Music Centre Award
College of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, England, Music Centre awards a variety of Music Centre Awards yearly, to new and present college students who present distinctive musical achievement and dedication.
The awards are for musicians of any instrument or voice and any fashion or custom – together with totally different nationwide traditions. They’re meant to encourage recipients to develop their musical and management expertise and contribute considerably to music at UEA. A excessive normal of efficiency is anticipated, however equally essential is a transparent dedication to take main roles within the musical lifetime of the College.
Utility is after entry to UEA, usually the second week of the autumn semester.
The awards are value £800 per yr. The place the Director of Music considers {that a} candidate has not met the required normal however exhibits promise, a smaller sum could also be awarded to help their growth in direction of a predominant award in a subsequent yr. The award holder is anticipated to make use of the cash to develop their musical expertise and useful resource. Instrumental or vocal classes may be organized as a part of this expectation.
The awards are made for one yr, but when the holder needs to proceed and may show to the Director of Music that they’ve made vital contributions throughout that yr, they’re welcome to re-audition for the subsequent yr and the award could also be renewed. If at any level the Director of Music has considerations, the holder of an award could also be invited to debate their involvement in musical life. Whether it is felt that the holder will not be keen or capable of make the required contribution, the award could also be withdrawn.
To learn the way earlier Music Centre Award holders have benefited from their awards, please go to our earlier Music Centre Award holders and Students profiles.
Necessities
No {qualifications} must have been taken. A excessive normal of efficiency may be demonstrated at audition. Within the case of a musician performing in a mode or custom with out a formal methodology of evaluation that is significantly essential. For these used to the graded examination system it might be helpful to say {that a} performing normal of Grade 8 and above is a benchmark. Neither Grade 8 nor some other examination want both have been taken or handed.
Please be aware that in the event you at present have a UEA Music Scholarship, you aren’t eligible for a UEA Music Centre Award.
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Restrictions with different Scholarships
In the event you at present have a UEA Music Scholarship you aren’t eligible for a UEA Music Centre Award.
Utility Course of
The appliance course of has three predominant elements:
You’ll need to submit both an on-line software kind or a onerous copy software kind and supply particulars about your present and former musical actions. We’ll ask you to stipulate your life as far as a musician, to inform us about a few of your most fun musical experiences and spectacular musical achievements. We’ll ask you to consider the way you would possibly proceed your musical actions at UEA (e.g. what out of your analysis concerning the college has significantly caught your eye, what in your present musical life would you prefer to convey with you). We can even ask what you suppose are the particular qualities that might make you a very good award holder (e.g. your glorious management expertise maybe, or your skill to pay attention and discover options to issues) and we are going to ask for examples of tasks and work you will have already performed which present your particular qualities. Please be aware that your dedication to contribute to musical life, and skill to be particular about how you plan to do that, might be extraordinarily essential in our determination making. The appliance deadline for the 2024 Music Centre Awards is 11am on Thursday 3 October 2024.
In the event you software is accepted, you’ll then be invited to a brief interview with the Director of Music the place we are going to talk about your software, supplying you with an opportunity to broaden on the knowledge you set in your software kind. We’ll ask you about your musical ambitions and private qualities, and there would be the alternative so that you can ask us about something to do with the musical lifetime of the college. Interviews for the 2024 Music Centre Awards are scheduled to happen on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 October 2024.
If, throughout your interview, you make a convincing case for the contribution you may make to music at UEA, you may be invited to an audition. The audition will final ten minutes, throughout which you may be requested to carry out three contrasting objects of a most complete size of ten minutes. Two of those must be items you are feeling present you at your finest (they are often accompanied or unaccompanied), whereas the third must be a brief unaccompanied examine or folksong. An accompanist might be supplied the place requested and you may be provided a brief rehearsal earlier than your audition. It’s doable to audition utilizing backing tracks in the event you want, but when the music you select has an accompaniment, it’s anticipated that you simply audition utilizing both a dwell accompanist or such different accompaniment/backing as you select. Performing unaccompanied on this circumstance might be appeared on unfavourably. Composers ought to submit performances of their works if doable, accompanied by scores. Auditions for the 2024 Music Centre Awards are scheduled to happen on Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 October 2024. Please see the Music Centre Award Phrases and Circumstances for essential details about the audition course of.
When you’ve got any questions concerning the awards, please electronic mail musicevents@uea.ac.uk.
