The following scholarships and prizes require students to apply to take part in a performance or composition competition. Please see the individual scholarship page for more information about how to apply: competition dates may change as the year progresses.
Semester One competitions - application closing date extended to 19 April 2024
- Burnett William Wendorff Memorial Prize for Classical Piano
- Ethel Osborn Prize
- O’Brien Family Prize for Wind and Brass
- Percy Brier Memorial Prize in Composition - compositions must be submitted by 16 June 2024
- Richard Pollett Prize
- 2024 Concerto Competition
Semester Two competitions - application closing date 18 September 2024
- Isolde Schaupp Memorial Prize for Percussion - Finals scheduled for 8–10pm, 14 October
- Margaret Nickson Prize for Voice and Piano and Accompanists' Guild of Queensland Piano Accompaniment Prize - Heats scheduled from 3–6pm, 4 October. Finals scheduled for 6–8pm, 14 October.
- Sleath String Performance Prize (4–7pm, 11 October 2024) and Accompanists' Guild of Queensland Piano Accompaniment Prize
- 4MBS Musica Viva Sid Page Memorial Prize in Chamber Music – Heats scheduled for 18 October. Finals scheduled for 24 October.