We are delighted to announce that Matthew Cooke, who is studying for a BA (Hons) in French and Business Administration in the Department of Modern Languages, is one of the co-winners of the 2018 University Music Prize.
The University Music Prize is an award donated by Professor John Craven, a former Deputy Vice Chancellor at Kent, and is awarded to returning students who have made a major contribution to music throughout the year.
Matthew has had a busy year of music. He is the student conductor of the University Chamber Choir and was the musical director for the Musical Theatre Society’s production of Bonnie and Clyde in the Marlowe Studio. He also plays trumpet in the Concert Band and Big Band, and sings tenor in the University Chorus, Chamber Choir and Cecilian Choir. This year he has received a Music Performance Award to study singing with Peter Cox and was a soloist in both the December Choral Concert and in Messiah.
He shared the award with Molly Richetta, a BA (Hons) Mathematics student in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Sciences. Both were presented with their awards by April McMahon, Professor of English Language and Linguistics and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education, in a ceremony in the Colyer Fergusson Building earlier this week.
To read about all of the University’s music awards, please see the page:
https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/music-matters/2018/06/12/recognising-outstanding-contributions-to-university-music-music-prizes-2018/