Elder Scholarships in Music

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Sir Thomas Elder's proposal for scholarships in music performance, tenable at the Conservatorium, was accepted by the Council of the University of Adelaide in 1897. [1] There are five categories of performance for which Elder Scholarships may be awarded each year by the board of the Elder Conservatorium, which entitle the holder to three years' free tuition in their principal subjects and in such secondary subjects as the director of the Conservatorium may approve.

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Elder Scholarship — partial list of recipients

Piano

Violin

Violoncello

Organ

Singing

Muriel E. Cheek
Walter J. Wood (special tenor prize)
Hilda Simcock (contralto)
Annie Vera Thrush
Valda Harvey
Raymond Wood
Reginald Thrush (special tenor prize) [28]

Eugene Alderman Scholarship

The Alderman Scholarship was founded 1908 by Eugene Alderman, and after his death revived as a memorial from funds raised for the purpose, [29] and in this incarnation was awarded concurrently with the Elder Scholarship, for students of violin (for preference), otherwise violoncello, pianoforte, organ, or singing. It was originally for three years' tuition at the Elder Conservatorium, but later for a cash amount of $18 10s. (around $1000 in today's values).

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