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2018 SyllabusEntries close 14th October 2017

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Oxford Music Festival - 2018

Management CommitteeChairman ...... Marian CreaserVice Chairman ...... Paul SmithSecretary ...... Anne BakerMinutes’ Secretary ...... Carolyn GulliverActing Treasurer ...... David MannionStewards’ Co-ordinator ...... Philip BobbyMusic Manager ...... Marian Creaser

Chairman’s LetterI look forward to welcoming you all to the 2018 festival.

We have updated the syllabus design this year. For the first time our cover is printed in full colour. We intend to make similar changes to the 2018 programme. We hope you like them.

This year we have included some non-competitive classes in the piano section and the woodwind section has been reorganised. We have also introduced a new class (class 160) entitled “Show us your unusual instruments”. This should be fun and very interesting, so do bring along any of these that you have!

My late husband’s son and I are pleased to announce a new cup in memory of my husband Neil. “The Creaser-Kitching Cup” will be awarded in the Open Chopin Piano Solo class (class 26).

We hope as many people as possible will come to take part and to listen. The adjudicators always give stimulating and encouraging feedback to each performer.

We are anticipating a happy and entertaining event.

Marian Creaser

Any enquiries should be directed to Anne Bakeremail: [email protected]

Telephone: 01865 557547

Affiliated toThe British & International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance & Speech of which Her Majesty the Queen is PatronRegistered Charity No: 1013793

Sub CommitteeJanet TinbergenMegan HooperHelen MoorhouseLeon MaciociaPeter StutfieldAlison Wharmby

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Timetable 3Trophies and Awards 4Festival Adjudicators 5Rules and Festival Information 8Section 1 - Concerto & Recital classes 11Section 2 - Piano classes 14Section 3 - Bowed String classes 16Section 4 - Guitar classes 17Section 5 - Woodwind & Brass Section Recorder classes 18 Woodwind & Brass classes 19Section 6 - Chamber Ensemble classes 20Section 6a - General Ensemble classes 21Section 7 - Vocal classes 22Section 8 - Choir classes 24Section 9 - Composition classes 25Section 10 - Organ, Harp, Large Ensembles, and Miscellaneous classes 26Safeguarding Policy 27Sample Entry Form 28

Using and sharing your informationIn accordance with the requirement of the Data Protection Act 1984, this festival advises

competitors that their names and addresses may be held on its computerised mailing list for the purpose of sending information about the festival only.

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Whilst every effort will be made to adhere to the timetable, unexpected numbers may not entirely make this possible. The Secretary will be unable to give more definite information until the entries have been received.

Most classes will be held at Rye St Antony School, Pullen’s Lane, Oxford. Senior Piano Classes will be held in the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building in St Hilda’s College, Oxford. Organ classes will be held in the chapel of Harris Manchester College, Oxford.

Saturday27th January 2018 Class A, Singing, Senior Piano, Strings, Chamber Music & possibly

Woodwind Adjudicators: Beryl Foster, Ruth Gerald, Andrew Sherwood, Peter Wells

Sunday28th January 2018 Classes B and C, Singing, Strings,Chamber Music & possibly

Woodwind and Senior Piano Adjudicators: Beryl Foster, Ruth Gerald, Andrew Sherwood,

Peter WellsSaturday3rd February 2018 Junior Piano, Choirs, Organ, Guitar & possibly Singing Adjudicators: David Patrick, Graeme Humphrey, Helen Sanderson,

Beryl FosterSunday4th February 2018 Junior Piano, Woodwind & possibly Chamber Music Adjudicators: Graeme Humphrey, Melanie RaggeSunday 11th February 2018 Festival Concert

A small selection of Festival prize-winners will be invited to perform. The concert will start at 6 pm.

An entry form is enclosed with this syllabus (see centre pages).

Please read the Rules and Information on Pages 8 - 10 and use our Entry Form Check List (on centre page) before filling in your entry.

Closing date for entries

Saturday 14th October 2017

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Linfield Ltd (Property Developers) has again given a substantial donation towards the prizes this year. In Classes A & B, the prize will be £200 for each class. In Class C, the first prize will be £200, the second prize £125, and the third prize £75.

Oxford Music Festival Trophies & Awards - 2017 award winnersOrchestral Instrument Award Class A Leo Appel

Song Recital Award Class BPiano Recital Award Class C 1st David Soo

Joint 2nd Zhu SunJoint 2nd Ashok Gupta

Helen Goodworth Memorial Bowl Class D Quinn ObbinkMaurice Jacobson Award Class E Ashwin Tennant

Instrumental Concerto Award Class G Hannah GillinghamInstrument or Voice Recital Award Class H Ian Roy

Ernest Pinnell Memorial Cup Piano classes: up to 12yrs Henry RoseJack Gibbons Cup Piano classes: 13-18 yrs Michael Ng

Jean Loughman Memorial Award Piano Recital: 18yrs & under Michael NgSidney Harrison Memorial Award Piano class: Open Chopin

Winifred Swann Cup French Piano class:18yrs & under Michael NgAntony Hopkins Memorial Award Piano Solo: classes 18, 19, 20 ,21 ,22

& 23Ashok Gupta

Oxford Times Cup Piano Duet classes Nikolakis-Mouchas DuoLouise Donaghy Trophy Piano Duet & Trio: classes 31, 32 & 33 The Rackets

Rohan de Saram Cup String Solo classes Leo AppelPatrick Gibson Cup Guitar: 11yrs & under Ben Babbage

Bee & Patrick Gibson Cup Guitar: 13 & 15yrs & under Dominic BowersIan Ellis Segovia Cup Guitar: Open classes Peter Dymond

Lennox Berkeley Society Award Guitar Recital class - Open Ioannis TheodoridisSybil Whitman Recorder Cup Recorder Solo: 15yrs & under Eleanor Voak

Praetorius Cup Recorder classes: Open Eleanor VoakCecil Aron Cup Woodwind Classes: 15 yrs & under Clara Graham

Leon Goossens Cup Woodwind classes Elhana Forsberg & Hannah GillinghamHarry Mortimer Cup Brass classes Laurence Peverell

Gordon Woodward Memorial Cup Chamber Ensemble classes Stringendo Piano TrioO.M.F. Gwen Archer Cup Ensemble classes Oxford Youth Flute Choir

Michael Howard Cup Junior Vocal class Abigail BrindleyIsobel Baillie Cup Vocal classes: Open Dolly Thompson

Headington Folk Song Cup Folk Song Solo Blάthnaid McCullaghHelen Robson Memorial Award Light Opera Solo classes Isabel Slater

Edmund Rubbra Choir Cup Choir classes St Helen and St Katharine’s Chapel Choir

Mike Gotch Young Composer’s Cup Composition: 15yrs & under Christopher BrainLennox Berkeley Cup Open Composition Classes James Allen

Michael Popkin Memorial Award Organ Classes Michael Ng

Cups will be awarded for the highest marks in the categories shown, provided the winner has a minimum of 87 marks and subject to Rule 29. In order to award cups the winner will be awarded

marks out of 100.

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Ruth GeraldRuth Gerald is currently a freelance musician, teacher, adjudicator and examiner. She was Head of Keyboard Studies at the Royal College of Music from 1992 until 1999 having previously been appointed Faculty Adviser for Keyboard Studies in 1987.

Her career has always pursued a very wide path - 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 a Professor of Piano and Piano Accompaniment for over 30 years She was elected a Fellow of the Royal College in 1985.

Born and educated in Australia, Ruth 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 ABRSM.

Peter WellsPeter Wells is a music graduate of the University of Auckland in his native New Zealand. He undertook postgraduate study in the Netherlands, on a Dutch Government scholarship, and musicological research at the Royal College of Music. He has worked as both an instrumentalist and a singer, performing, touring and recording widely. As an instrumentalist Peter has always focussed on baroque chamber music but also has a special interest in contemporary music, as a result of which he has commissioned and premiered many new compositions, both in the UK and abroad.

Peter has adjudicated music festivals in New Zealand and across the British Isles for more than 25 years, and has developed specialisms in woodwind, chamber music and choral music classes. This is his third visit to adjudicate at the Oxford Festival. He has published many articles and editions of renaissance and baroque music as well as two books on architecture and hundreds of reviews of all kinds of music. Under the pseudonym Pietro Fontani he composes “baroque” concertos and chamber music works.

As an educator Peter has worked with all age groups

and across multiple disciplines, including choral and orchestral work with children and adults, and as a chamber music coach working with young student ensembles up to university postgraduates in repertoire extending from the renaissance to the contemporary, and everything in between. He now spends much of the year travelling internationally as a grade and diploma examiner for Trinity College London.

Melanie RaggeOboist Melanie Ragge has performed nationally and internationally as a recitalist, chamber musician and orchestral player in venues as far flung as Vancouver Island, Malta, & northern Sweden as well as UK venues such as St John’s Smith Square, the Royal Opera House and Wigmore Hall. A founder member of one of the UK’s leading wind ensembles, the New London Chamber Ensemble, she has released several CD’s, including Nielsen’s Wind & Piano Chamber Music “…performances and sound quality are outstanding in every regard.” International Record Review.

Originally a medical student at King’s College Cambridge, Melanie ultimately graduated with a Master of Philosophy degree in Musicology before going on to study as a Leverhulme Fellow at the Royal College of Music. She has since collaborated with numerous artists including the Dante, Schidlof and Emperor string quartets, pianists Ann Martin-Davis, Michael Dussek and Angela Hewitt, and baritone Gerald Finlay. Over the last few years, her performances have included recitals with Angela Hewitt and the New London Chamber Ensemble at Wigmore Hall, with the NLCE and Dante Quartet at the Cheltenham Festival, touring and recording Mahler’s 10th Symphony at Philharmonie Hall in Berlin with the International Mahler Orchestra, and recitals at the Royal Opera House with the Ellipsis Ensemble. Coinciding with the Roald Dahl centenary in 2016, her latest disc with the New London Chamber Ensemble, is Martin Butler’s chamber music, including settings of Dahl’s ‘Dirty Beasts’ narrated by Simon Callow, for NMC. 2017 brings visits to Hull with both the New London Chamber Ensemble and Ellipsis Ensemble as part of Hull’s City of Culture concert season.

A committed educator, Melanie regularly adjudicates, coaches and gives masterclasses; she has been a guest tutor for numerous projects, including Chamber Music International, the Hamburg Hochschule für Musik und Theater and the Penderecki Musik Akademie. She is an oboe professor at the Royal Academy, teaches at the Purcell School of Music, and is the Associate Director and woodwind tutor for the National Youth Chamber Orchestra. Her scientific interest continues in the form of ongoing research into the use of Electromyography to help to reduce strain injuries in musical training.

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Helen SandersonBorn in Worcester, Helen Sanderson studied guitar at the Royal College of Music with Charles Ramirez, and accompaniment with John Blakely, graduating with prizes including the Anthony Saltmarsh Prize and the Madeline Walton Prize for Guitar. Her passion for chamber music has led to partnerships with eminent counter-tenor James Bowman and tenor Mark Wilde and as a founder member of the VIDA Guitar Quartet, Helen has performed at many of the UK’s prestigious concert venues including the Southbank Centre, King’s Place, St. Georges-Bristol, and the Sage Gateshead. In 2010 she made her US debuts in Los Angeles and New York, subsequently touring extensively in USA, Sweden, Germany and France.

Helen is the Musical Director of the National Youth Guitar Ensemble and the Guitar Foundation of America’s International Youth Competition; she is also the founder and Artistic Director of the World Youth Guitar Festival. Helen recently appeared as the classical industry expert for the Sky Arts series, “Guitar Star” and is a sought-after masterclass artist, adjudicator and international jury member, for competitions such as BBC Young Musician of the Year. In 2014 Helen was awarded a prestigious Winston Churchill Fellowship for her work in guitar education.

Helen plays Christopher Dean guitars and is a D’Addario Strings Classical artist.

Graeme HumphreyGraeme Humphrey was a Professor of Piano at the Royal Academy of Music for thirty-six years from 1974 - 2010, and has been very actively involved in festival adjudicating, examining and teaching all his life; this work has taken him to Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Italy, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, France, Sabah, Sri Lanka, Japan, Thailand and Ghana.

He was awarded an Associated Board Scholarship on the piano from New Zealand to study at the Royal Academy of Music. He has broadcast many times on BBC Radio 3 (principally in the piano trio repertoire), and has performed at the Bath and Harrogate Festivals, the Purcell Room and Wigmore Halls in London as well as at many music clubs in the United Kingdom.

He is also very active in the giving of seminars to teachers, both in the United Kingdom and abroad, and maintains a substantial private teaching practice in London with pupils of all ages and stages. He regularly teaches in Hong Kong, and was external examiner at National Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore from 2009 – 2011. He has given classes at both the Academy of Performing Arts in Hong Kong and the National Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore.

In 1988 he founded the Blackheath Music Festival. From 1993 - 2010 he tutored at the Shrewsbury International

Summer School and was Music Director of the Summer School from 2004 - 2010. In 1997 he was elected Warden of the Private Teachers’ Section of the Incorporated Society of Musicians and in 2002 was elected President of the Royal Academy of Music Club. He has recently been involved in the selecting and editing of a major new piano duet project that is republishing long out-of-print beginner and intermediate level duet material, primarily for the pupil/teacher. This can be seen at www.fourhandsplus.com.

David PatrickDavid Patrick was a pupil of and Assistant to Dr. Harold Darke at St. Michael’s, Cornhill, London from 1959 to 1966 during which time he gave many recitals and was awarded a Fellowship of Trinity College of Music, London. Since then he has firmly established himself as an organist, accompanist (organ, harpsichord and piano) and conductor in both the United Kingdom and abroad. He has performed on many occasions in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, France, Holland, Luxembourg, Austria, Italy and Switzerland (including the International Festivals at Lahti and Sorø). His performances in the United Kingdom have included those at London’s major Concert Halls, many Cathedrals and Leeds Town Hall. He has also broadcast and appeared on television and has made discs of organ music on important Swedish organs for the Swedish Company Opus 3. In the United Kingdom he has recorded for the Priory label.

He studied the piano in London with Lina Collins, who was a pupil of Paderewski and Mathilde Verne, the latter being a pupil of Clara Schumann.

He is an examiner and moderator for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, and has had many carols, organ editions and arrangements, song collections and recorder pieces published in recent years. Recently he was commissioned by Oxford University Press to compile a four volume graded Anthology of English 18th. Century Organ music. This was published in 2013. In 1998 he founded his own publishing company, Fitzjohn Music Publications, which specialises in the publication of the more unusual music for piano solo, piano duet, piano trio (6 hands), piano quartet (8 hands on 2 pianos), organ solo, vocal solo and sacred choral music.

David Patrick has become known as a successful choral conductor having conducted small and massed choirs in many places including the Royal Albert Hall in London. In 1973 he conducted the world premiere of John Joubert’s opera “The Prisoner” and has directed Courses and Summer Schools for church musicians in England, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

He is in constant demand as an adjudicator, having judged at numerous Festival Competitions throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland, and in Hong Kong (1986 and 1999). Since 2007 he has been Chairman of the

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jury for the Norah Sande Award in Eastbourne on seven occasions and was invited again in a similar capacity for 2017. He is a Fellow of, and an adjudicator for, the British and International Federation of Festivals and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Beryl FosterBeryl Foster is a graduate of London University and studied singing principally with Ranken Bushby, first in Colchester and then at the Royal College of Music. She has sung in recital, concert and oratorio in London, the provinces and abroad. She teaches privately, is an experienced vocal and choral adjudicator and a founder-member of the International Guild of Adjudicators, Festivals and Workshop Presenters.

While singing and teaching all the standard repertoire, Beryl specialises in the performance of Norwegian art-song and has given recitals, lectures and workshops on Norwegian song around Britain, in Norway, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, the United States and China. Her definitive book, The Songs of Edvard Grieg is still the only complete study of this crucial part of a great composer’s output. In June 1993 she gave the key lecture on the songs at the International Grieg Symposium in Bergen and also translated the brochure for the major exhibition, Your Grieg. In 1998 a research fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Oslo resulted in another definitive book, Edvard Grieg: the Choral Music.

Three volumes of Grieg’s songs with her translations have been published; a newly edited and annotated edition of the op.30 Album was made for Felling Male Voice Choir in 1993; Three Norwegian Carols, translated and arranged for ladies’ voices, are published by Lindsay Music; and a translation of Grieg’s melodrama Bergliot was made for performance in 2000. She has translated Grieg songs for Associated Board albums and provided the introductions to the songs in the Grieg Centenary

Song album. A translation of all the vocal music from Peer Gynt was commissioned by Southampton Philharmonic and performed there in 2010 and in Basingstoke in 2013. Other translations include a substantial book on the Norwegian composer Ludvig Irgens Jensen, two on the “Norwegian Paganini” Ole Bull and articles for CD booklets. Literally Grieg, a collection of the original texts to all Grieg’s songs and choral music with literal English translations was published in 2011.

Beryl is currently Chairman of the Grieg Society of Great Britain and President of the International Grieg Society.

Andrew SherwoodAndrew Sherwood has performed in many parts of the world as conductor and violinist. Born and educated in Africa, he then studied violin and composition at the Royal College of Music.

He is a Professor of Violin at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance where he also conducts some string programmes. Many of his former students are now professional musicians and he has just completed a series of recitals which took him from Africa to Ireland and Scotland and will be doing so again this year.

Sherwood is now best known as a conductor. He is principal conductor for European Youth Summer Music, Director of Brighton Youth Orchestra and its nationally acclaimed string ensemble performing all over Europe and to Hong Kong, Musical Director of the Musicians of All Saints (a professional orchestra specialising in the music of living and neglected composers), until recently Director of Music and Choirs at the University of Brighton, Conductor of Somerset County Youth Orchestra and recently conducted the National Youth Orchestra of Chile and is due to return.

As an adjudicator he works in Britain and abroad.

VERY IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTE• To help us process your entries correctly, please read the Rules and

Information and use our Check List (see centre pages) before filling in your entry form.

• Post your entry to reach us no later than Saturday 14th October 2017.

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Eligibility for entry1. The decision of the committee in all matters of

organisation and adjudication will be final.

2. Amateurs may enter any class, but professionals may enter only those classes marked with a ★. A professional is defined as a person, more than half of whose income derives from teaching or performing music.

3. In choir classes and amateur classes in Sections 6a and 10 only one participant may be a professional.

4. Age limits, where specified, are counted as from 1st January 2018.

5. Competitors are not permitted to enter more than 3 classes marked with a + on the same instrument in Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 6a. For those whose standard is well in advance of their years, it is hoped that they will select their classes for entry according to standard rather than age.

6. In Sections 6 & 6a each individual can enter a maximum of 3 classes in each section. (Two entries in one class will count as two of these)

7. Competitors may enter each class once only, unless they are playing two different instruments. They may enter a duet class twice, but only if they are playing different parts the second time.

8. Local classes are open only to competitors living or attending school in Oxfordshire.

9. Copies of all set music will be available from Blackwell’s Music Shop, 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford. OX1 3AX. Tel: (01865) 333582

Entry procedure10. Entries must arrive no later than Saturday 14th

October 2017. Entry fees will not be refunded once the date for entry has passed.

entry for each person and each class must be on a separate form.For duet classes, both participants in a duet class should be on the same form and pay only one fee. Please use the official entry form contained in this syllabus (see centre pages). Photocopies will be accepted, and forms can be downloaded fromwww.oxfordmusicfestival.org.

Entry forms should be returned to the Entries’ Processor, 26 Fane Road, Marston, Oxford OX3 0SA. Please do not send entries by any method requiring a signature. Items will not be collected from the sorting office.

Please direct any queries to The Festival Secretary, Anne Baker: [email protected] (01865) 557547.

11. Teachers who send in multiple entries are requested to write their name and address on EVERY form: this is important, as entries have to be processed in a very short time. (If this is not done, our system of processing may make it difficult to trace details of candidates.) Please submit one cheque or Postal Order only for multiple entries. Cheques should be made payable to the Oxford Music Festival.

12. PLEASE enclose an SAE for each section entered (not necessarily each class, see section headings). Up to 35 entries per section - A5 envelope with letter rate postage.Over 35 entries A4 envelope with Large Letter stamp 100g – 250g.

13. The timing and title of Own Choice music should be included on your entry form if possible. It is ESPECIALLY important for us to know if your programme is LESS than the maximum time. Please write to the Secretary, 1 Wellington Place, Oxford OX1 2LD, or email [email protected] or notify the Adjudicator’s Steward just before playing if Own Choice music is changed. The substitute piece should not last longer than the original choice and it will be stopped once the time is up. Competitors who do not adhere to the time limits may be disqualified. A copy of Own Choice music must be given to the Adjudicator’s Steward just before playing.

14. Competitors requiring the services of the Official Accompanist MUST request this at time of entry. The fee is £11 for Classes A & B, £6 for Classes G & H, £4 for Classes D & E, and £3 for all other classes. The Official Accompanist cannot undertake rehearsals.

If the official accompanist has been requested competitors must give notice to the festival secretary if they subsequently decide to withdraw or use another accompanist.

15. If any class has fewer than 5 entries, the committee reserves the right to combine it with a similar class.

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16. Notifications of time and place of classes will be posted by mid-December 2017. Competitors are requested to contact the Secretary about this matter only if they have not received notification before 15th December 2017.

17. Copies of Own Choice music needing accompanist must be sent by 8th December 2017 to the Official Accompanist, Oxford Music Festival, 40 Broadhurst Gardens, Littlemore, Oxford OX4 4YQ.If it has not arrived by then, accompanists may reserve the right to refuse to play.

18. When sending music please write the name and number of the class on the copy. Please check that postage is adequate for the weight and size of envelope, as the Post Office will refuse to deliver it otherwise and it will not be collected from the sorting office.

19. All cups are the property of the Festival and must be returned by 12th January 2018 to Marian Creaser, 9 Beech Road, Headington, OX3 7RT, in good condition and polished.

20. In the event of withdrawals, it would be appreciated if the Secretary were notified as soon as possible, as this would help the smooth running of the festival.

During the festival21. During the festival performers will be expected

to perform in the order of the programme unlessthey have negotiated a different arrangementwith the secretary, Anne Baker, in advance.

22. A copy of Own Choice music must be given to the adjudicator’s steward just before playing. Failureto do so may lead to DISQUALIFICATION.

23. Competitors are reminded that it is illegalto perform from photocopies of works thatare copyright, without the permission of thecopyright holder. When an Own Choice work isselected from a publication containing severaldifferent works and which is not publishedseparately, one photocopy may be made forthe use of an adjudicator, provided that thecompetitor has already purchased his/her owncopy, and that the photocopy is destroyed by

the Festival immediately after the event. 24. In own choice classes, performers will not be

permitted to use photocopies on the day, unlessit is in order to assist with a page turn. The Official Accompanists may play from a photocopy inboth cases, but the performer must be ableto produce a publisher’s copy on the day.Competitors may give the adjudicator aphotocopy of their own choice which will bedestroyed after use.

25. Performers should remember that they areliable in law for the use of publishers’ copies.The Festival has a legal duty to check thatno infringement has taken place. Officialphotocopies or music purchased on-line mustbe clearly marked as such. Any letter of prooffrom a publisher granting permission must alsobe provided on the day. Those not abiding bythis rule will be disqualified.

26. No repeats should be performed in the setpieces unless specified otherwise.

27. The same work cannot be presented by thesame competitor in consecutive years, neithershould the same work be entered in the sameyear in more than one class.

28. Candidates will be placed in the categoriesshown below. In order to award trophies, thewinner will, in addition, be awarded marks outof 100.

OUTSTANDING An exceptional performance both technically and artistically. DISTINCTION An excellent performance technically and artistically. COMMENDED A convincing performance technically and artistically. MERIT A capable performance showing some artistic appreciation and/or communication MODERATE A performance showing development of technique and/or communication FAIR A performance limited in its communication

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29. No cup or prize will be awarded unless the first place winner has a DISTINCTION category mark or more. Cups will be awarded to the highest mark which will not be announced at the festival. If there is a tie, the adjudicator will decide.

30. In general, only the names of the top 3 competitors will be announced. It is the responsibility of the candidate to collect comment sheets, certificates and own choice music from the certificate table, after the end of each class. Everyone attending should take care of personal property, handbags, musical instruments, etc. For lost property, contact Miss

Janet Tinbergen, Tel (01865) 725644. The Festival cannot be responsible for any loss. Any property not claimed by end of February will be given to a charity shop.

31. All ensembles should bring their own music stands.

32. The use of private photographic, audio or video recording equipment of any kind is not permitted during performance or adjudication.

Closing date for entries, Saturday 14th October 2017

• One entry form is included with this syllabus (see centre pages).

• Please read the Rules and Information and use the centre page Check List before filling in your entry.

• Entries must be on the official entry form. Photocopies of the official entry form and printed versions of the electronic forms available on our web site are also accepted.

• Cheques should be made payable to the Oxford Music Festival.

• Please enclose a SAE for each section entered with correct postage. Up to 35 entries per section - A5 envelope with letter rate postage.Over 35 entries A4 envelope with Large Letter stamp 100g – 250g. Please enclose an extra SAE if you require a receipt.

• Send your entries to the Entries’ Processor, at the address shown on the right. All enquiries to the Festival Secretary.

Notifications of time and place of classes will be posted by mid-December 2017, therefore competitors are requested to contact the Secretary [email protected] (Tel: 01865 557547) about this matter only if they have not received notification before 15th December 2017.

The Entries’ Processor 26 Fane Road Marston, Oxford OX3 0SA

Please ensure postage is correct

A stamped addressed enve-lope should be included for

each section entered.

VERY IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTETo help us process your entries correctly, please read the Rules and Information and use our Check List (see centre pages) before filling in your entry form.

Post your entry to reach us no later than Saturday 14th October 2017.

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EXTRA RULES FOR CLASSES A B C1. Classes A, B, C are intended for performers who

have at least passed a diploma or have attained a similar standard. A letter of recommendation from a professional musician such as a College Professor, an Associated Board Examiner or a musician of similar standing should be written on the back of the entry form or sent in a separate letter. Competitors who have been accepted in the past need not send a letter of recommendation but should state this on the entry form. The committee reserves the right to refuse entry to Classes A, B, and C.

2. The competition will consist of a preliminary round and a final. Competitors will be notified of the starting time for each session. They cannot be given individual times.

3. Competitors entering Classes A B C may only enter other classes marked with « and other classes in Section 1, Section 6 and Section 6a.

4. Choice of programme, presentation and deportment will be taken into account.

Classes A & BLinfield Ltd (Property Developers) has again given a substantial donation towards the prizes this year. In Classes A & B, the prize will be £200 for each class.

Past first prize winners in Classes A, B, & C, are not eligible to compete in the same class again.

See also Helen Robson Memorial Award Section 7 (page 22)

Dr Frank Robson has donated an annual award in memory of his wife, who gave help and support to the festival for many years. The award will be given to the best performer in the Light Opera, Musical Show or

Film Score classes in Section 7 (page 22).

«Refer to Rule 2 in Rules and Information on pages 8 – 10

A★ Orchestral Instrument Award35 yrs & underAdjudicator: Peter WellsRecital class for any instrument (accompanied or unaccompanied), other than piano and organ. Harpsichordists will be welcome but they must bring their own harpsichord. Own choice of programme of not less than 20 mins and not more than 25 mins. The Official Accompanist is available at £11 per competitor, but competitors are strongly advised to bring their own accompanists.Entry Fee: £24.00

B★ Song Recital Award35 yrs & underAdjudicator: Beryl FosterOwn choice programme of not less than 15 mins and not more than 20 minutes. The programme content must be suitable for a Concert Recital; operatic arias should be excluded. The Official Accompanist is available at £11 per competitor, but competitors are strongly advised to bring their own accompanists.Entry Fee: £24.00

Festival ConcertSunday, 11th February 2018 at 6.00 pm

Jacqueline du Pré Building,

St Hilda’s College, Oxford

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C★ Piano Recital Award35 yrs & underAdjudicator: Ruth GeraldOwn choice programme of not less than 25 mins and not more than 30 mins. Programme content will also be assessed.Entry Fee: £24.00


Class CLinfield Ltd (Property Developers) has again given a substantial donation towards the prize this year. The first prize will be £200, the second prize £125, and the third prize £75.

Past first prize winners in Classes A, B, & C, are not eligible to compete in the same class again.

Piano Recital Class

This event will be held in the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building in St Hilda’s College, Oxford on Sunday 28th January 2018.

There is a preliminary round during the day when each entrant performs a 25-30 minute recital. At 6pm there will be an adjudication and the best three performers will be invited to repeat their performances in what is always an exciting final before they receive their adjudication and prizes are awarded.

We strongly encourage any festival participants or spectators who enjoy piano music to attend some if not all of this event. It’s an opportunity to experience conservatoire level piano playing for the cost of a standard festival ticket.

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The use of private photographic, audio or video recording equipment of any kind is not permitted during performance or adjudication.

D Helen Goodworth Memorial AwardAward: Cup and £25 prize.18 yrs & under: Singers 20 yrs & underAny solo instrument or voice. Competitors should perform a programme of not less than 12 mins and not more than 15 mins. Credit will be given for choice of programme, presentation and deportment. The Official Accompanist is available for this class at £4 per competitor.Entry Fee: £12.00

E Maurice Jacobson AwardAward: Cup and £25 prize.18 yrs & underFor general musicianship. Open to all solo instruments or voices. Own choice on first instrument of one or two pieces, minimum Grade 8 standard. Time limit 10 mins, with minimum 8 mins.In addition, candidates must give a performance on a second instrument or voice (minimum standard Grade 5). Time limit 5 mins with minimum of 3mins.The Official Accompanist is available for this class at £4 per competitor.Entry Fee: £12.00

G Ann Nutt Memorial ClassAward: £5021 yrs & underConcerto class for any instrument other than keyboard.First movement only of own choice concerto. The Official Accompanist is available for this class at £6 per competitor.This is an annual award in memory of Ann Nutt who greatly helped and supported the festival.Entry Fee: £12.00

H★ Any Instrument or Voice Recital ClassAward: £4036 yrs & overAny solo instrument or voice with accompaniment. Own choice. A recital of not less than 15 mins and not more than 20 mins. Choice of programme will be taken into account.The Official Accompanist is available for this class at £6 per competitor.Entry Fee: £12.00

J★ Brian Hitch Accompanist’s ClassOpen - Any ageThe accompanist should bring a singer or instrumentalist to perform a piece or pieces of up to 10 mins in length. The soloist will not be adjudicated and can perform the item(s) in other classes. The minimum standard for the accompanist is Grade 6.Entry Fee: £8.50

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Ernest Pinnell Cup ... Piano Solo classes: up to 12 years old EPTA Trophy ... Piano Recital classes: 12-18 yrs Jack Gibbons Cup ... Piano Solo classes: Classes 8 & 13 The New Creaser-Kitching Cup ... Piano Solo: Open Chopin class Oxford Times Piano Cup ... Piano Duet classes The Antony Hopkins Memorial Award ... Piano Solo: classes 18, 19, 20 ,21 ,22 & 23 Louise Donaghy Trophy ... Piano Duet & Trio: classes 31 & 32

The top award-winning pianist will be eligible to compete for the annual Piano Challenge Trophy and £300 cash prize at the North London Music Festival in May 2018.

Solos

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1+ 8 yrs & under - Piano SoloRigadoon (Purcell arr. Blackwell) & Haunted House (Gritton) from Piano Star 3 (Associated Board) Fee: £5.50

3+ 9 yrs & under - Piano SoloDancing Tune (Malcolm Arnold) from 8 Children’s Pieces (Queen’s Temple Publications QT157) Fee: £5.50

2 8 yrs & under - Beginners - Piano SoloNon-competitive. Up to Grade 1 standard. Own choice of one or two pieces.Time limit 2 mins Fee: £5.50

8+ 13 yrs & under - Piano SoloKaty’s Dance & Jackson Street Blues (Martha Mier) from Jazz, Rags & Blues Book 4(Alfred) Fee: £8.00

7 12 yrs & under - Beginners - Piano SoloNon-competitive. Up to Grade 1 standard. Own choice of one or two pieces. Time limit 3 mins Fee: £7.00

6+ 12 yrs & under - Piano SoloQueen Mab & The Elfin Harp (Walter Carroll) from Forest Fantasies(Forsyth) Fee: £8.00

5 11 yrs & under - Beginners - Piano SoloNon-competitive. Up to Grade 1 standard. Own choice of one or two pieces.Time limit 3 mins Fee: £7.00

4+ 11 yrs & under - Piano SoloProgress & Angelic Harmony (Burgmüller) from 25 Easy & Progressive Studies Op. 100(Associated Board) Fee: £7.00

9 14 yrs & under - Piano SoloNon-competitive. Own choice of any piece or pieces. Time limit 5 mins Fee: £8.00

11 16 yrs & under - Piano SoloNon-competitive. Own choice of any piece or pieces.Time limit 5 mins Fee: £9.00


16 12 yrs & under - Piano Solo RecitalTwo contrasting pieces. Minimum standard Grade 5Time limit 8 mins Fee: £9.00


14+ 18 yrs & under - French Piano ClassAward: Winifred Swann Cup for French piano musicAny piece or pieces by a French composer. Any grade.Time limit 6 mins Fee: £9.00

13+ 17 yrs & under (Local) - Piano SoloOwn choice of Grade 7-8 standard.Time limit 6 mins Fee: £9.00



Title of Own Choice piece(s) (continued from overleaf )

Entrant’s Name: (all entrants)

Teacher’s name: (required for entrants under 18yrs)

Address + postcode* Teacher’s address + postcode

Telephone/mobile* Teacher’s telephone/mobile

Email address* Teacher’s email address

OXFORD MUSIC FESTIVAL ENTRY FORM (Please write clearly)This form may be photocopied AND extra forms can be downloaded from our website: www.oxfordmusicfestival.org

Please send completed form(s), enclosing fees (payable to Oxford Music Festival) and a stamped addresssed envelope for each section entered, to

The Entries’ Processor, 26 Fane Road, Marston, Oxford. OX3 0SA

*18 yrs & over onlyTitle of Own Choice piece(s), if any. (Continue overleaf if necessary) Copies of Own Choice music needing official accompanist must be sent by 8th December 2017 to the Official Accompanist, Oxford Music Festival, 81 Pheasant Walk, Littlemore, Oxford OX4 4XX.

Time taken Official Accompanist needed?If so, please

write YES

If you have entered other class(es), please give class number(s) If this is an ensemble, orchestral or choir entry, please state number of performers.

Entry fee £ :

Official accompanist fee £ :

Voluntary Donation £ :

Total £ :

Signed ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES: Saturday 14th October 2017The OMF accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to instruments.

DECLARATION: I have read the Festival’s Child Protection Policy and approach to Creating Safer Festivals for Everyone and agree to abide by the rules of the Oxford Music Festival as published in the current Syllabus. By completing and signing this entry form I confirm that for entrant(s) under 18 (or vulnerable adults of any age) I give (or have obtained) the necessary consents for the entrant(s) to take part in the Festival.

Section: Class No: Title of class:

Previous entrant? YES / NO. If no - how did you hear about the Festival?

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CHECK LIST (There is also a sample entry form on page 28)Please use our tick boxes to check your entry, we appreciate your time in doing this. Have you filled in:

£ Section number

£ Class number

£ Title of Class

£ Entrant’s name - required for all entrants (for duet classes put both names on same form)

£ Entrant’s address, tel, email - required for adults only (18yrs & over)

£ Teacher’s name - required for all entrants under 18yrs (teacher’s name required on every entry form)

£ Teacher’s address, tel, email - required for entrants under 18yrs (required on every entry form)

£ Title of Own Choice Piece(s) - if applicable

£ Timing of Own Choice Piece(s) - if applicable. It is important for us to know if your programme is less than the maximum time.

£ Official Accompanist needed - write YES - if applicable

£ Class numbers of other classes entered - if applicable. This is to ensure that you are not scheduled in two places at once.

£ Number of performers in ensemble, orchestra or choir - if applicable

£Have you read the Festival’s Child Protection Policy and approach to Creating Safer Festivals for Everyone , obtained the necessary consents from parents/guardians/carers and signed the declaration.

Have you enclosed your

£ Cheque payable to OXFORD MUSIC FESTIVAL (one cheque only please for multiple entries).Your cheque should cover your:

£ Entry fee £ Official Accompanist fee (if applicable) £ Voluntary Donation (all contributions gratefully received)

Have you also enclosed your

£

Stamped addressed envelope for EACH SECTION entered. This will be used for posting your tickets. Up to 35 entries per section - A5 envelope with letter rate postage.Over 35 entries A4 envelope with Large Letter stamp 100g – 250g.Please ensure that you send your entries in a way which does not require a signature (e.g. Recorded Delivery), in case the Entries’ Processor is not at home when they arrive. It is not possible for undelivered mail to be retrieved from the sorting office so please ensure that your envelope has adequate postage. If you require a receipt please enclose a separate SAE marked ‘Receipt’.

Entrant’s name Teacher’s name

Letter of recommendation from teacher (applicable to classes in Section 1 only). Classes A, B, C are intended for performers who have at least passed a diploma or have attained a similar standard. A letter of recommendation from a professional musician such as a College Professor, an Associated Board Examiner or a musician of similar standing should be written in the space below or sent in a separate letter. Competitors who have been accepted in the past need not send a letter of recommendation but should state this on the entry form. The committee reserves the right to refuse entry to Classes A, B, C.

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18 18 yrs & under - Piano Solo RecitalJean Loughman Memorial Class Annual Award: £50 donated by Dr Brian Loughman in memory of his wife, who greatly helped and supported the festival.Two or three contrasting pieces.Time limit 13 mins Fee: £13.00

The annual Antony Hopkins Memorial Award of £50, donated by his wife Beatrix, will be given for the highest

mark of Classes 19,20,21,22,23 & 24

19★ Open - Baroque Piano SoloAny piece or movement from a work by Bach, Handel, Scarlatti or other Baroque composer. Time limit 8 mins Fee: £10.50

20★ Open - Classical Piano SoloAny movement of a sonata or a major work by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert or other Classical composer. Time limit 9 mins Fee: £13.00

21★ Open - Romantic Piano SoloAny one or two pieces by Brahms, Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninoff or other Romantic composer.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £10.50

22★ Open - French Piano SoloAny one or two pieces by Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Poulenc, Messiaen or other French composer. Time limit 8 mins Fee: £10.50

23★ Open - Piano SoloAny one or two pieces by any Spanish or South American composer.Time limit 7 mins Fee: £10.50

24★ Open - Piano SoloAny one or two pieces by any composer born after 1880.Time limit 7 mins Fee: £10.50

25 21 yrs & over - Piano SoloOpen to non-career musicians only. This class is not open to diploma holders. Own choice.Time limit 6 mins Fee: £10.50

27 9 yrs & under - Piano DuetNow is the Month of Maying (Morley) & Wi’a Hundred Pipers (Scottish) from Four-in-Hand Piano Duets arr. Lesley Fly(Forsyth) Fee: £7.00

28 12 yrs & under - Piano DuetOh Dear What Can the Matter Be? (Richard Rodney Bennett) from Over the Hills & Far Away (Novello) Fee: £7.00

29 15 yrs & under - Piano DuetAndante from Sonata in D major K.281 (Mozart) (Any good edition) Fee: £8.00

30 18 yrs & under - Piano DuetBallet from Petite Suite (Debussy)(Any good edition) Fee: £9.00

26★ Open - Piano SoloCreaser-Kitching CupCompetitors should perform one work or two contrasting pieces by Chopin. Total time not less than 5 mins and not more than 10 mins.Time limit 10 mins Fee: £13.00


Solos

Duets & Trios

Solos cont.

The Louise Donaghy Trophy will be given for the highest mark of Classes 31 or 32

31★ Open - Piano DuetSlava (Rachmaninoff) from Six MorceauxOp. 11(Boosey & Hawkes) Fee: £10.50

32 Any age - Piano TrioOwn choice of a piece for 3 players at one piano.Time limit 4 mins Fee: £8.00

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Rohan de Saram Cup will be awarded in the Competitive Solo Classes

Non-competitive Classes• Any bowed string instrument.• Entrants for these classes may not enter any

competitive solo string classes.


33 6 yrs & under - Bowed String SoloNon-competitive. Own choice.Time limit 2 mins Fee: £5.50



42 Suzuki Violin Group Non-competitiveOxford Suzuki Violin Studio directed by Anna Mullaney. Music selected from Suzuki Violin School. Fee: £2.00

41 19 yrs & over - Bowed String SoloNon-competitive. Own choice.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £10.50






43+ 9 yrs & under - Local - String SoloOwn choice.Time limit 3 mins Fee: £5.50

44+ 12 yrs & under - Local - String SoloOwn choice. Minimum standard Grade 2.Time limit 4 mins Fee: £7.00

49+ 8 yrs & under - Bowed String RecitalTwo contrasting pieces. Minimum standard Gr 2. Time limit 4 mins Fee: £5.50

48★ Open - Unaccompanied BachAny string instrument. Own choice of two contrasting movements.Time limit 10 mins Fee: £11.50

47★ Open - String SoloPlease state instrument on entry form. Own choice. Minimum standard Grade 8.Time limit 10 mins Fee: £10.50



Competitive Solos• Any bowed string instrument.

Competitive Solos. cont.

Competitive Recital Classes• Recital classes for any bowed string instrument with

or without piano.• Choice of programme will be taken into account.

50+ 10 yrs & under - Bowed String RecitalTwo contrasting pieces. Minimum standard Gr 3. Time limit 5 mins Fee: £7.00

51+ 12 yrs & under - Bowed String RecitalTwo or three contrasting pieces, not less than 7 mins and not more than 9 mins duration.Time limit 9 mins Fee: £9.00



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Lennox Berkeley Society Award ... Open Guitar Recital Class Patrick Gibson Cup ... 11 yrs & under Bee & Patrick Gibson Cup ... 13 & 15 yrs & under Ian Ellis Segovia Cup ... 18 yrs & under and Open classes

+ Refer to Rule 5, «Refer to Rule 2, in Rules and Information on pages 8 - 10 Guitar ensembles, see also Ensemble Classes in Section 6 and Section 6a

All guitar music is available from: Blackwell’s Music Shop, Oxford, OX1 3BQ Tel: (01865) 333582 and Guitarnotes, Nottingham, NG5 0HW Tel: 07765004663 (www.spanishguitar.com)

Non-competitive Classes

Competitive Solos

Competitive Solos, contd

Competitive Duets

Competitive Ensembles• 3 or more players. Number should be stated on

entry form.

54 Any age - Guitar Solo or DuetNon-competitive Solo or Duet Two or three contrasting pieces.Time limit 5 mins Fee: £8.00

60 Any age - Guitar SoloTwo contrasting pieces. Own Choice. No more than 3 years’ tuition on 1st January 2018.Time limit 5 mins Fee: £8.00

61★ Open - Guitar SoloA contrasting programme of two or three pieces. Time limit 10 mins Fee: £13.00

59+ 18 yrs & under - Guitar SoloOne piece by John Dowland or J.S.Bach AND one or two own choice piecesTotal time limit 7 mins Fee: £9.00

58+ 15 yrs & under - Guitar SoloNocturno (Op. 17 No.4) by José Ferrer from Guitar Grade 5 (2016-2019) - without repeats (Trinity College) AND one contrasting pieceTotal time limit 5 mins Fee: £8.00

57+ 13 yrs & under - Guitar SoloSurf Rider by Gary Ryan from Guitar Grade 3 (2016-2019) (Trinity College) AND one contrasting pieceTotal time limit 4 mins Fee: £8.00

56+ 11 yrs & under - Guitar SoloSong of the Sea by Nuttall & Whitworth from The Guitarist’s Way Book 3 (Holley Music S003) AND one other pieceTotal time limit 3 mins Fee: £7.00

55+ 9 yrs & under - Guitar SoloOwn Choice. One or two pieces with an accompanying second guitar if desired (e.g. parent, teacher or friend).Time limit 2 mins Fee: £5.50

67 18 yrs & under - Guitar EnsembleA contrasting programme. Own choice.Time limit 7 mins Fee: £10.50

66 15 yrs & under - Guitar EnsembleOne or two pieces. Own choiceTime limit 5 mins Fee: £10.00

65★ Open - Guitar DuetA contrasting programme. Own ChoiceTime limit 10 mins Fee: £13.00

64 16 yrs & under - Guitar DuetTwo contrasting pieces. Own ChoiceTime limit 6 mins Fee: £10.50

63 12 yrs & under - Guitar DuetTwo contrasting pieces. Own ChoiceTime limit 4 mins Fee: £8.00

62★ Open - Guitar Recital ClassThe Lennox Berkeley Society Award for Guitar Performance.The Lennox Berkeley Society will award a £200 prize and a trophy for a short recital of works by Lennox Berkeley, or composers who studied with him.For details of this syllabus please visit the website www.lennoxberkeley.org.uk and see ’Awards’ or contact our Secretary for more information: [email protected] (01865) 557547. Fee: £15.00

68★ Open - Guitar EnsembleA contrasting programme. Own choice.Time limit 10 mins Fee: £15.00

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Sybil Whitman Cup ... Solo Recorder Junior classes Praetorius Cup ... Recorder Open classes

Recorder Solos

Recorder Duets• Players may change places for the second piece.

Recorder Recital Classes

69 9 yrs & under - Descant SoloCantilena, No.3 in The Really Easy Recorder Book (Faber) AND own choice of one contrasting piece Total time limit 3 mins Fee: £5.50

73 13 yrs & under - Treble SoloHandel, Sonata in F, 1st and 4th movts(no.4 in Faber edition, or any good edition) Fee: £8.00

76★ Open - Any combination of two recorders.Own choice.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £13.00

75 15 yrs & under - Any combination of two recorders.Own choice.Time limit 4 mins Fee: £9.00

74 11 yrs & under - Any combination of two recordersOwn choice of one or two piecesTime limit 3 mins Fee: £7.00

77 13 yrs & under - Recorder ensembleMore than one player to a part. Own choice.Time limit 6 mins Fee: £8.00

72 13 yrs & under - Descant SoloAllegro ma non presto, no.7 in The Vivaldi Collection(Dolce) Fee: £8.00

71 11 yrs & under - Treble SoloThe Witches, no.19 in The Renaissance Recorder, for treble recorder (Boosey and Hawkes) AND own choice of one contrasting pieceTotal time limit 4 mins Fee: £8.00

70 11 yrs & under - Descant SoloTelemann, Partita no.2 in G, 1st movt (Siciliana) AND one other movementTotal time limit 4 mins Fee: £7.00

Recorder Ensembles

82 18 yrs & under - Trio Sonata ClassOwn choice of trio sonata for two recorders and continuo OR one recorder and any other instrument and continuo. The continuo player may be of any age.Time limit 10 mins Fee: £15.00

81★ Open - Recorder RecitalOwn choice of programme, with or without accompaniment.Time limit 15 mins Fee: £15.00

80 15 yrs & under - Recorder RecitalOwn choice of programme, with or without accompaniment.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £9.00

79★ Open - Recorder ConsortOne player to a part. Own choice.Time limit 12 mins Fee: £15.00

78 15 yrs & under - Recorder ConsortOne player to a part. Own choice.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £13.00

Recorder Consorts

Recorder Trio Sonata Class

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Cecil Aron Cup ... 15 yrs & under Woodwind Classes Leon Goossens Cup ... Woodwind Classes 18 yrs and under & Open Harry Mortimer Cup ... Brass Solo

87+ 11 yrs & under - Brass SoloOwn choice.Time limit 3 mins Fee: £7.00

83 Any age - Woodwind SoloOwn choice.Time limit 4 mins Fee: £8.00

84 13 yrs & under - Woodwind SoloAny woodwind instrument other than recorder Own choice.Time limit 4 mins Fee: £8.00

85 15 yrs & under - Woodwind RecitalAny woodwind instrument other than recorder Own choice.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £9.00

86★ Open - Woodwind RecitalAny woodwind instrument other than recorder Own choice.Time limit 15 mins Fee: £15.00

88+ 15 yrs & under - Brass SoloOwn choice.Time limit 5 mins Fee: £8.00

89★ Open - Brass SoloOwn choice.Time limit 12 mins Fee: £10.50

Non-Competitive Woodwind Solos• Entrants for these classes may not enter any

competitive woodwind classes.

Woodwind Solos• Any woodwind instrument, other than recorder, with

or without accompaniment.

Woodwind Recital Classes• Any woodwind instrument, other than recorder,

with or without accompaniment. Competitors will be expected to perform a programme of their own choice.

• Choice of programme will be taken into account.

Brass Solos• Any brass instrument.

Please enclose an SAE for each section entered with correct postage. Up to 35 entries per section - A5 envelope with letter rate postage.Over 35 entries A4 envelope with Large Letter stamp 100g – 250g.

Cheques should be made payable to the Oxford Music Festival.

All our stewards give time voluntarily to help the Festival run smoothly. Are you able to help with this important work? We urgently need:• stewards in the halls and at the doors• helpers to serve refreshments • car drivers to provide transport for adjudicators. If you could come for only one session that would be valuable. Please contact our Festival Secretary, if you would like to help.

Anne [email protected]

Tel: (01865) 557547



See also classes in Section 6a

Gordon Woodward Memorial Trophy• The classes in this section are for any combination of string, woodwind, guitar, brass instruments, one pianist

or one singer. Recorder may only be included with other instruments.• In Section 6 & 6a each individual can enter a maximum of 3 classes in each section. (Two entries in one class

will count as two of these)• All players must be within the stated age limits. There must be only one person to a part and the ensemble

must not be conducted. • ENSEMBLES MUST BRING THEIR OWN STANDS.• ENSEMBLES SHOULD GIVE THEMSELVES A NAME.

In all competitive classes candidates will be placed in the categories shown below. In order to award trophies, the winner will in addition, be awarded marks out of 100.

OUTSTANDING An exceptional performance both technically and artistically.

DISTINCTION An excellent performance technically and artistically.

COMMENDED A convincing performance technically and artistically.

MERIT A capable performance showing some artistic appreciation and/or communication.

MODERATE A performance showing development of technique and/or communication.

FAIR A performance limited in its communication.

94+ 15 yrs & under - Chamber Ensemble2 - 3 players. Own choice.Time limit 9 mins Fee: £13.00

90+ 9 yrs & under - Chamber Ensemble2 - 3 players. Own choiceTime limit 5 mins Fee: £8.00







98★ Open - Chamber Ensemble2 - 3 players. Own choice.Time limit 12 mins Fee: £13.00

99★ Open - Chamber Ensemble4 - 8 players. Own choiceTime limit 12 mins Fee: £13.00

100 Any age - Chamber EnsembleNon-competitive. 2-8 players. Own choice.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £13.00

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O.M.F. Gwen Archer Cup• These classes are for ensembles with more than one player to a part. At least some of the parts must be

performed by more than one person. They can be conducted. The conductor and the accompanist can be of any age.

• In Section 6 & 6a each individual can enter a maximum of 3 classes in each section. (Two entries in one class will count as two of these)

• ENSEMBLES MUST BRING THEIR OWN STANDS.• ENSEMBLES SHOULD GIVE THEMSELVES A NAME.

The timing and title of Own Choice music must be included on your entry form. It is important for us to know if your programme is less than the maximum time. Please

write to the Secretary or notify the Adjudicator’s Steward just before playing if Own Choice music is changed. The substitute piece should not last longer than the original choice and it will be stopped once the time is up. Competitors who do not adhere to the time limits may be disqualified (see rule 12). A copy of Own

Choice music must be given to the Adjudicator’s Steward just before playing.


101★ Open - Early Music Ensemble (up to 1750)Any combination of voice(s) and instrument(s). Own choice.Time limit 6 mins Fee: £10.50

102 Teacher and Pupil - Non competitiveOwn choice of one or two pieces.Time limit 4 mins Fee: £8.00

103 Any age - Instrumental EnsembleNon-competitive. 4 - 20 players. Own choice.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £13.00

104+ 9 yrs & under - Instrumental Ensemble4 - 20 players. Own choice.Time limit 5 mins Fee: £13.00




108★ Open - Instrumental EnsembleAny ensemble not catered for elsewhere. Own choice.Time limit 12 mins Fee: £15.00

109 Family Class - Non competitiveOwn Choice. Voice and/or instruments. One or more to a part.Two or more members of same family. ‘Family’ can be interpreted in the widest possible sense., to include, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, step and foster children, engaged couples and any other combination which can reasonably be considered a family.Time limit 6 mins Fee: £10.50




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Headington Folk Song CupMichael Howard Junior Vocal Cup

Isobel Baillie CupHelen Robson Memorial Award

Please enclose an SAE for each section entered with correct postage. Up to 35 entries per section - A5 envelope with letter rate postage.Over 35 entries A4 envelope with Large Letter stamp 100g – 250g.

Cheques should be made payable to the Oxford Music Festival.

Helen Robson Memorial AwardDr Frank Robson has donated an annual award in memory of his wife, who gave help and support to the festival for many years. The award will be given to the best performer in classes 110 - 112.

115 18 yrs & under - Vocal SoloOwn choice of one classical songTime limit 3 mins Fee: £7.00

116 11 yrs & under - Folk Song SoloBritish Folk Song class. Own choice. preferably unaccompanied.Time limit 3 mins Fee: £7.00



119★ Open - Folk Song SoloBritish Folk Song class. Own choice. preferably unaccompanied.Time limit 4 mins Fee: £9.00

120★ Open - British SongA classical song by any British composer. Own choice.Time limit 4 mins Fee: £9.00

121★ Open - Lieder ClassJudged as a duo. Time limit 5 mins. Own choice of one song by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms or Wolf. The time limit must include any introduction or translation given before singing.The name of your accompanist must be included on the entry form for inclusion in the Programme. The Official Accompanist may not be used for this class. Fee: £10.50

110 14 yrs & under - Light Opera, Musical Show or Film Score SoloAny solo from a Light Opera, Musical Show or Film Score. Own choice.Time limit 4 mins Fee: £7.00

111 18 yrs & under - Light Opera, Musical Show or Film Score SoloAny solo from a Light Opera , Musical Show or Film Score. Own choice.Time limit 5 mins Fee: £8.00

112★ Open - Light Opera, Musical Show or Film Score SoloAny solo from a Light Opera , Musical Show or Film Score. Own choice.Time limit 5 mins Fee: £9.00

113 11 yrs & under - Vocal SoloOwn choice of one song.Time limit 3 mins Fee: £7.00

114 14 yrs & under - Vocal SoloOwn choice of one classical song.Time limit 3 mins Fee: £7.00


Competitors may enter only five classes marked« in this section.Singers are expected to sing from memory.

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Headington Folk Song CupMichael Howard Junior Vocal Cup

Isobel Baillie Cup

Festival Friends

For a minimum donation of £20 (£30 per couple) per year (more is always welcome!) FRIENDS are entitled to:

• Free admission to all sessions during the Festival• Free Festival Programme• Free admission to the Festival Concert• Receive a Festival Syllabus automatically• Receive an invitation to the AGM, which is followed by a short concert with wine and refreshments.

If you would like to become a FRIEND please send your name and address with your donation to: Peter Stutfield, Red Hill Barn, Church Hill, Forest Hill, Oxford, OX33 1EG, or include your donation with your entry form. Please make cheques payable to The Oxford Music Festival

We like to acknowledge our Friends by printing their names in our programme; if you would rather your name did not appear, please say so.

122★ Open - French Song ClassJudged as a duo. Time limit 5 mins. Own choice of one song.The time limit must include any introduction or translation given before singing.The name of your accompanist must be included on the entry form for inclusion in the Programme. The Official Accompanist may not be used for this class. Fee: £10.50

123★ Open - A classical song - any language other than English (not operatic)Own choice.Time limit 4 mins Fee: £9.00

124★ Open - 20th century Vocal SoloA classical song by any composer born in the 20th century. Own choiceTime limit 5 mins Fee: £9.00

125★ Open - Operatic SoloRecitative and/or Aria. Own choice.Time limit 7 mins Fee: £10.50

126★ Open - Oratorio or Sacred Work SoloRecitative and/or Aria. Own choice.Time limit 7 mins Fee: £10.50

127 Open - Gilbert & Sullivan Solo or any EnsembleOwn choice.Time limit 5 mins Fee: £10.50

128 11 yrs & under - Vocal DuetOwn choice.Time limit 3 mins Fee: £7.00



131 Open - Vocal DuetOwn choice.Time limit 6 mins Fee: £10.50

132★ Open - Barbershop QuartetOwn choice.Time limit 6 mins Fee: £10.50

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Edmund Rubbra Choir Cup

Please state on the entry form the approximate number of singers in the choir. The maximum number of singers the festival can accommodate is 50.

137 18 yrs & under - Mixed choirOwn choice of two contrasting pieces.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £13.00

142★ Open - BarbershopOwn choice.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £19.00

141★Open - Early Music Vocal EnsembleAny combination of voices. Own choice.Time limit 6 mins Fee: £19.00

140★ Open - Mixed choirOwn choice of two contrasting pieces.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £19.00

139★ Male voice choirOwn choice of two contrasting pieces.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £19.00

138★Women’s choirOwn choice of two contrasting pieces.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £19.00

133 Any age - ChoirNon-competitive. Own choice of two contrasting pieces.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £10.50

134 11 yrs & under - ChoirOwn choice of two contrasting pieces.Time limit 7 mins Fee: £10.50

135 13 yrs & under - ChoirOwn choice of two contrasting pieces.Time limit 7 mins Fee: £11.50

136 18 yrs & under - Girls’ choir (SSA)Own choice of two contrasting pieces.Time limit 8 mins Fee: £13.00

« Refer to Rule 2 in Rules and Information on pages 8 – 10

Oxford Music FestivalChurchill Hospital Cancer Centre Lunchtime

ConcertsFor the last few years the Festival has been running a number of lunchtime concerts at the Churchill Hospital Cancer Centre Cafe for patients and staff . These take place at various dates throughout the year and involve a number of the most promising players who are invited to perform programmes of between 10 and 20 mins each, which are then combined into concerts of 40 to 50 mins. This year the youngest player is 9 and the oldest ones are in year 13. Most of the concerts are also recorded by Radio Cherwell [the hospital radio] and are then broadcast throughout the Oxford hospitals. This is a very good experience for the players as there is a huge diff erence between playing one piece at the festival and planning and performing a whole programme. The patients and staff also enjoy the occasions – we have had much positive feedback from both.


Mike Gotch CupLennox Berkeley Cup

• Please state on the entry form the instruments and number of players and whether it will be a live or recorded performance.

• If the performance will be live, please mark this on the entry form in order to allow for setting up time to be allotted.

• All competitors will be expected to provide performances of their works, either live or on CD. If you would prefer to use another format please contact Paul Smith ([email protected]) to discuss what might be possible.

143 9 yrs & under - Do your own thing composi-tion classA composition for any instrument(s) or voice(s). Any style of music, which need not be written down.Time limit 4 mins Fee: £5.50

146 18 yrs & under - Instrumental or vocal composition(s)A copy must be provided for the adjudicator.Time limit 6 mins Fee: £9.00

147★Open - Instrumental or vocal composition(s)Photocopies of composition(s) must be sent to The Festival Secretary by December 9th 2017. Time limit 8 mins Fee: £13.00

144 12 yrs & under - Do your own thing composi-tion classA composition for any instrument(s) or voice(s). Any style of music, which need not be written down.Time limit 4 mins Fee: £7.00

145 15 yrs & under - Instrumental or vocal composition(s)A copy must be provided for the adjudicator.Time limit 5 mins Fee: £9.00

VERY IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTE• To help us process your entries correctly, please read the Rules and

Information and use our Check List (see centre pages) before filling in your entry form.

• Post your entry to reach us no later than Saturday 14th October 2017.




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Organ ClassesThe Michael Popkin Memorial Award of £60 will be given by The Oxford & District Organists’ Association to mark Michael’s contribution to ODOA as Secretary for many years. The award will be given, subject to rule 29, for the highest mark in Class 148.

The organ classes in 2018 will be held on the three-manual Nicholson organ in the chapel of Harris Manchester College, Oxford. Candidates will be able to reserve practice time on the day through the ODOA website (https://sites.google.com/site/oxfordorganists/) where full details will be available. Contact: Chris Greenough ([email protected]).

148 25 yrs & under - Organ solo Own choice. Time limit 8 mins Fee: £11.50

149 Open - Organ solo Non-competitive. Own choice. Time limit 8 mins Fee: £13.00

Harp Classes

Large Ensembles

Miscellaneous classes

Please enclose an SAE for each section entered with correct postage. Up to 35 entries per section - A5 envelope with letter rate postage.Over 35 entries A4 envelope with Large Letter stamp 100g – 250g. Cheques should be made payable to the Oxford Music Festival.


150 Junior School Students - Harp SoloNon-competitive. Own choice.Time limit 3 mins Fee: £7.00

151 Senior School Students - Harp SoloNon-competitive. Own choice.Time limit 4 mins Fee: £8.00

153★Open - Brass BandPercussion optional. Own choice.Time limit 10 mins Fee: £15.00

154 18 yrs & under - OrchestraOwn choice.Time limit 10 mins Fee: £15.00

155★Open - OrchestraOwn choice.Time limit 15 mins Fee: £19.00

156 Any age - Jazz Class - SoloPiece or pieces should be arranged and performed in a recognisable jazz style and should include improvised material. Own choice.Time limit 6 mins Fee: £9.00

157 Any age - Jazz Class - GroupPiece or pieces should be arranged and performed in a recognisable jazz style and should include improvised material. Own choice. Time limit 10 mins Fee: £13.00

158 18 yrs & over - Adult BeginnerNon-competitive. No more than 2 years’ tuition. Own choice.Time limit 3 mins Fee: £8.00

159 18 yrs & over - Late BeginnerNon-competitive. Open to any adult who commenced tuition at 18 yrs or over. Own choice. Time limit 3 mins Fee: £8.00

160 Open - Show us your unusual instrumentsNon-competitive. Any non-orchestral instrument from early music, folk, non-European traditions, including home-built or -modified or newly invented instruments. 5mins to play a piece and explain the instrument. Time limit 5 mins Fee: £9.00

152★Open - Wind BandMinimum 15 players. Piano or percussion optional. Own choice.Time limit 10 mins Fee: £15.00

161★Open - Recital ClassAny solo instrument not catered for elsewhere. Own choice. Programme content will be taken into account.Time limit 15 mins Fee: £13.00

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Oxford Music Festival - Child Protection PolicyThe British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech and the Oxford Music Festival are committed to ensuring safe environments for children and young people and believe that it is always unacceptable for a child or young person to experience abuse of any kind. We recognise our responsibility to safeguard the welfare of all children and young people, by a commitment to recommend best practice which protects them.This policy applies to our Board of Trustees, paid staff, Adjudicator members, volunteers, students or anyone working on behalf of the Federation and its member Festivals.

We recognise that:• the welfare of the child/young person is paramount• all children, regardless of age, disability, gender,

racial heritage, religious belief, sexual orientation or identity, have the right to equal protection from all types of harm or abuse

• working in partnership with children, young people, their parents, carers and other agencies is essential in promoting young people’s welfare.

The purpose of the policy:• to provide protection for the children and young

people who participate in our festivals, including the children of festival members

• to provide staff and volunteers with guidance on procedures they should adopt in the event that they suspect a child or young person may be experiencing, or be at risk of, harm

We will seek to safeguard children and young people by:

• valuing them, listening to and respecting them• adopting child protection guidelines through

procedures and safe working practice for staff and volunteers

• recruiting staff and volunteers safely, ensuring all necessary checks are made

• sharing information about child protection and safe working practice with children, parents, staff and volunteers

• sharing information about concerns with agencies who need to know, and involving parents and children appropriately

• providing effective management for staff and volunteers through supervision, support and training.

The Federation will review this policy each year in November in line with Safe Network guidance or sooner in light of any changes in legislation or guidance. All changes will be communicated to our member Festivals in time for the start of the new Festival year.

Creating Safer Festivals for EveryoneThe Federation and its member Festivals use the following policies and procedures to create Safer Festivals for everyone: 1. A single, definitive Child Protection Policy adopted by all

Federation Festivals. 2. One or more designated Festival Safeguarding Officers

(FSO) appointed for each Federation Festival. The Oxford Music Festival FSO is Linda Bobby Phone: 01865874372.

3. Best practice advice in the form of Safe Working Practice and Festival Child Protection leaflets, with support and training for all Festival staff and volunteers. Including clear reporting procedures for anyone with a concern about a child.

4. Appropriate recruitment and induction procedures for all new Festival staff and volunteers responsible for providing safe environments for everyone attending / performing at a Federation Festival.

5. All Festival personnel wear an official identity badge. All teachers/parents/guardians /carers are asked to report all incidents of any nature to anyone wearing a badge. All reported incidents will be handled in accordance with the Safe Working Practice and Festival Child Protection best practice advice. In addition we will ensure the availability of a quiet area / room where concerns can be expressed in private.

6. For the duration of a Festival all teachers/parents/guardians/carers are responsible for the continuous care and supervision of their own children/pupils. If they are unable to attend personally, they must delegate their responsibilities to an identified adult and ensure that their children/pupils are aware of the identity and name of the person responsible for their care. This includes supervision throughout all Festival venues, practice and changing areas that may be provided. The Festival cannot take responsibility for any property left unattended.

7. No unauthorised photography, audio or video recording of children and young people is allowed at our Festivals. Where parents/guardians/carers do not wish photos to be taken at all, then the responsible adult attending should ensure that their child is not included in official photos.

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