Yamaha Education Projects

Music Scholarships

Yamaha's mission to engage more people in making music is supported by our extensive scholarship programme for the most gifted and talented musicians in the UK and Ireland. By supporting some of the rising young stars from the cream of British conservatoires, colleges and specialist music schools, we are proud to be able to help them further their studies and launch their professional careers. But equally importantly, these young musicians are a great source of inspiration for those who are still at school and who are considering whether their future may be in music or something else.

Currently we offer the following scholarships and awards:

Yamaha Parliamentary Jazz Scholarships

These awards are supported by members of the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group and Yamaha funds awards to students on full-time jazz courses from British conservatoires. Further details can be found on our Parliamentary Jazz Scholarships page.

Chetham's School of Music

Brass and woodwind scholarship: Since 2008: 1 award per year currently with trombonist Peter Moore, who was also the 2008 winner of the 2008 BBC Young Musician of the Year .
Piano scholarship: 2010-11: Mathis Picard.

Feis Ceoil

Annual brass bursary of €2,500 for ages 17-24 awarded during the Feis Coeil's annual celebrations of musical talent in the Republic of Ireland.
Yamaha brass bursary: 2010-11: Mary Morgan (trombone, Royal Irish Academy of Music)

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Piano scholarship launched in 2011-12: Jonathan Morris. 2009: 2010-11: Ashley Fripp.

Institute of Contemporary Music Performance

Guitar scholarship: 2011-12: Claudio Pereira de Almeida

Royal Northern College of Music

Piano Scholarship: 2011-12: Arsha Kaviani. 2010-11: Ivan Hovorun. 2009-10: Olga Paliy.2008-09: Maya Irgalina. 2007-08: Matthew Kam.
Vocal scholarship: 2008-09: Matthew Moss. 2009-10: Laura Sheerin.
Brass, woodwind and percussion scholarship: In 2010 our vocal scholarship was converted into a brass, wind and percussion scholarship. 2011-12: (Percussion): Bingye Chen. 2010-11 (Percussion): Le Yu.

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

(formerly Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama)

Piano Scholarship: 2011-12: Artem Akopyan. 2010-11: Tham Horng Kent. 2008-2009: Anna Yang.
Percussion Scholarship announced for 2011-12

Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Scholarships (UK)

Annual competition with 3 prizes of £2,000 awarded annually to under-25s studying music full-time at a British conservatoire or HE establishment. Details on our YMFE page. 2011 Scholars (piano): Mihkel Poll (GSMD), Ji Liu (RAM) and Qiaojing Dai (RAM). 2010 Scholars (strings): Jiafeng Chen (Royal College of Music, violin), Yoshika Masuda (Royal Northern College of Music, cello) & Mikhail Nemstov (RNCM, cello). 2009 Scholars (brass and woodwind): Dominic Childs (Royal Academy of Music, Saxophone), Hannah Morgan (Royal Academy of Music, Clarinet) & Tom Poulson (Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Trumpet).

Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Scholarships (Irish Republic)

1 prize worth £2,000 (sterling) awarded annually to under-25s studying music full-time at an Irish conservatoire or HE establishment. 2011 scholar (piano): Soo Jung Ann (Royal Irish Academy of Music). 2010 Scholar (strings): Sarah Joyce (Royal Irish Academy of Music, cello).

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(last updated: November 2011)