Scholarships and Awards
Frances Quinn Arts Encouragement Award
An annual award for a female Year 12 student at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School.
VCASS
School
Annually
Awarded
About the award
What it recognises
The Frances Quinn Arts Encouragement Award was established in honour of Frances Quinn, a club member and music lover. The award is given annually to a female Year 12 student at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS).
How to apply
Applying for this award
The award is offered through VCASS. Please contact the club for more information.
2025
Recent recipients
Our 2025 recipients
Winner
Poppy Savage
Poppy’s main instrument is violin. She has been a member of the Melbourne Conservatorium Young Artists Academy, attended the Australian Youth Orchestra’s Young Symphonists and National Music Camp, and performed with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and in collaborations with the Australian National Academy of Music. She holds an LMusA (2024) and an AMEB Gold Award, and her piano trio won the Keyboard Prize in Musica Viva’s Strike a Chord (2025). She has performed at Government House and on 3MBS radio, and will begin a Bachelor of Music (Performance) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2026.
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