Creative New Zealand has announced the six 2021 music scholars chosen to receive help with international professional development opportunities.

This year’s scholarship recipients were:

Edwin Carr Foundation Scholarship 

• Kirsten Storm – towards a Master of Music in Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
• Reuben Jelleyman – towards a second year of a Master’s in Composition at the Conservatoire de Paris, France.

New Zealand/Aotearoa Music Scholarship 

• Claudia Tarrant-Matthews – towards a Professional Diploma in Violin Performance at the Royal Academy of Music, London
• Dominic Jacquemard – towards Master of Music in Percussion at Het Conservatorium van Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Jack McGill Music Scholarship

• Chun-An Hsu – towards a Master of Arts in Musical Direction & Coaching at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
• Matthias Balzat – towards a Master of Music in Cello at Robert Schumann Hochschule für Musik, Düsseldorf. 

For more on the scholarship winners click here.