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Woodley Festival of Music & Arts

2013

SYLLABUS

Registered Charity No 276812

www.WoodleyFestival.org.uk

Woodley Festival of Music & Arts is affiliated to the British & International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech, of which her Majesty the Queen is Patron

Speech Acting and Drama

Piano Instrumental Singing

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C O N T E N T S

Page Introduction 2 Officers and Members of the Committee 4 How is Your Money Spent? 5 Verse & Prose 9-10 & 16-17 March 6 Pianoforte 9-10 & 10, 16-17 March 24 Instrumental 2-3 March 34 Organ 10 March 44 Vocal 2-3 & 16-17 March 46 Choirs 2 March 53 Conditions of Entry 56 Awards 59 Maps 60

In addition to the committee, there are many others who similarly give their time and effort towards running the festival.

We are very grateful to everyone involved.

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Introduction We are delighted to introduce the syllabus for the 43rd Woodley Festival. Once again most of the Festival will be held at Woodley Town Council’s excellent Oakwood Centre. We aim to provide high quality for your enjoyment and are very selective in our choice of professional adjudicators, venues and other facilities. In addition to being an enjoyable artistic success, the 2012 Festival saw some 6,500 visitors including 2,300 performers and1,000 performances.

The Marist Preparatory School Guitar Trio with Ann Manning at the 2012 Festival Finale Concert.

Upper Junior Choirs at Emmbrook School, March 2012

We are very grateful to MANNINGUK for a 8th year of generous support and participation as our sponsor. We also wish to thank our committee, our presi-dent, and some 50 volunteers who all help to make the Festival run smoothly. We all look forward to welcoming you to the 2013 Woodley Festival.

Jackie Baines & Colin Brown (Co-chairs)

We strive to create a warm and friendly environment, with the emphasis being on the enjoyment of performance and the appreciation of others’ efforts – all in the presence of professional adjudicators and a supportive audience.

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MANNINGUK Perseverance Cup

The MANNINGUK Perseverance Cup, awarded across the whole Festival, will be presented by

our sponsor, at the Festival Finale Concert.

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WOODLEY FESTIVAL OF MUSIC & ARTS Registered Charity No. 276812

President: Gillian Reid J.P. Vice President: Denese Gray

Officers and Members of the Committee 2012 - 2013

Co-Chairmen Jackie Baines 0118 966 5149

& Colin Brown

0118 978 3270 [email protected]

Honorary Treasurer

Martin Leech [email protected]

Honorary Secretary

Sue Martin 35 Martineau Lane

Hurst RG10 0SF

0118 932 0595 [email protected] Logistics

Paul Martin

[email protected]

Verse & Prose

Section Chair Jacquie Newport

[email protected]

Pianoforte

Section Chair Juliet Bruce Assistants

Jenny Brown & Colin Brown [email protected]

Instrumental

Section Chair Jackie Baines

[email protected]

Vocal

Section Chair Rosemary Morris

Assistant Daniel Dewey

[email protected]

Webmaster - Paul Martin

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The Woodley Fes�val is a

registered charity and a

'not for profit' organisa�on.

The commi�ee members are volunteers,

not paid employees.

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Verse & Prose Section

Michael Stone LLAM

Michael is experienced in many aspects of theatre, acting, directing and administration. He has taught students from a wide age range, including work for Essex County Council as a tutor of acting and public speaking. Michael was appointed to the LAMDA examining board in 1979, and shortly afterwards became a British Federation adjudicator. He is currently a member of staff at Masters Performing Arts College in Essex, helping to prepare students who are hoping to work in performance theatre.

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Verse & Prose Section

Edwina Lloyd LLAM, LGSM Edwina, who lives in Bristol, teaches Speech & Drama, frequently adjudicates for the British and International Federation of Festivals and examines for Vanguard Examinations. She loves directing Shakespeare, particularly with young people, with experience in the Royal Shakespeare Co. and Children's Theatre. Edwina is a professional actress, and regularly accepts TV work. She loves giving Recitals. She enjoys working in a pro-amateur company, each summer. Blessed with three stepchildren, Edwina is also an extremely happy Granny! She knows how it feels to be a Teacher entering a wide range of Group, Duo and Solo classes in the local Bristol Festival and has full understanding of festival excitement and anxiety, necessary, she thinks, if one is to adjudicate with sensitivity! She thoroughly enjoys the privilege of adjudication, learning from other Teachers and encouraging the progress of performers.

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Verse & Prose Section DATE: Saturday 9th / Sunday 10th March 2013 Saturday 16th / Sunday 17th March 2013 At The Oakwood Centre Choral Verse, Saturday 16th pm Palmer Theatre, University of Reading PLACE : The Oakwood Centre, Headley Rd, Woodley Berks, RG5 4JZ Tel: 0118 969 0356 (see map near back of Syllabus) ADJUDICATORS : 9th/10th and 16th/17th Michael Stone LLAM 9th/10th Edwina Lloyd LLAM, LGSM SECTION CHAIRMAN: Jacquie Newport 6 George Close Caversham Reading RG4 5EW 0118 9462238 Mob: 07921 615136 email: [email protected]

ELECTRONIC accompaniment is not allowed in any section of the Festival

The adjudicator reserves the right to stop a perfor mance if the time limit is exceeded

The MANNINGUK Perseverance Cup (see page 3), awarded across the whole Festival, will be presented by our sponso r,

at the Festival Finale Concert.

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TROPHIES Peggy Davey Versatility Shield Awarded at the adjudicator’s discretion

Gavin Mills Trophy Highest Mark in Verse and Prose, Senior School Age

Evening Post Cup Highest Mark in Verse and Prose, Junior School Age

Woodley Shield Highest Mark in Choral Verse, Senior School Age

Digital Equipment Shield Highest Mark in Choral Verse, Junior School Age

Woodley & Earley Times Cup Highest Mark in Duologue

Betty Titcombe Memorial Shield Highest Mark in Sight Reading

Maclean-Hobkirk Trophy Highest Mark in Own Composition

The Waverley Cup Highest Mark in Verse Speaking

Speech Skills Plate Most memorable performance of the festival, awarded at the adjudicator’s discretion

Joan Ellis Memorial Cup Highest Mark in Shakespeare Junior Classes

Gillian Reid Cup Highest Mark in Shakespeare Senior Classes

Improvisation Cup Highest Mark in Duologue Improvisation

Mime Cup Highest Mark in Solo Mime

Woodley Town Council Cup Highest Mark in Solo Acting

Group Acting Highest Mark in Group Acting

Group Mime Highest Mark in Group Mime

Margaret Paterson Cup Highest Mark in Public Speaking

St. Joseph’s Cup Highest Mark in Prose Reading

The Crosfields School Cup Most Versatile Performer in the Verse and Prose Section at Junior School Age

Jenkins Cup Highest Mark Year 5 & 6

Mary O’Loan Trophy Highest Mark Family Class

Edna Grace Trophy An outstanding performance from a young performer

Duologue Verse Speaking Most memorable performance

Story Telling Trophy Best performance in the Story Telling Classes

Television Presenter Trophy Best performance in the Television Presenter Classes

Sonning Village Players Cup Senior Drama Award

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FAMILY CLASSES 102 FAMILY CLASS Year 2 & under £9.00 Own Choice Total time limit 2 mins 104 FAMILY CLASS Year 4 & Under £11.00 Own Choice Total time limit 3 mins 106 FAMILY CLASS Year 6 & Under £11.00 Own Choice Total time limit 4 mins 108 FAMILY CLASS Year 8 & Under £11.00 Own Choice Total time limit 4 mins 10X FAMILY CLASS Open Class £11.00 Own Choice Total time limit 5 mins Open to two members of the same family (e.g., stepmother/child; father/child; brother/sister). The performance should consist of two items, one verse and one prose, one of which must be memorised, while the other may be read. VERSE SPEAKING All verses can be found in The Puffin Book of Fant astic First Poems (FFP), LAMDA Verse and Prose Anthology Vol 17 (LAMDA) and One Hundred Favourite Poems (HFP) For additional information see box on page 12 112 VERSE SPEAKING Year 2 & under £7.00 a) Dragon Smoke by Lilian Moore (FFP Page 20) OR Night Sounds by Berlie Doherty (FFP Page 94) b) Own Choice Total time limit 2 mins 113 VERSE SPEAKING Year 3 £7.00 a) Honey Bear by Elizabeth Lang (FFP Page 14) OR Until I Saw the Sea by Lilian Moore (FFP Page 67) b) Own Choice Total time limit 2 ½ mins 114 VERSE SPEAKING Year 4 £7.00 a) My Donkey by Ted Hughes (FFP Page 12) OR If I could take home a snowflake by John Agard (FFP Page 70) b) Own Choice Total time limit 2 ½ mins

The adjudicator reserves the right to deduct marks or stop a performance if the time limit is exceeded

Please see Conditions of Entry at back of Syllabus Entries to be received by 5pm on Wednesday 16th Jan uary 2013

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VERSE SPEAKING Continued 115 VERSE SPEAKING Year 5 £7.00 a) Oh Baby! by June Crebbin (FFP Page 46) OR Cobweb Morning by June Crebbin (FFP Page 74) b) Own Choice Total time limit 2 ½ mins 116 VERSE SPEAKING Year 6 £7.00 a) Spaghetti! Spaghetti! By Jack Prelutsky (FFP Page 60) OR Silver by Walter de la Mare (FFP Page 99) b) Own Choice Total time limit 2 ½ mins 117 VERSE SPEAKING Year 7 £9.00 a) My Dad’s Thumb by Michael Rosen (FFP Page 88) OR Snow by Walter de la Mare (LAMDA Page 77) b) Own Choice Total time limit 3 mins 118 VERSE SPEAKING Year 8 £9.00 a) Babies are Boring by Peter Mortimer (LAMDA Page 78) OR The Hurt Boy and the Birds by John Agard (LAMDA Page 76) b) Own Choice Total time limit 3 mins 119 VERSE SPEAKING Year 9 £9.00 a) The Dentist and the Crocodile by Roald Dahl (LAMDA Page 74) OR The Listeners by Walter de la Mare(HFP Page 137) b) Own Choice Total time limit 4 mins 11G VERSE SPEAKING Year 11 & Under £9.00 a) The Way through the Woods by Rudyard Kipling (HFP Page 123) OR Assembly by Anne Bell (LAMDA Page 93) b) Own Choice Total time limit 4 mins 11U VERSE SPEAKING Year 13 & Under £9.00 a) Remember by Elizabeth Jennings (LAMDA Page 120) OR Dear Mum by Brian Patten (LAMDA Page 120) b) Own Choice Total time limit 4 mins 11X VERSE SPEAKING Open Class £9.00 a) When I Dance by James Berry (LAMDA Page 163) OR Yew Tree Guest by Phoebe Hesketh (LAMDA Page 159) b) Own Choice Total time limit 5 mins

The adjudicator reserves the right to deduct marks or stop a

performance if the time limit is exceeded.


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DUOLOGUE VERSE SPEAKING 124 DUOLOGUE VERSE SPEAKING Year 4 & Under £9.00 a) Please Mrs Butler by Allan Ahlberg (HFP Page 86) b) Own Choice Total time limit 2 ½ mins 126 DUOLOGUE VERSE SPEAKING Year 6 & Under £11.00 a) Amanda! by Robin Klein (LAMDA Page 59) b) Own Choice Total Time Limit 3 mins 128 DUOLOGUE VERSE SPEAKING Year 8 & Under £11.00 a) Christmas Thank Yous by Mike Gowar (LAMDA Page 75) b) Own Choice Total Time Limit 3 mins 12G DUOLOGUE VERSE SPEAKING Year 11 & Under £11.00 a) Conversation with a Survivor by Erich Fried (LAMDA Page 136) b) Own Choice Total Time Limit 4 mins 12U DUOLOGUE VERSE SPEAKING Year 13 & Under £11.00 a) Mother-in-Law by U.A. Fanthorpe (LAMDA Page 161) b) Own Choice Total Time Limit 5 mins Two pieces are to be performed in all the Verse Speaking Classes. The Adjudicator has given two choices for the solo classes. You do not have to perform both of the Adjudicator Choices, your second verse can be your own choice. All verses can be found in The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems (FFP), LAMDA Verse and Prose Anthology Vol 17 (LAMDA) and One Hundred Favourite Poems (HFP) PROSE READING 132 PROSE READING Year 2 & under £7.00 A passage from a novel written by Jill Tomlinson Time limit 2 mins 133 PROSE READING Year 3 £7.00 A passage from a novel written by Susan Coolidge Time limit 2 mins




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PROSE READING Continued 134 PROSE READING Year 4 £7.00 A passage from a novel written by Lewis Carroll Time limit 2 mins 135 PROSE READING Year 5 £7.00 A passage from a novel written by Roald Dahl Time limit 2 mins 136 PROSE READING Year 6 £7.00 A passage from a novel written by Arthur Ransome Time limit 2 mins 137 PROSE READING Year 7 £9.00 A passage from a novel written by Richard Crompton Time limit 3 mins 138 PROSE READING Year 8 £9.00 A passage from a novel written by Oscar Wilde Time limit 3 mins 139 PROSE READING Year 9 £9.00 A passage from a novel written by John Buchan Time limit 3 mins 13G PROSE READING Year 11 & Under £9.00 A passage from a novel written by J.B. Priestley Time limit 4 mins 13U PROSE READING Year 13 & Under £9.00 A passage from a novel written by P.G. Wodehouse Time limit 4 mins 13X PROSE READING Open Class £9.00 A passage from a novel written by John Steinbeck Time limit 4 mins Note : In Prose Reading the piece should be announced, credit given to the Author and a brief resumé of the story given. In these classes the entrant should be careful to read and share the story. If spoken and remembered (with no apparent reading) marks may be deducted.

The adjudicator reserves the right to deduct marks or stop a performance if the time limit is exceeded.


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SIGHT READING 144 SIGHT READING Year 4 & Under £7.00 Verse or Prose 145 SIGHT READING Year 5 £7.00 Verse or Prose 146 SIGHT READING Year 6 £7.00 Verse or Prose 147 SIGHT READING Year 7 £9.00 Verse or Prose 148 SIGHT READING Year 8 £9.00 Verse or Prose 14G SIGHT READING Year 11 & Under £9.00 Verse or Prose 14U SIGHT READING Year 13 & Under £9.00 Verse or Prose 14X SIGHT READING Open Class £9.00 Verse or Prose The piece to be read will be chosen by the Adjudicator and shown to you on

the day of the class. You will be allowed time to practise. PUBLIC SPEAKING 166 PUBLIC SPEAKING Year 6 & Under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 5 mins 168 PUBLIC SPEAKING Year 8 & Under £11.00 Own choice Time limit 7 mins 16G PUBLIC SPEAKING Year 11 & Under £11.00 Own Choice Time Limit 8 mins 16U PUBLIC SPEAKING Year 13 & Under £12.50 Own Choice Time Limit 10 mins



Please see Conditions of Entry at back of Syllabus

Entries to be received by 5pm on Wednesday 16th Jan uary 2013

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STORY TELLING 154 STORY TELLING Year 4 & Under £9.00 Adjudicator Choice Time limit 3 mins 156 STORY TELLING Year 6 & Under £9.00 Adjudicator Choice Time limit 3 mins 158 STORY TELLING Year 8 & Under £9.00 Adjudicator Choice Time limit 4 mins 15G STORY TELLING Year 11 & Under £9.00 Adjudicator Choice Time limit 5 mins You will be given three words on which to base your story; descriptive, noun and a random word, You will have 5 minutes to prepare your story which should have a beginning, middle and an end. Try and make it spontaneous.

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3 MINUTE NEWS UPDATE REPORT - SOLO CLASS Performance of a three minute news update similar to the quick news updates on the television. The Adjudicator will be looking for a brief overview of the news for that day. No crossover broadcasting is acceptable and the report should be based on a news review in the last month. For this class try and communicate the essence of the news update effectively, captivating your audience. Visual Aids should not be used in this class . This is a solo class. 179 3 Minute News Update Years 8 and 9 £9.00 Time Limit 3 mins 17G 3 Minute News Update Years 10 & 11 £9.00 Time Limit 3 mins 17U 3 Minute News Update Years 12 & 13 £9.00 Time Limit 3 mins 3 TEAM NEWS PRESENTING - 3 PEOPLE This class will allow cross-over reporting. You can include outside broadcasts incorporating an event, weather and news. It should be based on the news of no more than a month previously. Remember that news stories are presented in many different ways; make sure the style you use is relevant to the events you are reporting on. i.e. if reporting the weather you may wish to use a chart. Visual aids are acceptable. 219 Team News Presenting Years 8 and 9 £11.00 Time Limit 5 mins 21G Team News Presenting Years 10 & 11 £11.00 Time Limit 5 mins 21U Team News Presenting Years 12 & 13 £11.00 Time Limit 5 mins For both these classes the Adjudicator will be looking for clarity of thought, appropriate modulation and a desire to project the information.

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CHORAL VERSE SPEAKING If at all possible Groups should consist of between 10 and 25 members.

Choral Verse & Group Mime Classes will be held at on the afternoon of Saturday 16th March .

182 CHORAL VERSE SPEAKING Year 2 & Under £16.00

a) Going through old Photos by Michael Rosen (The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems Page 38) b) Own Choice Total Time limit 4 mins

184 CHORAL VERSE SPEAKING Year 4 & Under £16.00

a) Picnic by Judith Nicholls (The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems Page 76)

b) Own choice Total Time limit 5 mins 186 CHORAL VERSE SPEAKING Year 6 & Under £16.00 a) Dad and the Cat and the Tree by Kit Wright (The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems Page 43) b) Own choice Total Time limit 5 mins 188 CHORAL VERSE SPEAKING Year 8 & under £19.00 a) Someone let the Cat Out by Jonathan C. Lamb (LAMDA Verse and Prose Anthology Vol 17 Page 114) b) Own choice Total Time limit 6 mins 18G CHORAL VERSE SPEAKING Year 11 & under £19.00 a) The Tunnel by Brian Lee (LAMDA Verse and Prose Anthology Vol 17 Page 119) b) Own choice Total Time limit 6 mins 18U CHORAL VERSE SPEAKING Year 13 & under £19.00 a) Epitaph for an Elderly Actress by Noel Coward (LAMDA Verse and Prose Anthology Vol 17 Page 134) b) Own choice Total Time limit 7 mins



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GROUP MIME

For all group mime classes the group must consist of 4 or more members A chair or table may be used in the Group and Solo Mime Sections.

IMPORTANT: please read note 6 re: props on page 57 under Verse and Prose conditions of entry. Costumes or hand held props are not permitted

as they may/will detract from the performance. 195 GROUP MIME Year 5 & Under £16.00 Own choice Time limit 4 mins 196 GROUP MIME Year 6 & Under £16.00 Own choice Time limit 4 mins 198 GROUP MIME Year 8 & Under £19.00 Own choice Time limit 5 mins 19G GROUP MIME Year 11 & Under £19.00 Own choice Time limit 5 mins 19U GROUP MIME Year 13 & Under £19.00 Own Choice Time Limit 5 mins GROUP ACTING

Costume and props may be used. IMPORTANT: please read note 6 re: props on page 57 under Verse and

Prose conditions of entry. Make-up may not be used. 204 GROUP ACTING Year 4 & under £16.00 FOR 3 OR MORE PLAYERS Time limit 6 mins Own choice. 206 GROUP ACTING Year 6 & Under £16.00 FOR 3 OR MORE PLAYERS Time limit 7 mins Own choice. 208 GROUP ACTING Year 8 & Under £19.00 FOR 3 OR MORE PLAYERS Time limit 8 mins Own choice.



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GROUP ACTING Continued


Prose conditions of entry. Make-up may not be used. 209 GROUP ACTING Year 9 & under £19.00 FOR 3 OR MORE PLAYERS Time limit 8 mins Own choice. 20G GROUP ACTING Year 11 & Under £19.00 FOR 3 OR MORE PLAYERS Time limit 10 mins Own choice. 20U GROUP ACTING Year 13 & Under £19.00 FOR 3 OR MORE PLAYERS Time limit 10 mins Own choice. 20X GROUP ACTING Open Class £19.00 FOR 3 OR MORE PLAYERS Time limit 10 mins Own choice. SOLO MIME

A chair or table may be used in the Group and Solo Mime Sections. IMPORTANT: please read note 6 re: props on page 57 under Verse and

Prose conditions of entry. Costumes or hand held props are not permitted as they may/will detract from the performance.

226 SOLO MIME Year 6 & Under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 4 mins 228 SOLO MIME Year 8 & Under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 4 mins 22G SOLO MIME Year 11 & Under £9.00 Own Choice Time Limit 4 mins 22U SOLO MIME Year 13 & Under £9.00 Own Choice Time Limit 4 mins 22X SOLO MIME Open Class £9.00 Own Choice Time Limit 4 mins


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SOLO ACTING


Prose conditions of entry. Make-up may not be used.

234 SOLO ACTING Year 4 & Under £9.00 Own choice. Time limit 4 mins 236 SOLO ACTING Year 6 & Under £9.00 Own choice. Time limit 5 mins 238 SOLO ACTING Year 8 & Under £9.00 Own choice. Time limit 5 mins 23G SOLO ACTING Year 11 & Under £9.00 Own choice. Time limit 5 mins 23U SOLO ACTING Year 13 & Under £11.00 Own choice. Time limit 6 mins 23X SOLO ACTING Open Class £11.00 Own Choice. Time Limit 6 mins

SHAKESPEARE An extract from any work by William Shakespeare 248 SHAKESPEARE Year 8 & Under £9.00 Own choice. Time limit 4 mins 24G SHAKESPEARE Year 11 & Under £9.00 Own choice. Time limit 5 mins 24U SHAKESPEARE Year 13 & Under £9.00 Own Choice. Time Limit 5 mins 24X SHAKESPEARE Open Class £9.00 Own Choice. Time Limit 5 mins




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DUOLOGUE


Prose conditions of entry. Make-up may not be used. 266 DUOLOGUE Year 6 & Under £11.00 Own choice. Time limit 4 mins 268 DUOLOGUE Year 8 & Under £11.00 Own choice. Time limit 5 mins 26G DUOLOGUE Year 11 & Under £11.00 Own choice. Time limit 5 mins 26U DUOLOGUE Year 13 & Under £13.00 Own choice. Time limit 6 mins 26X DUOLOGUE Open Class £13.00 Own Choice Time Limit 6 mins SPONTANEOUS IMPROVISATION 276 DUO IMPROVISATION Year 6 & Under £11.00 Choice from 3 topics to be given by Time limit 4 mins adjudicator at the start of the class. 278 DUO IMPROVISATION Year 8 & Under £11.00 Choice from 3 topics to be given by Time limit 5 mins adjudicator at the start of the class.

27G DUO IMPROVISATION Year 11 & Under £11.00 Choice from 3 topics to be given by Time limit 5 mins adjudicator at the start of the class. 27U DUO IMPROVISATION Year 13 & Under £11.00 Choice from 3 topics to be given by Time limit 5 mins adjudicator at the start of the class.



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SPONTANEOUS IMPROVISATION Continued 27X DUO IMPROVISATION Open Class £11.00 Choice from 3 topics to be given by Time limit 5 mins adjudicator at the start of the class.

OWN COMPOSITION

Scripts must be received by the Section Chair no later than Friday 25th January 2013 for adjudication .

286 OWN COMPOSITION VERSE Year 6 & Under £9.00 Poem should be no longer than 500 words 288 OWN COMPOSITION VERSE Year 8 & Under £10.00 Poem should be no longer than 1000 words 28G OWN COMPOSITION VERSE Year 11 & Under £10.00 Poem should be no longer than 1250 words 28X OWN COMPOSITION VERSE Open Class £16.00 Poem should be no longer than 1500 words 296 WRITE-A-STORY Year 6 & Under £9.00 Story should be no longer than 1500 words 298 WRITE-A-STORY Year 8 & Under £10.00 Story should be no longer than 2500 words 29G WRITE-A-STORY Year 11 & Under £10.00 Story should be no longer than 3000 words 29X WRITE-A-STORY Open Class £16.00 Story should be no longer than 5000 words If time permits a session will be programmed into the festival for participants to attend to receive verbal feedback on their entries in addition to the written

feedback.


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Pianoforte Section Adjudicator

Anthony Williams M.Mus Dip.RAM GRSM LRAM

Anthony was born in Essex and studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Alexander Kelly. Following international competition success he has gone on to give recitals, broadcasts and concerto appearances around the world. He is also an experienced accompanist, performing with soloists such as Peter Cropper and Ann Murray. As a piano teacher Anthony has established an international reputation, his pupils achieving notable competition success and many going on to become professional musicians. Having taught at the Royal Academy of Music and Reading University Anthony is now based full-time at Radley College as Head of Keyboard and Instrumental Studies combining this with a busy freelance career. He has written numerous articles and books on piano teaching, is the compiler of Fingerprints (a collection of original repertoire for piano), the Best of Grade series for piano, and editor of Simply Classics (all published by Faber Music). He regularly presents lecture-recitals and seminars on performance, repertoire and the art of teaching throughout the UK, including the RCM, and internationally. Anthony is an examiner (both jazz and classical), trainer and moderator for ABRSM, and, a regular presenter for ABRSM Teacher Support conferences and seminars. He is an experienced and busy adjudicator, a member of the Federation of Festivals, and President of Chipping Norton Music Festival.

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Pianoforte Section DATE: Saturday 9th / Sunday 10th March 2013 Friday 15th March 2013 (Evening only) Saturday 16th / Sunday 17th March 2013 PLACE : The Oakwood Centre, Headley Rd, Woodley Berks, RG5 4JZ Tel: 0118 969 0356 (see map near back of Syllabus) ADJUDICATOR : Anthony Williams M.Mus Dip.RAM GRSM LRAM SECTION CHAIRMAN : Juliet Bruce, LRAM 159 Barkham Road, Wokingham, Berks. RG41 2RS Tel: 0118 978 3100 Email: [email protected]

ASSISTANTS : Jenny & Colin Brown, 57 Oaklands Drive, Wokingham, Berks. RG41 2SB Tel: 0118 978 3270


The adjudicator reserves the right to stop a perfor mance

if the time limit is exceeded



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TROPHIES

Challenge Trophy Class P220, Championship Solo Class Cluff Memorial Trophy Class P010, beginners 11 years & under Davy Trophy Most promising junior, 11 years & under Dorothy Symes Memorial Trophy Class P155, baroque class, 12 years & under Ellen Goodworth Memorial Trophy At the discretion of the adjudicator Ellen Goodworth Music Trophy Best performance in the duet classes EPTA Cup Class P360, junior recital class, 11 years & under Festival Trophy At the discretion of the adjudicator Helen Peet Concerto Cup Class P405, concerto class, 18 years & under JJ Trophy At the discretion of the adjudicator Jean Telfer Memorial Trophy Class P365, recital class, 13 yrs & under Joan Taylor Trophy Class P370, recital class, 15 yrs & under Kay Blackburn Trophy Grade 1 class Kay Blackburn Trophy Grade 2 class Oakwood Trophy Awarded across the open classes at the adjudicator’s discretion The Pavilion Trophy An outstanding junior performance The Ronald Hughes Rosebowl Class P375, recital class, 18 yrs & under Wendy Wilson Trophy Most promising performer in the open classes Wokingham Times Trophy Classes P115 & P120, sonata classes - 18 years & under, and open Wokingham Times Senior Trophy Most promising senior, 12 years & over

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BEGINNERS’ CLASSES a) Candidates must not have entered this class before. b) Candidates must not have had more than 18 months tuition for all perform-

ers under 19 years old and 2 years tuition for adults. c) Candidates’ choice must be no higher than Grade 1 for 8 years & under,

Grade 2 for 11 years & under, Grade 3 for 15 years & under, Grade 4 for 18 years & under and Grade 5 for adults.

P005 PIANO SOLO Beginners - 8 years & under £7.00 Own choice. Two short pieces may be played. No higher than Grade 1 Time limit 2 mins P010 PIANO SOLO Beginners - 11 years & under £7.00 Own choice. Two short pieces may be played. No higher than Grade 2 Time limit 2 mins P015 PIANO SOLO Beginners - 15 years & under £7.00 Own choice. Two short pieces may be played. No higher than Grade 3 Time limit 2 mins P020 PIANO SOLO Beginners - 18 years & under £9.00 Own choice. Two short pieces may be played. No higher than Grade 4 Time limit 3 mins P025 PIANO SOLO Beginners - Adult £9.00 Own choice. Two short pieces may be played. No higher than Grade 5 Time limit 5 mins OWN CHOICE CLASSES P055 PIANO SOLO 7 years & under £7.00 Own choice. Two short pieces may be played

Time limit 2 mins P060 PIANO SOLO 8 years & under £7.00 Own choice. Two short pieces may be played

Time limit 2 mins P065 PIANO SOLO 9 years & under £7.00 Own choice. One piece only Time limit 2 mins P070 PIANO SOLO 10 years & under £7.00 Own choice. One piece only Time limit 2 mins

Please see Conditions of Entry at back of Syllabus Please include approximate timings in open, recital, concerto and sonata classes

Entries to be received by 5pm on Wednesday 16th Jan uary 2013 The age of entrants for the Pianoforte Section is reckoned on 1st March 2013

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From Class P075 (12 years & under) onwards the titles must be stated on the entry form. Also please see note 1 about ‘Own Choice’ pieces in the con-ditions of entry Pianoforte Section towards the back of the syllabus. P075 PIANO SOLO 12 years & under £9.00 Own choice. One piece only Time limit 3 mins P080 PIANO SOLO 14 years & under £9.00 Own choice. One piece only Time limit 3 mins P085 PIANO SOLO 16 years & under £9.00 Own choice. One piece only Time limit 4 mins P090 PIANO SOLO 18 years & under £9.00 Own choice. One piece only Time limit 5 mins P095 PIANO SOLO Adult. Non Competitive £12.50 Own choice. One piece only Time limit 10 mins

SONATINA / SONATA CLASSES

First or last movement by any Classical, Romantic or Modern Composer P105 PIANO SONATINA/SONATA 12 years & under £9.00 Time limit 4 mins P110 PIANO SONATINA/SONATA 15 years & under £9.00 Time limit 5 mins P115 PIANO SONATA 18 years & under £11.00 Time limit 6 mins P120 PIANO SONATA Open £12.50 Time limit 10 mins



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BAROQUE CLASSES Any piece or movement from a work by Bach, Handel, or their contemporar-ies. P155 BAROQUE SOLO 12 years & under £9.00 Time limit 3 mins P160 BAROQUE SOLO 15 years & under £9.00 Time limit 4 mins P165 BAROQUE SOLO 18 years & under £11.00 Time limit 6 mins P170 BAROQUE SOLO Open £12.50 Time limit 10 mins OTHER CLASSES P205 ROMANTIC SOLO Open £12.50 Any one piece from the Time limit 10 mins Romantic era P210 FRENCH SOLO Open £12.50 Any one piece by a Time limit 10 mins French Composer P215 20TH CENTURY SOLO Open £12.50 Any one piece written in Time limit 10 mins the 20th Century P220 CHAMPIONSHIP SOLO Open £17.00 Any substantial works Time limit 15 mins (A minimum of 3 candidates is required to hold the Championship Solo Class)



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DUET / TRIO CLASSES In all duet classes two pieces may be played, provi ded the players swap parts (primo & secondo) P255 PIANO DUET/TRIO 9 years & under £11.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins P260 PIANO DUET/TRIO 11 years & under £11.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins P265 PIANO DUET/TRIO 13 years & under £11.00 Own choice Time limit 4 mins P270 PIANO DUET/TRIO 15 years & under £11.00 Own choice Time limit 5 mins P275 PIANO DUET/TRIO 18 years & under £13.00 Own choice Time limit 6 mins P280 PIANO DUET/TRIO Open £14.50 Own choice Time limit 10 mins FAMILY PIANO DUET / TRIO CLASSES Two or three members of one family. The eldest must be 18 or over and may be a professi onal P305 FAMILY PIANO DUET/TRIO 9 years & under £11.00 Own choice of one or two pieces Time limit 3 mins P310 FAMILY PIANO DUET/TRIO 14 years & under £11.00 Own choice of one or two pieces Time limit 5 mins P315 FAMILY PIANO DUET/TRIO 18 years & under £13.00 Own choice of one or two pieces Time limit 7 mins



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RECITAL CLASSES Candidates are required to select and perform a short recital programme of two or three pieces of contrasting style and period. In addition to quality of performance, credit will be given for a judicious choice of pieces. Please provide approximate timing on entry form. P360 JUNIOR PIANO RECITAL 11 years & under £11.00 Time limit 6 mins P365 INTERMEDIATE PIANO RECITAL 13 years & under £11.00 Time limit 8 mins P370 PIANO RECITAL 15 years & under £12.50 Time limit 10 mins P375 PIANO RECITAL 18 years & under £17.00 Time limit 12 mins P380 PIANO RECITAL Open £17.00 Time limit 15 mins



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CONCERTO CLASSES Any one movement (Competitors must provide their own accompanist for Piano 2). Please provide approximate timing on entry form. P405 CONCERTO CLASS 18 years & under £17.00 Time limit 15 mins P410 CONCERTO CLASS Open £17.00 Time limit 15 mins GRADED CLASSES a) Players should enter the class appropriate to the grade currently working

for or passed in the last exam session. b) Own choice of one piece from any graded book published by one of the

Exam Boards, not necessarily from the current syllabus. P505 PIANO SOLO Grade 1 £7.00 Own choice. P510 PIANO SOLO Grade 2 £7.00 Own choice. P515 PIANO SOLO Grade 3 £9.00 Own choice. P520 PIANO SOLO Grade 4 £9.00 Own choice. P525 PIANO SOLO Grade 5 £9.00 Own choice. P530 PIANO SOLO Grade 6 £9.00 Own choice.



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P535 PIANO SOLO Grade 7 £11.00 Own choice. P540 PIANO SOLO Grade 8 £11.00 Own choice. ACCOMPANYING CLASSES Entrants should prepare a work with a singer or instrumentalist of their own choice. Age limit applies only to the pianist. Please include the name and instrument of the soloist as well as the accompanist on the entry form. P555 ACCOMPANYING CLASS 14 years & under £10.00 Own choice. One piece only. Time limit 3 mins P560 ACCOMPANYING CLASS 18 years & under £10.00 Own choice. One piece only. Time limit 4 mins P565 ACCOMPANYING CLASS Open £13.50 Own choice. One piece only. Time limit 10 mins JAZZ CLASSES A jazz piece of your own choice from any recognised album of piano solos in the jazz style. P605 JAZZ CLASS 12 years & under £7.00 Own choice. One piece only. Time limit 2 mins P610 JAZZ CLASS 15 years & under £9.00 Own choice. One piece only. Time limit 5 mins An element of improvisation is encouraged, where appropriate P615 JAZZ CLASS 18 years & under £11.00 Own choice of one or two pieces Time limit 8 mins An element of improvisation is encouraged, where appropriate



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Instrumental Section Adjudicator

Trevor Hughes GRSM, ARCM, ARCO TREVOR HUGHES is a Graduate of the Royal College of Music (where he studied organ, piano, and viola), winning the Colles Prize, and an Associate of the Royal College of Organists, winning the Doris Wookey Prize. He has accompanied recitals in the Purcell Room, the Wigmore Hall, and on BBC Radio 3, as well as in many music clubs over the country, and for over ten years he contributed regularly to BBC Schools Radio music programmes, as keyboards player, musical director, and arranger. He has also made a number of educational recordings for Lindsay Music, and Faber Music.

Equally at home in a wide range of musical styles, Trevor has conducted many musicals in the theatre, and he has also played keyboards in a number of West End shows. His freelance work as both accompanist and choral conductor has taken him on numerous trips to the USA, as well as to Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland, and Holland. For some 10 years or so, until 2001, Trevor was Musical Director of the Stevenage Choral Society, whom, he had directed in many large-scale choral works, including a number of first performances. In a concert with the choir in 2000, he performed as soloist, with his wife Gillian, in the première of the Double Concerto for Clarinet, Organ, and Strings, a work written for them by Douglas Coombes.

Trevor formed the Hemel Hempstead School Senior Girls' Choir in October 1997, which, in its first year, gave a foyer concert at the Royal Festival Hall and sang at the Royal Albert Hall. He was also formerly Musical Director of "Jubilate!" for whom he has also written a number of jazz-inspired arrangements.

His long experience in the field of church music continues in his present position as Director of Music at Holy Saviour Church in Hitchin. During the last few years, he has performed in many fund-raising concerts for Barnardo’s at the Barbican Centre, and on the organs of Ely and Canterbury Cathedrals, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Leeds Town Hall, and the Royal Albert Hall.

His other musical work with children encompasses teaching piano, organ, and theory, conducting orchestras, and adjudicating music festivals, both at home and abroad. When not involved with music, his other passions include classic vehicles!

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Instrumental Section

DATE: Saturday 2nd / Sunday 3rd March 2013 (Primarily on Sunday 3rd March 2013) PLACE : The Oakwood Centre, Headley Rd, Woodley Berks, RG5 4JZ Tel: 0118 969 0356 (see map near back of Syllabus) ADJUDICATOR: Trevor Hughes GRSM, ARCM, ARCO SECTION CHAIRMAN : Jackie Baines MA, 7 Skelmerdale Way, Lower Earley, Reading, RG6 7YB Tel: 0118 966 5149 Email: [email protected] OFFICIAL ACCOMPANIST: Juliet Bruce LRAM Tel: 0118 978 3100




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TROPHIES

John Callan Trophy Best performance in the string solo classes Durant Cup Most promising instrumentalist aged under 16 Follett Trophy Best performance in the beginners’ classes Maxwell Trophy Best musician in the open solo instrumental classes including concerto classes Norman Heads Trophy Best performance by duet or ensemble, excluding recorders Reading Chronicle Award Best performance in the recorder classes Trustee Savings Bank Award Best performance in the solo wind classes, including brass Hook Trophy Best performance in the woodwind solo class 12 years & under Beechwood Best performance in the brass solo class Junior Brass Award 12 years & under Beechwood Best performance in the brass solo Senior Brass Award 16 years & under and open classes Oakwood Instrumental Award Best performance in the graded classes Instrumental Composition An outstanding instrumental composition Award

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KEYBOARD SOLO a) Please bring your own instrument with built-in speakers. b) Please use the notation and suggested registration as a basis for development, if you wish. I005 KEYBOARD SOLO 12 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I010 KEYBOARD SOLO 16 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I015 KEYBOARD SOLO Open £9.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins RECORDER SOLO I051 RECORDER SOLO 9 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I053 RECORDER SOLO 11 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I056 RECORDER SOLO 13 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 4 mins I060 RECORDER SOLO 16 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 5 mins I062 RECORDER SOLO 18 years & under £11.00 Own choice Time limit 8 mins I065 RECORDER SOLO Open £11.00 Own choice Time limit 8 mins The adjudicator reserves the right to stop a perfor mance if the time limit

is exceeded

In all classes, except Graded classes and Recital classes, entrants will be required to perform one piece of their own choice.


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BEGINNERS’ CLASSES a) A class for any instrument that can be carried. b) Candidates must not have entered this class before. c) Candidates must not have had more than 18 months tuition. d) Candidates’ choice must be no higher than Grade 2 for 9 years &

under, Grade 3 for 12 years & under, Grade 4 for 16 years & under and Grade 5 for adults.

I105 BEGINNERS CLASS 9 years & under. £7.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I110 BEGINNERS CLASS 12 years & under £7.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I115 BEGINNERS CLASS 16 years & under £7.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I120 BEGINNERS CLASS Adult, less than 1 yr’s tuition £9.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins STRING SOLO a) Including guitar and harp. b) Please state instrument on the entry form. I155 STRING SOLO 9 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I158 STRING SOLO 11 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I161 STRING SOLO 13 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 4 mins I165 STRING SOLO 16 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 5 mins I167 STRING SOLO 18 years & under £11.00 Own choice Time limit 8 mins I170 STRING SOLO Open £11.00 Own choice Time limit 8 mins




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WOODWIND SOLO Please state instrument on entry form. I201 WOODWIND SOLO 9 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I204 WOODWIND SOLO 11 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I206 WOODWIND SOLO 13 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 4 mins I210 WOODWIND SOLO 16 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 5 mins I212 WOODWIND SOLO 18 years & under £11.00 Own choice Time limit 8 mins I215 WOODWIND SOLO Open £11.00 Own choice Time limit 8 mins BRASS SOLO Please state instrument on entry form. I251 BRASS SOLO 9 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I253 BRASS SOLO 11 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I256 BRASS SOLO 13 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 4 mins I260 BRASS SOLO 16 years & under £9.00 Own choice Time limit 5 mins I262 BRASS SOLO 18 years & under £11.00 Own choice Time limit 8 mins I265 BRASS SOLO Open £11.00 Own choice Time limit 8 mins




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CONCERTO CLASSES Any solo instrument except keyboard and organ. I305 CONCERTO SOLO 15 years & under £17.00 Own choice Time limit 15 mins I310 CONCERTO SOLO 18 years & under £20.00 Own choice Time limit 20 mins I315 CONCERTO SOLO Open £20.00 Own Choice Time limit 20 mins RECITAL CLASSES a) Any instrument except keyboard and organ. b) Candidates are required to select and perform a short recital programme

of two or three pieces of contrasting style and period. In addition to quality of performance, credit will be given for a judicious choice of pieces.

I351 RECITAL CLASS 11 years and under £11.00 Own choice Time limit 8 mins I353 RECITAL CLASS 13 years and under £12.50 Own choice Time limit 10 mins I355 RECITAL CLASS 15 years and under £17.00 Own choice Time limit 15 mins I360 RECITAL CLASS 18 years and under £20.00 Own choice Time limit 20 mins I365 RECITAL CLASS Open £20.00 Own choice Time limit 20 mins




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GRADED CLASSES a) Players should enter the class appropriate to the grade currently working

for or passed in the last exam session. b) Own choice of one piece from any graded book published by one of the

Exam Boards, not necessarily from the current syllabus. I404 GRADE 1 Open £7.00 I406 GRADE 2 - GRADE 3 Open £7.00 I410 GRADE 4 - GRADE 5 Open £9.00 I415 GRADE 6 - GRADE 7 Open £9.00 I420 GRADE 8 Open £11.00 DUET CLASSES a) Please specify instruments, one of which may be piano. b) Both players will be assessed. I455 DUET CLASS 12 years & under £11.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I460 DUET CLASS 16 years & under £11.00 Own choice Time limit 5 mins I465 DUET CLASS Open £13.00 Own choice Time limit 8 mins MUSIC ENSEMBLE a) Ensemble of 3 - 6 players, one player to a part, may include voice or keyboard. a) Please specify instruments on entry form. I505 MUSIC ENSEMBLE 12 years & under £13.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I510 MUSIC ENSEMBLE 16 years & under £19.00 Own choice Time limit 5 mins I515 MUSIC ENSEMBLE Open £19.00 Own choice Time limit 8 mins




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ENSEMBLE OF MORE THAN 6 PLAYERS a) Please specify instruments or type of ensemble and number of players. I555 MUSIC ENSEMBLE 12 years & under £13.00 Own choice Time limit 3 mins I560 MUSIC ENSEMBLE 16 years & under £19.00 Own choice Time limit 5 mins I565 MUSIC ENSEMBLE Open £19.00 Own choice Time limit 8 mins FAMILY ENSEMBLE a) Any number or combination of instruments. b) This may include voice and keyboard. c) Open only to members of the same family (e.g. Brother, step mother). I605 FAMILY ENSEMBLE Time limit 8 mins £13.00 INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION a) Any combination of instruments may be used other than those requiring a

complex electronic sound system. b) The work can include voice and keyboard. c) A copy of the full score and a CD or cassette recor ding must be sent

with the entry form . The entry may be rejected if this is not adhered to. d) The piece should be performed at the Festival, but it may be in a modified

form. I655 INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION 12 years & under £10.00 Time limit 3 mins I660 INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION 16 years & under £10.00 Time limit 5 mins I665 INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION Open £12.00 Time limit 8 mins




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Organ Section Adjudicator

Brian Fawcett MusB MA LRAM ARCO

BRIAN FAWCETT studied music at the Univer-sity of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music, taking an Organ performance degree having studied under Harold Dawber, Eric Chadwick and Allan Wicks. After school appointments in Coventry and Bury he moved to (the then) Bulmershe College of Education, eventually becoming Head of Music. He is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Reading. He has a strong interest in music theatre and has both directed / conducted several musicals, and composed incidental music for the profes-sional theatre. He has been based locally as an organist for many years and has worked in a number of churches and given several recitals.

TROPHIES

Graham Ireland Trophy Best performance in the organ class, Grades 4 & 5 Berkshire Organists' Association Best performance in the organ class, Albert Barkus Trophy Grades 6 and above




The adjudicator reserves the right to stop a perfor mance if the time limit is

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Organ Section

DATE: Sunday, 10th March 2013 PLACE: Venue to be decided ADJUDICATOR Brian Fawcett MusB MA LRAM ARCO SECTION CHAIRMAN : Jackie Baines MA, 7 Skelmerdale Way, Lower Earley, Reading, RG6 7YB Tel: 0118 966 5149 Email: [email protected] ORGAN SOLO I950 ORGAN SOLO Grades 4 & 5, Open £11.00 Set piece - Bach - Prelude and Fugue No1 in C from 8 Short Preludes and Fugues - Novello Bk 1

Or Bach - Prelude in G. Novello Bk 2 Plus contrasting piece of your own choice. Time limit 8 mins I960 ORGAN SOLO Grades 6 and above, Open £12.50 Set piece - Bach - Toccata in F - Novello Bk9

Or Bach - ‘Dorian’ Toccata - Novello Bk 10 Plus contrasting piece of your own choice. Time limit 10 mins

When choosing your own piece please take into accou nt the specification of the organ. Full details may be

obtained from Jackie Baines.


The age of entrants for the Organ Section is reckoned on 1st March 2013

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Vocal Section Choral Adjudicator

Eileen Pinkarchevski Cert Ed

Eileen Pinkarchevski left the pot- banks of her native North Staffordshire to study Drama and Philosophy in London. She went on to teach for several years before making her professional singing debut in 1979 in Carmina Burana, a work she subsequently sang all over the country. She has sung most of the sacred soprano repertoire ranging from Monteverdi Vespers and Bach Passions through Mozart,Verdi and Brahms Requiems to works by Poulenc, Britten and Tippett with performances of Elgar at the Malvern Festival. On the operatic stage Eileen has sung over 20 major roles including Mozart's Countess; Susanna; Pamina; Despina and Donna Anna; Verdi's Gilda; Puccini's Madame Butterfly and Musetta; Donizetti's Adina and Britten's Governess in The Turn of the Screw. In addition to teaching individual singing lessons Eileen is Director of Music Theatre and Drama for Brunel University Arts Centre for whom she has directed over 30 productions since 1986. She has also directed L'Elisir d'Amore; Eugene Onegin and La Boheme for Opera at Bearwood

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Vocal Section

DATE: Saturday 2nd March 2013 - Choirs only Sunday 3rd March 2013 - Vocal solos and possibly some choirs Saturday 16th / Sunday 17th March 2013 - Vocal solos PLACE: Solos/duets: The Oakwood Centre, Headley Rd, Woodley Berks, RG5 4JZ Tel: 0118 969 0356 Choirs: The Emmbrook School, Wokingham (see maps near back of Syllabus) ADJUDICATOR: Eileen Pinkarchevski Cert Ed CHAIRMAN: Rosemary Morris 22 King Street Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham. RG41 5AS Telephone: 0118 9776249 Email: [email protected] ASSISTANT: Daniel Dewey 99, White Edge Moor, Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 6LZ. Mobile: 07817 086713 Email: [email protected] OFFICIAL ACCOMPANIST: Jo Miller Shepherd 99 St George's Road Reading RG30 2RQ 0118 9596307 Mobile: 07811345847 (See Entry Form for fees)


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TROPHIES Charles Wise Memorial Trophy The most promising Junior Singer, 11 years and under Andrew McBride Trophy The most promising Intermediate Singer, 12 - 15 years McCallum Trophy The most promising Senior Singer, 16 - 18 years Wedgwood Trophy The best performance in Class V305 Musical Show / Light Opera Solo Open Wallner Trophy Classes V105, V110 Musical Show Solo Mary O’Leary Trophy Classes V115, V120 Musical Show Solo Brunel Trophy Best performance in the Recital Class: 15 years and under Norman Morris Trophy Best performance in the Recital Class: Open Calliope Trophy Best performance in the Vocal Duet Classes V205, V210 Falcon Trophy Most promising performer in the Open Vocal Classes Trophies for Best Performances in the Choir Classes: Star Award Infant Choir Class Star Trophy Infant Choir Class Forley Trophy Lower Junior Choir Class John Keane Trophy Upper Junior Choir Class John Keane Choral Shield Upper Junior Choir class John Keane Award Upper Junior Choir Class Walker Trophy Young People’s Choir Classes Cantilena Trophy Open Choir Classes and Vocal Groups



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SOLO CLASSES V006 VOCAL SOLO 9 years & under £7.00 Own choice - excluding films/shows Time limit 2 ½ mins V010 VOCAL SOLO 10 years & under £9.00 Own choice - excluding films/shows Time limit 3 mins V015 VOCAL SOLO 11 years & under £9.00 Own choice - excluding films/shows Time limit 3 mins V016 VOCAL SOLO 12 years & under £9.00 Own choice - excluding films/shows Time limit 4 mins V021 VOCAL SOLO 14 years & under £9.00 Own choice - excluding films/shows Time limit 4 mins V025 VOCAL SOLO 16 years & under £9.00 Own choice - excluding films/shows Time limit 4 mins V030 VOCAL SOLO 18 years & under £9.00 Own choice - excluding films/shows Time limit 5 mins BAROQUE, CLASSICAL, ROMANTIC & 20th CENTURY SOLO CL ASSES V055 BAROQUE SOLO 16 years & under £9.00 Own choice - from the Baroque era Time limit 4 mins V060 BAROQUE SOLO 18 years & under £9.00 Own choice - from the Baroque era Time limit 5 mins V065 CLASSICAL SOLO 16 years & under £9.00 Own choice - from the Classical era Time limit 4 mins V070 CLASSICAL SOLO 18 years & under £9.00 Own choice - from the Classical era Time limit 5 mins V075 ROMANTIC SOLO 16 years & under £9.00 Own choice - from the Romantic era Time limit 4 mins


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V080 ROMANTIC SOLO 18 years & under £9.00 Own choice - from the Romantic era Time limit 5 mins V085 20th CENTURY SOLO 16 years & under £9.00 Own choice - not to include popular or Time limit 4 mins Show songs V090 20th CENTURY SOLO 18 years & under £9.00 Own choice - not to include popular or Time limit 5 mins Show songs MUSICAL SHOW CLASSES V105 MUSICAL SHOW SOLO 11 years & under £9.00 Any voice. Own choice Time limit 3 mins V106 MUSICAL SHOW SOLO 12 years & under £9.00 Any voice. Own choice Time limit 4 mins V111 MUSICAL SHOW SOLO 14 years & under £9.00 Any voice. Own choice Time limit 4 mins V115 MUSICAL SHOW SOLO 16 years & under £9.00 Any voice. Own choice Time limit 4 mins V120 MUSICAL SHOW SOLO 18 years & under £9.00 Any voice. Own choice Time limit 5 mins FOLK SONG / TRADITIONAL BALLAD CLASSES V155 FOLK SONG/TRAD. BALLAD 11 years & under £9.00 Own Choice Time limit 4 mins V160 FOLK SONG/TRAD. BALLAD 13 years & under £9.00 Own Choice Time limit 5 mins V165 FOLK SONG/TRAD. BALLAD 16 years & under £9.00 Own Choice Time limit 5 mins



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DUET CLASSES V205 VOCAL DUET 15 years & under £11.00 Any voice. Own choice Time limit 4 mins V210 VOCAL DUET 18 years & under £11.00 Any voice. Own choice Time limit 5 mins RECITAL CLASSES a) Entrants are required to perform from memory a short recital. Con-

trasting pieces may be chosen from any, or all of the genres. In addi-tion to quality of performance, credit will be given for a judicious choice of pieces and overall presentation of a well balanced programme.

b) Verbal introductions to these pieces should be within the time allocat-ed.

V255 INTRODUCTION TO A PERFORMER’S RECITAL Own choice. Two or three pieces. 15 years & under £11.00 Time limit 8 mins V260 PERFORMER’S RECITAL Own choice. Three pieces. OPEN £12.50 Pieces equivalent to Grade 5 Time limit 10 mins standard and above.



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OPEN SOLO CLASSES Any voice. Own choice V305 MUSICAL SHOW / LIGHT OPERA SOLO OPEN £11.00 Time limit 6 mins V310 FOLK SONG/TRAD. BALLAD SOLO OPEN £11.00 Time limit 6 mins V315 ENGLISH SONG SOLO OPEN £11.00 Time limit 6 mins V320 FRENCH SONG SOLO OPEN £11.00 (to be sung in original) Time limit 6 mins V325 LIEDER SOLO OPEN £11.00 (to be sung in original) Time limit 6 mins V330 OPERA SOLO OPEN £11.00 Time limit 6 mins V335 ORATORIO SOLO OPEN £11.00 (incl. recitative) Time limit 6 mins OPEN DUET / TRIO CLASSES V355 VOCAL DUET / TRIO OPEN £11.00 Any voice. Own choice Time limit 5 mins VOCAL GROUPS C900 VOCAL GROUP OPEN £19.00 Up to 12 people Any voice. Own choice Time limit 6 mins NOTE: As this class (C900) will be held as part of the Choir Festival the deadline for entries is Friday 16th N ovember 2012.

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CHOIR CLASSES

Entries are welcome from both school and non-school choirs.

Please note entries for the choir classes must be r eceived by Friday 16th November 2012.

Choir classes will be held at The Emmbrook School, Wokingham

on Saturday 2nd March 2013 (This may continue on Sunday morning) C050 INFANT CHOIR Year 2 & under £16.00 Two contrasting pieces. Own choice Time limit 8 mins C100 LOWER JUNIOR CHOIR Year 4 & under £16.00 Two contrasting pieces. Own choice Time limit 8 mins C150 UPPER JUNIOR CHOIR Year 6 & under £16.00 Two contrasting pieces. Own choice Time limit 8 mins C200 YOUNG PEOPLE’S CHOIR Year 9 & under £19.00 Mixed or single voice Time limit 8 mins Two contrasting pieces. Own choice C250 YOUNG PEOPLE’S CHOIR Year 13 & under £19.00 Mixed or single voice Time limit 8 mins Two contrasting pieces. Own choice C300 MIXED CHOIR OPEN £19.00 Two contrasting pieces. Own choice Time limit 8 mins C350 LADIES CHOIR OPEN £19.00 Two contrasting pieces. Own choice Time limit 8 mins C400 MALE VOICE CHOIR OPEN £19.00 Two contrasting pieces. Own choice Time limit 8 mins C450 CHOIR SHOW SONG CLASS OPEN £19.00 Two contrasting pieces. Own choice Time limit 8 mins C500 CHOIR FOLK SONG CLASS OPEN £19.00 Two contrasting pieces. Own choice At least one to be unaccompanied Time limit 8 mins

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2013 Conditions of Entry Instrumental, Pianoforte

& Vocal Sections – Conditions of Entry

1. OWN CHOICE pieces must be stated on the entry form . Own choice pieces must be by published composers , not own compositions. Own compositions should be entered in classes I655 - I665 under the Instrumental Section.

2. TIME LIMITS, where specified, must be strictly observed. The approx. time of the piece should be included on the entry form. In any class, the adjudicator reserves the right to stop a performance, and may choose an appropriate penalty- e.g. marks may be deducted or 1st place may not be gained. This reflects not the quality of the performance but is purely in consideration of the time spent overall. Responsibility for timing rests with the performer and their teacher / coach.

3. ACCOMPANIST. There is an official accompanist available for booking, but you may well choose to make your own independent arrangements. A charge will be made for the services of the Offici al Accompanist – these charges are stated on the entry form. A copy of the music must be sent to the Official Accompanist at the time of entry. Rehearsals, including payment for them, are a matter for private arrangements between the entrant and the Accompanist and these need to take place before the date of the performance.

4. REPEAT PERFORMANCES. Entrants may take part in as many classes as they wish (providing they are eligible) but may not play the same piece twice, nor submit the same piece from the previous year.

5. MUSIC COPYRIGHT. Entrants are reminded that it is against the law to photocopy copyright music without written permission from the copyright owner. Photocopies will only be accepted when an Own Choice work is selected from a publication containing several different works. In this case one copy may be made for the use of the adjudicator, provided the competitor has already purchased his / her own copy. This photocopy will be destroyed immediately after the event. See Also General Conditions of Entry Overleaf

Verse & Prose – Conditions of Entry

1. ANNOUNCING PIECES. Dramatic items should 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. 2. GROUP ACTING — a copy of the script must be presented to the Adjudicator

prior to the commencement of the performance.

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3. YOU NEED COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT FOR DUOLOGUE & GROUP ACTING. Duologue and Group Acting classes are not covered by The Festival’s copyright agreement, so copyright for these items should be sought by performers at the time of entry. 4. COPYRIGHT APPROVED. The Woodley Festival is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society. This means that entrants do not have to seek copyright permission for any poetry, prose or solo dramatic items performed, to a time limit of 10 minutes. 5. AUTHORS REIMBURSED. Performers and teachers will be delighted to

know that their participating in this Festival means that authors will be directly reimbursed as a consequence of their works being performed at this Festival.

6. PROPS. The Festival has a limited supply of folding chairs, rigid chairs, two 180cm x 75cm folding trestle tables, and two 67cm diameter light plastic round tables. For the safety of the performers, these folding chairs & tables must not be stood on and must only be moved by Festival representatives. The teacher or parent, not the Festival, is responsible for the supply & safe operation of all other props. The following are not permitted within the festival buildings: animals (except guide dogs), smoke and fire.

See Also General Conditions of Entry Below

General Conditions of Entry

Please note special Conditions of Entry for each se ction above

1. A COPY OF PIECES FOR THE USE OF THE ADJUDICATOR must be handed in prior to your performance, and be collected at the end of the class. Please make sure your name is on the copy.

2. LATE ENTRIES are not normally accepted. Where feasible, the Section

Chair may possibly exercise discretion to accept a late entry shortly after the closing date. Time is of the essence, so make any such request by phone or email, not post. Fees for unaccepted late entries will be returned.

3. ENTRY FEES are not refundable. Receipts will be sent on request. 4. TIMES & DATES. Entrants must accept the times and dates allocated by us

to any class. However, we will try to accommodate special requests in exceptional circumstances, if specified on the entry form.

5. THE ADJUDICATOR’S DECISION will be final. No contact may be made with the Adjudicators by entrants, parents, teachers or other interested parties, unless by the consent of a member of the Committee. Trophies & prizes will be awarded to competitors at the discretion of the adjudicator.

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6. ELECTRONIC ACCOMPANIMENT is not allowed in any section of the Festival. 7. VIDEO OR SOUND RECORDING which includes recording using mobile phones is not permitted during the Festival. 8. OPEN CLASSES, AMATEURS & PROFESSIONALS. A professional is

someone who earns their main livelihood from performing, not teaching, the instrument concerned. Medals are not awarded in the Open / Adult classes, and trophies are awarded at the discretion of the adjudicator.

Professionals may enter only the Open Classes and will not be eligible for trophies. However, an Open Ensemble of four or more players may contain one or more professionals (players or conductor) and still be eligible for a trophy. The number of such professionals must be stated on the entry forms. 9 SUB-DIVIDING & COMBINING CLASSES, & ORDER OF PERFORMANCE. The organisers will sub-divide or combine classes if circumstances make this necessary or desirable. The order of performance within a Class is at the sole discretion of the Section Chairman. Only in exceptional circumstances will the printed order be varied and then only with the agreement of the Adjudicator. 10. SAFETY OF PERFORMERS. It is necessary for teachers and parents to be

aware of their responsibilities in entering any performers with limited physical capabilities or special needs, bearing in mind the limitations imposed by the stage and surrounding environment. It is also necessary for the teacher or parent to pass on to the adjudicator, via the section chair, any such information that would impact on the adjudicator's work.

11. ADJUDICATOR'S MARKS. When awarding marks, the Adjudicators will take into

consideration the suitability of own choice material in own choice classes and competency when tuning instruments, when applicable.

12. AGE OF AUDIENCE. Children are very welcome at the Festival, both as performers and in the audience. Generally, we ask you to consider not bringing pre-school children to the Festival. We recognise that circumstances sometimes make this unavoidable. If so, please be prepared to take out your child if they start to cause any disturbance - in fairness to the performers and the audience around you – as we do not wish to have to ask you to leave the performing room. 13. LOSS OR DAMAGE. The Festival Committee can accept no responsibility for loss

or damage to personal belongings or equipment brought to the Festival. 14. CANCELLATION. The Committee reserves the right to cancel a class without prior

notice. 15. DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998. The Woodley Festival will hold data submitted

on the entry form on computer, solely for the purpose of running the Festival. The data will not be made available, or communicated, to any third party.

16. SAFEGUARDING POLICY. This policy relates to children under the age of 18

years and those vulnerable adults of any age who are identified to the organisers prior to their arrival at the Festival. Copies of this policy will be on display during the Festival, and may be obtained from the website, http://www.woodleyfestival.org.uk.

Please note special Conditions of Entry for each se ction above

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AWARDS

Categories or marks will be awarded as follows: Category Mark Description PROMISING 75 - 79 A performance showing development of technique and/or communication MERIT 80 - 83 A capable performance showing artistic appreciation and/or technical ability HIGHLY 84 - 86 A convincing performance technically and COMMENDED artistically DISTINCTION 87 - 89 An excellent performance technically and artistically OUTSTANDING 90+ An exceptional performance, both technically and artistically

MEDALS

The Festival recommends that medals should only be awarded to, at most, the three competitors who achieve the highest places. In principle, it would be expected that only the competitor in first position is eligible for a gold medal, the competitor in second for a silver medal and the competitor in third for a bronze medal. The Festival further recommends for competitors placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd, medals may be awarded as follows: * Bronze or, very occasionally, silver medals for Merit & above * Silver medals for Highly Commended or above * Gold medals for 1st place with Highly Commended or above, or for 2nd place with Outstanding * Boxed Special Gold medals are only awarded for 1st place with Outstanding However, all medals will be awarded entirely at the discretion of the adjudicators who may elect not to adhere strictly to the recommendations of the Festival

TROPHIES & PRIZES A full list of trophies appears under each Section. All trophies remain the property of the Woodley Festival of Music & Arts and must be returned to the Section Chairman one month before the next Festival .

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Directions to the Oakwood Centre Headley Road, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4JZ

Maps of other festival locations are available on the website: http://www.woodleyfestival.org.uk

www.WoodleyFestival.org.uk

Documents

of Music & Arts 2013 SYLLABUS - Woodley Acting and Drama Piano Instrumental Singing . 1 C O N T E N T S ... and shortly afterwards became a British Federation adjudicator. He is currently