver); A P Shellard (Bronze)
2009 - K D Easter (Silver); J Dickens (Bronze)
2010 - I Shepherd (Silver); D Venter (Bronze)
2011 - N R Walkley (Silver); N J White (Bronze)
2012 - David Mayren (Silver); Nicholas Davy (Bronze)
2013 - Grainne Devery (Silver); Aliaksei Valoshka (Bronze)
2014 - David Wong (Silver); No Bronze medal was awarded
2015 - Ben Matthews (Silver); Elizabeth Ward (Bronze)
2016 - Kim Cochrane (Silver)
2017 - Daniel Howitt (Silver); Matthew Dixon and Hannah Hodgson (Bronze)
2018 - No award
2019 - Rachael Kendall (Silver); Gregory Waters (Bronze)
2020 - Evelina Wozniak (Silver); Katya Kucharzak (Bronze)