AMF NAMED AWARDS
Previous awards have been sponsored by Sir Charles Mackerras, the Riddiford Trust, the Pitman Family, the Marjorie Kingston Trust and The Portland House Foundation.
AMF GUY PARSONS AWARD
The 2023 Guy Parsons Awardee is Jonathan Lee, who is currently Senior Organ Scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, UK. Jonathan began his organ studies in Australia, on a scholarship at Canberra Grammar School, then at the ACT Organ School, before moving to the UK as Organ Scholar at Hereford Cathedral. He also received the AMF Nora Goodridge Young Artist Award in 2022.
The AMF Australia Foundation receives generous support from a number of individuals and trusts, including the Portland House Foundation in Melbourne, which has enabled the establishment of the AMF Guy Parsons Award in honour of the late Guy Parsons OBE, who was one of the AMF UK's founding Trustees and a Life President.
Above, 4th from left: Guy Parsons OBE with some of the 2015 AMF awardees and Deputy High Commissioner Andrew Todd at the AMF Showcase, Australia House, London
2022 Awardee: William Shi, accompanist and collaborative pianist, Eastman School, Rochester University, USA
2021Awardee: Emma-Shay Gallenti- Guilfoyle, guitar/lute,Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Germany
2019 Awardee: James Blackford, euphonium, RNCM, Manchester
2018 Awardee: Courtenay Cleary, violin, Juilliard School, New York
2017 Awardee: Waynne Kwon, cello, RNCM, Manchester
2016 Awardee: Jesse Flowers, guitar, Germany
2015 - no award
2014 Awardee: Emily Sun, violin, RCM
Click here to read more about The Portland House Foundation and the Guy Parsons Awardees.
PHOTOS L to R: James Blackford; Courtenay Cleary; Waynne Kwon; Jesse Flowers; Emily Sun; Emma-Shay Gallenti-Guilfoyle; Jonathan Lee
AMF NORA GOODRIDGE AWARDS
2015 saw the establishment of a new set of named awards donated by Nora Goodridge OAM, through the Goodridge Foundation in Sydney.
The 2023/24 Awardees include:
Charlotte Miles, cello - AMF Nora Goodridge Developing Artist Award (MMus, Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar, Germany)
Samantha Hargreaves, soprano - AMF Nora Goodridge Developing Artist Award (Artist Masters, GSMD, London)
Sebastian Pini, double bass - AMF Nora Goodridge Young Artist Award (BMus, University of Music, Freiburg, Germany)
2022 Nora Goodridge Awardees:
Cassandra Wright, soprano, RAM Opera, London. The AMF Nora Goodridge Emerging Artist Award
Leanne McGowan, violin, BMus, Colborn Conservatory, Los Angeles, USA. The AMF Nora Goodridge Developing Artist Award
Jonathan Lee, organ, Organ Scholar and Music Tripos (BA), Trinity College, Cambridge. The AMF Nora Goodridge Young Artist Award
2021 Nora Goodridge Awardees:
Robbin Reza, piano, Cologne. The AMF Nora Goodridge Emerging Artist Award
Cassandra Wright, soprano, Royal Academy Opera, London. The AMF Nora Goodridge Developing Artist Award
Cleo Lee-McGowan, soprano, Guildhall Opera School, London. The AMF Nora Goodridge Developing Artist Award
Sebastian Pini, double-bass, Hochschule für Musick Freiburg, Germany. The AMF Nora Goodridge Young Artist Award
2019 Nora Goodridge Awardees:
Magdalenna Krstevska, clarinet, RCM, The AMF Nora Goodridge Developing Artist Award
Yvette Keong, soprano, Juilliard School, The AMF Nora Goodridge Young Artist Award
2018 Nora Goodridge Awardees:
Samantha Clarke, soprano, GSMD, The AMF Nora Goodridge Emerging Artist Award
Rachel Siu, cello, Juilliard School, NY, The AMF Nora Goodridge Young Artist Award
2017 Nora Goodridge Awardees:
Samantha Clarke, soprano, GSMD, The AMF Nora Goodridge Developing Artist Award
Oscar Jiang, piano, Juilliard School, NY, The AMF Nora Goodridge Young Artist Award
Phoebe Gardner, violin, Juilliard School, NY, The AMF Nora Goodridge Young Artist Award
2016 Nora Goodridge Awardees:
Justin Sun, bassoon, The AMF Nora Goodridge Emerging Artist Award
Jade Moffat, mezzo-soprano, GSMD, The AMF Nora Goodridge Developing Artist Award
Daniel Mullaney, tenor, GSMD, The AMF Nora Goodridge Developing Artist Award
2015 Nora Goodridge Awardees:
Emily Sun, violin, RAM, The AMF Nora Goodridge Emerging Artist Award
Sonya Pigot, piano, RCM, The AMF Nora Goodridge Young Artist Award
L to R: Emily Sun, Sonya Pigot, Justin Sun, Jade Moffat, Daniel Mullaney, Samantha Clarke, Phoebe Gardner, Oscar Jiang, Yvette Keong, Magdalenna Krstevska, Cassandra Wright, Cleo Lee-McGowan, Robbin Reza, Sebastian Pini, Leanne McGowan, Jonathan Lee.
The AMF Yvonne Kenny Award and the AMF Overseas Study Award donated by the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
The AMF is delighted to announce that in 2022 the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust offered to donate two named awards to talented Australian students studying overseas. The AMF Yvonne Kenny Award is named in tribute to our current Chair in the UK, distinguished Australian soprano Yvonne Kenny AM, and will be presented to a singer of exceptional promise. The AMF Overseas Award will be presented to an outstanding instrumentalist.
This year’s awardees are:
Nathan Bryon, tenor, Artist Diploma, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, USA
Megan Yang, violin, MMus, Royal Academy of Music, London
The 2022 awardees were:
Katherine Allen, soprano, MMus, Royal College of Music, London
James Blackford, euphonium, MMus, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.
L to R: Katherine Allen, James Blackford, Nathan Bryon, Megan Yang
AMF UK TRUSTEES AWARD
This new award was introduced in 2016. The first awardee was composer James Yan, studying at the Royal College of Music for a Masters in film composition.
The 2017 awardee was organist Edith Yam, who was completing her Masters at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
The 2018 awardee is pianist Robbin Reza, studying in Cologne.
There have been no further Trustees Awards since 2018
L to R: Edith Yam, James Yan, Robbin Reza