Blackwater Valley Opera Festival and the Royal Irish Academy of Music have announced a new music prize to support the studies of two master’s students every year at RIAM.

The BVOF/RIAM Next Generation Awards will select one vocal student and one instrumental student annually to each receive €20,000. This new award will assist each winner to complete their two-year Master in Music Performance programme at the RIAM.

The entrance bursary provides access to the acclaimed master’s programme at the RIAM, plus a unique performance platform at Ireland’s Summer Opera Festival - within the impressive setting of the Blackwater Valley in Co. Waterford.

The award is open to vocal and instrumental students worldwide who apply to study on the Master in Music Performance programme at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, with a particular focus on applications from tenor/countertenors for the vocal award.

One vocal student and one instrumental student will be chosen through their RIAM audition to receive the award, which will be provided as €10,000 in Year 1 and €10,000 in Year 2. Students interested in studying on the MMus programme at the RIAM from September 2022 can apply between 1 March - 12 April 2022.

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