Vocal Scholarship

The Maroondah Singers Memorial Scholarship assists promising and enthusiastic young singers to continue studying singing whilst gaining experience as a soloist in public performance with a large choir. The scholarship was established in 1991 in memory of three of the choir's founders, May and Mervyn Vagg and George Irvine. The prize is eagerly sought after and the success of previous winners is a testament to its worth.

The scholarship winner receives up to $1000 towards tuition fees for one year, paid on receipt of a satisfactory written report from their singing teacher and is expected to perform at Maroondah Singers concerts throughout the year.

For full conditions of the scholarship and an application form, please contact The Secretary at PO Box 1297 Croydon, 3136.

Closing date for applications is normally mid-October each year.

2009 Scholarship Holder

The holder of the Maroondah Singers Memorial Scholarshipfor 2009 is the young Melbourne soprano Hannah Dahlenburg who is currently in her third year of study at the University Of Melbourne Faculty Of Music. She presently studies with Brian Hansford.

Forays into opera have included the roles of Proserpina and La Messagiera in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and Diane in Acteon by Charpentier both for the Melbourne Spring Early Music Festival. Hannah was also involved in the in the premiere performances of Stuart Greenbaum’s Nelson in 2007.

As an ensemble singer she has been a guest artist for the newly established Nuova Capella Giulia and was for three years a scholarship holder with the renowned Choir of Trinity College (Melbourne), including the Agnes Robinson Choral Scholarship.

Hannah has been the recipient of several other awards and scholarships including an Australian Music Events Vocal Scholarship and the Claryce Mallyon Middleton Memorial Scholarship for her studies as the most outstanding female vocalist in her year.