Young singers aged 22–30 compete for prizes totalling in excess of £5,000 in the final of this year’s Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards presented by Jackdaws Music Education Trust. Each finalist will sing a programme including works by Handel and Peter Wishart as well as pieces of their own choice.

The members of this year’s judging panel are Dame Felicity Palmer, Andrew Shore and Simon Lepper, chaired by Jackdaws Artistic Director, Saffron van Zwanenberg.