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The Swinnerton Heap Memorial Trust Fund was established in 1903 to award a scholarship to a member or members of BFCS for at least one year's tuition in music, with the first Scholarship being awarded to Eunice Fowles in 1904.
If you are an ex-Swinnerton Heap scholar or are related to one, or know one as a good friend then please contact us ... we would like to hear from you. We have a few small gaps in our records so you might be able to fill one of them in for us. See below
Since 1980...
| June 1980 | Penny Searley (Contralto) |
| 1981 | Scholarship not awarded |
| Oct. 1982 | Ian Carmalt (Tenor) |
| 1983 | Ann Ramsay (1st Soprano) |
| June 1984 | Helen Barsby (1st Soprano) |
| June 1985 | Sue Pursglove (2nd Alto) |
| June 1986 | Caroline Perkins (1st Soprano)[Unable to take up Scholarship owing to personal circumstances] |
| June 1987 | Christine Powell (1st Soprano) and Jeremy Clear (2nd Tenor) |
| June 1988 | Sally Allsop (1st Soprano) |
| 1989 | Iva Smith (Now Iva Junkova; see 1998 tour - Czech Republic) |
| 1990 | Jenni Low (1st Soprano) |
| July 1991 | Kathy Carter (1st Soprano) |
| June 1992 | Alys Torrence (1st Soprano) |
| June 1993 | Keith Rowe (2nd Tenor) |
| June 1994 | Kathleen (Kate) T Adams (1st Soprano) |
| June 1995 | Shirley Anthony (1st Alto) [had to retire - moved to the South of Eng.]Sarah Lytton (1st Soprano) [Given remaining lessons.] |
| Sept 1996 | Azelle Thomas (1st Soprano) |
| July 1997 | Alison Lewis (1st Soprano) and Sylvia Tell (2nd Soprano) |
| Sept 1998 | Nick Lampert (1st Bass) |
| Sept 1999 | Angela Willis (1st Alto) |
| Oct 2000 | David Fletcher (Tenor) |
Gordon C Allen BFCS Archivist and Historian
Information Needed - Swinnerton Heap Scholarship
Winners.
We know the names of most BFCS members who were Swinnerton Heap Scholars
and the date the Scholarship was awarded to them but we still have gaps
in our records. Did you win the Scholarship or do you know of anybody
else who did? We need information for the following years: 1922 1932 1933
1935 1955 1956 1959 1964 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1974 1975
1976. If you can help to fill in the gaps please contact the BFCS Archivist,
Gordon Allen, either by email
or by phone (0121-444 1314).
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