Lyons Celebration Award
The award is made to a current postgraduate student to support a performance inspired by Bernstein's 'Chichester Psalms'.
Applications for 2026/27 are closed.
This annual award was set up in memory of Jack Lyons by his widow, Lady Roslyn. The award recognises Jack's unfailing support for creative musicians and is intended to allow the recipient to undertake a significant creative musical project, culminating in a public musical performance.
One of Jack's most cherished pieces was Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. This competition asks applicants to outline an innovative project that is in some way inspired by that work. For example, a composer might propose a new setting of these or other psalms, or a work that uses related Hebrew texts. A performer might propose a programme of psalm settings, or pieces which relate in some way to the Bernstein work. Other connections may be explored.
Lyons Celebration Award contact details
Kath Watson
act-admin-manager@york.ac.uk
Eligibility
Open to International (including EU) and UK (home) students.
Open to students in the School of Arts and Creative Technologies.
To be eligible for this scholarship, you must be a current postgraduate student at the University of York.
How to apply
Application deadline: Sunday 26 October 2025, 11.59pm GMT
To apply, submit your plans to the School Admin Manager Kath Watson by email to act-admin-manager@york.ac.uk by Sunday 26 October 2025.
The successful applicant will then be invited to enter into detailed discussion with the Head of Music regarding practicalities of performance.