Memorial Award Win for Double Bass Student
Jordan Price Williams, a third year student, has won the first
prize in this year’s D Afan Thomas Memorial Award for Music.
He will receive £1500 and is going to use his prize money
towards buying a new double bass. He will also use some of the
award to help pay for a period of tutelage with the world-renowned
Chi-chi Nwanoku, Principal Bass of the Orchestra of the Age of
Enlightenment in London.
“Being a double bass player is fraught with
financial obstacles due to the great expense of quality
instruments. This generous grant will help me to afford an
instrument worthy of achieving my dream of playing in a
professional orchestra,” he said. “Music is obviously very
important to me, and I think that the D Afan Thomas Memorial Award
for Music is invaluable in providing the opportunity for musicians
to reach their full potential, uninhibited by financial
barriers.”