Fees & Prizes
- Course Fees payable by Bank Transfer/BACS
Bank Details (BACS): Grasmere Song
Barclays Bank
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- Deposit £150 at point of application (non-refundable if accepted onto the course)
2025 Fees (for reference)
£695 – Full Course Resident
- Full course tuition – five classes
- Reside at Cumbria University with an ensuite single-occupancy room, including breakfast, lunch and dinner
£425 – Full Course Non-Resident
- Full course tuition – five classes (lunch available at additional cost)
£255 – Two Day Non-Resident
- Part course tuition – two classes (lunch available at additional cost)
- We are grateful to our founding contributors Andrew & Rebecca Campbell and Howard Gattis.
Scholarships
In 2025 we awarded five scholarships for singers covering full fees:
- Sarah Pring Singer Scholarship: Ceferina Penny (Manchester soprano, currently National Opera Studio, London)
- Adrian Clarke Singer Scholarship: Cameron Turner (London baritone, currently Mannes School of Music, New York)
- Tanya Parish and Ken Duncan Singer Scholarship: Inna Husieva (Ukrainian soprano, previously Scottish Opera Emerging Artist)
- Tanya Parish and Ken Duncan Singer Scholarship: Rhiannon Llewellyn (Welsh soprano, previously RWCMD and Royal Academy of Music Opera School)
- Sarita Stern Singer Scholarship: Oluwatimilehin Bimbo-Adeola (Nigerian bass-baritone, currently Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow)
Further limited part-scholarships were available:
Applications were submitted by Friday 20 June 2025, with course application & letter explaining financial circumstances.
2025 Prizes (for reference)
Adrian Clarke Vocal Awards
The first prize of £1,000 and second prize of £500 will be awarded to two students who demonstrate exceptional promise in performance and text interpretation.
Emily Hoh Pianist Prize
The Emily Hoh Pianist Prize provides full-fees to attend the course and will be awarded in memory of Emily to a talented pianist by Artistic Director Audrey Hyland. In 2025, this prize has been awarded to South African collaborative pianist Roelof Temmingh (previously Royal College of Music) made possible by a generous donation from Tanya Parish and Ken Duncan.
Read More about Prizes below…
UoC Ambleside Student
Emily Hoh, Scholarship Honoree, in recital. (Photo courtesy of her parents)
Adrian Clark – Scholarship Honoree
More About Prizes
Adrian Clarke Vocal Awards
In 2025, Adrian Clarke’s wife, mezzo soprano Sarah Pring, will award two prizes in his memory after the final performance on Monday 25 August. The first prize of £1,000 and second prize of £500 will be awarded to two students who demonstrate exceptional promise in performance and text interpretation.
Adrian Clarke was a popular British Baritone, known for his characterisation across a variety of roles and repertoire. Over the course of his career, he performed with the Bregenz Festival, Royal Danish Opera, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, La Fenice, Dutch National Opera, Opera North, Glyndebourne, Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera and the Royal Opera House. Covent Garden dedicated a performance of Andrier Chénier to Adrian in May 2025. While studying at the Royal College of Music he won the English Song Prize and continued to have a particular affinity to the song repertoire.
Emily Hoh Pianist Prize
In 2025, The Emily Hoh Pianist Prize will provide full fees to attend the course and will be awarded in memory of Emily to a talented pianist by Artistic Director Audrey Hyland. This award is made possible by a generous donation from Tanya Parish and Ken Duncan. Emily’s parents wanted to share Emily’s journey, hoping it might inspire others with similar experiences to courageously pursue their dreams:
Read Emily Hoh's parents' statement...
“When we moved to the UK, Emily enrolled in the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme with a keen interest in psychology. During this period, she focused intently on her studies, and her piano practice became infrequent, serving more as a casual pastime. After completing her IB, she dedicated a year to volunteer work before attending University College London (UCL) to study psychology.
Upon graduation, a university professor advised her to follow her heart if she still had a passion for the piano. Despite a six-year hiatus from serious piano practice, Emily bravely auditioned for the Royal College of Music (RCM). The piano teacher we approached was initially sceptical about her chances of admission due to her prolonged break. However, with just over three months of dedicated preparation, Emily successfully secured a place at RCM.
Her time at RCM was the happiest period of her educational journey. She invested long hours in practice, but unlike her earlier years, this time it was driven by genuine love and passion. RCM opened a new world for her, and she truly found her calling.”
Support us
Supporting Grasmere Song will help us nuture emerging and professional artists, provide educational and performance experiences for talented amateurs and celebrate the connection between nature, words and music.
With your donation we will create memorable, collaborative experiences and make a lasting impact to the local community. If you would like to support our work, we have options to support individual student bursaries, specific classes, piano hire, guest tutors or legacy donations.
Please contact us if you would like to know more: steve@grasmeresong.co.uk or +44 772 0773 910.
