Year 2021

Please click on the highlighted date to the right
to see the Guild results for that date
(O - Outstanding : D - Distinction : C - Commended
M - Merit : m - Moderate : F - Fair )


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Royal Hall 26/04/2021
09:15 AM P6
Piano Solo (Grades 1 & 2)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: EITHER "Cod Calypso" OR "The Snake Charmer" taken from 'Upgrade! Grades 1 to 2' by Pam Wedgwood

09:45 AM P7
Piano Solo - Own Choice (Grades 1 to 2)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice of any piece from the 2017/18 or 2019/20 ABRSM syllabus Grades 1-2. Time limit 5 minutes.

P10
Piano Solo (Grades 3 & 4)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: EITHER "Wild Bill Hiccup" OR "Brighton Boogie" taken from 'Upgrade! Grades 2 to 3 'by Pam Wedgwood

P10a
Piano Solo Own Choice (Grades 3 & 4)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Any piece from the 2017/18 or 2019/20 Grade 3 or 4 ABRSM Syllabus

11:45 AM P11
Piano Solo (Grades 5 & 6)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: EITHER "Of Foreign Lands and People" Op 15 No 1 by Schumann OR "To a Wild Rose" from Woodland Sketches Op 51 by Edward McDowell OR "Soiree Polka" by Stephen Collins Foster from Encore Grades 5-6.

P12
Piano Solo (Grades 5 & 6)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Any piece from 2017/18 or 2019/20 ABRSM Grade 5 or 6 syllabus

02:00 PM P18
Piano Solo - Memory (Up to Year 10)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice. Time limit 5 minutes.


P15
Piano Solo (Grades 7 & 8)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: "Prelude" from English Suite in A Minor. J.S. Bach. Schirmer

02:30 PM P4
Piano Duet (Years 1 to 6)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice. Time limit 4 minutes.

02:45 PM P8
Piano Duet (Up to Year 8)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Own Choice. Time limit 5 minutes.

P13
Piano Duet (Up to Year 10)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice. Time limit 6 minutes.

06:00 PM S13a
Victorian or Edwardian (Adult) Ballad
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice of song up to 1920.
Dress optional. Time limit 5 minutes.

SG4
Operatic Duet
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice.

SG3
Mixed Voice Duet
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice excluding operatic song. The winners of this class will perform in the Duets final to compete for the Billown Rose Bowl.

SG1
Ladies Voice Duet
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice excluding operatic song. The winners of this class will perform in the Duets final to compete for the Billown Rose Bowl.

SG2
Male Voice Duet
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice excluding operatic song.The winners of this class will perform in the Duets final to compete for the Billown Rose Bowl.

SG5
Any Voice Trio
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice.

SG7
Quartet - T.T.B.B
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice

SG11
Quartet S.S.A.A
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice

SG6
Quartet - S.A.T.B
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice


Promenade Suite 26/04/2021
09:15 AM JS1
Boys Treble Solo (Years 1 to 4)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
Test: "Smile" from 'Modern Times' by Chaplin, Turner and Parsons (The Songs of Charlie Chaplin - Bourne IB419351) or (Stage and Screen - The Black Book - Wise AM92249). The winner of this class will compete for the Sheffield Plate.
Award: The winners of Classes JS1 to JS9 will compete for the Sheffield Plate

JS4
Girls Solo (Years 1 to 2)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
Test: "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" from 'Cinderella' (Cinderella Vocal Selection - Hal Leonard HLD003594478 - Music Sales) or (The ABRSM Songbook) or (The New Illustrated Treasury of Disney Songs (6th Edition) Hal Leonard HL00313100 - Music Sales)
The winner of this class will compete for the Sheffield Plate.
Award: The winners of Classes JS1 to JS9 will compete for the Sheffield Plate

JSG2
Duet (Years 3 to 6)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice

02:00 PM S18
Lieder
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist: Madeline Kelly
Test: Own choice of a Lieder song. May be sung in English or German. Please state voice on form. The official accompanist must be used.
The competitor gaining the highest marks overall in the Lieder class will be awarded the
F. M. Cubbon Rose Bowl.
Best Soprano Wilcocks Rose Bowl. Best Mezzo Elsie Burrows Trophy. Best Contralto Margaret Christian Trophy. Best Tenor Jack Jolley Memorial Trophy. Best Baritone Anne Crowe Cup. Best Bass R. J. Crellin Trophy.
Award: The competitor gaining the highest marks overall in the Lieder class will be awarded the F. M. Cubbon Rose Bowl. Best Soprano Wilcocks Rose Bowl. Best Mezzo Elsie Burrows Trophy. Best Contralto Margaret Christian Trophy. Best Tenor Jack Jolley Memorial Trophy. Best Baritone Anne Crowe Cup. Best Bass R. J. Crellin Trophy.

S19
Lieder Voice and Piano (Adult)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice. No competitor may appear more than once as a singer or as an accompanist. The pianist will be judged with the singer. Singer first on entry form.
Award: The Elsa Lloyd trophy will also be awarded to the best pianist.

06:30 PM P21
Piano Duet - Any Age
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice. Time limit 8 minutes.

P23
Piano Accompaniment - Any Age
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Competitors are required to bring their own soloist and perform a piece of not more than 4 minutes duration, from which the quality of the
accompaniment will be judged.

P19a
Piano Solo - Memory (Years 11 to 13)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice. Time limit 6 minutes.

P19b
Piano Solo - Memory (Adult)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice. Time limit 8 minutes.

P16
Piano Solo (Year 11 and Over)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice: Any ONE piece by a Russian composer.

P20
Piano Solo - Any Age
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: EITHER "Minstrels" from Preludes Book 1 Debussy, Schott or Unite Music OR "To the Spring" from Lyric Pieces. Grieg. Schott Music.


Broadway Cinema 26/04/2021
09:15 AM D3
Reading from the Bible (Years 9 to 13)
Adjudicator: Philip Thrupp
Official accompanist:
Test: Competitors will read either
(a) Psalm 46 OR (b) Matthew Ch 18 vs 1-10

D26
The Spoken Word (Years 9 & 10)
Adjudicator: Philip Thrupp
Official accompanist:
Test: EITHER (a) "Daffodils" by William Wordsworth from 'I am the Seed that Grew the Tree' selected by Fiona Walters.
OR (b) "The Trees" by Philip Larkin
Copies available from the Secretary.
Award: The first and second placed competitors in this class will go on to complete in the Spoken Word Final for the Pat Corrin Memorial Trophy

D35
Reading at Sight (Yrs 7 to 9)
Adjudicator: Philip Thrupp
Official accompanist:

02:00 PM D30
Shakespeare (Yrs 10 to 13)
Adjudicator: Philip Thrupp
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice.
Competitors are required to memorise and speak a single speech from one character from any play by Shakespeare. Time limit 5 minutes including announcements. NOT in costume. Entry form details must include play, act, scene and character. Copy must be provided for adjudicator.

D36
Reading at Sight (Yrs 10 to 13)
Adjudicator: Philip Thrupp
Official accompanist:

D15
Duologue (Years 9 to 13)
Adjudicator: Philip Thrupp
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice. Time limit 8 minutes with a minimum of 4 minutes. No scenery or properties, excepting table, chairs and minimum props integral to the performance. Costume optional.

06:30 PM D27
The Spoken Word (Years 11 to 13)
Adjudicator: Philip Thrupp
Official accompanist:
Test: Any poem or extract of poem by any poet. Time limit 3 minutes.
Copies of selected poems must be provided with the entry. In the case of on line entries please submit to the Secretary.
Award: The first and second placed competitors in this class will go on to complete in the Spoken Word Final for the Pat Corrin memorial Trophy

D28
The Spoken Word (Adult)
Adjudicator: Philip Thrupp
Official accompanist:
Test: Any poem or extract of poem by any poet.
Time limit 3 minutes.
Copies of selected poems must be provided with the entry. In the case of on line entries please submit to the Secretary.

D16
Duologue (Adult)
Adjudicator: Philip Thrupp
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice. Time limit 8 minutes with a minimum of 4 minutes. No scenery or properties excepting table, chairs and minimum props integral to the performance. Costume optional.

D19
Public Speaking (Adult)
Adjudicator: Philip Thrupp
Official accompanist:
Test: Title of piece to be on entry.
Competitors to speak on one of the following topics:
(a) "Is social media anti-social?"
(b) "Are we a caring society?"
(c) "Traffic calming - do we need more or less?"
Time limit 8 minutes. Title of piece to be on entry form.


St Thomas' Church 26/04/2021
06:00 PM S15
Foreign Language Art Song (Adult)
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist: Patricia Cullen
Test: Own choice in original language (exc English and German). Official Accompanist must be used.