Year 2023

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Royal Hall 26/04/2023
09:15 AM SC1a
String Class - Violin & Viola (Grades 1 to 2)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist: Wendy McDowell
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.
1. Rihanna-Rose Furlong 86 C
2. Martha Watson 81 M
3. Poppy Christian 83 M
4. Olive Roberts 84 C
5. Emma Cross W

SC1c
String Class - Plucked Strings (Grades 1 to 2)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist: Wendy McDowell
Test: Own choice - Time limit 3 minutes.
1. Aalish Kilgallon 89 D
2. Cara Rowles 84 C
3. Amelie Cowan 84 C
4. Chloe Tomlinson 86 C
5. Eleanor Lyness 84 C
6. Elsa Filer 84 C
7. Amelia McCraith 84 C
8. Amelie Kerruish 82 M
9. Amelia Mealin 82 M
10. Bella Child 80 m
11. Amelia Norman 80 m
12. Kyra Ennett 83 M
13. Ruby Williams W
14. Alecia Beech 82 M
15. Autumn Ryles 83 M

SC2a
String Class - Violin & Viola (Grades 3 to 4)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist: Wendy McDowell
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. Aelan Morgans 85 C
2. Cara Rowles 86 C
3. River Kelly-Brown 87 D
4. Max Roberts 82 M

SC2b
String Class - Cello and Double Bass (Grades 3 to 4)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist: Wendy McDowell
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. Jessica Ruby Schreuder 87 D

SC2c
String Class - Plucked Strings (Grades 3 to 4)
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist: Wendy McDowell
Test: Own choice. Time limit 5 Minutes
1. Amy Lewthwaite 85 C
2. Aristea Owenson 82 M

11:00 AM SC3a
String Class (Grades 5 & above) Violin & Viola
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist: Wendy McDowell
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. Abigail Radcliffe 86 C

SC3b
String Class (Grade 5 & above) Cello & Double Bass
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist: Wendy McDowell
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.
Grace also won the Geoffrey Nicks Memorial Trophy for the best strings performer overall
1. Grace Templer 90 O

SC3c
String Class (Grade 5 & above) Plucked Strings
Adjudicator: Kathryn Page
Official accompanist: Wendy McDowell
Test: Own choice. A balanced programme. Time limit 10 minutes.
1. Alexander Owenson 85 C

02:00 PM S2
Special Soprano Solo
Adjudicator: Sarah Jefferies
Official accompanist: Graham Kirkland
Test: Performers will choose two songs. Each song must be taken from a different category:
a) One song by Michael Head, Faure or Bach
b) One song of own choice

The official accompanist must be used for the Special Solo classes and for the Cleveland Medal.

The six highest marked entrants across all classes S2, S3, S4, S5, S6 and S7 will compete for the Cleveland Medal singing the same two songs.
1. Sarah Shimmin 86 C
2. Wendy Cregeen-Hall 84 C
3. Ellen Stewart 84 C
4. Samantha Jane Ash 87 D
5. Ruth Tickle 90 O
6. Sarah Qualtrough 88 D
7. Karen Elliott 91 O
8. Morag Withey 84 C

02:45 PM S3
Special Mezzo Soprano Solo
Adjudicator: Sarah Jefferies
Official accompanist: Frank Woolley
Test: Performers in Classes S2 to S7 will choose two songs. Each song must be taken from a different category:

a) One song by Michael Head, Faure or Bach
b) One song of own choice

The official accompanist must be used for the Special Solo classes and for the Cleveland Medal.

The six highest marked entrants across all classes S2, S3, S4, S5, S6 and S7 will compete for the Cleveland Medal singing the same two songs.
1. Linda Corkish W
2. Debbie Gooding 90 O
3. Christine Edmundson 89 D

S4
Special Contralto Solo
Adjudicator: Sarah Jefferies
Official accompanist: Frank Woolley
Test: Performers in Classes S2 to S7 will choose two songs. Each song must be taken from a different category:
a) One song by Michael Head, Faure or Bach
b) One song of own choice

The official accompanist must be used for the Special Solo classes and for the Cleveland Medal.

The six highest marked entrants across all classes S2, S3, S4, S5, S6 and S7 will compete for the Cleveland Medal singing the same two songs.
1. Angela Stewart 87 D

06:00 PM S9
Operatic Solo (Adult)
Adjudicator: Luise Horrocks
Official accompanist: David Kilgallon
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. Terence Qualtrough 86 C
2. Morag Withey 86 C
3. Michael Corkhill W
4. Neil Taverner 89 D
5. Wendy Cregeen-Hall 84 C
6. Sarah Qualtrough 87 D
7. Sarah Shimmin 87 D
8. Paul Lewin 84 C
9. Ernie Thorn 83 M
10. Timothy Asbridge 81 M
11. Matthew Quinn W
12. Arie Eisinger 86 C
13. Linda Corkish W
14. Karen Elliott 89 D
15. Debbie Gooding 91 O
16. Simon Bampton 87 D
17. John Rimmer 88 D

S16
Popular Song 1921 - 1979 (Adult)
Adjudicator: Luise Horrocks
Official accompanist: David Holland
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.
1. Maia Haddock 87 D
2. Richard Costain 86 C
3. Wendy Cregeen-Hall 81 M
4. Angela Stewart 90 O
5. Adrian Cowin 85 C
6. David Holmes 83 M
7. John Rimmer 84 C
8. Pippa Lovell 85 C
9. Kirsty Lawrence 86 C
10. Norman Locke 82 M
11. David G Williams 86 C
12. Terence Qualtrough W
13. Simon Bampton 84 C