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Five finalists of the inaugural Flax Trust Classics
Five finalists of the inaugural ‘Flax Trust Classics’ (classical music awards/bursaries £15,000 for all classical musicians – vocal &
instrumental – born in N Ireland, wishing to continue their studies graduate/post graduate in the field of music) performed at a black tie concert at Queen’s University’s capacity crowded Great Hall on Friday 20th April.
Tara McNeill – violin – won both the Flax Trust Classics Award (Adjudicating Pannel – Marilynne Davies and Randal Shannon) and the George & Angela Moore Flax Trust Classics Audience Award.
The other finalists were Emer McCallion – Soprano; Helen Aiken – Mezzo – Soprano; David Gibson – Piano; Maria McGrann – Soprano.
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- Five finalists of the inaugural Flax Trust Classics
- Five finalists of the inaugural ‘Flax Trust Classics’ (classical music awards/bursaries £15,000 for all classical musicians – vocal & instrumental – born in N Ireland, wishing to continue their studies graduate/post graduate in the field of music) performed at a black tie concert at Queen’s University’s capacity crowded Great Hall on Friday 20th April. Tara [...] Read more – ‘Five finalists of the inaugural Flax Trust Classics’.
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- The Finalist Concert of the Inaugural Flax Trust Classics event will take place on Friday, 20th April 2012 in the Great Hall, Queen University, Belfast. How to Enter Competition – £15,000 in Bursaries The competition is open to young classical musicians – singers and instrumentalists – born in Northern Ireland who have reached degree standard. [...] Read more – ‘The Flax Trust Classics’.
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