The Mastersinger Competition



    "The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prompted by the poet's perception,
    and he translates the expression of that perception from the terms of poetry into the terms of music."
                                             -John Drinkwater


General Description

The Mastersinger Competition will be held as a tribute to the life and work of John Drinkwater.

The Mastersinger Competition will aim to identify and assist talented composers for the voice who perform their own original material.

The Competition is currently in the process of being planned, and information about it, including details of how it will be run, will appear on this page as soon as it has completed the final stages of preparation.

The organisers hope to able to make an announcement concerning the launch of the Competition by the summer of 2011.