Sleath String Performance Prize

The Sleath String Performance Prize is an annual competition for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Music (Honours) at the University of Queensland. The prize recognizes the most outstanding performance on an orchestral stringed instrument with a bow. Established in 1998, this prize is funded from a bequest by Howard Fortnam Sleath (1899–1984), a renowned Australian craftsman and maker of stringed instruments. In 1974, Sleath donated a set of four instruments to UQ's Department of Music, and following his death, the University received a bequest to assist the study of stringed instruments played with a bow. The prize awards money equal to the annual income from the fund to one exceptional student each year who demonstrates creative excellence in string performance.