SCHOLARSHIPS
Training the next generation
David Jiang
2023 - 2025 'Young Scholar' Scholarship Recipient
David Jiang has been a valued Choral Scholar with us from 2023–2025, recognised for his exceptional musicianship as both a pianist and a bass singer in the Scholars Baroque Chamber Choir. Originally from China and a graduate of Bethlehem College, David has passed all his piano examinations with outstanding results, including ABRSM Grade 8 with Distinction, alongside Trinity Grade 7 Singing. He is a two-time Rising Star finalist and award winner, with standout performances across works by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Rachmaninoff, and was featured as a solo pianist in our 2025 concert. David consistently demonstrates remarkable maturity across solo, ensemble and choral performance. As he heads off to university in 2026, we wish him every success and will miss him greatly, even as we celebrate the bright musical future ahead of him.
The Scholars Baroque Aotearoa Scholarship Scheme started in 2015 under the Musical Directorship of Chalium Poppy, for high school, polytechnic, or university students. This enduring music form immerses students in a unique soundscape that can only be experienced inside a chamber choir. The Scholars Baroque Aotearoa wants to leave young singers with a real sense of achievement that they can draw on throughout their lives. The scholarship recipient will have the chance to experience singing and music making in a semi-professional setting with a chamber choir. Our hope is to kindle a passion for choral music and give students a positive, successful, and lasting impression of this beautiful music.
The principle reward or benefit will be the intellectual and musical rewards of studying, rehearsing and performing choral music in the company of competent fellow musicians under the guidance of a qualified conductor. A secondary reward will be financial, the scholarship funds being awarded at the completion of the year.
This is a golden opportunity for good musicians who have fine voices, commitment to be part of a close-knit team, and who wish to develop first class sight-reading skills.
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