The Davison
Young Musicians Foundation Awards
Recognising Talent
and passion For Music
Hello and welcome.
The DYMF mission is to provide the next generation of aspiring young music students with financial assistance in the form of awards, bursaries or new instruments, to help them on their musical journey and reward the passion they have for music and performance.
We have several awards that aim to assist students in state secondary education, academies and colleges to help them with extra music lessons or a new instrument.
Our Awards page has all the current details and list of our new collaborations and Spring 2024 prize winners.
We are thrilled to be able to continue supporting the next generation of young musicians, and our first Recital Series with New College Oxford and our International Musicians Award Series with the Liszt Academy in Budapest.
Live auditions recently took place for the Liszt Academy Series and award winners have been announced. See our Awards and Gallery pages and social media.
Two major prizes have been awarded this Spring.
See Our awards page for details.
Felix Kirkby conducting the OFO. November 2023.
A DYMF sponsorship and fundraising concert.
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
Annest Davies.
DYMA 1st prize
Instrument: Harp
Jordan Ashman.
DYMA Patrons Award
Instrument: Marimba
Also winner of the BBC Young Musicians Award 2022
Felix Kirkby.
DYMA Concert Award
Instrument. Organ & Piano
Also Conductor of Oxford Festival Orchestra
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
The DYMF has recently completed its first Spring Auditions series with a Scholarship and a Bursary being awarded.
The DYMF has also completed its first Liszt Academy Award Series in Budapest under the direction of Tamas Palfalvi, where a first, second and third prize was won. See our YouTube Channel where videos have been posted.
Out next significant collaboration is working with New College Oxford where we have agreed a Recital Series where live auditions and recitals will be performed twice a year. Our first Recital Award Winner will be performing at the New Recital Hall at New College Oxford in the near future.
Watch this space for more updates
