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Northern Ireland International Organ Competition Patrons: Mark Duley, David Hill, James O'Donnell, Dame Gillian WeirThe 2012 Competition Large Prize Funds, Major Performance Opportunities, Professional Recordings And Travel
Bursaries. The Northern Ireland International Organ Competition, for organists aged 21 and
under, will take place in Armagh on Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st August, alongside the prestigious Charles Wood Summer School.
New performance prizes, totalling over £2000,
have been introduced this year, as well as travel bursaries for competitors outside of the UK and Ireland.
Kimberly Marshall, Goldman Professor
of Organ at Arizona State University will chair the jury, along with David Hill, Chief Conductor of the BBC
Singers, and the New Zealand organist Mark Duley.
In addition to chairing the jury, Kimberly Marshall also will lead a master class
for organists and host a programming and presentation workshop. Entries
close Friday 6 July.
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The Inaugural Competition The Competition Jury was made up of Professor Thierry
Mechler (chair), David Hill and Colm Carey and the following were prize winners: Senior category: | 
(l-r) Ghislane Reece-Troop, Ben Comeau, Ben Bloor, Richard Gowers | 1st Prize | Ben Comeau (Girton
College, Cambridge) £1,000 (sponsored by Copeman Hart & Makin Organs and Henderson Music) Hosted recitals
in: The Ulster Hall, Belfast; Trinity College, Cambridge and Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. | 2nd Prize | Ben Bloor (New College,
Oxford) | 3rd Prize | Ghislane Recce-Trapp (Christ Church, Oxford) |
Special Prize | Richard Gowers (Eton College) |
Intermediate Category: | 1st Prize | Donal McCann (St. Peter's Cathedral, Belfast)
£300 (sponsored
by Well-Kennedy Partnership, Lisburn) And a public performance on the Ulster Hall's Mulholland Grand Organ, Belfast |
Junior Category: | 1st Prize | Killian Farrell (Dublin) £200 (sponsored by AA Music, Lisburn) |
 
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