About the Farnham Competitive Music Festival

This is a friendly Festival, now in its 31st year, with over 140 Classes in Singing, Piano, Strings and Woodwind & Brass (including Ensembles).  For 2009, all four sections of the Festival will again be held at Frensham Heights School, 3 miles South of Farnham centre, in beautiful grounds over-looking the Frensham valley with ample free parking space (for a map please go to the Contact Us page).

There is a Recital Competition for the title Farnham Young Musician in all four Sections which is intended to attract the more advanced performers.   These awards are presented to winners with an Outstanding grade and in the 2009 Festival those who perform at the Festival Concert will also receive a cash prize of £100.

All Sections will take place over two weekends with the Singing, Wind and Strings classes in the Regency-style Ballroom, which has wonderful  acoustics, and the Piano classes in the Performing Arts Centre using the Bsendorfer piano. The adjacent Music School has many  rooms for practice prior to participation. Light refreshments are available.

Some Classes are non-competitive and are ungraded, but still receive a constructive adjudication.

The 2009 Festival Concert will be held in the Performing Arts Centre so that a larger audience may enjoy the opportunity of hearing a selection of the best performances.

The Festival is sponsored by the Farnham Town Council, Surrey County Council and the Lions Club of Farnham.