Clonter Opera Prize, February 2024,
sponsored by the Ann Driver Trust​

Winner of the 2024 Clonter Opera Prize
and of the Audience Prize
Sam Hird Baritone
​Nominated by the Royal College of Music

​Runner-up
Madison Horman Soprano
​Nominated by the Royal Academy of Music
The Winner and the Runner-up of the 2024 Clonter Opera Prize

The Judges and Contestants of the Opera Prize
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)