New Voices Singing Competition 2025

With a prize fund of £7000, paid recitals offered by three of Yorkshire’s leading festivals and a distinguished judging panel, the New Voices Singing Competition is open to soloists, duos or even ensembles of up to 8 participants, providing the principal focus of the group is singing and all participants are UK or Irish nationals or residents.

THE PANEL
Sir Thomas Allen CBE FRCM (Baritone)
Dame Jane Glover DBE (Conductor & Musicologist)
Sholto Kynoch FRAM (Founder & Artistic Director of the Oxford Lieder Festival)
Robert Ogden (Festival Director of the Northern Aldborough Festival)
Sir Andrew Lawson-Tancred (Panel Chair and Chair of the Northern Aldborough Festival)

THE PRIZES
1st Prize – The Seastock Trust Prize: £5000 Cash Award & Recital at Northern Aldborough Festival 2026
2nd Prize – The Yorkshire Music Future Fund Prize: £1500 Cash Award
The Audience Prize – £500 Cash Award
Paid recitals at two of Yorkshire’s leading festivals, Leeds Lieder and Harrogate Internatio