Margaret Nickson Prize for Voice and Piano
This scholarship will open in August 2024.
- Enrolment status
- Current UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic, International
- Study level
- Undergraduate, Honours, Postgraduate coursework
- Study area
- Arts, humanities and social sciences
- Scholarship focus
- Creative excellence
- Scholarship value
- $250 each to the singer and accompanist
- Scholarship duration
- 1 year
- Number awarded
- 2
- Applications open
- August 2024
- Applications close
- September 2024
Eligibility
You're eligible if you:
- are a singer or pianist performing a repertoire in partnership
- enrolled in a course in the School of Music.
If you have been awarded the prize before, you can enter again but not with the same partner.
How to apply
Apply using the online application form.
You'll need to lodge a joint application with your partner.
Email your application form to concerts@uq.edu.au.
Use our tips for putting together a great application to help you through this process.
Selection criteria
This prize is awarded to the most outstanding competition performance by 2 students in partnership as singer and pianist.
What happens next
You will compete in a heat and successful performers will be invited to perform in the finals.
2024 competition dates TBA
About this scholarship
Established in 1977 and originally maintained by an annual gift from Margaret G. Nickson, ARCM, lecturer in Singing at The University of Queensland from 1975-1978 and part-time teacher at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. The prize was maintained from 2003 to 2017 by a biennial gift from international soprano diva, Lisa Gasteen and is currently maintained by an annual gift from the School of Music staff.