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Prizes & Grants announced to tune of £42,000

The RPS’s burgeoning RPS Young Musicians and New Music Propgrammes has announced awards and prizes for composers and student musicians totaling over £40,000.

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RPS announces prizes and grants for composers and musicians totaling £42,000

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Soprano Gemma Summerfield wins 2018 Chilcott Award

Soprano Gemma Summerfield wins 2018 Chilcott Award

Soprano Gemma Summerfield has been awarded the £10,000 Chilcott Award for young British opera singers