The Brisbane Club Award and The Jim Massie Memorial Prize
This competition is open to emerging classical instrumental or vocal artists from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. Each classical department is to nominate its best student for the competition.
The Brisbane Club Award prize is valued at $5,000, and the runner-up prize the Jim Massie Memorial Prize is valued at $2,000. The donor of the prize is The Brisbane Club.
Nominations come from the Heads of Department.
To be eligible for this award, you must be an emerging instrumental or vocal artist from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU).
Each department is to nominate their best student for this competition. The criteria for this nomination is performance ability and must take into account musicality, communication skills, style, and potential. The method of selecting individuals is to be decided by each department.
The adjudication panel will consist of a nominee of The Brisbane Club, the Director (or nominee) and Heads of Departments (or nominees).
The competitors are required to perform a 20-minute programme.
Competition
Date: Tuesday 6 October 2026
Time: 7pm
Venue: Ian Hanger Recital Hall
Awards dinner
Date: Thursday 8 October 2026
Time: 5pm for 5:30pm
Venue: The Brisbane Club
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