Sleath String Performance Prize
- Enrolment status
- Current UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic, International
- Study level
- Undergraduate, Honours
- Study area
- Arts, humanities and social sciences
- Scholarship focus
- Creative excellence
- Scholarship value
- $1,000
- Scholarship duration
- 1 year
- Number awarded
- 1
- Applications open
- 16 January 2025
- Applications close
- 22 August 2025
Eligibility
You’re eligible if you are enrolled in:
- the Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Music (Honours)
- a dual program that includes the Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Music (Honours).
How to apply
Apply using the online application form.
You will need to provide:
- details of the work you propose to perform
- a short bio.
Use our tips for putting together a great application to help you through this process.
Selection criteria
Most outstanding performance played on an orchestral stringed instrument with a bow.
What happens next
We'll send you an email to let you know when we've received your application. If you have not received an email within 2 days of applying, email us at concerts@uq.edu.au.
If you’re considered eligible, we’ll invite you to the competition.
The competition dates are:
- Heats: 12 September 2025, 11am-1pm, Nickson Room
- Finals: 10 October 2025, 6-9pm, Nickson Room
About this scholarship
Howard Fortnam Sleath (1899–1984) was well known to instrumentalists throughout Australia for the excellence of his craftsmanship and skill as a maker of stringed instruments. In 1974 he donated a set of four instruments (two violins, a viola and a cello) to The University of Queensland Department of Music. Following his death, the University of Queensland received a bequest from Howard Sleath to assist the study of stringed instruments played with a bow. Established in 1998, the annual Sleath String Performance Prize is one of the activities funded from that bequest.