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together young cellists from all over the country and beyond. He has given many masterclasses and
summer schools, and he ran a residential summer school for cellists each year at Hindhead Music
Centre for 20 years. He is currently involved in bringing Chinese students to study on his music
summer schools.

In addition to many years’ experience as an adjudicator, for over 30 years Bruce has been involved
in many aspects of the work of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM),
training and moderating of examiners, syllabus development, presentations and tours. He has also
recently worked in Soweto on a teaching project with the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and
worked with Magyar children on music projects in Transylvania.

Publication collaborations include a cello tutor with Mary Cohen for Faber Music, the Fiddler
Playalong Cello Collection for Boosey & Hawkes and More Time Pieces for ABRSM Publishing. He
has also been Commissioning Editor for Fingerprints for Cello and Spectrum for Cello, an acclaimed
volume of contemporary pieces.

On receiving the award, William Bruce says: ‘I’m thrilled and humbled to have won this award from
ESTA. In these difficult times I’m even more convinced of the value of music education. Music is
our birth right, the soundtrack to a lifelong journey and the soundscape of our very existence,
coordinating our mind, body and spirit towards harmony on a never-ending learning process.

It is a privilege working with so many young people at Junior Guildhall watching them blossom
through such a powerful, joyous and transforming life force.’