The National Concert Hall invites singers to apply for the Bernadette Greevy Bursary. One singer per year will be awarded the bursary of €5,000 by The National Concert Hall, in honour of Irish mezzo-soprano Dr Bernadette Greevy.
The winner of the Bernadette Greevy Bursary will give a recital at The National Concert Hall at the end of 2012, featuring a new Irish piece commissioned for the occasion by The National Concert Hall. Winner of the 2010 bursary was baritone Gavan Ring, who will perform at the prizewinner’s recital in the John Field Room on 21 November 2011.
Guidelines
Entrants may be male or female. They must be resident or domiciled in Ireland, and in third-level education or equivalent.
Each entrant will submit :
- three copies of a CD with his or her programme of not more than 15 minutes' length
- an application form with personal details and the details of his or her programme (application forms will be available to download from this page from August 2011 onward)
- a letter of recommendation from his or her teacher
by the 30 September, 2011 deadline.
First-round entries will be judged during October, and finalists will be called back for a live audition in November. In this audition, each finalist will sing three pieces:
- a Mahler song
- a Handel aria
- a piece by a living Irish composer
The winner of the bursary will receive €5000, and return to The National Concert Hall at the end of 2012 for the Bernadette Greevy Bursary Recital. Please note that previous first prize winners are ineligible to re-enter the competition.
Please return with your CDs and letter of recommendation by Friday, 30 September, 2011 to:
- Learn & Explore
- The National Concert Hall
- Earlsfort Terrace
- Dublin 2
