{"id":2833,"date":"2011-06-03T09:53:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T08:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2011-06-06T14:57:23","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T13:57:23","slug":"university-music-prize-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2011\/06\/03\/university-music-prize-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"University Music Prize Winners announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the highlights of each year is being able to recognise the contribution that some of the students have made to the year’s music-making at the University. At a ceremony last week,\u00a0seven outstanding students were awarded prizes, in recognition of their significant contributions to the year’s musical calendar.<\/p>\n

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l-r: Andrew Kitchin, Kate Lumley, Alice Godwin, Alanya Holder, Anna Shinkfield, Kathryn Redgers; front, Chris Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This year’s Canterbury Festival Music Prize, awarded by Director of the Canterbury Festival, Rosie Turner, to a final-year student who has made an outstanding contribution to music at the University, was given jointly to Alice Godwin<\/strong> (Politics and International Relations) and Kate Lumley<\/strong> (English and Comparative Literature). Both Alice and Kate have shone in the woodwind section of the Symphony Orchestra in their time at Kent, as well as in Concert Band; they have both also performed in the Scholars’ Festival Concert as part of the Canterbury Festival.<\/p>\n

The Colyer-Fergusson Music Prize, presented by chairman of the Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust,\u00a0 Jonathan Monckton, which is awarded to a student who has made a major contribution to organising music at the University, was awarded jointly to Alanya Holder<\/strong> (Law) and Anna Shinkfield<\/strong> (English and American Literature). Alanya was President of the Music Society this year, as well as participating in choirs and singing jazz; Anna was Acting Secretary of the Music Society, and has performed on the recorder as well as singing with the Chorus and playing sax with the Concert and Big Bands – though not all at the same time…<\/p>\n

Chris Gray<\/strong> (Architecture) was awarded the University Music Prize, having made a major contribution to music at the University this year, including (as well as his instrumental playing), the shifting of timpani and other assorted heavy orchestral gear!<\/p>\n

The Awards Committee made a final two awards; Andrew Kitchin<\/strong> (Mathematics), who has been a stalwart of the ‘Jazz @ 5 ‘series and has performed at every one since its inception in 2008, and Kathryn Redgers<\/strong> (History), who has made a tremendous impact on music in her first year as a flautist at Kent.<\/p>\n

Of course, there are a thronging mass of students who play a part in all the concerts and musical events in the University’s calendar, and the Music Awards Committee has a difficult role to play in singling out particular individuals; the decision-making process is long and arduous, but an important one to allow the University to thank an especial few for their major role in everything musical over the year.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all of them!<\/p>\n