Adjudicators: Aidan Lang, Buddug Verona, Linda Kitchen & Iwan Teifion Davies
Accompanists: Jeffrey Howard
The competitors will be expected to prepare a programme of no more than 15 minutes. The programme must include one song by a Welsh composer from the twentieth century or the current century, and every song must be sung in Welsh.
The Eisteddfod will consider offering performance opportunities to the winner of the scholarship at a future festival
Prizes:
- Ysgoloriaeth gwerth £5,000 (£3,000 Ysgoloriaeth W Towyn Roberts; £2,000 Ysgoloriaeth William Park-Jones)
- £3,000 (Cronfa William Park-Jones)
- £1,000 (Cyngor Tref Pwllheli)
- £500 (£200 Eirian Fielding, er cof am ei rhieni, Gwilym a Helen Parry Williams; £100 David James, er cof am ei fam, Dilys James )
These scholarships were set up to promote vocal music for soloists in Wales. The scholarships, held for a year, are awarded to the most promising competitor in a special competition to enable them to follow a vocal training course at a recognised music school or college. The scholarships are open to any person born in Wales or one of whose parents were born in Wales, or any person who has lived or worked in Wales for the three years prior to 31 August 2023, or any person who can speak or write Welsh.
The adjudication panel may withold the scholorships or divide them between more than one winner if needed. See General Rules and Conditions, no. 21.