Drake YolanDa Award

“We are no longer accepting applications” The Drake YolanDa Award was created by @JamesJpDrake @YolanDaBrown to support emerging artists across the UK.

[Drake YolanDa Award @DrakeYolanDaAWD]

4th Year of the Drake YolanDa Award and our 2023 Awardees are here. 20 eclectic artists join the DYA Shortlist Day and they were just awesome! Big Thank you to our panel: @dancairns123 @aheyarts John Harle @sabzwashington @yolandabrown
https://t.co/Dx1shTwV6a

[Music:SouthYorkshire @MusicSouthYorks]

Applications for Round 4 of the @DrakeYolanDaAWD award are now open 🥇

The award is a talent development grant which aims to financially support talented emerging artists who are wanting to pursue a career in music.

More info & apply before 4/9 here 👉 https://t.co/GgasYuUQHg

[Launchpad @_launchpadmusic]

Applications for Round 4 of the @DrakeYolanDaAWD award are now open 🥇

The award is a talent development grant which aims to financially support talented emerging artists who are wanting to pursue a career in music.

More info & apply before 4/9 here 👉 https://t.co/IWQl0dHLw9

[Bradford Music Network @bradfordmusic]

Applications for Round 4 of the @DrakeYolanDaAWD award are now open 🥇

The award is a talent development grant which aims to financially support talented emerging artists who are wanting to pursue a career in music.

More info & apply before 4/9 here 👉 https://t.co/Y8gfIuORhn

[Drake YolanDa Award @DrakeYolanDaAWD]

A career-defining moment at the Proms for @DrakeCalleja scholar Alim Beisembayev (@leedspiano winner in 2021) Stepping in for the sick Benjamin Grosvenor, he "reeled off Rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto as if to the manner born" @guardian @DrakeYolanDaAWD is part of @DrakeCalleja

[Cambridge Audio @CambridgeAudio]

Did you catch @jerubmusic at the coronation concert? He performed at our Melomania venue for the @DrakeYolanDaAWD last year and completely blew us away! Awesome to watch him on the big stage 😎👑

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Check out the Video of our 2022 @DrakeYolanDaAWD Winners… We had a lovely evening at Boisdale Canary Wharf. Show some love to: @Ceitidh_Mac @jerubmusic @FinnDoherty @RenatoPMusic @john_dhali @anadellor @kymaracc B-ahwe, LOBA, Erica Manzoli https://t.co/YWCBMP0f81

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📣 Drumroll 🥁 We present our 2022 Drake YolanDa Award Winners… out of over 500 applicants, here are our 10 Winners. Show them some love! @Ceitidh_Mac @jerubmusic @FinnDoherty @RenatoPMusic @john_dhali @anadellor @kymaracc B-ahwe, LOBA, Erica Manzoli

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Our 2022 Drake YolanDa Awardees are here. We welcomed 20 eclectic and genre bending artists to the Drake YolanDa Award 2022 Shortlist Day and they were just awesome! Big Thank you to our panel: @amylame @joestilgoe @benlewisYV @JoelRyanB @yolandabrown

[Drake YolanDa Award @DrakeYolanDaAWD]

Our 2022 Drake YolanDa Awardees are here. We welcomed 20 eclectic and genre bending artists to the Drake YolanDa Award 2022 Shortlist Day and they were just awesome! Big Thank you to our panel: @amylame @joestilgoe @benlewisYV @JoelRyanB @yolandabrown

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🚨📣 Calling all emerging artists! Todays the day!!! Round 3 of the Drake YolanDa Award @drakeyolandaawd Applications Close today at Noon!!! Apply now… https://t.co/nTpjbik4eG

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Applications are NOW OPEN for Round 3 of the 2022 Drake YolanDa Awards. Do you know an emerging artist / band that needs funding for their project? Tell them to Apply Now: https://t.co/nTpjbik4eG Applications close 5th Sept @DrakeYolanDaAWD

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We had the most amazing night @RoundhouseLDN celebrating our 2021 @DrakeYolanDaAWD Winners!!! Here’s a recap from an awesome night: https://t.co/meIQpCf2pO

[YolanDa Brown OBE @yolandabrown]

What a lovely evening @DrakeYolanDaAWD Brilliant music from Brilliant musicians with Brilliant futures… just Brilliant! Thanks for the collaboration @jamesjpdrake Here’s the video from the event: https://t.co/AfIVOuMNSM

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@rfratertaylor @MazOConnor

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Drumroll 🥁 We present our 2021 Drake YolanDa Award Winners… Show them some love! @rfratertaylor @marthahillmusic @colectivamusica @MazOConnor @ChibunduOnuzo @Lucymaywalker @IfeOgunjobi @bekaontoast @ESzczerbo @manikmc

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@marthahillmusic @IfeOgunjobi @ESzczerbo @manikmc

[Maz O'Connor @MazOConnor]

Grateful + excited to be a winner of the @DrakeYolanDaAWD 2021 🥳

The award supports emerging artists in their musical journey. I’m humbled to have been chosen for the grant when the shortlisted artists were all SO amazing. Thank you 🙏

[Emma Rawicz-Szczerbo @ESzczerbo]

i am so excited to finally announce that i have been awarded the @drakeyolandaawd for 2021!!!
this award means so much to me and will make so many more things possible for me, including finally being able to share my music with you all
photos by @mariolazoladz @drakeyolandaawd

[Luca Manning @___whoisluca___]

Thanks so much to the @DrakeYolanDaAWD for awarding me a shortlist grant! 🖤🖤