Competitions and Prizes at Trinity Laban celebrate the outstanding creativity and technical excellence of our young musicians.
Students from across the Faculty of Music take part in a number of competitions annually. From large scale internal competitions such as the prestigious Gold Medal to instrument-specific and intercollegiate competitions, students are never short of opportunities to showcase their talent.
Internal Competitions
- The Gold Medal Competition (All)
- The Soloists’ Competition (All Instrument and Voice)
- Daryl Runswick Composition Competition (Composition)
- The John Longmire Competition (Solo Piano)
- The Alison Stephens Competition for Plucked and Fretted Instruments (Not including Harp)
- The Philip Jones Competition (Brass)
- The John Barbirolli Competition (String quartet)
- The Vernon Elliot Competition (Bassoon)
- The John Halford Competition (Piano and Composition)
- The Harold Clarke Competition (Woodwind)
- The Historically Informed Performance Competition (All)
- The Gladys Puttick Improvisation Competition (All)
- The Elisabeth Schumann Lieder Competition (Voice and Piano)
- The Leonard Smith & Felicity Young competition (String and Piano)
- The Evelyn Rothwell Competition for Solo Oboe
- The Wilfred Hambleton Competition (Clarinet)
- The Lillian Ash French Song Competition
- The Alfred Kitchin Competition
- The Vera Kantrovitch Prize (solo strings)
- The English Song Competition (Voice and Piano)
- The Vivian joseph Classical Concerto Competition (Bowed Strings)
External Competitions
- Jaques Samuel Piano Competition
- The Kathleen Ferrier Awards
- CAVATINA Intercollegiate Chamber Music Competition
- Camac Competition.