Year 2018

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(O - Outstanding : D - Distinction : C - Commended
M - Merit : m - Moderate : F - Fair )


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Royal Hall 25/04/2018
09:15 AM SC1a
String Class - Violin & Viola (Grades 1 to 2)
Adjudicator: Jeffrey Wynn-Davies
Official accompanist: Graham Kirkland
Test: Own choice. Time limit 3 minutes.
Award: The Geoffrey Nicks Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the best viola or double base player under 15.
1. Florence Leigh Douglas 82 M
2. Cristina Cruz-Readi Ballasalla 85 C
3. Sophie Hindson Ballacottier School 86 C
4. Thomas Gilmore Bunscoill Rhumsaa 83 M
5. Ffinlo Corkill Bunscoill Rhumsaa 82 M
6. Gypsy Quirk Mannin Music 83 M
7. Oliver Morris Bunsoill Rhumsaa 84 C

SC1b
String Class - Cello and Double Bass (Grades 1 to 2)
Adjudicator: Jeffrey Wynn-Davies
Official accompanist: Graham Kirkland
Test: Own choice. Time limit 3 minutes.
Award: Best Cello player will be awarded the Ambassador Trophy The Geoffrey Nicks Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the best viola or double base player under 15.
1. Lily Burt Marown Primary School 84 C

SC1c
String Class - Plucked Strings (Grades 1 to 2)
Adjudicator: Jeffrey Wynn-Davies
Official accompanist: Graham Kirkland
Test: Own choice - Time limit 3 minutes.
1. Maisie-Mae Kinrade Bunscoill Rhumsaa 83 M
2. Charlotte Brooks Ramsey Grammar 85 C
3. Elyse Grant Ramsey Grammar School 84 C
4. Amy Lewthwaite Bunscoill Rhumsaa 84 C
5. Jasmin Pullen Dhoon School 81 M
6. Arthur Owenson Buchan Castle Town 82 M
7. Annabel Ratcliffe Bunscoill Rhumsaa 85 C
8. Xander Shirtliff Colby 83 M
9. Ryly Roberts Bunscoill Rhumsaa 81 M
10. Sophia Shimmin Dhoon School W
11. Mia Long Bunscoill Rhumsaa 84 C
12. Lucy-May Liney Bunscoill Rhumsaa W
13. Grenya Head Castletown 84 C
14. Ruby Grant Ramsey Grammar School 87 D

SC2a
String Class - Violin & Viola (Grades 3 to 4)
Adjudicator: Christina Thompson
Official accompanist: Graham Kirkland
Test: Own choice. Time limit 5 minutes.
Award: The Geoffrey Nicks Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the best viola or double base player under 15.
1. Xander Shirtliff Colby 86 C
2. Abigail Radcliffe Mannin Music 85 C

SC2c
String Class - Plucked Strings (Grades 3 to 4)
Adjudicator: Jeffrey Wynn-Davies
Official accompanist: Graham Kirkland
Test: Own choice. Time limit 5 Minutes
1. Lucy Gilmore Ramsey 88 D
2. Arabella Ayen Ramsey 90 O

SC2b
String Class - Cello and Double Bass (Grades 3 to 4)
Adjudicator: Jeffrey Wynn-Davies
Official accompanist: Graham Kirkland
Test: Own choice. Time limit 5 minutes.
Award: The Geoffrey Nicks Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the best viola or double base player under 15.
1. Aalish Watts CRHS, Castletown 84 C
2. Archibald Elliott Ronague 86 C

SC3a
String Class (Grades 5 & above) Violin & Viola
Adjudicator: Jeffrey Wynn-Davies
Official accompanist: Graham Kirkland
Test: Own choice. A balanced programme. Time limit 10 minutes.
Award: The Geoffrey Nicks Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the best viola or double base player under 15.
1. Anna Glynn Castletown 86 C
2. Polly Glynn Castletown 88 D

SC3b
String Class (Grade 5 & above) Cello & Double Bass
Adjudicator: Jeffrey Wynn-Davies
Official accompanist: Graham Kirkland
Test: Own choice. A balanced programme. Time limit 10 minutes
Award: The Geoffrey Nicks Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the best viola or double base player under 15.
1. Grace Templer Santon 87 D

SC3c
String Class (Grade 5 & above) Plucked Strings
Adjudicator: Jeffrey Wynn-Davies
Official accompanist: Graham Kirkland
Test: Own choice. A balanced programme. Time limit 10 minutes.
1. James Corkhill Douglas

02:00 PM S6
Special Baritone Solo
Adjudicator: Penny Price-Jones
Official accompanist: Jill Collings
Test: (a) “Pur Dicesti, O Bocca Bella" Lotti
or
(b) “I Will Go with my Father A-ploughing" Gurney
plus
(c) Own choice
1. John Snelling Glen Maye 83 M
2. Simon Fletcher Douglas 85 C
3. David Dawson Colby 84 C
4. John Qualtrough Cheltenham 87 D
5. Arie Eisinger Lower Foxdale 85 C
6. Paul Lewin Douglas 83 M
7. John Rimmer Castleward 85 C
8. Matthew Quinn Ramsey 88 D

S5
Special Tenor Solo
Adjudicator: Penny Price-Jones
Official accompanist: Gareth Moore
Test: (a) “O Del Mio Dolce Ardor" Gluck
or
(b) “Bredon Hill" Butterworth
plus
(c) Own choice
1. Nicholas Roberts Douglas W
2. Michael Corkhill Douglas 87 D
3. Ernie Thorn Onchan 85 C

S3
Special Mezzo Soprano Solo
Adjudicator: Penny Price-Jones
Official accompanist: Graham Kirkland
Test: (a) “Vergin, Tutto Amor" Durante
or
(b) “Silent Noon" Vaughan Williams
plus
(c) Own Choice
1. Helen Prescott Douglas 85 C
2. Amy Shanahan Castletown 84 C
3. Debbie Gooding Douglas 87 D
4. Linda Corkish Onchan 86 C

06:30 PM SG4
Operatic Duet
Adjudicator: Penny Price-Jones
Official accompanist: Madeline Kelly
Test: Own choice.
1. Catherine Williamson Colby/Castletown 85 C
2. Karen Elliott Peel/Ramsey 88 D
3. Charlotte Faragher Onchan W
4. Olivia Black Douglas 86 C
5. Ruth Tickle Douglas 87 D

S9
Operatic Solo (Adult)
Adjudicator: Penny Price-Jones
Official accompanist: Madeline Kelly
Test: Own choice to be sung in the key in which it would be sung in the opera.
Best Tenor: Robert R. Nicholl Rose Bowl.
Best Baritone: William Curphey Memorial Challenge Cup.
Best Soprano: Pat Quigley Trophy.
Best Bass: Wilkinson Cup.
Best Mezzo-Soprano: Gladys Skillicorn Rose Bowl.
Best Contralto: Lilliard Pickard Shield.
Official Accompanist must be used.
Award: Best Soprano - The Pat Quigley Trophy Best Mezzo - The Gladys Skillicorn Rose Bowl Best Contralto - The Lilian Pickard Shield Best Operatic Tenor - The Robert R Nicholl Rose Bowl Best Baritone - The William Curphey Memorial Challenge Cup Best Bass - The Wilkinson Cup
1. Simon Bampton Jurby West 84 C
2. Terence Qualtrough Castletown W
3. Debbie Gooding Douglas W
4. Emily Coates Douglas 89 D
5. Gemma Varnom Douglas W
6. Matthew Quinn Ramsey W
7. John Rimmer Castleward 85 C
8. Olivia Black Douglas W
9. Paul Lewin Douglas 84 C
10. Morag Withey Douglas 86 C
11. Andrew Williamson Ballaugh W
12. Karen Elliott Peel 88 D
13. Wendy Cregeen-Hall Preston 85 C

A1(a)
Musical Composition
Adjudicator: Penny Price-Jones
Official accompanist:
Test: To maintain a link with our cultural heritage, the challenge is to compose a piece of music for a maximum of FIVE performers on a Manx theme. Competitors may arrange a performance of their piece which will follow the adjudication.
Award:
Timothy Price was the winner in this class
1. Madeline Kelly Peel
2. Timothy Price Maughold
3. Marilyn Cannell Kirk Michael

S13a
Victorian or Edwardian (Adult) Ballad
Adjudicator: Penny Price-Jones
Official accompanist: Jill Collings
Test: Own choice of song up to 1920.
Dress optional. Time limit 5 minutes.
1. Arthur Bawden Peel 84 C
2. Arie Eisinger Lower Foxdale 85 C
3. Mike Durber Peel 86 C
4. Allan Wilcocks Douglas 87 D
5. Matthew Quinn Ramsey 86 C
6. Jean Kennish Andreas W
7. Terence Qualtrough Castletown 88 D
8. Kay Harker Douglas W
9. Andrew Williamson Ballaugh W
10. Debbie Gooding Douglas 85 C
11. Peter Cringle Kirk Michael 85 C
12. Simon Bampton Jurby West 84 C
13. Kenneth Bawden Baldrine W