HAZEL GROVE MUSICAL FESTIVAL COMMITTEE · CLASS 245 String Instrument Duet, 11 yrs & under……... M2…17 ... CLASS 260 Solo Descant Recorder, 9 yrs & under……… WR...15

91st Season 2018

Competitive Est. 1921

Affiliated to The British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech

of which Her Majesty the Queen is Patron

PROGRAMME

Price £4.00

Registered Charity 505911

INDEX

FRIDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 2018

SPEECH & DRAMA Room Page

CLASS 100 Verse Speaking, NC YR ………………….… M4 … .9

CLASS 101 Verse Speaking, NC Y1…………………....... M4… ..9

CLASS 102 Verse Speaking, NC Y2 …………………….. M4… 9

CLASS 103 Verse Speaking, NC Y3 …………………….. M5…. 13 CLASS 104 Verse Speaking, NC Y4 ……………………. M5…..13

CLASS 105 Verse Speaking, NC Y5 …………………….. M4….. 9

CLASS 108 Verse Speaking, NC Y7 & Y8 ……………… M5…..14 CLASS 111 Verse Speaking, NC Y9 & Y10 …………….. M5…..14

CLASS 112 Verse Speaking, NC Y11 & above ………….. M5 ….14 CLASS 121 Verse Speaking, NC Y1 & Y2………………. M4… 9

CLASS 123 Verse Speaking, NC Y3 …………………….. M5 … 13

CLASS 125 Verse Speaking, NC Y5 & Y6………………. M5…..13 CLASS 140 Mime, NC Y6 & under ……………………… M4… 9

CLASS 141 Shakespeare Solo, NC Y9 & above ………… M4… .12

CLASS 142 Write & Speak a Poem, NC Y6 & under …… M5 ….13 CLASS 143 Write & Speak a Poem, NC Y7, Y8 & Y9 …. M5 … 14

CLASS 144 Write & Speak a Poem, NC Y10 & above …. M5 … 14

CLASS 153 Prose Reading, NC Y3 & under …………….. M5…..13 CLASS 155 Prose Reading, NC Y5 ……………………… M4…. 10

CLASS 156 Prose Reading, NC Y6………………………. M5… 13

CLASS 157 Prose Reading, NC Y7 & Y8 ……………….. M5… 14 CLASS 158 Prose Reading, NC Y9 & Y10 ……………… M5…..13

CLASS 159 Prose Reading, NC Y11 & above …………… M4 … 12

CLASS 170 Solo Drama, NC Y6 & under ……………… M4…. 10 CLASS 171 Solo Drama, NC Y7 & Y8 ………………….. M4…..11

CLASS 172 Solo Drama, NC Y9 & Y10…………………. M3… . 7

CLASS 173 Solo Drama, NC Y11 & above ……………… M4…..12 CLASS 174 Solo Comedy, NC Y6 & under……………… M4…. 11

CLASS 175 Solo Comedy, NC Y7 & Y8 ……………….. M3… 7

CLASS 176 Solo Comedy, NC Y9 & Y10………………... M4 … 11 CLASS 177 Solo Comedy NC Y11 & above ……………... M4 … 11

CLASS 178 Public Speaking, NC Y7, Y8 & Y9 ………… M5 ….14

CLASS 180 Duologues, NC Y6 & under ………………… M4…. 10 CLASS 181 Duologues, NC Y7 & Y8 …………………. M3 … 7

CLASS 182 Duologues, NC Y9 & Y10 ………………… M3 .… 7

CLASS 183 Duologues, NC Y11 & above …………….. M3….. 8 CLASS 185 Acted Scene, NC Y6 & under……………….. M3 . .. 7

CLASS 186 Acted Scene, NC Y7, Y8 & Y9 ……………. M4…. 11

CLASS 189 Young Performer, NC Y10 & above ………. M4 … 12

CLASS 192 Creative Performance, NC Y 11 & above ……M3 … .8

PIANO

CLASS 200 Piano Solo, 8 yrs & under…………………… WR ....16

CLASS 201 Piano Solo, 10 yrs & under …………………. WR.....16

CLASS 202 Piano Solo, 12 yrs & under …………………. WR.. ..19 CLASS 203 Piano Solo, 14 yrs & under ………………….. WR….19

CLASS 204 Piano Solo, Grades VII & VIII ……………….WR.... 19

CLASS 205 Piano Solo, 8 yrs & under…………………… WR ....16 CLASS 206 Piano Solo, 10 yrs & under …………………. WR.....16

CLASS 207 Piano Solo, 12 yrs & under………………… WR ....19

CLASS 208 Piano Solo, 14 yrs & under …………………. WR ....20 CLASS 209 Piano Solo, 16 yrs & under …………………. WR.....19

CLASS 210 Piano Solo, 16 yrs & under ………………… WR …19

Piano Final ……………………………………………….. WR ....20

INSTRUMENTAL

CLASS 240 String Instrument Solo, 9 yrs & under ……… M2…17 CLASS 242 String Instrument Solo, 14 yrs & under…… M2…21

CLASS 243 String Instrument Solo, 16 yrs & under……... M2…17

CLASS 244 String Instrument Solo, Open………………... M2…17

CLASS 245 String Instrument Duet, 11 yrs & under……... M2…17

CLASS 246 String Instrument Duet, Open……………….. M2…21 CLASS 252 Classical Guitar Solo, Open ………………… M2…18

CLASS 253 String Instrument Solo, Grades I & II ……….. M2…17

CLASS 255 String Instrument Solo, Grades V & VI……... M2…21 CLASS 256 String Instrument Solo, Grades VII & VIII … M2…21

CLASS 257 Classical Guitar Solo, Grades I & II ………... M2…18

CLASS 258 Classical Guitar Solo, Grades II, IV & V …… M2…18 CLASS 260 Solo Descant Recorder, 9 yrs & under……… WR...15

CLASS 261 Solo Descant Recorder, 11 yrs & under……... WR ..15

CLASS 263 Solo Descant Recorder, 14 yrs & under ……. WR ..15 CLASS 264 Solo Treble Recorder, 14 yrs & under ……… WR ..15

CLASS 268 Recorder Duet, 11 yrs & under…………… WR.. 15.

CLASS 270 Flute or Oboe Solo, 11 yrs & under………… M2…21 CLASS 274 Brass Instrument Solo, 14 yrs & under ……... M2…17

CLASS 276 Wind Instrument Solo, Open………………… M2 ...21

CLASS 281 Ensemble, Open…………………………… M2…22

VOCAL Room Page

CLASS 301 British Composers, 10 yrs & under………….. M1…..23

CLASS 302 British Composers, 11 & 12 yr……………… M1…..23 CLASS 303 British Composers, 13 &14 yrs …………….. M1…..25

CLASS 304 British Composers, 15 & 16 yrs……………... M3…..27

CLASS 305 British Composers, 17 & 18 yrs……………... M3…..26 CLASS 307 Vocal Solo, 10 yrs & under………………….. M1…..23

CLASS 308 Vocal Solo, 11 & 12 yrs……………………... M3…..26 CLASS 309 Vocal Solo, 13 & 14 yrs……………………... M1…..25

CLASS 310 Vocal Solo, 15 & 16 yrs……………………... M3…..27

CLASS 311 Vocal Solo, 17 & 18 yrs ……………………. M3 ….26

CLASS 313 Traditional Folk Song, 18 yrs & under……... M1…..25

CLASS 314 Musical Shows, 10 yrs & under……………... M1…..23

CLASS 315 Musical Shows, 11 & 12 yrs………………… M1…..24

CLASS 316 Musical Shows, 13 & 14 yrs………………… M1…..25 CLASS 317 Musical Shows, 15 & 16 yrs………………… M3…..27

CLASS 318 Musical Shows, 17 & 18 yrs………………… M3…..26

CLASS 319 Vocal Duet, 18 yrs & under…………………. M3…..26

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SATURDAY 24th FEBRUARY 2018

PIANO

CLASS 230 Piano Solo: J.S.Bach, Scarlatti, Open……….. WR….28

CLASS 231 Pianoforte: Solo Haydn, Mozart, Open..…… M2 ... 29 CLASS 232 Piano Solo: Beethoven, Schubert, Open…….. M2......29

CLASS 233 Piano Solo: Brahms, Schumann, Open……… WR ....28

CLASS 234 Piano Solo: Chopin, Liszt, Open…………….. M2…..29 CLASS 235 Piano Solo: French Composer, Open………... WR….28

CLASS 236 Piano Solo: Russian Composer, Open……….. M2…. 29

CLASS 237 Piano Solo Own Choice Composer, Open…... WR….28 CLASS 238 Pianoforte Duet, Open……………………….. WR….28

CLASS 239 Piano Concerto, Open……………………….. WR….30 Piano Championship……………………………………….. WR….30

VOCAL

CLASS 350 Vocal Recital, Open…………………………. M2….35

CLASS 351 Soprano Solo, Open………………………….. M4….33

CLASS 352 Mezzo-soprano Solo, Open………………….. M4….33 CLASS 354 Tenor Solo, Open……………………………. M4….33

CLASS 355 Baritone Solo, Open…………………………. M4… 33.

CLASS 357 Folk Song, Open……………………………... M1….31 CLASS 358 Operatic Solo, Open…………………………. M1….31

CLASS 359 Gilbert & Sullivan Solo, Open ……………… M3….36

CLASS 360 Light Opera/ Modern Musical Show, Open. ... M3….32 CLASS 361 Vocal Solo, Age 60 years & over ………… M4.... 37

CLASS 362 Vocal Duet,,Open……………………………. M1….34

CLASS 363 British Composer Solo, Open………………... M3….32 CLASS 364 Solo French Song, Open …………………… M3….36

CLASS 365 Lieder, Open…………………………………. M4….37

CLASS 366 Other Living Language Solo, Open………… M4… 33 CLASS 367 Oratorio Solo, Open…………………………. M1….34

CLASS 368 Victorian/Edwardian Ballad, Open………….. M2….35

CLASS 369 Vocal Solo, Novice………………………….. M4….33 CLASS 370 Humour in Song, Open………………………. M2….35

CLASS 371 Jazz or Swing Solo, Open…………………… M3….36

Vocal Championship ……………………………………… M2….35

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SATURDAY 3rd MARCH 2018

CHORAL

CLASS 400 Junior Choirs, 12 yrs and under……………... M2….38

CLASS 401 Youth Choirs, 21 yrs & under……………….. M2….38 CLASS 402 Vocal Ensemble, Open ………………………. M2….38

CLASS 405 Choral Recital Open ………………………… M2….39

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HAZEL GROVE MUSICAL FESTIVAL COMMITTEE

President Simon Bottomley

Chairman John Riches

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General Secretary Kath Penney

Assistant Matthew Penney

Minutes Secretary Mary Harris

Syllabus & Programme

Treasurer Janet Nightingale

Competitors’ Secretaries:

Speech & Drama Corinne Lawrence

Instrumental Eileen Rigg

Assistant Mark Rigg

Vocal Margot Jackson

Results Co-ordinator Trevor Moseley

House Manager Barclay Jackson

Assistants Maurice Hargreaves, Matthew Penney

Chief Stewards Don & Bobbie Sykes

Trophy Secretary Brenda Moseley

Catering Brenda Moseley

Subscriptions Secretary Gwyneth Robinson

ADJUDICATORS AND ACCOMPANISTS

MUSIC

Ruth Gerald FRCM

Sheila Kent M.Sc, GNSM, LTCL, Cert.Ed, FISM

Dennis Lee B.Mus, MMusRCM, LRSM, ARCM

Dr Andrew Padmore MA, D.Mus, Cert.Ed, FTCL, FLCM, LRAM, ARCM, ARCO(CHM),

FFCM, A.Cert.CM, FCSM, FISM, FRSA

Dr Vivien Pike Hon.M.Mus, GRSM, ARMCM, LGSM, FRSA

John Pomphrey BA, LTCL, ALCM, Cert.Ed, FRSA

SPEECH & DRAMA

David Fonville AGSM, Dip.Ed(Adv), PGCA, MCIPR, MSTSD, Hon FIMSSS

Maryrose Swarbrick

ACCOMPANISTS

Stewart Death B.Sc, PPRNCM

Catherine Hall-Smith GBSM, PGRNCM

Kathleen Hesford ARCO, GRNCM, ARNCM

Tim Kennedy MA, FRCO

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MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEE

www.hazelgrovemusicalfestival.org.uk

We are proud to be presenting our 91st Festival, and extend a warm welcome to all our competitors,

audiences and adjudicators. We hope you will enjoy the classes and the opportunity to meet with both

old and new friends.

We are always looking for colleagues to help with the administration of the Festival. If you feel you

could spare some time to assist us in any way, please get in touch with any committee member.

Sponsors and Friends of Hazel Grove Musical Festival We greatly appreciate the support of our sponsors and friends,

some of whom may have been too late for inclusion in the programme.

Margaret Adshead Barbara Lister

Margaret & Ralph Ashling Brenda & Trevor Moseley

Pat Baldwin (in memory of Lily Bray) Elaine Naylor

Jean Campbell Janet & Gordon Nightingale

Eric Coates Kate Oldfield

Ann Cliffe Ian Potts

Mary Evdemon John & Margaret Riches

Muriel Ferns Eileen Rigg

Francis Fletcher Margaret Rutherford

Muriel Gray Patricia Sharpe

Margaret Greenup Brenda Taylor

Eileen Halsall Janet Vockings

Maurice Hargreaves Margaret White

Marjorie Harrop Margaret Whittingham

Jean Yarwood

Sponsors of classes.

Irene Agnew (in memory of Joe Agnew) CLASS 400 Junior Choirs, under 12 years

Laurie Alker (in memory of Joyce Alker) CLASS 301 British Composer Solo, 10 years & under

Ian Chesters CLASS 267 Solo Descant or Treble Recorder, Open

Bernard Elsdon CLASS 317 Musical Shows, 15 & 16 years

Glazier Family CLASS 405 Choral Recital

(in memory of Laurence & Christine Glazier)

Pat Hunt CLASS 276 Wind Instrument Solo, Open

Ellen Jones CLASS 401 Youth Choirs, 21 years & under

Sylvia Meade CLASS 275 Wind Instrument Solo, 16 years & under

Glenda Miller CLASS 357 Folk Song, Open

Stella Molton CLASS 367 Oratorio Solo (any voice), Open

Sheila Mycock CLASS 203 Pianoforte Solo, Grade V & VI

Monica Pickles CLASS 200 Pianoforte Solo Prep Test

Margaret Roberts CLASS 313 Folk Song, 18 years & under

Gwyn Robinson CLASS 362 Vocal Duet, Open

Carolyn & Barry Watson CLASS 363 British Composer Solo, Open

David Young CLASS 316 Musical Shows, 13 & 14 years

John Stimpfig (in memory) CLASS 239 Pianoforte Concerto and Pianoforte Championship

Competitors may be invited to

participate in the Winners’ Concert.

Proceeds from the concert will go to the

Hazel Grove Musical Festival.

WINNERS’ CONCERT

Saturday, March 10th 2018 at 7pm

Hazel Grove Methodist Church Tickets: £5 adults, £1 children, including

refreshments

http://www.hazelgrovemusicalfestival.org.uk/

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VIDEO/AUDIO RECORDING OR PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOT ALLOWED DURING THE FESTIVAL

COPYRIGHT and PHOTOCOPYING

1. The Music Publishers’ Association Code of Practice on Photocopying Copyright Works makes the following

concession for copying own choice pieces from volumes only for the use of the adjudicator at a festival,

provided that the entrant or participant has already purchased his/her own copy and that the copy made is

retained and destroyed by the Administrator of the festival immediately after the event.

2. The Hazel Grove Festival is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with the Authors’

Licensing and Collecting Society. This means that the entrants do not have to seek copyright permission for

any poetry, prose or solo dramatic items* performed, to a time limit of 10 minutes.

Performers and teachers will be delighted to know that their participation in the festival means that authors

will be directly reimbursed as a consequence of their work being performed at this festival.

Duologues and group dramatic activity are not covered by this agreement, and copyright for these items

should be sought by performers at the time of entry.

*Solo dramatic items must be announced with title and author at the time of performance to qualify for

copyright indemnity, and the performer must not change the words or gender of the character.

3. No video/audio recording or photography will be allowed during competitions.

DESCRIPTORS FOR GRADING PERFORMANCES

NB. The festival uses the marks system:

90+ or OUTSTANDING An exceptional performance, both technically and artistically

87-89 or DISTINCTION An excellent performance technically and artistically

84-86 or COMMENDED A convincing performance technically and artistically

81-83 or MERIT A capable performance showing some artistic appreciation and/or technical ability

78-80 or MODERATE A performance showing development of technique and/or communication

75-77 or FAIR A performance limited in its communication

NATIONAL CURRICULUM YEAR GROUPS

Each School year runs from 1st September to 31st August

Where National Curriculum (NC) Year Groups apply then ages should be as follows:

NC Rec Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Age 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

achieved

during year

NC Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year12 Year13

Age 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

achieved

during year

TROPHY AND MEDAL POLICY

All certificates, medals, trophies and plaques are awarded at the discretion of the adjudicator and the Festival Committee.

First, second, and third certificates will be awarded in all Music and Speech and Drama classes where sufficient merit is

shown.

In Junior classes a keepsake Medal will be awarded to winners in the younger age groups, an enhanced First Prize

Certificate will be awarded in the older age groups.

In Adult Classes an enhanced First Prize Certificate will be awarded to the winner of the class.

A Trophy/Shield may be awarded to certain Adult Championship classes featuring Pianoforte, Vocal and Choral

performances. Any such award will be for a period of up to a year and be returnable to the festival at the end of this period.

The winner will bear the cost of any engraving.

CHILD PROTECTION AND SAFER FESTIVALS POLICIES

These are available on the Hazel Grove Musical Festival Website and in the entrance lobby.

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SPEECH & DRAMA ADJUDICATORS

DAVID FONVILLE AGSM, DIP ED(ADV), PGCA, MCIPR, MSTSD, Hon FIMSSS

David was educated at the Grammar School, Kettering and Van Horn High School, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

He completed his training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trent Park College and has taught, moderated,

examined and adjudicated students in Speech and Drama, Communication Studies and English. David was Head of Speech and

Drama and Work Experience Director at Guilsborough School, until moving to the BBC.

David was Education Producer at BBC Radio, producing and presenting education broadcasts and contributing to general

programmes. He devised the series “Christmas in a Country House” and produced the first programme from Althorp, the family

home of Princess Diana.

He was News Reader and Bulletin Editor for Independent Radio. His PR experience includes working with local and national

politicians. He is a practitioner and trainer in Public Relations and Communications, media liaison, exhibitions, conferences,

publications, presentations, broadcasting, voice-overs and public speaking. He was Chairman of the Adjudicators’ Council and a

Member of the Board of The British & International Federation of Festivals, Literacy Governor and Chairman of the Governors’

Curriculum & Pastoral Committee at two secondary schools and, for twenty years, Chairman of Kettering and District Eisteddfod.

He was Chairman of Governors of Kingsthorpe College until 2009. David has several times been elected a Council Member of the

Society of Teachers of Speech & Drama and is currently Chairman of the STSD Adjudicators Selection Panel. He is an

Adjudicator Member and an Adjudicator Assessor of the British & International Federation of Festivals and has served many

terms on its Adjudicators’ Council and as Council Chairman. David Examined for 10 years from 1995 for The Guildhall School

of Music & Drama in London and then for 12 years after its take-over by Trinity College London, with four extensive overseas

engagements in 2016 until resigning in December.

David is a teacher, examiner and adjudicator of Speech and Drama, Musical Theatre, Communications and English. He

adjudicates and examines across the UK and worldwide.

MARYROSE SWARBRICK

Maryrose has worked extensively at all levels in the theatre, amateur and professional, in everything from pantomime to

Shakespeare in a variety of roles. Her voice was opera-trained by former Covent Garden soloist Brian Geldard. With her

daughters she founded Stage Door, a long-established school of performing arts and theatre company after managing to

combine all her interests with her former role as Head of Drama at St. Mary’s Hall, Stonyhurst College for 16 years.

She has developed considerable expertise in sound, lighting and other technical aspects of staging and production.

However, musical theatre remains her first love, and as a director and choreographer she loves to encourage the young (and

not-so-young!) in all aspects of dance and drama, a mission enhanced in recent years by her role as adjudicator with the

British and International Federation of Festivals.

MUSIC ADJUDICATORS

RUTH GERALD FRCM

Ruth is currently a freelance musician, teacher, adjudicator and examiner. She was Head of Keyboard Studies at the Royal

College of Music in London from 1992 until 1999, having previously been appointed Faculty Advisor for Keyboard

Studies in 1987.

Her career has always pursued a very wide path of solo and lecture recitals, concertos, chamber music, Lieder recitals,

accompanying, adjudicating, examining and teaching. She was Head of Keyboard Studies at the Birmingham School of

Music (now the Birmingham Conservatoire) for a period of five years, but relinquished this post in order to devote more

time to performing and teaching at the Royal College, where she was Professor of Piano and Piano Accompaniment for

over thirty years. She was elected Fellow of the Royal College in 1985.

Born and educated in Australia, Ruth Gerald began her musical career there, broadcasting regularly at a very early age.

After winning the Elder Overseas Scholarship and gaining a Bachelor of Music degree at Adelaide University, she

continued with postgraduate studies at the Royal College where she was awarded many prizes, including the Hopkinson

Gold Medal.

Recently she has given master-classes in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Malta and Greece, and conducted many

seminars for piano teachers in the UK, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. She is frequently invited to

adjudicate at Festivals world-wide, and is actively involved in many aspects of the work of the Associated Board of the

Royal Schools of Music.

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SHEILA KENT M.Sc, GNSM, LTCL, Cert.Ed, FISM

Sheila Kent graduated from what is now the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, before training as a teacher at

Manchester University.

She headed music departments in schools for over twenty years, teaching all ages, and now gives in-service training to

other teachers as an associate tutor for Leicester University. Many of her former pupils are now professional musicians.

The Festival movement has been part of Sheila’s life since she was a regular school-age competitor. She spent over ten

years on a Festival committee, and her own pupils regularly enter a wide range of classes.

For many years Sheila Kent played chamber music and in orchestras professionally on a freelance basis until forced to stop

by a serious injury to her hand. She has been musical director for performances of many of the most popular musicals, and

for many years conducted a well-respected choir. Sheila is an instrumental and vocal examiner, working to diploma level.

Many of her vocal technique pupils are involved in Musical Theatre, which she also used to examine. As an adjudicator for

the British Federation of Festivals she has worked at music festivals across the UK, and as far afield as Hong Kong and

Zimbabwe.

DENNIS LEE B.Mus, M.MusRCM, LRSM, ARCM

Dennis Lee was born in Penang, Malaysia. At age 14 he won an Associated Board scholarship to study violin and piano

(with Angus Morrison) at the Royal College of Music, London. There he was awarded the ARCM (Hons) in both

instruments, and won many prizes including the Hopkinson Gold Medal and Peter Norris Prize, Joy Scott Prize, as well as

the Tagore Gold Medal for the most outstanding student. In 1967 he received the Bachelor of Music degree from London

University with the only First Class Honours given for that particular syllabus. The next year he attained the Master of

Music degree from the Royal College. An Austrian Government scholarship then took him to Vienna where, under Josef

Dichler, he won the Akademie Diploma with distinction and the Stepanow Prize. Later he studied with Ilonka Deckers in

Milan.

He has won many prizes at competitions, e.g. the BBC, Casagrande, Busoni and Sydney. Festival appearances include

Montreux, Spoleto, Brescia-Bergamo (Italy), Varna Summer (Bulgaria), Adelaide, Cheltenham, Brighton and Singapore

Arts Festival. He has performed with most of the BBC orchestras, Halle, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, London Mozart

Players, Northern Sinfonia, Slovak Chamber, Varna Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, Adelaide Symphony, Tasmanian

Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic and Singapore

Symphony etc. Conductors with whom he has collaborated include Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Andrew Davis,

Libor Pesek and Okko Kamu.

Dennis Lee has broadcast frequently for the BBC. In the USA he has appeared several times at the Kennedy Center,

National Gallery in Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York and Philadelphia. His recording

of Szymanowski works (Hyperion/Helios CDH 55081) aroused much international acclaim, while his complete cycle of

Beethoven piano sonatas has been warmly received. He continues to perform widely in the USA, Canada, Europe and

South East Asia. He was an ABRSM examiner for over thirty years, and is also in demand as a lecturer and festival

adjudicator. He has judged the Canadian Music Competition (Finals) in Toronto, as well as the London International Piano

Competition. Recent appearances include the Singapore International Piano Festival, HSBC Piano Festival (Kuala

Lumpur) and recitals in Malaysia, Canada, USA, France and Germany.

He has been Artist in Residence at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore, as well as in Los Angeles at the convention

of the Music Teachers’ Association of California (2006). Future engagements include recitals in Britain, Canada, USA and

the Far East.

He has been invited to perform at the Singapore National Museum in conjunction with a loan of French Impressionist

paintings from the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, and in 2012 was invited to appear with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra for

the tenth anniversary of the Esplanade Cultural centre. More recent concerts include Beethoven’s 4th Concerto in

Singapore and recitals in Malaysia, Thailand and the UK.

Dennis Lee is a Steinway Artist.

Dr ANDREW PADMORE MA, D.Mus, Cert. Ed, FTCL, FLCM, LRAM, ARCM, ARCO(CHM), FFCM,

A.Cert.CM, FCSM, FISM, FRSA

Andrew Padmore was born in Birmingham and studied conducting under Sir Adrian Boult. He has played organ, piano,

violin and trombone, and sung professionally. Following the post of Director of Music in an old-established Midlands

grammar school, he moved to Ireland for a career in Cathedral Music, where he became Organist & Master of the

Choristers at Belfast Cathedral. However, since returning to England he has made a special study of the human voice and

its use in singing, and is now mainly involved in vocal teaching and choral activities. He is conductor of the Yorkshire

Philharmonic Choir and Harrogate Choral Society and is now in great demand as a guest conductor and masterclass

clinician worldwide, particularly well known for the “Come & Sing” weekends and Summer Schools which he is invited to

conduct.

He examines for the ABRSM (in practical subjects, grades & diplomas), is a specialist examiner for their Choral Singing

exams, and has been a Mentor for the CT.ABRSM professional development course for singing teachers. He is a highly

respected singing teacher with pupils regularly travelling from all over this country and even from abroad, and has been the

Warden of the Incorporated Society of Musicians PTS. His pupils regularly achieve high Distinction marks in both grades

and diplomas while still in their teens, and several go on to obtain scholarships to Conservatoires and Universities. He has

adjudicated at many festivals throughout the UK and Eire. More details can be found on his website:

www.drapadmore.co.uk

http://www.drapadmore.co.uk/

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Dr VIVIEN PIKE Hon.M.Mus, GRSM, ARMCM, LGSM, FRSA

Vivien studied music at the Royal Manchester/Royal Northern College of Music after previously studying medical

sciences. She graduated with teaching and performing diplomas and a silver medal.

Vivien has wide experience as a recitalist and soprano soloist with many choral societies. She has sung in choirs from the

age of seven and is a former member of the BBC Northern Singers. She is vocal coach for several choral societies.

Over the years, as a peripatetic teacher of singing in Yorkshire she has taught hundreds of young singers, one of the first

being Lesley Garrett. Her choirs have won many prizes in national and international competitions and have enjoyed tours to

Italy, Germany, Ireland, Australia (representing UK at the first Melbourne International Choral Festival), Canada and USA,

Finland and Estonia. Her female choir celebrated thirty years of high standard singing in 2009.

Vivien is in great demand for solo singing and choral workshops and has worked with singers in Sweden, Latvia, Ireland,

New Zealand and Estonia. She has lectured in Latvia and Slovenia and recently, as a visiting professor, at the Estonian

Academy of Music. Her international jury work includes the World Choir Games in Linz and Graz and festivals in Malta,

Italy, Germany, Ireland and Jersey and she is currently the UK representative on the World Choir Council. She is an

external examiner of singing at degree level and a former visiting lecturer/examiner in choral conducting at Huddersfield

University. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Sheffield Hallam University in 2006 for her work with singers

nationally and internationally and is a Churchill Fellow, researching the Cultural Influences on Voice Development in

Sweden, Finland and Estonia. She has recently been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and was awarded a

Fellowship of the British and International Federation of Festivals in 2013. She has been a BIFF adjudicator for more than

thirty years.

JOHN POMPHREY BA, LTCL, ALCM, Cert.Ed, FRSA

John Pomphrey is an experienced choral conductor and choir trainer, examiner and adjudicator.

He has worked extensively in secondary education, directing outstanding music departments, and for ten years

was visiting vocal tutor at Cheadle Hulme School.

His youth and adult choirs have distinguished themselves in performances at cathedrals, churches and concert halls at home

and in France, Germany, Belgium and the United States of America.

He has directed choral workshops for the National Festival of Music for Youth, The Royal School of Church Music and the

Association of Junior Independent Schools.

For five years John was assistant Chorus Master to the Halle Choir and since 1970 has been director of the Maia Singers.

He now regularly works with a variety of choirs, directing workshops and performances, and is a popular specialist vocal

and choral adjudicator for the British Federation of Festivals.

In 1991 John was invited to establish and direct St Ann’s Hospice Festival Choir. To date, the choir have given over eighty

performances in support of the Hospice.

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SPEECH AND DRAMA SECTION

FRIDAY MORNING 23rd FEBRUARY 2018

VENUE - HAZEL GROVE METHODIST CHURCH

ROOM – M3

The adjudicator for the session will be David Fonville

9.00am CLASS 185 Acted Scene, Year 6 & under

Own Choice

No costumes allowed - small hand props only

Not less than 3 characters

Time limit: 6 minutes (time to include introduction)

1 AB Academy Group A Stockport The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe C.S. Lewis

2 AB Academy Group B Stockport Toad Of Toad Hall A.A. Milne

9.40am CLASS 175 Solo Comedy, NC Y7 & Y8

Own Choice



1 Summer Cummins Stockport The Worst Witch Paul Todd

9.50am CLASS 181 Duologues, NC Y7 & Y8

Own Choice



1 Summer Cummins Stockport Hans, The Witch And The Gobbin Alan Cullen

Sofia Criscuolo

2 Emmie Anderson Stockport The Princess And The Players Barbara Watts

Chaylea Clarke

3 Logan Ellis Stockport Circus Boy Michael Redgrave

Ellen Whelan

10.20am CLASS 182 Duologues, NC Y9 & Y10

Own Choice



1 Katelyn Ellis & Stockport The Roof John Galsworthy

Rebecca Duckworth

11.00am CLASS 172 Solo Drama, NC Y9 & Y10

Own Choice



1 Tegid Goodman-Jones Mold Road Jim Cartwright

2 Rebecca Duckworth Stockport Power Of The Dog Ellen Dryden

3 Heidi Lynn Wilmslow Bunny Jack Thorne

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11.30am CLASS 183 Duologues, NC Y11 & above

Own Choice



1 Siena Evans Stockport Split Down The Middle David Campton

Ella Whittington

11.45am CLASS 192 Creative Performance, NC Year 11 & over

Devised work on a topical issue/newspaper article. Title must be announced at the start.

All members of the group must speak some dialogue

To include 3 of the following conventions: chorus, epilogue, monologue,

narration, prologue, tableaux, physical theatre.

Music and/or sound effects allowed

Time limit: 10 minutes (groups of 10 or less)

Time limit: 15 minutes (groups of 11 or more)

1 AB Academy Stockport

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VENUE – HAZEL GROVE METHODIST CHURCH

ROOM – M4

The adjudicator for the session will be Maryrose Swarbrick

9.00am CLASS 102 Verse Speaking, NC Y2

Own Choice

Time limit: 2 minutes

1 Dewi Whalley Wilmslow Tarantula Clare Bevan

2 Charles Smith Wilmslow When There's A Fire In The Jungle Martin Honeysett

3 Isabelle Clarke Wilmslow An Alien Education Andrew Collett

9.15am CLASS 100 Verse Speaking, Non-competitive. NC YR

Own Choice. Each performance will receive a certificate and adjudicator’s comments


1 Jasper Halfpenny Wilmslow A Chubby Little Snowman Anon

2 Harry Clark Wilmslow Three Bears Julia Donaldson

3 Eris Cooper Wilmslow Ask Mummy, Ask Daddy John Agard

9.30am CLASS 121 Verse Speaking, NC Y1 & Y2

Any poem by Pie Corbett


1 Amaya Boyce Wilmslow Biking Free Pie Corbett


Own Choice


1 Sacha Kasmi Wilmslow To The Fair Brian Moses

2 Arthur Yao Wilmslow Drinking Fountain Marchetta Chute

3 Austin Healey Stockport Crocodile Gareth Owen

4 Alexandra Potter Wilmslow Why Did You Pull Her Hair? John Foster

5 Thalia Cooper Wilmslow A Spike Of Green Barbara Baker

6 Lucas Dawson Wilmslow The Dragon Mary Mullineaux

7 Amaya Boyce Wilmslow The School Play George Adams


Own Choice


1 Katie Hiscocks Wilmslow My Favourite Colour Gabi Maddocks

2 Eliza Dawson Bramhall The Visitor Ian Serraillier

3 Harry Hiscocks Wilmslow St George And The Dragon Finola Akister

4 David Rees Cheadle Hulme This Is The Key Anon

5 William Clark Wilmslow The Sea James Reeves

10.50am CLASS 140 Mime

1 Julia Holubona Stockport Weight Problem

2 Tiana Clarke Stockport New Jeans

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11.05am CLASS 155 Prose Reading, NC Y5

Own Choice


1 Eliza Dawson Bramhall Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl

2 Amelie Chapman Wilmslow Charlotte's Web E.B.White

3 Harry Hiscocks Wilmslow Skellig David Almond

4 Katie Hiscocks Wilmslow Clarice Bean Spells Trouble Lauren Child

11.25am CLASS 170 Solo Drama, NC Y6 & under

Own Choice



1 Alexandra Yates Wilmslow Orange Blossom Girl Joan McAlpine

2 Eliza Dawson Bramhall The Princess And The Swineherd Hans Christian Anderson

3 James Potter Wilmslow Detention Felicity Blackstone

4 Olivia Criscuolo Stockport Cheeky Poo Margaret Gibbs

5 Charlie Cowan Stockport Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lingen

6 Madeline McCormack Stockport Ballet Shoes Noel Streatfield

7 Evelyn Healey Stockport The Borrowers Mary Norton

8 Georgia Norah Speight Wilmslow The Resident Ghost Jacqueline Emery

9 Kate Eadie Stockport The Whispering Grass Margaret Gibbs

12.05pm CLASS 180 Duologues, NC Y6 & under

Own Choice



1 Paddy Christie Stockport Toad Of Toad Hall Kenneth Grahame

Tarken Pelivan

2 Jasmine Budd Wilmslow Indigo Mill Nick Fisher

Jake Butler-Smith

3 Olivia Criscuola Stockport Alice And The Caterpillar Lewis Carroll

Madeline McCormack

4 Juliana Holubora Stockport Alice And The Cheshire Cat Lewis Carroll

Chloe Stubbs

5 Hannah Stubbs Stockport Lizzie Dripping Helen Cresswell

Charlie Cowan

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON 23rd FEBRUARY 2018


ROOM – M4

The adjudicator for the session will be David Fonville

2.00pm CLASS 174 Solo Comedy, NC Y6 & under

Own Choice



1 Hannah Stubbs Stockport Winnie The Witch Helen Murdoch

2 Tarkan Pelivan Stockport Plum Pudding Flea Ruskin & Wood

3 Paddy Christie Stockport Treasure In The Witch Ball Margaret Gibbs

4 Daniel Holub Stockport How Jan Klaassen Cured The King Antonia Ridge

2.20pm CLASS 171 Solo Drama, NC Y7 & Y8

Own Choice



1 Logan Ellis Stockport Voyage Of The Dawn Treader C.S.Lewis/Redgrave

2 Ellen Whelan Stockport Six Primroses C Dryden

3 Sofia Criscuolo Stockport I Thought Ellen was My Friend Peg Kehret

4 Chaylea Clarke Stockport When Marnie Was There Barbara Robinson

5 Emmie Anderson Stockport Junk Melvin Burgess

6 Bella Rutherford Colwyn Bay Vicious Circle Nick Teed

2.50pm CLASS 186 Acted Scene, NC Y7, Y8 & Y9

Own Choice


Not less than 3 characters


1 AB Academy Stockport Alice In Wonderland Lewis Carroll

3.15pm CLASS 176 Solo Comedy, NC Y9 & Y10

Own Choice



1 Katelyn Ellis Stockport The Step Sister Speaks Out Peg Kerrit

2 Oscar Scully Stockport Ferris Bueller's Day Off John Hughes

3.45pm CLASS 177 Solo Comedy, NC Y11 & above

Own Choice



1 Brandon Scully Stockport Scooter Thomas Makes It Lee Roy Parnell

2 Harry Brown Stockport The Intellectual Sheep Peg Kehret

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4.00pm CLASS 141 Shakespeare Solo, NC Y9 & above

Own Choice from any play



1 Joss Abbs-Brown Hayfield Julius Caesar William Shakespeare

2 Heidi Lynn Wilmslow Romeo And Juliet William Shakespeare

3 Isaac Abbs-Brown Hayfield The Tempest William Shakespeare

4 Siena Evans Stockport The Comedy Of Errors William Shakespeare

4.40pm CLASS 189 Young Performer Of The Year, NC Y10 & above

Own Choice

A themed recital of poetry, prose and drama.

Time limit: 10 minutes (time to include introduction and links)

1 Heidi Lynn Wilmslow Patel's Shop Hilary Semple

The Cagebirds David Campton

The Landlady Roald Dahl

5.00pm CLASS 159 Prose Reading, NC Y11 & above

Own Choice


1 Isaac Abbs-Brown Hayfield Animal Farm George Orwell

5.10pm CLASS 173 Solo Drama, NC Y11 & above

Own Choice



1 Siena Evans Stockport New York Actor John Guare

2 Isaac Abbs-Brown Hayfield The Garrick Fever James Robinson Planche

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ROOM – M5

The adjudicator for the session will be Maryrose Swarbrick

2.00pm CLASS 103 Verse Speaking, NC Y3

Own Choice


1 Kavan Cooper Wilmslow Ballet Lesson Eleanor McCleod

2 Kate Eadie Stockport School Tricia Hawcroft

3 Joshua Clark Wilmslow Haircut Alan Ahlberg

4 Joseph Hibbert Wilmslow It’s Not My Fault John Kitchin

2.20pm CLASS 153 Prose Reading, NC Y3 & under

Own Choice


1 Kate Eadie Stockport Maisie Hitchins And The Stolen Sixpence Holly Web

2 Joseph Hibbert Wilmslow George’s Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl

2.30pm CLASS 142 Write and Speak a Poem, NC Y6 & under

Entrants are to write a poem on a subject of their own choice which they

will read aloud at the Festival

50% of marks will be given for the Poem and 50% for the Reading

1 Isabelle Clarke Wilmslow Phoebe Mary Clarke Isabelle Clarke

2 David Rees Cheadle Hulme Memories of a Ruin David Rees

3 Jasmine Budd Wilmslow Mr. McDougall Jasmine Budd


Own Choice


1 James Potter Wilmslow Round The Park Michael Rosen

2 Tiana Clarke Stockport Help Spike Milligan


Any poem by Judith Nicholls

Time Limit: 2 minutes

1 Joseph Hibbert Wilmslow Voices In My Head Judith Nicholls


Any poem by James Stephens


1 William Clark Wilmslow Hawks James Stephens

3.25pm CLASS 156 Prose Reading, NC Y6

Own Choice


1 Daniel Hayes Wilmslow Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz

2 Jake Butler-Smith Wilmslow Matilda Roald Dahl

3.35pm CLASS 158 Prose Reading, NC Y9 & Y10 Own Choice


1 Heidi Lynn Wilmslow Edward The Conqueror Roald Dahl

2 Joss Abbs-Brown Hayfield My Family And Other Animals Gerald Durrell

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4.05pm CLASS 178 Public Speaking, NC Y9 & above

A short speech about a figure in Theatre or Film or an autobiography of a well-known

person

Prompt cards and hand-held visual aids allowed


1 Bella Rutherford Colwyn Bay

4.15pm CLASS 144 Write and Speak a Poem, NC Y10 & above





1 Bethan Budgell Davenport Swallow Music Bethan Budgell

4.25pm CLASS 157 Prose Reading, NC Y7 & Y8

Own Choice


1 Isobel Hiscocks Wilmslow A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens

4.35pm CLASS 143 Write and Speak a Poem, NC Y7, Y8 & Y9





1 Joss Abbs-Brown Hayfield The Path Of The Refugee Joss Abbs-Brown

4.45pm CLASS 112 Verse Speaking, NC Y11 & above

Own Choice


1 Isaac Abbs-Brown Hayfield The Snowman Carol Ann Duffy

4.55pm CLASS 108 Verse Speaking, NC Y7 & Y8

Own Choice


1 Victoria Rees Cheadle Hulme Meg Merrilies John Keats

2 John Rees Cheadle Hulme On His Blindness John Milton

5.10pm CLASS 111 Verse Speaking, NC Y9 & Y10

Own Choice


1 Heidi Lynn Wilmslow Hide And Seek Vernon Scannell

2 Jesse Rees Cheadle Hulme Say Not The Struggle Nought Availeth Arthur Hugh Clough

3 Joss Abbs-Brown Hayfield For Old Times Sakes: A Tree Speaks James Kirkup

The winner giving the best performance of Classes 108, 111 & 112 will be awarded the Huw

Lloyd Rowlands Trophy

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INSTRUMENTAL AND PIANO SECTION


VENUE – 1 WINDSOR ROAD

The adjudicator for the session will be Ruth Gerald

The accompanist for the session will be Catherine Hall-Smith

9.00am CLASS 260 Solo Descant Recorder, 9 years and under

Own Choice Piece


1. Millie-Rose Clayton Hazel Grove Marcho di Rei Trad. Provençal

2. Isobel Hartley Hazel Grove Scherzino Bonsor

3. Elliot Fitton Hazel Grove Theme from Vltava Smetana

4. Aimee Peake Hazel Grove Walking in the Air Blake

9.20am CLASS 261 Solo Descant Recorder, 11 years and under

Own Choice Piece


1. Charlotte Atherton Hazel Grove Allegretto Hook

2. Clara Hubbard Broadbottom Nice ‘n’ Easy Bonsor

3. Louis Fitton Hazel Grove Nocturne Borodin

4. Millie-Rose Clayton Hazel Grove The Merry-Go-Round Bonsor

5. Jenny Goodall Hazel Grove King Richard, his Delight Harris

9.45am CLASS 268 Recorder Duet, 11 years and under

Own Choice Piece


1. Isobel Hartley Hazel Grove The Lonely Goatherd Rodgers

Millie-Rose Clayton

2. Louis Fitton Hazel Grove Andante & Polonaise Mozart

Elliot Fitton

10.00am CLASS 263 Solo Descant Recorder Duet, 14 years and under

Own Choice Piece


1. Megan Budgell Davenport Mexican Hat Dance Bullard

2. Anna Williams Prestwich Feu Follet Wessely

3. Charlotte Higginbotham Hazel Grove Wat zal men op den Avond doen Van Eyck

10.25am CLASS 264 Solo Treble Recorder, 14 years and under

Own Choice Piece


1. Robert White Hazel Grove Fantasia no.3, 1st movement Telemann

2. Thomas Maxim Heaton Chapel Gumston’s Gigue Clark

3. Anna Williams Prestwich Sonatina, 1st movement Leigh

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11.00am CLASS 200 Pianoforte Solo, Prep Test

Own Choice Piece from ABRSM Prep Test

or piece of similar standard

1. Joshua Clark Wilmslow Train Ride Watts

2. Erin Kilcommons Bramhall Summer Fair Burt

3. Luke Schofield Hazel Grove On a Bike Norton

4. Louis Wadsworth Bramhall My Brass Band Bullard

5. Laila Gemmell Bramhall Train Ride Watts

6. Charlotte Cwiklinska Heald Green March Time Vogel

7. Laura Kesiak Chorley Train Ride Watts

11.25am CLASS 201 Pianoforte Solo, Grades I and II

Own Choice Piece from current Examination Boards’ Syllabuses

1. Jinghan Cheng Sale Piper o’ Dundee Trad.

2. Christopher Rigby Wilmslow Street Beat Bullard

3. Jurand Dlugolecki Coppull Gospel Flair Schmitz

11.40am CLASS 205 Pianoforte Solo, 8 years and under

Own Choice Piece


1. Laila Gemmell Bramhall Rain Dance Faber

2. Charlotte Cwiklinska Heald Green Waltz from Sleeping Beauty Tchaikovsky

3. Jinghan Cheng Sale Wild Honeysuckle Rag Mier

4. Luke Schofield Hazel Grove I’ve Got Music Faber

5. Joshua Clark Wilmslow Lollipop Rock Hall

6. Erin Kilcommons Bramhall The Clock Shop Faber

12.05pm CLASS 206 Pianoforte Solo, 10 years and under

Own Choice Piece


1. Jurand Dlugolecki Coppull James Bond Theme Norman

2. Jessica Somerville Cheadle Hulme Showboat Faber

3. Louis Wadsworth Bramhall The Crawling Spider Faber

4. Brian Liu London Solfeggietto CPE Bach

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ROOM - M2

The adjudicator for the session will be Dennis Lee

The accompanist for the session will be Stewart Death

9.30am CLASS 274 Brass Instrument Solo, 14 years and under

Own Choice Piece


1. James Fitzsimons Uppermill 633 Squadron Goodwin

2. Samuel Fitzsimons Uppermill Theme from Pomp and Elgar

Circumstance March no.4

3. Eve Kilroy Broadbottom Allegro Moderato in A minor Arban

9.50am CLASS 240 String Instrument Solo, 9 years and under

Own Choice Piece


1. Jan Kojder Bury Infant Paganini Hollenhauer

2. Sean Jagger Hazel Grove Finale from Water Music Handel

3. Olivia Pimlott Hazel Grove Elenke Trad. Bulgarian

4. Laura Kesiak Chorley Hunter’s Chorus Weber

10.10am CLASS 245 String Instrument Duet, 11 years and under

Own Choice Piece


1. Sean Jagger Hazel Grove Ten Thousand Miles Away Sea Shanty

Olivia Pimlott Hazel Grove

10.20am CLASS 253 String Instrument Solo, Grades I and II

Own Choice Piece from current Examination Boards’ syllabuses

1. Samuel Fitzsimons Uppermill Air from Peasant Cantata Bach

2. Sean Jagger Hazel Grove Si Ji Ge Trad. Chinese

3. Olivia Pimlott Hazel Grove L’homme Arme Anon.

4. Laura Kesiak Chorley Si Ji Ge Trad. Chinese

11.00am CLASS 243 String Instrument Solo, 16 years and under

Own Choice Piece


1. Daniel Gascoyne Hazel Grove Presto, Op.23 Beethoven

11.10am CLASS 244 String Instrument Solo, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. Amy Hall-Murphy Hazel Grove Scherzo in C minor Brahms

2. Daniel Gascoyne Hazel Grove Arpeggione Sonata, 1st movement Schubert

3. Alex Pollard Hazel Grove Romance Svendsen

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11.40am CLASS 257 Classical Guitar Solo, Grades I and II


1. Dante Clarke Wilmslow James Bond Theme Norman

11.50am CLASS 258 Classical Guitar Solo, Grades III, IV and V



1. James Fitzsimons Uppermill Vals Ferrer

12.00pm CLASS 252 Classical Guitar Solo, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. James Fitzsimons Uppermill Menuet Bach

2. Saffron Violet Sonoda Hazel Grove Sakura Yocoh

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2.00pm CLASS 203 Pianoforte Solo, Grades V and VI

Own Choice Piece from current Examination Syllabuses

1. Imogen Pooley Chapel-en-le-Frith Novelette Kabalevsky

2. Anna Williams Prestwich Staccato Beans Tan Dun

3. Selin Chang Altrincham Prelude in E Scriabin

2.20pm CLASS 204 Pianoforte Solo, Grades VII and VIII


1. Priya Basnet Altrincham Chaplin (Charlet) Norton

2. Sneha Rammohan Altrincham Sicilienne Paradis

2.35pm CLASS 202 Pianoforte Solo, Grades III and IV


1. Felix French Bramhall Foreign Correspondent Milne

2. Patience Murphy Tintwhistle Angels’ Voices Burgmuller

3. Maryclare Tan Altrincham Rain Schonmehl

4. Samuel Fitzsimons Uppermill Fröhlicher Landmann Schumann

5. Hephzibah Murphy Tintwhistle Allegro Kuhlau

6. Annie Fletcher Bramhall The Penguin Lane

7. Rebecca Somerville Cheadle Hulme Sonata in G Handel


Own Choice Piece


1. Rebecca Somerville Cheadle Hulme My Father’s Favourite Doyle

2. Brian Lin London Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum Debussy

3. Antara Rammohan Altrincham A Walk at Strumble Head Balch


Own Choice Piece


1. Sneha Rammohan Altrincham Petites Litanies de Jésus Grovlez


Own Choice Piece beginners-intermediate


1. Priya Basnet Altrincham Allegretto from Sonata in F Clementi

2. Sneha Rammohan Altrincham Sonata in D Scarlatti

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Own Choice Piece


1. Gulliver Hubbard Broad bottom Gnossienne no.4 Satie

2. Annie Fletcher Bramhall Carnival in Rio Gillock

3. Brian Liu London Sonatina Op.36 no.6 Clementi

4. Felix French Bramhall Farewell to Stromness Maxwell Davies

5. Priya Basnet Altrincham Sicilienne Paradis

6. Megan Budgell Davenport O Holy Night Adam, arr. Hess

4.30pm PIANO FINAL

(Winners of classes 205, 206, 207, 208, 209 and 210)

The winner will receive the David Dawson Trophy

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ROOM - M2



2.00pm CLASS 255 String Instrument Solo, Grades V and VI


1. Lydia Starling Bramhall Rondino Beethoven

2. Mele Gadzama Hazel Grove Romance from the Gadfly Shostakovich

3. James Allen Hazel Grove The Holy Boy Ireland

2.25pm CLASS 242 String Instrument Solo, 14 years and under

Own Choice Piece


1. Robert White Hazel Grove Allemande & Courante Bach

2. Mele Gadzama Hazel Grove Spanish Dance Bohm

3. Lydia Starling Bramhall Two Guitars Russian Air

4. Nancy Adams Manchester Cello Sonata no.1 Breval

5. James Allen Hazel Grove Israeli Concertino, 1st movement Perlman

6. Joachim Antczak Heald Green Concerto in A minor, 1st movement Vivaldi

7. Bella Rutherford Colwyn Bay Merry Dance Carse

3.15pm CLASS 246 String Instrument Duet, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. Daniel Gascoyne Hazel Grove Allegro from Double Concerto Bach

Robert White

2. Mele Gadzama Hazel Grove Allegro Mazas

James Allen

3.30pm CLASS 256 String Instrument Solo, Grades VII and VIII


1. Alex Pollard Hazel Grove Violin Concerto, 1st movement Kabalevsky

2. Robert White Hazel Grove Prelude from Suite for Viola & Orchestra Vaughan Williams

3.50pm CLASS 270 Flute or Oboe Solo, 11 years and under

Own Choice Piece


1. Clara Hubbard Broadbottom Shrimps Ahoy! Watts

2. Millie-Rose Clayton Hazel Grove O Soldier, Soldier arr. Bullard

4.00pm CLASS 276 Wind Instrument Solo, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. Christopher Rigby Wilmslow Arabesque Debussy

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4.15pm CLASS 281 Ensemble, Open (3-12 players)

A programme of one or more pieces


1. Rutland Road Recorders Hazel Grove (a) English Country Garden arr.Dumville

(b) Eriskay Love Lilt arr.Dumville

(c) The Lambeth Walk arr, Evry

2. Stockport Recorder Stockport (a) Fanfare for Festival Hand

College Senior Group (b) Passacaglia Handel

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VOCAL SECTION

FRIDAY MORNING 23RD FEBRUARY 2018


ROOM - M 1

The adjudicator for the session will be John Pomphrey

The accompanist for the session will be Tim Kennedy

9.30am CLASS 301 British Composers, 10 years & under

Any solo song by a British Composer (excluding Light Opera, Musical Shows, Films

and Gilbert & Sullivan)


1. Jack Parsons Poynton The Toy Soldier Jenkyns

2. Eliza Dawson Bramhall The Frog Perry

3. James Potter Wilmslow The Crocodile Jenkyns

4. Ashmit Rao Didsbury Little Spanish Town Jenkyns

5. Megan Wilkinson Wilmslow Song of the Bluebell Wood Roe/Softly

6. Madeline McCormack Stockport Shadow March Rowley

7. Paddy Christie Stockport The Frog Perry

10.05am CLASS 314 Musical Shows (any voice), 10 years & under

Own Choice Piece

Solo from any Musical Show, Film, Light Opera or Gilbert & Sullivan


1. Tarkan Pehliven Stockport Where is Love? Bart

2. Madeline McCormack Stockport Put On a Happy Face Strouse

3. Ashmit Rao Didsbury Let's Go Fly a Kite Sherman

4. Megan Wilkinson Wilmslow Over the Rainbow Arlen

5. Paddy Christie Stockport I've Got No Strings Harline

6. Eliza Dawson Bramhall Getting to Know You. Rodgers & Hammerstein

7. Jack Parsons Poynton Where is Love? Bart

10.55am CLASS 307 Vocal Solo, 10 years & under

Own Choice Piece

(excluding Light Opera, Musical Shows, Films and Gilbert & Sullivan)


1. Ashmit Rao Didsbury The Crocodile Jenkyns

2. Megan Wilkinson Wilmslow The Gartan Mother's Lullaby Trad. Irish

3. James Potter Wilmslow Seagull Marsh

4. Jack Parsons Poynton Pirates Marsh

5. Eliza Dawson Bramhall Bessie, the Black Cat Jenkyns

11.20am CLASS 302 British Composers, 11 &12 years

Any solo song by a British Composer



1. Holly Durban Poynton Little Spanish Town Jenkyns

2. Jake Butler-Smith Adlington I Want to Sing in Opera David & Arthurs

3. Izzy Parsons Poynton Bessie the Black Cat Jenkyns

4. Samuel Fitzsimons Uppermill The Dark Island MacLachlan

5. Amy Lomax Urmston You Spotted Snakes Armstrong Gibbs

6. Chaylea Clarke Stockport Dream O'Day Jill German

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11.50am CLASS 315 Musical Shows (any voice), 11 & 12 years

Own Choice Piece

Solo from any Light Opera, Musical Show, Film or Gilbert & Sullivan


1. Amy Lomax Urmston Good Morning Baltimore Shaiman

2. Logan Ellis Stockport On the Sunny Side of the Street McHugh

3. Chaylea Clarke Stockport Doll on a Music Box Sherman

4. Hannah Budgell Davenport When Fred'ric Was a Little Lad Gilbert & Sullivan

5. Samuel Fitzsimons Uppermill Can You Feel the Love Tonight? John

6. Izzy Parsons Poynton Getting to Know You Rodgers & Hammerstein

7. Jake Butler-Smith Adlington The Surrey with the Fringe on Top Rodgers & Hammerstein

8. Holly Durban Poynton I Feel Pretty Bernstein

9. Isobel Hiscocks Wilmslow When She Loved Me Newman

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON 23RD FEBRUARY 2018


ROOM - M 1



2.00pm CLASS 313 Traditional Folk Song, 18 years & under

Own Choice Piece

Must be sung unaccompanied


1. Tegid Goodman-Jones Caerwys Bachgen Bach y Tyncer Trad. Welsh

2. Eve Codman Hope Valley Eriskay Love Lilt Trad.

3. Tuhina Rao Didsbury Ellan Vannin Trad.

4. Jahnari Chaparala Altrincham Scarborough Fair Trad.

5. Alicia Graham Sheffield Cockles and Mussels Trad.

6. Amy Lomax Urmston Hush Little Darling Trad.

7. Shenona Mitra Bangor The Keeper Trad.

2.40pm CLASS 316 Musical Shows (any voice), 13 & 14 years

Own Choice Piece

Solo from any Musical Show, Film, Light Opera or Gilbert & Sullivan


1. Shenona Mitra Bangor With You (Ghost) Ballard, Stewart & Rubin

2. Megan Budgell Davenport The Jaguar - Yanomamo Rose & Conlon

3. James Fitzsimons Uppermill Empty Chairs at Empty Tables Schönberg

4. Lily Odell Bramhall How Far I'll Go Miranda

5. Darcie Peskir Cheadle Hulme I'm Not That Kind of Girl Schwartz

6. Tuhina Rao Didsbury Good Morning Baltimore Shaiman

7. Jahnari Chaparala Altrincham We Kiss in a Shadow Rodgers & Hammerstein

8. Alicia Graham Sheffield The Sound of Music Rodgers & Hammerstein

9. Sarah Rhodes Hazel Grove Somewhere Bernstein

3.45pm CLASS 303 British Composers, 13 & 14 years




1. Sarah Rhodes Hazel Grove Under the Greenwood Tree Arne

2. James Fitzsimons Uppermill A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Sherwin & Maschwitz

3. Tuhina Rao Didsbury The Birds Britten

4. Jahnari Chaparala Altrincham When Daisies Pied Arne

5. Alicia Graham Sheffield The Fuchsia Tree Quilter

6. Shenona Mitra Bangor Linden Lea Vaughan Williams

4.15pm CLASS 309 Vocal Solo, 13 & 14 years

Own Choice Piece



1. Sarah Rhodes Hazel Grove She Moved through the Fair Trad.

2. James Fitzsimons Uppermill Panis Angelicus Franck

3. Darcie Peskir Cheadle Hulme Domine Deus Vivaldi

4. Alicia Graham Sheffield Panis Angelicus Franck

5. John Rees Cheadle Hulme O Rest in The Lord Mendelssohn

6. Jesse Rees Cheadle Hulme If with All Your Hearts Mendelssohn

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON 23RD FEBRUARY 2018


ROOM – M3

The adjudicator for the session will be Dr Vivien Pike



Own Choice Piece



1. Samuel Fitzsimons Uppermill The Butterfly Marsh

2. Amy Lomax Urmston When Daisies Pied Arne

3. Jake Butler-Smith Adlington Bless this House Brahe

4. Izzy Parsons Poynton The Dark Island MacLachlan

5. Holly Durban Poynton The Turtle Dove Arr. Vaughan Williams





1. Emily Flanagan Flixton Silent Noon Vaughan Williams


Own Choice Piece



1. Bethan Budgell Davenport Misalliance Flanders & Swann

2. Emily Flanagan Flixton O' Del Mio Dolce Ardor Gluck

3. Siena Evans Stockport I Heard a Piper Head

3.00pm CLASS 318 Musical Shows (any voice), 17 & 18 years

Own Choice Piece



1. Emily Flanagan Flixton Pulled Lippa

2. Siena Evans Stockport There’s a Fine, Fine Line Lopez & Marx

3.15pm CLASS 319 Vocal Duet, 18 years & under

Own Choice Piece


Shields will be awarded to the winners of this class

1. Hannah Budgell Davenport The Snow Begins to Fall Beck

Megan Budgell Davenport

2. Jahnari Chaparala Altrincham For the Beauty of the Earth Rutter

Tuhina Rao Didsbury

3. Alicia Graham Hope Valley The Table and the Chair Hutchinson/Arr. Diack

Eve Codman Hope Valley

4. David Rees Cheadle Hulme I Am the Wind Marsh

Victoria Rees Cheadle Hulme

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1. Tegid Goodman-Jones Caerwys Linden Lea Vaughan Williams

2. Eve Codman Hope Valley Madonna and Child Thiman


Own Choice Piece



1. Sarah Callow Cheadle Hulme She's Like the Swallow Trad. Newfoundland

2. Eve Codman Hope Valley Se Tu M'ami Parisotti

3. Tegid Goodman-Jones Caerwys Who Is Sylvia? Schubert

4.20pm CLASS 317 Musical Shows, 15 & 16 years

Own Choice Piece



1. Eve Codman Hope Valley Many a New Day Rodgers & Hammerstein

2. Sarah Callow Cheadle Hulme Think of Me Lloyd Webber

3. Tegid Goodman-Jones Caerwys Pity the Child Andersson / Rice

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PIANO SECTION

SATURDAY MORNING 24th FEBRUARY 2018



9.00am CLASS 230 Pianoforte Solo, J.S. Bach, Scarlatti, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. Jeremy Chen Stockton-on-Tees Prelude & Fugue in G minor Bach

2. Mark Grayson Wilmslow French Suite no.5 in G, Gigue Bach

3. Jonasz Antczak Heald Green Prelude & Fugue in B flat Bach

4. Beverley Beddow Oldham English Suite no.2 in A minor, Prelude Bach

5. Leo Arthur Bailey-Yang Manchester Partita BWV 830, 1st movement Bach

6. Summer Ng Salford Prelude & Fugue in D minor Bach

7. Cameron Biles-Liddell Corwen Prelude & Fugue in E flat Bach

10.00am CLASS 237 Pianoforte Solo, Own Choice Composer, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. James Chen Stockton-on-Tees Sonata no.2 in D minor Prokofiev

2. Summer Ng Salford Etude, Op.25, no.1 Chopin

3. Jeremy Chen Stockton-on-Tees Impromptu no.3 in G flat Chopin

4. Leo Arthur Bailey-Yang Manchester Etudes, Op.7, nos. 5-8 Chopin

5. Joseph McArevey Manchester Sonatina no.6, 1st movement Clementi

6. Michael Korzeniewski Bury Toccatina, Op.40, no.3 Kapustin

7. Jonasz Antczak Heald Green Swale Calshian

11.20am CLASS 238 Pianoforte Duet, Own Choice Composer, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. James & Stockton-on-Tees Fantasie in F minor Schubert

Jeremy Chen

11.30am CLASS 235 Pianoforte Solo, French Composer, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. Jeremy Chen Stockton-on-Tees Sonatine Ravel

2. James Chen Stockton-on-Tees Pavane pour une Infante Défunte Ravel

3. Mark Grayson Wilmslow Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum Debussy

12.10pm CLASS 233 Pianoforte Solo, Brahms, Schumann, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. Beverley Beddow Oldham Intermezzo, Op.117, no.1 Brahms

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SATURDAY MORNING 24th FEBRUARY 2018


ROOM – M2


9.30am CLASS 232 Pianoforte Solo, Beethoven, Schubert, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. Michael Korzeniewski Bury Sonata,Op.54. no.22 Beethoven

2. James Chen Stockton-on-Tees Sonata in D, Op.10, no.3, 1st movement Beethoven

3. Jeremy Chen Stockton-on-Tees Variations in C minor Beethoven

4. Mark Grayson Wilmslow Sonata in F minor, Op.2, no.1, 1st mov’t Beethoven

5. Jonasz Antczak Heald Green Impromptu Op.90, no.2 Schubert

6. Beverley Beddow Oldham Impromptu in G flat, Op.90, no.3 Schubert

10.30am CLASS 231 Pianoforte Solo, Haydn, Mozart, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. Beverley Beddow Oldham Sonata in D, K578, 1st movement Mozart

2. Sophie Castledine Bramhall Sonata in A, K331, Minuet & Trio Mozart

3. Summer Ng Salford Sonata in C minor, 1st movement Haydn

11.00am CLASS 234 Pianoforte Solo, Chopin, Liszt, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. James Chen Stockton-on-Tees Ballade, Op.23, no.1 in G minor Chopin

2. Beverley Beddow Oldham Waltz in A flat, Op.34, no.1 Chopin

3. Summer Ng Salford Fantasie Impromptu Chopin

4. Luke Williams Altrincham Prelude, Op.28, no.15 (Raindrops) Chopin

5. Leo Arthur Bailey-Yang Manchester Etudes, nos.1-4 Chopin

6. Lucas Yuchen Zhang Sale Ballade no.2 Chopin

7. Jeremy Chen Stockton-on-Tees Etudes, Op.10, no.12 & Op.25, no.12 Chopin

12.00pm CLASS 236 Pianoforte Solo, Russian Composer, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. Michael Korzeniewski Bury Etude Tableaux in G minor Rachmaninov

2. Cameron Biles-Liddell Corwen Prelude & Fugue in D flat, Op.87 Shostakovich

3. James Chen Stockton-on-Tees Prelude & Fugue in F sharp, Op.87, no.13 Shostakovich

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON 24th FEBRUARY 2018

VENUE – 1 WINDSOR ROAD The adjudicator for the session will be Ruth Gerald

2.00pm CLASS 239 Piano Concerto, Open

First Prize £50 – John Stimpfig Award

Own Choice Piece


1. Summer Ng Salford Concerto no.2 Beethoven

2. Jeremy Chen Stockton-on-Tees Concerto no.2 in F Shostakovich

3. James Chen Stockton-on-Tees Concerto in G Ravel

4. Lucas Yuchen Zhang Sale Concerto no.3 Beethoven

5. Leo Arthur Bailey-Yang Manchester Concerto no.1, Op.35 Shostakovich

5.00pm PIANOFORTE CHAMPIONSHIP

The first prizewinners of Classes 230, 231, 232, 233, 234,235, 236, 237

will compete for the Championship Trophy & John Stimpfig Award £100.

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VOCAL SECTION

SATURDAY MORNING 24TH FEBRUARY 2018


ROOM – M1

The adjudicator for the session will be Dr Andrew Padmore


9.30am CLASS 358 Operatic Solo (any voice), Open

Aria from any standard opera

May be sung in the original language


1. Agnes Pinteaux Sale V'Adoro, Pupille Handel

2. Charlotte Jefferies Poynton Lascia Ch'io Pianga Handel

3. Trefor Williams Bodffordd La Donna e Mobile Verdi

4. Nazanin Doostdar Manchester Rusalka's Song to the Moon Dvorak

5. Stephen Convill Rhos-on-Sea Una Furtiva Lagrima Donizetti

6. Elaine Astley Hazel Grove Ch'io Mai Vi Possa Handel

7. Carlton Hogg Gorsedd Ach So Fromm Von Flotow

8. Robert Pugh Nantwich Madamina (Catalogue Song) Mozart

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10.40am CLASS 358 cont’d

9. Treflyn Jones Porthmadog Vision Fugitive Massenet

10. Barry Kiehn Conwy Ni Sna Ni Otdyha Borodin

11. Rhys Roberts Pwllheli Una Furtiva Lagrima Donizetti

12. Hannah Gregory Hazel Grove Faites-Lui Mes Aveux Gounod

13. Linda Taylor Biddulph Vedrai Carino Mozart

14. Michaela Hibbs Deganwy Pres des Remparts de Seville Bizet

15. Chris Dearden Conwy Una Furtiva Lagrima Donizetti

11.55am CLASS 357 Folk Song (any voice) Open

Must be sung unaccompanied


1. Michelle Kidd Nantwich Garten Mother's Lullaby Trad.

2. Shân Oliver Deganwy Dod Dy Law Trad.

3. Nick Cooper Timperley Rounding the Horn Trad.

4. Joanna Brown Northwich The Ash Grove Trad.

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9.30am CLASS 363 British Composer Solo (any voice), Open

Own Choice Piece

Any song by a British Composer (excluding Musicals)


1. Doreen Smith Keighley Titania Armstrong Gibbs

2. Michelle Kidd Nantwich The Fairy Lough O'Neill

3. Madelaine Williams Wilmslow As It Is Plenty Britten

4. Robert Pugh Nantwich Whither Must I Wander? Vaughan Williams

5. Charlotte Jefferies Poynton Love's Philosophy Quilter

6. Rhys Roberts Pwllheli Is She Not Passing Fair? Elgar

7. Barry Kiehn Conwy Sleep Gurney

8. Trefor Williams Bodffordd Mai Williams

9. Agnes Pinteaux Sale I Have Twelve Oxen Ireland

10. Nick Cooper Timperley Lavender Pond Head

11. Hannah Gregory Hazel Grove Ophelia's Song Maconchy

12. Linda Taylor Biddulph Nocturne Head

13. Shân Oliver Deganwy Slumber Song of the Madonna Owen

11.20am CLASS 360 Light Opera or Modern Musical Show, Open

Aria from any Light Opera or Modern Musical Show

(excluding Gilbert & Sullivan)

May be sung in the original text


The winner will receive the Gwyneth Fletcher Memorial Trophy

1. Michelle Kidd Nantwich The Trolley Song Blane

2. Kate Shaw Macclesfield You Can't Get a Man with a Gun Berlin

3. Hannah Gregory Hazel Grove With You Stewart

4. Treflyn Jones Porthmadog Evermore Menken/Rice

5. Charlotte Jefferies Poynton I Got Rhythm Gershwin

6. Barry Kiehn Conwy Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz Lehar

7. Joanna Brown Northwich I Dreamed a Dream Schönberg

8. Katie Wood Nottingham Secret Love Fain

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ROOM – M4

The adjudicator for the session will be Sheila Kent

The accompanist for the session will be Kathleen Hesford

9.30am CLASS 351 SOPRANO SOLO, Open

One Own Choice piece excluding songs from Musical Shows, Films, Light

Opera,Gilbert & Sullivan and Pop


1. Elaine Astley Hazel Grove The Singer Head

2. Hannah Gregory Hazel Grove Alleluja Mozart

3. Shân Oliver Deganwy Ynys Bellenig Jones

9.55am CLASS 352 MEZZO SOPRANO SOLO, Open




1 Katie Budgell Davenport How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Liddle

2 Katie Wood Nottingham Vergin, Tutto Amor Durante

3 Joanna Brown Northwich Dream Valley Quilter

4 Michelle Kidd Nantwich Where Corals Lie Elgar

10.25am CLASS 354 TENOR SOLO, Open




1. Trefor Williams Bodffordd Silent Noon Vaughan Williams

2. Rhys Roberts Pwllheli Llanwrst Glyn

3. Carlton Hogg Gorsedd Ridente la Calma Mozart

4. Stephen Convill Rhos-on-Sea Ludlow Fair Gurney

5. Chris Dearden Conwy Weep You No More Quilter

11.15am CLASS 355 BARITONE SOLO, Open




1.

Robert Pugh

Nantwich

The Vagabond

Vaughan Williams

2. Nick Cooper Timperley Bessie Bobtail Barber

11.35am CLASS 366 Solo song in any living language except English, French or German

To be sung in the original language


1. Madelaine Williams Wilmslow Parad Garcia

2. Michelle Kidd Nantwich Quando Miro Quel Bel Ciglio Mozart

3. Nazanin Doostdar Manchester La Connochia Donizetti

4. Treflyn Jones Porthmadog Yr Hwyr Williams

5. Hannah Gregory Hazel Grove O Del Mio Dolce Ardor Gluck

12.15pm CLASS 369 Vocal Solo, Novice

Own Choice Piece

Any competitor over 21 years who has never won a class in any festival


1. Agnes Pinteaux Sale Se Tu M'ami, Se Sospiri Pergolesi

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON 24TH FEBRUARY 2018


ROOM – M1

The adjudicator for the session will be Dr Andrew Padmore


2.00pm CLASS 367 Oratorio Solo (any voice) Open

Own choice Piece


1. Treflyn Jones Porthmadog I Go on My Way… Mendelssohn

For the Mountains Shall Depart

2. Agnes Pinteaux Sale I Know That My Redeemer Liveth Handel

3. Shân Oliver Deganwy Nun Beut die Flur Haydn

4. Barry Kiehn Conwy Et in Spritum Sanctum Bach

5. Katie Wood Nottingham Recit: Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive Handel

O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to

Zion

6. Carlton Hogg Gorsedd And God Created Man:In Native Worth Haydn

7. Rhys Roberts Pwllheli Then Shall the Righteous Shine Forth Mendelssohn

8. Hannah Gregory Hazel Grove I Know That My Redeemer Liveth Handel

9. Michaela Hibbs Deganwy Qui Sedes Bach

10. Trefor Williams Bodffordd Recit: Ye People Rend Your Hearts Mendelssohn

Aria: If with All Your Hearts

3.45pm CLASS 362 Vocal Duet (any two voices) Open

Own Choice Piece May be sung in the original text


Shields will be awarded to the winners of this class

1. Melanie Venables Wilmslow Pur Ti Miro Pur Ti Godo Monteverdi

Sara Caldwell Wilmslow

2. Rhys Roberts Pwllheli The Prayer Bayer-Sager/Foster

Treflyn Jones Porthmadog

3. Hannah Gregory Hazel Grove Ave Maria Caccini

Sonja Gregory Hazel Grove

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ROOM – M2



2.00pm CLASS 350 VOCAL RECITAL

The Margaret Lane Award, £50 and a special certificate This Award is presented in memory of a lifetime’s support for singers, notably in the

North West of England, by Miss Margaret Lane, Singer, Teacher and Adjudicator for

The British Federation of Festivals.

Competitors must have entered at least one other class in the festival.

A programme of three pieces showing contrasting styles


The Eleanor Marsden Trophy will be awarded in this class

1. Hannah Gregory Hazel Grove Sure on This Shining Night Barber

Se Tu M'ami, Se Tu Sospiri Pergolesi

Now That I've Seen Her Schönberg

2. Doreen Smith Keighley Desire in Spring Gurney

Mondnacht Schumann

No Shaw

3. Madelaine Williams Wilmslow Der Musensohn Schubert

Through the Centuries Dring

El Majo Discreto Granados

4. Katie Wood Nottingham Danza, Danza, Fanciulla Gentile Durante

Oh No John Sharp

King David Howells

5. Melanie Venables Wilmslow La Pastoura Als Camps Canteloube

Quando M'en vo' Puccini

Nanna's Lied Weill

3.45pm CLASS 368 Victorian or Edwardian Ballad, Open

Own Choice Piece


1. Trefor Williams Bodffordd Friend O' Mine Sanderson

3.55pm CLASS 370 Humour in Song, Open

Own Choice Piece

Any humorous song or aria


1. Kate Shaw Macclesfield Alto's Lament Goldrich

2. Michelle Kidd Nantwich Barry and Freda Wood

3. Robert Pugh Nantwich Cleopatra Slade

4.20pm VOCAL CHAMPIONSHIP Adjudicators: Sheila Kent and John Pomphrey

Accompanist: Kathleen Hesford

The first prizewinners of CLASSES 351, 352, 354, 355 will compete for the J.Worsley Harrop

Trophy.

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ROOM – M3



2.00pm CLASS 364 Solo French song (any voice) Open

To be sung in the original language


1. Nazanin Doostdar Manchester Le Secret Fauré

2. Madelaine Williams Wilmslow Fuyez, Fuyez Faune Sauvage Rameau

3. Carlton Hogg Gorsedd Les Roses D'Ispahan Fauré

4. Nick Cooper Timperley Automne Fauré

5. Linda Taylor Biddulph Au Bord De L'eau Fauré

6. Hannah Gregory Hazel Grove Après un Rêve Fauré

7. Chris Dearden Conwy Vainement, Ma Bien-Aimée Lalo

2.55pm CLASS 371 Jazz or Swing Solo, Open Own Choice Piece Any song in a Jazz or Swing style


1. Hannah Gregory Hazel Grove They Just Keep Moving the Line Shaiman

2. Michelle Kidd Nantwich Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered Hart/Rogers

3.30pm CLASS 359 Gilbert & Sullivan Solo, Open

Solo from any Gilbert & Sullivan Opera


1. Doreen Smith Keighley Alone & Yet Alive Gilbert & Sullivan

2. Michelle Kidd Nantwich When Frederic Was a Little Lad Gilbert & Sullivan

3. Charlotte Jefferies Poynton The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze Gilbert & Sullivan

4. Joanna Brown Northwich Silver'd Is the Raven Hair Gilbert & Sullivan

5. Robert Pugh Nantwich Oh a Private Buffoon Gilbert & Sullivan

6. Katie Wood Nottingham When Frederic Was a Little Lad Gilbert & Sullivan

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ROOM – M4

The adjudicator for the session will be Sheila Kent

The accompanist for the session will be Kathleen Hesford

2.00pm CLASS 365 Lieder, Open

Own choice from the works of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms,

Mahler, Mendelssohn, Wolf or Strauss


1. Doreen Smith Keighley In der Fremde Schumann

2. Katie Wood Nottingham Der Nussbaum Schumann

3. Michelle Kidd Nantwich Vergebliches Ständchen Brahms

4. Charlotte Jefferies Poynton Frühlingsmorgen Mahler

5. Trefor Williams Bodffordd Freundlich Vision Strauss

6. Nazanin Doostdar Manchester Zueignung Strauss

7. Michaela Hibbs Deganwy Verborgenheit Wolf

8. Barry Kiehn Conwy Der Zwerg Schubert

9. Robert Pugh Nantwich Gefror'ne Tränen Schubert

10. Stephen Convill Rhos-on-Sea Die Forelle Schubert

11. Nick Cooper Timperley Die Nacht Strauss

12. Shân Oliver Deganwy Du Bist Die Ruh Schubert

13. Madelaine Williams Wilmslow An den Mond Schubert

14. Hannah Gregory Hazel Grove Du Bist Die Ruh Schubert

3.55pm CLASS 361 Vocal Solo (any voice), Age 60 years & over

Own Choice Piece


1. Richard Lawson Hayfield The Floral Dance Moss

2. Linda Taylor Biddulph Her Song Ireland

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CHORAL SECTION

SATURDAY MORNING 3RD MARCH 2018


ROOM - M 2


10.30am CLASS 400 Junior Choirs 12 years and under

A minimum of 12 voices

To perform two pieces of their own choice to show a contrast of styles


The Joe Agnew Trophy will be awarded to the winners

1. AB Academy Stockport Czechoslovakian Dance Song Trad. Arr. Manning

Conductor: Ave Maria Kodaly

Alicia Bardsley

2. St Peter's R.C. Hazel Grove More Like You Lord Althouse

Primary School Choir Pick a Bale of Cotton Arr. Bertaux

Conductor:

Eileen Rigg

11.00am CLASS 401 Youth Choirs 21 years and under

A minimum of 12 voices



The William Byrd Shield will be awarded to the winners

1. St Peter's R.C. Hazel Grove This Little Babe Britten

Church Junior Choir When the Love Comes Trickling Down Arr. Arch

Conductor:

Eileen Rigg

11.30am CLASS 402 Vocal Ensemble Open

3-15 voices only



A shield will be awarded to the winners

1. Minx Quartet Wilmslow If I Had My Way Harrington

Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead Harburg Arr. Hine

2. Froggatt Young Singers Hope Valley Ave Verum Corpus Mozart Arr. Lestrange

Oklahoma Rodgers & Hammerstein

3. Maelstrom Blackburn Sing Your Way Home Martin/Dvorak

Run Around Sue Marasca & Dimucci

4. SK4 Heaton Moor Haven't Met You Yet Chang, Foster & Bublé

Over the Rainbow Harburg & Arlen

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON 3RD MARCH 2018


ROOM - M 2


2.00 CLASS 405 CHORAL RECITAL (Excluding Barbershop)

First Prize: £100 Second Prize: £50

16-45 voices only

Open to Ladies’ Choirs, Male Voice Choirs and Mixed Voice Choirs

(including Church and Chapel Choirs)

Choirs to perform a programme of three contrasting pieces


The J H Carter Rosebowl will be awarded to the winners

1. Poynton M.V.C. Poynton Stout-hearted Men Romberg

Conductor: Eileen Rigg Always on My Mind Arr. Humphreys

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head Arr. Arch

2. Chapel-En-Le-Frith Chapel-En-Le- Bright Morning Stars Trad. Arr. Kelly

Ladies Choir Frith The Seal Lullaby Kipling & Whitacre

Conductor: Mack the Knife Weill Arr. Robinson

Dorian Kelly

3. The Gallery Choir Cheadle God Only Knows Arr. Wikely

Conductor: Run Arr. Birchall

Lorraine L. The Rhythm of Life Arr. Emerson

Harris-Roche

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Church Choir Fields of Gold Sting Arr. Wikeley

Conductor: Eileen Rigg The Keel Row Arr. Rutter

5 Decibelles Blackburn Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie African/AmericanFolk

Conductor: Jeff Fields of Gold Sting Arr. Sharon

Borradaile Here Comes the Sun Harrison Arr. Sharon

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