Our 16th annual Martin A. Walton Memorial Scholarship Competition was held on Sunday, June 12th. Congratulations to all of our scholarship and prize winners!

Young Student of the Year
1st Prize and full-year scholarship: Gearóid Lane, Guitar (Michael Behan, Teacher)
2nd Prize: Aidan Mulloy, Guitar (Michael Behan, Teacher)
3rd Prize: Jake Richardson, Voice (Conleth Stanley, Teacher)

Mature Student of the Year
1st Prize and full-year scholarship: Marion Stack, Voice (Sinéad Flynn, Teacher)
Joint 2nd Prize: Jillian Srigley, Voice (Sinéad Flynn, Teacher),
   Deirdre Murphy, Violin (Elena Elioutina, Teacher)
Highly Commended: Mark McNulty, Voice (Sinéad Flynn, Teacher),
   Judith Engelhardt, Voice (Conleth Stanley, Teacher)

Most Promising Beginner
1st Prize and full-year scholarship: Viktoras Tarvydas, Voice (Sinéad Flynn, Teacher)
2nd Prize: Celia Mullally, Voice (Sinéad Flynn, Teacher)
3rd Prize: Claire McGowan, Voice (Niamh McCormack, Teacher)

New School Songwriting/Composition Prize: David Heagney (Marta Burns, Teacher)

Gibson Epiphone Guitar Prize: Gearóid Lane (Michael Behan, Teacher)

Kurzweil Piano Prize: Niamh McLoughlin (Eva Krejcová, Teacher)

We would like to thank all students who participated in the competition and their teachers; Josephine Boyle, who co-ordinated the entire competition with assistance from Kenneth Costello; Patrice Keegan, our official accompanist; and our great team of teacher/adjudicators:

Majella Boland
Chris Hall
Julie Maisel
Elisabeth Meuleman
Brian Tavey
So-Young Yoon