Year 2021

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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 27/04/2021
09:15 AM IG8
Music Making (Orchestras) (Up to Year 6)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Twenty or more players. Teachers excluded. Own choice. Time limit 10 minutes.

IG2
Instrumental Small Ensemble (Years 1 to 6)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Not more than eight players (not more than half brass) which may include
piano. Own choice. Time limit 5 minutes.

IG5
Music Making (Yrs 1 to 6)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Nine or more players. Vocals permitted. Teachers excluded. Own choice. Time limit 8 minutes.

IG4
Instrumental Ensemble (Up to Year 13)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Nine or more players. Any combination of instruments (not more than half
brass) which may include piano. Own choice. Time limit 10 minutes.

IG3
Instrumental Ensemble 9 or more players (Open)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Nine or more players. Any combination of instruments
(not more than half brass) which may include piano or voice. Time limit 10 minutes.

IG6
Music Making (Orchestras) (Years 7 to 13)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Twenty or more players. Teachers excluded. Own choice. Time limit 15 minutes.

IG1
Instrumental Small Ensemble (Open)
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
Official accompanist:
Test: Not more than 8 players. Own choice. Time limit 10 minutes. Any combination of instruments (excluding brass) which may include piano.

02:00 PM S2
Special Soprano Solo
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist: Judith Christian
Test: Competitors will choose two songs. Each song must be taken from a different category:
a) any song by Mozart or Purcell
b) any song by Donizetti or Rossini
c) any song by Quilter or Britten

The Official Accompanist must be used.

The three highest marked entries across all classes S2, S3 and S4 and the three highest marked entrants across all classes S5, S6 and S7 will compete for the Cleveland Medal singing the same programme.

S3
Special Mezzo Soprano Solo
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist: Frank Woolley
Test: Competitors will choose two songs. Each song must be taken from a different category:
a) any song by Mozart or Purcell
b) any song by Donizetti or Rossini
c) any song by Quilter or Britten

The Official Accompanist must be used.

The three highest marked entries across all classes S2, S3 and S4 and the three highest marked entrants across all classes S5, S6 and S7 will compete for the Cleveland Medal singing the same programme.

S4
Special Contralto Solo
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist: Jill Collings
Test: Competitors will choose two songs. Each song must be taken from a different category:
a) any song by Mozart or Purcell
b) any song by Donizetti or Rossini
c) any song by Quilter or Britten

The Official Accompanist must be used.

The three highest marked entries across all classes S2, S3 and S4 and the three highest marked entrants across all classes S5, S6 and S7 will compete for the Cleveland Medal singing the same programme.

A1(a)
Musical Composition
Adjudicator: Roger Crocker
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 must arrange a performance of their piece either as a live performance or a pre-recorded audio file the playing of which will need to be arranged in advance by the competitor. The piece to be judged on the written composition. Performance to follow the adjudication. All compositions must be submitted with the entry form or online by Saturday 6th February 2021. Recordings of the original composition must also be sent to the Entries Secretary but the closing date. The format is at the competitor's discretion but must be playable by the adjudicator via either use of an app or a CD or USB drive.
1. Markus Boyd
2. Marilyn Cannell
3. Tima To Dance

06:00 PM JS9
Girls' Solo (Years 11 to 13)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
Test: "Till there was You" from 'The Music Man' by Wilson (The Broadway Ingenue: 37 Theatre Songs for Soprano - Hal Leonard - Faber) or (Musical Theatre for Young Women Singers - Hal Leonard HLE90001476 - 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

JS11
Songs from the Musicals (Years 9 to 13)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist: Madeline Kelly
Test: All voices. Own choice.