The Davison
Young Musicians Foundation Awards
Recognising Talent
and passion For Music
Hello and welcome
The DYMF mission is to identify and to support some of the next generation of aspiring and talented young music students with various awards in the form of competition prizes, scholarships and bursaries, to aid them in their music studies and to reward the passion they have for music and performance.
Our awards assist students from state secondary education, academies and colleges to help with the spiralling cost of music study.
Details are on our awards page with a list of our collaborations and recent award winners.
We are thrilled to continue supporting the next generation of musicians, with a Recital Series at New College Oxford and Now Clare Hall College Cambridge as well as our International Musicians Award Series at the Liszt Academy in Budapest.
Tom Davison. Founder
Awards And Prizes
The DYMF (DYMA) now has a collection of awards and new Scholarship.
DYMF First Prize £800
DYMF Second Prize £500
The Ian Williams Music Bursary £300
New College Oxford Recital Awards
£300 per Soloist
£500 per Ensemble
DYMF Scholarship For Excellence.
£1500
We also have an instrument award purchase support agreement with Yamaha Music London
Our Previous Winners
Our Adjudicating Panel
Tom Davison
Founder & Panel Chair. Trumpet
Kath Bailey GLCM, LLCM (TD)
Guest Judge. Strings and Choral
Tamás Pálfalvi
Virtuoso Trumpet, Professor of Brass at Liszt Conservatorium
Cmdr Duncan Lustig-Prean
Patron & Judge
John Rutter CBE
Guest Judge. Composer. Choral focus
Felix Kirkby
Piano & Organ, Composition and Conducting
NEWS UPDATE
In October 24 the DYMF will commence live auditions at New College Oxford. Auditions will be held at the New Space Concert Hall on 28th October from 10am to 4pm. The winner(s) will be chosen following completion of all auditions on the day.
The DYMF has also agreed a collaborative series of paid for recital concerts with Clare Hall College Music Society in Cambridge. Many thanks to Professor Robert Anderson, Chair of the Society, Patrick Hemmerle, Music Director and the President, Professor Alan Short. Three concerts will be included in the 2024/25 series of Music Society concerts at Clare Hall.
You can find videos of our award winners on our YouTube Channel
You can now support the DYMF via our GOFundMe Campaign to add additional Scholarship to the next season of awards.
You can donate by clicking here.
