During early 2025 it was decided between the Trust and the Royal Academcy of Music (RAM) to take a rest from the annual singing competition for the Award and instead sponsor a promising young singer studying at the academy. Therefore the recipient of the 2025 Award is tenor Marcus Burton (main image). He is studying for a Master in Performance at the RAM but is already a seasoned performer singing regularly in The Netherlands at the famouss Concertgebau hall. The Trust is sup

Winners of the Richard Lewis award for singing 2023

Richard Lewis's widow Elizabeth Muir-Lewis, who is also the founder of the Richards Lewis/Jean Shank Trust, has written a memoir of her...