Year 2021

09:15 AM		SC1a
String Class - Violin & Viola (Grades 1 to 2)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
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 years of age.

		SC1b
String Class - Cello and Double Bass (Grades 1 to 2)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
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.

		SC1c
String Class - Plucked Strings (Grades 1 to 2)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice - Time limit 3 minutes.

		SC2a
String Class - Violin & Viola (Grades 3 to 4)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
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.

		SC2b
String Class - Cello and Double Bass (Grades 3 to 4)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
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.

		SC2c
String Class - Plucked Strings (Grades 3 to 4)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice. Time limit 5 Minutes

		SC3a
String Class (Grades 5 & above) Violin & Viola
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
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.

		SC3b
String Class (Grade 5 & above) Cello & Double Bass
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
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.

		SC3c
String Class (Grade 5 & above) Plucked Strings
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice. A balanced programme. Time limit 10 minutes.

02:00 PM		S5
Special Tenor Solo
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist: Mary Frankwick
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.

		S6
Special Baritone Solo
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist: Patricia Cullen
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.

03:30 PM		S7
Special Bass Solo
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist: Madeline Kelly
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.

06:30 PM		S9
Operatic Solo (Adult)
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
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

07:00 PM		JS12
Popular Song 1930 to Present (Years 9 to 13)
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice of song written for immediate appeal but which has become part of the long term repertoire of popular music and jazz. Excludes songs specified for other classes. Accompanied by either piano or acoustic guitar.

		S16
Popular Song 1921 - 1979 (Adult)
Adjudicator: Barry Clark
Official accompanist:
Test: Own choice of song written between 1921 and 1979 for immediate appeal but which has become part of the long term repertoire of popular music and jazz. Excludes songs specified for other classes. Only one accompanying instrument permitted. Rifle mics will be used.