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Leah Broad wins the 2024 RPS Storyteller Award for her book, Quartet<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>
The Gamechanger Award went to the Irene Taylor Trust for its work using music to help and empower people affected by the criminal justice system, while the Impact Award was presented to Clare Johnston and Drake Music Scotland. Together, they created Call of the Mountains<\/em>, a collaboration with Kazakhstan’s Eegeru ensemble. ‘Drake Music Scotland are renowed for empowering disabled musicians. Their collaboraiton with Clare Johnston crosses new frontiers.’ <\/p>
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Clare Johnston wins an RPS Award for her collaboration with Drake Music Scotland<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>
The ceremony was held in Manchester for the first time, at the Royal Northern College of Music. <\/p>
The full list of 2024 RPS Award winners: <\/h2>
Chamber-Scale Composition: Laurence Osborne \u2013\u00a0TOMB!<\/em><\/li>
Conductor: Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Roth<\/li>
Ensemble: BBC Singers<\/li>
Gamechanger: Sara Lee and the Irene Taylor Trust<\/li>
Impact: Call of the Mountains<\/em> (Clare Johnston and Drake Music Scotland)<\/li>
Inspiration: Derwent Brass<\/li>
Instrumentalist: Jasdeep Singh Degun (sitar)<\/li>
Large-Scale Composition: Kaija Saariaho \u2013 Innocence<\/em><\/li>
Opera and Music Theatre: Chornobyldorf <\/em>(Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival)<\/li>
Series and Events: Manchester Classical<\/li>
Singer: Nicky Spence (tenor)<\/li>
Storytelling: Quartet <\/em>\u2013 Leah Broad<\/li>
Young Artist: Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)<\/li><\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n
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