Singing
Singing section classes in the 2010 Festival will be held on Friday 19th November from 4.15pm, Saturday 20th November all day and Sunday 21st November all day. All classes will be held in the Ballroom
Singing adjudicator: Jonathan Willcocks
All enquiries and entry forms to Singing Secretary:-
Mrs Pauline Wells
Hartswell, Tilford Road, Churt, Farnham, Surrey GU10 2LL
Tel. 01428 604219
Jonathan Willcocks was born in Worcester and after early musical training as a chorister at King’s College Cambridge and an Open Music Scholarship at Clifton College he took an Honours degree in Music from Cambridge University where he held a choral scholarship at Trinity College. His career has combined conducting (especially of choral music and vocal music) with extensive composition work and he has also held major posts in general and specialist music education – most recently as Director of the JuniorAcademy at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His extensive choral and orchestral conducting experience results in many invitations to take choral workshops and adjudicate competitions and festivals and in 2008 he served as Chairman of the Jury for the prestigious Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Choral Competition in Toronto and Montreal.
| Fee | |||||
| OWN CHOICE - One item within the time limit | |||||
| S1 | 10 & under Girls | 4 mins | £4.00 | ||
| S2 | 10 & under Boys | 4 mins | £4.00 | ||
| S3 | 12 & under Girls | 4 mins | £5.00 | ||
| S4 | 14 & under Boys | 4 mins | £5.00 | ||
| S5 | 14 & under Girls | 5 mins | £5.00 | ||
| S6 | 18 & under Boys | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S7 | 18 & under Girls | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S8 | 18 & under Duet | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| ANY AGE - One item within the time limit | |||||
| S9 | Elizabethan | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S10 | Baroque (inc. Purcell and Arne) | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S11 | Classical (18th C ie Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven) | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S12 | Operatic | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S13 | Oratorio (Recitative and Aria, inc. Bach) | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S14 | Lieder (any lied by Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Wolf and Richard Strauss) | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S15 | Folk Song (accompanied or unaccompanied) | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S16 | English Song | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S17 | Foreign Language Song (excluding lieder) | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S18 | Sacred Song | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S19 | Songs from the Shows | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S20 | Jazz Song (excluding Musicals) | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S21 | Operetta (inc. Gilbert & Sullivan) | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S22 | Professional (a Class for competitors with diplomas or studying for diplomas. A high standard will be expected) | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S23 | Duet | 5 mins | £6.00 | ||
| S24 | Chamber Choir (maximum 20 singers, 2 contrasting songs) | 10 mins | £10.00 | ||
| RECITAL - YOUNG MUSICIAN AWARD - The Bertha Hann Award | |||||
| S25 | 16 - 21 years | 15 mins | £15.00 | ||
| The programme should be a contrasting repertoire of 2 or 3 pieces | |||||
| Marks will be awarded for performance, programme and presentation | |||||
| The YOUNG MUSICIAN AWARD is given only for an "Outstanding" performance | |||||
| To qualify for the £100 cash prize YOUNG MUSICIAN AWARD WINNERS must perform in the Festival concert on Sunday December 12th 2010 | |||||
| SENIOR RECITAL CLASS | |||||
| S26 | 40 years & over | 15 mins | £15.00 | ||
| The programme should be a contrasting repertoire of 2 or 3 pieces | |||||
| Marks will be awarded for performance, programme and presentation | |||||
| 2010 will be the 7th year of the | |||||
| The Sheila Armstrong Award for the Most Promising Young Singer | |||||
| This highly prestigious annual prize will be awarded, entirely at the Adjudicator's | |||||
| discretion, at the close of the singing classes | |||||
| The winner of the Young Musician, Bertha Hann Award, is not eligible | |||||
| BARBERSHOP QUARTETS (separate entry form required) | |||||
| If there are only a few entries this section will be incorporated into the main timetable | |||||
| S27 | 2 contrasting songs | 10 mins | £12.00 | ||
