The Guild has named a silver trophy, originally presented in 1910, after its newly appointed vice president Eleanor Shimmin BEM.

Eleanor has been associated with the Manx Music Festival for most of her life, having competed in the singing and piano classes as a young woman before gaining a scholarship to The Royal Academy of Music.

She has won three Cleveland medals, been a festival accompanist for 25 years, and a committee member for more than 30 years and taught ’countless’ pupils how to sing and play piano.

The old trophy, which now has a new base and engraving, should have been presented to the first winner of the ’American Art Song’ class in the 2021 event.

However it will now be introduced in 2022 following the cancellation of this year’s Guild due to the pandemic.