Lyons Celebration Award

This annual award was set up in memory of Jack Lyons by his widow, Lady Roslyn. The award recognises Jack's unfailing support for creative musicians and is intended to allow the recipient to undertake a significant creative musical project, culminating in a public musical performance.

One of Jack's most cherished pieces was Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. This competition asks applicants to outline an innovative project that is in some way inspired by that work. For example, a composer might propose a new setting of these or other psalms, or a work that uses related Hebrew texts. A performer might propose a programme of psalm settings, or pieces which relate in some way to the Bernstein work. Other connections may be explored.