2011 Festival Classes
Woodwind & Brass
Woodwind & Brass section classes in the 2011 Festival will be held on Friday 11th November from 4.15pm and Sunday 13th November all day. All classes will be held in the Ballroom. In 2011 the woodwind and brass adjudicator will be Gillian Johnston
All enquiries and entry forms to Wind Section Secretary:-
Sally Wakelin-Harkett
Pinecroft, Linkside East, Hindhead, Surrey GU26 6NY
Tel. 01428 608329
Gillian Johnston is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After a period of freelance playing as a bassoonist, Gill turned her attention to teaching. She built up an enviable instrumental department at Stratford House School in Bromley and started to organise holiday courses for the players. With her husband David, then Head of Woodwind for the London Borough of Barnet, she created Harpenden Musicale (www.musicale.co.uk), now probably the country’s largest private community music centre with over 1000 pupils a week ranging from Monkey Music for babies to enthusiastic pupils well past retirement age. Musicale also embraces ‘Musicale Holidays’ and has a fully stocked music shop, specialising in the education market. Gill is co-founder of the National Children’s Wind and Chamber Orchestras (www.ncwo.org.uk), running courses every Easter at Queenswood School in Hertfordshire, followed by concerts at home and abroad. Gill is passionately interested in encouraging children to ‘make music’ and thoroughly enjoys adjudicating at festivals all over the country.
She has four children, all of whom are professional musicians, Guy a BBC Young Musician, Magnus a BBC New Generation Artist, Rupert a Shell/LSO Gerald McDonald winner and Izzy of Simon Cowell’s ‘Escala’. When not busy with their own projects, Gill and David enjoy following their children’s musical exploits both at home and abroad.
Woodwind:- Recorder, Flute, Oboe, Cor Anglais, Bassoon, Clarinet, Saxaphone
Brass:- Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Tuba, Euphonium, Cornet, Tenor Horn etc.
Woodwind and Brass will be adjudicated separately if there are sufficient entries
Class times for 2011 are in the table below
| BRASS CLASSES | Fee | ||
| BEGINNERS (not more than 4 terms tuition by 1st September 2010) | |||
| WB1 | any age | 2 mins | £4.00 |
| SOLO (1 piece or 2 short movements) (competitors who have gained Grade VIII onwards should not enter Classes WB2 – WB5 inclusive) | |||
| WB2 | 12 & under | 3 mins | £5.00 |
| WB3 | 15 & under 11th November 7.00pm | 5 mins | £6.00 |
| WB4 | 18 & under | 8 mins | £7.00 |
| WB5 | any age | 10 mins | £8.00 |
| WOODWIND AND RECORDER | |||
| BEGINNERS (not more than 4 terms tuition by 1st September 2010) | |||
| WB6 | any age 11th November 6.10pm | 2 mins | £4.00 |
| SOLO (1 piece or 2 short movements) (competitors who have gained Grade VIII onwards should not enter Classes WB2 – WB5 inclusive) | |||
| WB7 | 12 & under 13th November 10.00am | 3 mins | £5.00 |
| WB8 | 15 & under 11th November 7.00pm | 5 mins | £6.00 |
| WB9 | 18 & under 11th November 7.30pm | 8 mins | £7.00 |
| WB10 | any age 11th November 7.30pm | 10 mins | £8.00 |
| WOODWIND AND BRASS OWN CHOICE NON-COMPETITIVE | |||
| WB11 | Grades 1-3 (Elementary) 13th November 11.00am | 3 mins | £4.00 |
| WB12 | Grades 4-5 (Intermediate) 13th November 11.35am | 5 mins | £5.00 |
| WB13 | Grades 6-8 (Advanced) 13th November 11.35am | 8 mins | £6.00 |
| DUETS (any combination of instruments, may be accompanied, the fee is per pair) | |||
| WB14 | Grades 1-3 (Elementary) 13th November 1.30pm | 3 mins | £6.00 |
| WB15 | Grades 4-5 (Intermediate) 13th November 1.30pm | 5 mins | £7.00 |
| WB16 | Grades 6-8 (Advanced) 13th November 1.30pm | 8 mins | £8.00 |
| JAZZ STYLE (Improvisation welcomed) | |||
| WB17 | 12 & under 13th November 2.00pm | 3 mins | £5.00 |
| WB18 | 15 &under | 5 mins | £6.00 |
| WB19 | 18 & under | 8 mins | £7.00 |
| WB20 | any age | 10 mins | £8.00 |
| BAROQUE (1 piece or 2 short movements) | |||
| WB21 | open 13th November 2.25pm | 10 mins | £8.00 |
| CLASSICAL (1 piece or 2 short movements) | |||
| WB22 | open | 10 mins | £8.00 |
| ROMANTIC (1 piece or 2 short movements) | |||
| WB23 | open | 10 mins | £8.00 |
| CONTEMPORARY (any piece composed within the last 100 years, excluding jazz style) | |||
| WB24 | open | 10 mins | £8.00 |
| CONCERTO | |||
| WB25 | any age (1 or 2 movements) 13th November 4.00pm | 10 mins | £8.00 |
| ADVANCED CLASS (for competitors who are working towards or who have gained a Diploma) | |||
| WB26 | (1 piece or 2 short movements) | 10 mins | £8.00 |
| JUNIOR RECITAL – Medal awarded at Adjudicator’s discretion | |||
| (2 or 3 contrasting pieces) | |||
| WB27 | 15 & under 13th November 4.30pm | 10 mins | £10.00 |
| (15 year olds may enter only one Recital Class) | |||
| SENIOR RECITAL | |||
| WB28 | 15 - 21 years 13th November 5.45pm | 15 mins | £15.00 |
| The programme should consist of 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 | |||
2011 will be the first year of the June Fielding Bursary - value £500 | |||
