Junior Fellowships
Our Trinity Laban Junior Fellowship offers a rare and exciting platform for exceptional and aspiring young musicians, providing the support and opportunities necessary to successfully make the leap from full-time conservatoire-based study to excellence in the music profession.
These intensive, year-long Fellowships provide individuals with the means and the time to enhance their professional skills and contacts, while pushing and exploring their own artistic development with the invaluable support of a Trinity Laban mentor.
The Sir Charles Mackerras
Junior Fellowship in Conducting
The Sir Charles Mackerras Junior Fellowship in Conducting is designed to enable an aspiring young conductor to bridge the gap between full-time conservatoire-based study and the music profession by providing them with the means and time to develop their professional skills and contacts whilst continuing their development with the support of a Trinity Laban mentor.
Applications for September 2026 are now open.
How to apply
The application process is in two parts. The first part is an online submission via Embark.
Successful applicants will be asked to participate in an in-person audition at Blackheath Halls on the 1st May 2026. You will be notified about the outcome during the week of the 30th March.
Deadline for applications: 20 March 2026
Application requirements
Please upload the following to Embark:
CV
Please attach an up-to-date CV detailing your education, further tuition (if applicable) and professional experience. Being as specific as possible, please indicate how you found out about this Junior Fellowship opportunity.
Covering Letter
Please attach a letter providing a brief statement (of no more than 500 words) indicating your intended personal programme over the Junior Fellowship period.
Short Biography
A version of your biography of approximately 200 words
Names of Referee
Please provide the names of one referee (preferably of national or international stature) who is willing to provide comment on both your professional work to date and your suitability for the Junior Fellowship programme, stating how long they have known you and in what capacity.
Professional Reference
Please attach a scanned copy of the reference from the referee whose details you have supplied above.
Digital Recordings
Please attach a maximum of two recordings – one in performance and one in rehearsal, with a total length of at least 15 minutes in duration.
Due to the large number of applications received, should your recordings exceed 15 minutes in duration they may not be reviewed in their entirety by the panel.
Failing to include any of the items listed above will adversely affect your Junior Fellowship application.
Junior Fellowships are not eligible for Student Visas and you will need to provide evidence of your UK immigration status.
Junior Fellows
The value, impact and success of Trinity Laban’s Junior Fellowship programme are illustrated by an impressive list of past recipients who have forged, or are embarking upon, dynamic and prolific careers.
Current Junior Fellow
Medb Brereton Hurley
The Sir Charles Mackerras Junior Fellow in Conducting
Previous Junior Fellows
- Vicente Chavarria (The Sir Charles Mackerras Junior Fellow in Conducting)
- Jack Sheen (The Carne Junior Fellowship for an Individual)
- Valentina Ciardelli (The Carne Trust Junior Fellowship for an Individual 2018-19
- Charis Hanning (Junior Fellowships in Piano Accompaniment 2018-19)
- Min Young Bae (Junior Fellowships in Piano Accompaniment 2018-19)
- Jonathan Mann (The Sir Charles Mackerras Junior Fellow in Conducting 2017-19)
- Patricia Auchterlonie (The Carne Junior Fellow for Individuals 2017-18)
- Imma Setiadi and Alessandro Viale (Junior Fellows in Piano Accompaniment 2017-18)
- Dulcinea Quartet: Kirsten Jenson, Yuen Minn Majoe, Haru Ushigusa and Martin Wray (The Richard Carne Junior Fellow for String Quartet 2016-17)
- Stephen Upshaw (The Richard Carne Junior Fellow for Individuals 2016-17)
- George Jackson (The Sir Charles Mackerras Junior Fellow in Conducting 2015-17)
- Harriet Mackenzie (Richard Carne Junior Fellowship for Individuals 2015-16)
- Claire Wickes (Richard Carne Junior Fellowship for Individuals 2014-15)
- Piatti Quartet (Richard Carne Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 2014-16)
- James Ham (The Sir Charles Mackerras Junior Fellow in Conducting 2013-15)
- Harry Cameron-Penny (Richard Carne Junior Fellowship for Individuals 2013-14)
- Jubilee Quartet (Richard Carne Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 2013-14)
- Benyounes Quartet (Richard Carne Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 2011-13)
- Christopher Guild (Richard Carne Junior Fellow for Individuals 2012-13)
- Nico de Villiers (Junior Fellow in Piano Accompaniment 2012-13)
- Elizabeth Rossiter (Junior Fellow in Piano Accompaniment 2012-13)
- Holly Cook (Richard Carne Junior Fellow for Individuals 2011-12)
- Duncan Ward (The Sir Charles Mackerras Junior Fellow in Conducting 2010-12)
- Wu Quartet (King Charles, previously Bulldog, Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 2010-2012)
- Solstice Quartet (Richard Carne Junior Fellowship for Chamber Ensemble 2010-2011)
- Finzi Quartet (Bulldog Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 2009-2010)
- Sitkovetsky Trio (Richard Carne Junior Fellowship for Chamber Ensemble 2009-2010)
- Michael Alexander Young (Sir Charles Mackerras Junior Fellowship in Conducting 2008-2010)
- Vardanyan Quartet (Bulldog Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 2008-2009)
- Brodowski Quartet (Bulldog Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 2007-2008; Richard Carne Junior Fellowship for Chamber Ensemble 2008-2009)
- Carducci Quartet (Bulldog Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 2006-2007; Richard Carne Junior Fellowship for Chamber Ensemble 2007-2008)
- Tom Hammond (Sir Charles Mackerras Junior Fellowship in Conducting 2006-2008)
- Badke Quartet (Bulldog Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 2005-2006)
- Bronte Quartet (Bulldog Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 2004-2005)
- Elysian Quartet (Bulldog Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 2003-2004)
- Alba Quartetopens in a new window (Bulldog Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 2002-2003)
- Guillami Quartet (Bulldog Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 2000-2002)
- Solaris Quartet (Bulldog Junior Fellowship for String Quartet 1998-1999)
Find out more
To find out more about applying to our Junior Fellowship, please contact our Admissions team.
admissions@trinitylaban.ac.uk