MUSIC AT CAIUS - Gonville and Caius College

Musical FacilitiesThe regular venue for chamber music activities withinthe College is the Bateman Auditorium, which houses amodel B Steinway piano (2003). The College also hasseveral practice pianos both in the old part of Collegeand the main undergraduate blocks at Harvey Court. TheCollege has a fine 2-manual harpsichord by Mackinnonand Waitzmann (1996), based on a French model datingfrom 1711, which is available for practice and concertuse. The Chapel organ is a 3-manual Klais (1981) andalthough it is used mostly by the two Organ Scholars itis available to any member of College for practice.The College Library contains a large selection of musicscores and literature on music, and also has a collectionof chamber music, containing scores and parts for manyworks, as well as double copies of much solo vocalrepertoire (allowing both singer and accompanist to havea copy). A broad range of classical CDs is also availableand new purchases are made regularly, mostly at thesuggestion of students.2Music Prizes and AwardsEach year the College awards a number offinancial prizes and bursaries for music.The Compton Wills and Sir RudolphPeters funds allow prizes to be given inrecognition of outstanding contributionstowards the musical life of the College.The H. L. Perry is awarded for the finestinstrumental performance in a CollegeConcert during the course of the year. TheGrabowski Bursary helps one or morestudents each year to attend summercourses or receive specialist tuition in performance orconducting. Recent recipients have benefited fromattending courses at the Canford, Dartington andBritten-Pears Summer Schools and the Aspen StringCongress in Canada.222Eaden Lilley