 QES student, Harrison Wood becomes the recipient of the Royal Northern College of Music's most highly prestigious Junior RNCM award, 'The Director's Prize' for 2009.
Harrison has also been awarded the 2009 'Yorke Trust Prize For Double Bass' which is sponsored by Rodney Slatford, the former professional double bassist and broadcaster who was the head of stings at the Royal Northern College of Music for eighteen years. (Harrison also won this prize in 2007).
Quote from Harrison Wood
"Receiving the RNCM's director's prize is one of the proudest moments of my musical life. When I started at the Junior RNCM in 2006 I never thought I'd ever be considered, let alone, win the top prize. I'm so honoured to be thought of in the same league as past director's prize winners like Mark Simpson, Kathryn Rudge and Adrian Spillett.
Harrison's other awards and accolades.
- Awarded a scholarship to study double bass at the RNCM from September 2009.
- Principal double bassist with the 'Halle Youth Orchestra' in Manchester.
- Given a sponsorship deal with D'Addario, the World's largest musical instrument string company based in the USA.
- Chosen to represent the RNCM playing in a masterclass at the 'European String Teachers Association' conference (2009).
- One of the bassists with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO).
Information on the Junior department at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
Known as 'Junior RNCM', this centre for musical excellence provides expert tuition and specialist training for students (between 8 and 18) with exceptional ability. The Junior RNCM has produced many of the UK's top young musicians and three of the BBC's past Young Musician of the Year's. Junior RNCM operates on Saturdays and students receive highly specialised musical training without disturbing the balance of their weekday education and the normality of family life and
derive great benefits from making music with others of similar talents and aspirations. A very high percentage of Junior RNCM students go on to study music at conservatoires and go on to be professional musicians.
Information on other past RNCM's Director's Prize winners that Harrison's mentioned above.
- Mark Simpson (Now a Professional Clarinetist)
In 2006 Mark became the only person to have ever won both the 'BBC Young Musician of the Year' and the 'BBC Young Composer of the Year' competitions in the same year.
- Kathryn Rudge (Now a professional Mezzo Soprano)
Recipient of many awards and prizes including the Elsie Sykes Fellowship Award; ABRSM Undergraduate Scholarship; Merseyside Young Singer of the Year; James Martin Oncken Prize; Alexander Young Prize; Joyce Budd Prize; Kathleen Ferrier Young Singer’s Bursary Award; Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Vocal Scholarship; Frederic Cox Award and the national Bruce Millar/Gulliver Prize for young opera singers.
- Adrian Spillett (Now a professional Percussionist)
The first and only percussionist to win the BBC Young Musician of the Year title in 1998.
Please take a look at Harrison's website at www.harrisonwood.com
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