Gerard Victory Composition Prize
This prize, founded in 2005 by a generous donation from the family of Dr Gerard Victory, is awarded annually for the best composition submitted as part of the moderatorship part II examinations in music (single honour or joint honour moderatorship). Value - €500.
Gerard Victory (1921 - 1995)
Thomas Joseph Gerard Victory (24 December 1921 – 14 March 1995) was a prolific Irish composer. He wrote over two hundred works across many genres and styles, including tonal, serial, aleatoric and electroacoustic music. Further information about Gerard Victory can be found on the website of Contemporary Music Centre Ireland, Ireland's archive and resource centre for new music, supporting the work of composers throughout the Republic and Northern Ireland.
Further Information
Prize Recipients
| Year | Prizewinner |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Daniel Vives Lynch |
| 2021 | Margareta Merenyi |
| 2020 | James Burns |
| 2019 | Richard Hughes |
| 2018 | Rory Murphy (brother of Elliot Murphy, recipient in 2014) |
| 2017 | Sinead Alari |
| 2016 | Adam Bradley |
| 2015 | Steven Gregory Foster |
| 2014 | Elliot Murphy |
| 2013 | Anna Elizabeth Clifford |
| 2012 | Sherry Hazlett |
| 2011 | David Edward Samuel Halpin |
| 2010 | Elis Czerniak |
| 2009 | Hannah Mary Ellen Carr |
| 2008 | Benedict Werner Schlepper-Connolly |
| 2007 | Catherine Stokes |