One of the highlights of Summer Music Week is the Music Prizes ceremony, an occasion to recognise the outstanding contributions made by some of those taking part in extra-curricular music over the course of the academic year.\u00a0 This year saw the return to the in-person ceremony, which followed the annual Music Scholars\u2019 Lunchtime Recital, and to welcome supporters, benefactors and guests for the first time since 2019.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0<\/span>John Craven Music Prize<\/span><\/b>: awarded to a returning student who has made a major contribution to music at the University, and this year was a<\/span>warded jointly to\u00a0<\/span>Kammy Pike<\/span><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Michael Lam.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Second-year postgraduate in Biosciences and a Music Performance Scholar, <\/span>Kammy Pike<\/span><\/b>\u00a0has led the Symphony Orchestra this year including in the annual Cathedral Concert, and also plays in the String Sinfonia, with whom she played the final solo movement of Vivaldi\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Spring<\/span><\/i>\u00a0in a recent performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n