Musicians’ Company Silver Medal (for conservatoire students)

The Silver Medal is the Company’s oldest award and was inaugurated in 1889. The Medal was originally established as an annual award to an outstanding student of the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Over time the award expanded to cover other institutions, including the Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, the Royal College of Organists, the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Trinity Laban, the London College of Music, Arts Educational Schools and the National Youth Orchestra (Bulgin Medal).  Historical information can be found on our archive site here.

2023:
Royal Academy of Music – Emma Rawicz saxophone
Royal College of Music – Anian Wiedner composer
Royal Northern College of Music – Jason Wong percussion
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – Mingdu Li composer
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama – Elijah Jeffery jazz singer
Royal College of Organists – Carolyn Craig
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire – Emma Brown flute
Guildhall School of Music & Drama – Ana Balestra soprano
Trinity Laban – Rebecka Edlund jazz singer
London College of Music – Vishal Chopra guitar

2022:
Royal Academy of Music – Guylaine Eckersley bassoon
Royal College of Music – Jack Campbell piano
Royal Northern College of Music – Rose McLachlan piano
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – Erin Thomson composer
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama – Natalie Roe composer
Royal College of Organists – Alex Hodgkinson
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire – Charles Francis organ
Guildhall School of Music & Drama – William Bracken piano
Trinity Laban – Adam Hebditch trumpet
London College of Music – Ross Krige drums

2021:
Royal Academy of Music – Ariel Lanyi piano
Royal College of Music – Daniel Floyd percussion
Royal Northern College of Music – Liam Karai bass-baritone
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – Madelyn Kowalski cello
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama – Josh Lascar guitar
Royal College of Organists – Michael Stephens-Jones
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire – Nathan Isaac clarinet
Guildhall School of Music & Drama – Sabine Sergejeva violin
Trinity Laban – Christos Fountos piano
London College of Music – Jermaine Alexander drums
Arts Educational Schools – no nomination
Bulgin Medal – no nomination

2020:
Royal Academy of Music – Harry Rylance piano
Royal College of Music – Katy Thomson soprano
Royal Northern College of Music – Didier Osindero violin
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – Rylan Gleave composer
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama – Sarah Jenkins clarinet
Royal College of Organists – Michael Koenig
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire – Emanuil Ivanov piano
Guildhall School of Music & Drama – Ben Tarlton cello
Trinity Laban – Noelia Cotuna harp
London College of Music – Shaan Kambli singer-songwriter
Arts Educational Schools – Georgina Onuorah
Bulgin Medal – Danushka Edirisinghe cello

2019:
Royal Academy of Music – Charles Cunliffe bass-baritone
Royal College of Music – Harry Thatcher baritone
Royal Northern College of Music – André Nadais percussion
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – Aidan Teplitzky composer
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama – Abigail Askew violin
Royal College of Organists – Steven McIntyre
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire – Yu-Han Yang euphonium
Guildhall School of Music & Drama – Élisabeth Pion piano
Trinity Laban – Thibault Blanchard-Dubois cello
London College of Music – Joshua Lenehan musical director
Arts Educational Schools – Hannah Brown music theatre
Bulgin Medal – Elena Accogli viola

2018:
Royal Academy of Music – Anna Kondrashina flute
Royal College of Music – Josephine Goddard soprano
Royal Northern College of Music – Dominic Longhurst trumpet
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – Lea Shaw mezzo-soprano
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama – Blaise Malaba bass
Royal College of Organists – Seb Gillot
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire – Roman Kosyakov piano
Guildhall School of Music & Drama – Ema Nikolovska mezzo-soprano
Trinity Laban – Amelia Clarkson composer
London College of Music – Emelye Taylor composer
Arts Educational Schools – Benjamin Hardie
Bulgin Medal – Giulia da Cruz cello