Scholarships and Bursaries awarded in 2011

Tanya Moir was awarded the 2011 Todd New Writers’ Bursary to complete a new novel. Creative New Zealand contributes $10,000 towards this bursary and the balance of $10,000 is provided by the Todd Corporation Ltd.

Through a bequest from the Estate of Brent Lewis, two inaugural NZ/Aotearoa Scholarships of $8,000 each have been offered to two musicians:

• Byron Newton was awarded $8,000 towards masters study in euphonium at the Royal Welsh College of Music, Wales.
• Jennifer Lee was awarded $8,000 to complete a doctorate degree in piano performance at City University, London.

Suzanne Cowan was awarded the 2011 Tup Lang Scholarship worth $5,016 towards attending the Candoco International Artists Lab.   This comprises $1,716 provided by Creative New Zealand and $3,300 in interest from a gift from the Tup Lang Estate.

John-Paul Muir was awarded one of the 2011 Jack McGill Scholarships, worth $10,000 towards postgraduate study in piano at the Guildhall School of Music.

James Ioelu was awarded one of the 2011 Jack McGill Scholarships, worth $10,000 towards a masters in opera at the Manhattan School of Music

Anna McGregor was awarded the Butland Music Scholarship, worth $10,000 towards a masters degree in clarinet at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.  This comprises $7,800 provided by Creative New Zealand and $2,200 in interest from a gift from the Butland Music Foundation.

Ewan Clark was awarded the Edwin Carr Scholarship, worth $15,000,  towards a post graduate diploma in composition for screen at the Royal College of Music.  This comprises $9,000 in interest from a gift from the Edwin Carr Foundation and $6,000 provided by Creative New Zealand.

Breton Dukes was awarded the Louis Johnson Writers' Bursary worth $24,000, for the towards writing a collection of short stories. This comprises $22,600 provided by Creative New Zealand and $1,400 in interest from a gift from the Louis Johnson Estate.

Creative New Zealand acknowledges the generous support of:

• Todd Corporation Ltd
• the Brent Lewis estate
• the Jack McGill estate
• the Butland estate
• the Louis Johnson estate
• the Edwin Carr Foundation.