 P O Box 100-165, North Shore, North Shore City 0745, New Zealand |
Margot Lloyd QSM, is the Founder and Patron of the
North Shore Chorale.
Margot Lloyd QSM
The Margot Lloyd Vocal Scholarship was established by the North Shore Chorale in 2006 in recognition of Margot's services to music, her selfless dedication in particular to vocal and choral music and her tireless enthusiasm for the careers of young singers.
Applications
Applying for the Margot Lloyd Vocal Scholarship?
You will need to download
3 pages: 1 information sheet and 2 pages for the application form, as follows:
- To download a printable PDF information page click here
- To download a printable PDF application form:
- Application p.1
- click here
- Application p.2
- click here
- Completed and signed application
- Application fee
Your application must reach us by 5.00pm Friday 12th August 2011
Public attendance at the Preliminaries and Finals:
Public and friends and family of the contestants are encouraged to attend the Final Concert and/or the Preliminaries to hear the wealth of young talent perform and to cheer on your favourites!
Tickets: Bookings can be made by phoning Rosemary Armstrong (09) 486-5181 for the following:
Preliminaries: Sat. 27th August, Time to be advised.
Tickets $5.00
Finals Concert Performance: Sun. 28th August, at 5.30pm. Tickets $15.00 Refreshments served following the performance.
Total prize money $5,000
1st Prize - $4,000
2nd Prize - $1,000
In this our Silver Jubilee year,
The North Shore Chorale
has great pleasure in inviting young vocalists to compete for the
Margot Lloyd
Vocal Scholarship 2011
Applicants must fullfil the following entry criteria:
- A New Zealand Citizen
- Pupil of a Registered Music Teacher and/or Secondary School or University student pursuing vocal performance studies
- Aged between 17 and 25 years of age as at 31 July 2011
- Must be prepared to perform (without fee) with the North Shore Chorale in a concert performance during the year immediately following the awarding of the Scholarship, if so requested
Applications:
Applications for the scholarship must be sent to the Chorale at the address stated on the application form provided, accompanied by payment of the application fee ($40), and the supporting information detailed on the application form.
(See left panel for downloading application forms and info sheets).
Applications for the scholarship must be sent to the Chorale at the address stated on the application form provided, accompanied by payment of the application fee ($40), and the supporting information detailed on the application form.
(See left panel for downloading application forms and info sheets).
Applications close at 5.00pm on Friday 12 August 2011 and must be accompanied by the application fee of $40.
Venue:
The Preliminary Round and Finals will be held at:
St George's Presbyterian Church
2 The Terrace, Takapuna, Auckland.
Competition Dates and Times:
Preliminaries: Sat. 27th Aug., time to be advised after close of entries.
Finals: Sun. 28th Aug., at 5.30pm
Applicants must prepare two pieces of contrasting musical style, preferably in two different languages, one of which may be English. A variety of genres is encouraged, e.g. opera, oratorio, musical theatre, folk, sacred.
Preliminary Round:
For the Preliminary Round, applicants will be required to sing one piece of their choice of no more than four minutes duration. This piece must also be sung at part of the finals concert, if the applicant is successful in the preliminary round.
Finals:
Finalists for the Scholarship will be required to present a live performance of two pieces of contrasting style and genre, one of which will be the piece chosen to sing in the preliminary round.
Accompanist:
It will be the responsibility or the applicants to provide their own accompanist for both the Preliminary Round and for the Finals performance.
Music:
Original copies of the two pieces, labelled with the applicant's name, must be provided to the adjudicators at the performances.
Adjudicators:
The adjudicators for all stages of the Scholarship will be Margot Lloyd QSM and Jenny Firth.
The Preliminary Round and Finals will be held at:
St George's Presbyterian Church
2 The Terrace, Takapuna, Auckland.
Competition Dates and Times:
Preliminaries: Sat. 27th Aug., time to be advised after close of entries.
Finals: Sun. 28th Aug., at 5.30pm
Applicants must prepare two pieces of contrasting musical style, preferably in two different languages, one of which may be English. A variety of genres is encouraged, e.g. opera, oratorio, musical theatre, folk, sacred.
Preliminary Round:
For the Preliminary Round, applicants will be required to sing one piece of their choice of no more than four minutes duration. This piece must also be sung at part of the finals concert, if the applicant is successful in the preliminary round.
Finals:
Finalists for the Scholarship will be required to present a live performance of two pieces of contrasting style and genre, one of which will be the piece chosen to sing in the preliminary round.
Accompanist:
It will be the responsibility or the applicants to provide their own accompanist for both the Preliminary Round and for the Finals performance.
Music:
Original copies of the two pieces, labelled with the applicant's name, must be provided to the adjudicators at the performances.
Adjudicators:
The adjudicators for all stages of the Scholarship will be Margot Lloyd QSM and Jenny Firth.
For a printable PDF Information Sheet containing the above information
click here
click here
2010
Anthony Schneider
Anthony
has gone on to win the 2011 North Shore Aria competition with a $5,000
prize and a $2,000 grant to enable him to enter the McDonalds Aria
Contest in Sydney. We wish him the very best for this competition!
Previous Winners
of the
Margot Lloyd
Vocal Scholarship
2009
of the
Margot Lloyd
Vocal Scholarship
2009
Zoe Picton-Stevens
2nd Place was Christina Orgias
Zoe was the winner from 9 finalists and travelled in May 2010 to London to audition for musicals there. We wish her every success.
2008
Elizabeth Mandeno
2007
Joel Amosa
2006
Ju Hyeon Han
Ju Hyeon Han after much success in Auckland, has gone on to study overseas and is making quite a mark there.
New Zealand press clippings
Read more of her success overseas!