Frances Quinn Arts Encouragement award

The Frances Quinn Arts Encouragement Award was established in the honour of Frances Quinn, a club member and music lover. The award is given annually to a female Year 12 student at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS).

2025 Winner

The 2025 winner is Poppy Savage. Her main instrument is violin. She has been a member of the Melbourne Conservatorium Young Artists Academy, attended the Australian Youth Orchestra’s Young Symphonists and National Music Camp, and performed with the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and in collaborations with the Australian National Academy of Music. Poppy holds an LMusA (2024) and an AMEB Gold Award. Her piano trio won the Keyboard Prize in Musica Viva’s Strike a Chord (2025). She has performed at Government House and on 3MBS radio and will commence a Bachelor of Music (Performance) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2026.