Margaret Nickson Prize for Voice and Piano
- 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
- money equal to the annual income from the fund
- Scholarship duration
- 1 year
- Number awarded
- 2
Eligibility
You're eligible if you:
- are a singer or pianist performing repertoire in partnership
- are enrolled in a course offered by the School of Music.
The repertoire performed by your partnership must be presented by the same two performers throughout.
You may perform in any year both as a singer and as a pianist in separate partnerships, but may not participate in the same capacity in more than one partnership.
How to apply
Apply via the online application form. You must provide your personal details, your performance partner's details, and details of the works you propose to perform.
Use our tips for putting together a great application to help you through this process.
Selection criteria
Eligible applicants will be invited to perform at the competition where the two students with the most outstanding performance in partnership as singer and pianist will receive the prize.
What happens next
We'll acknowledge your application via email. If you haven't received an email within 2 days of applying, please email music@uq.edu.au.
We'll provide more details of the competition by email after assessing your eligibility.
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.