Clonter Opera Prize, February 2021,
sponsored by the Ann Driver Trust

Winner of the 2021 Clonter Opera Prize
​Winner and Audience Vote Winner
Bass-baritone
Ossian Huskinson
​Nominated by the Royal Academy of Music
2021 Clonter Opera Prize
Runner up
Tenor
​Michael Gibson
Nominated by the Royal Academy of Music
Ann Driver was greatly influenced by the teaching of Emile Jacques-Dalcroze, and she adapted his method for her own pupils. This short video from the Irish Chamber Orchestra Academy shows how some applications of the Dalcroze Method were used on a recent course for young musicians.   Click the link for the video: youtu.be/TVHvA-WzaZQ
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            Ann Driver teaching                                                   
   BBC Photo Library, with permission
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         Isabel Morton-Sale from ‘Something Particular’ by 
                    Ann Driver and Rosalind Ramirez
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‘Portrait of Ann Driver by Austin Spare
(collection John Slater)