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Burnley Festival Speech & Music Syllabus 9th & 10th March 2018
Closing date for entries is Saturday January 20th
Burnley Campus, Barden Lane, Burnley, BB10 1JD
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Page SPEECH & DRAMA Acting Solo 4 Beginners Please 7 Bible Reading 5 Drama 8 Excerpt from a Musical 8 Group Speaking 4 Impromptu Storytelling 7 My Favourite Poem 7 Nursery Rhyme 6 Parents’ Class 6 Poetry Reading 7 Prose Speaking 8 Recital 7 Shakespeare 5 Solo Comedy 7 Sonnet 4 Spiritual Reading 6 Unprepared Reading 5 Verse Speaking 6
Page MUSIC Choirs 14 Jazz Piano 13 Piano Solo 13 Piano Solo (graded) 13 Piano Recital 13 Piano Four Hands 13 Piano in Ensemble 13 Vocal (Any Age) 15 Vocal (Age Specific) 16/17 TROPHIES & AWARDS 2/3 VENUE 2 ADJUDICATION MARKS 3 MAKING YOUR ENTRY 8 OUR ADJUDICATORS 9/12 SAFEGUARDING POLICY 20
PRESIDENT: His Worship the Mayor CHAIRMAN: Mr T G Burrows MBE VICE-CHAIRMAN: Mrs S McDonald SECRETARY Mrs Jayne Buchanan, Broadmeadow Cottage, Knowsley Lane, Edgworth, Bolton. BL7 0JH Tel: 07919894013 [email protected] TREASURER Miss Lynne Halstead Tel: 01282 614676 Little Ethersall, Halifax Road, Nelson, BB9 0EQ EMAIL [email protected]
The Festival Team
INDEX
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ADJUDICATORS (biographies on pages (9 &12)
Speech & Drama Susan Mackay ALAM, LLAM, LLAM(TD)
Carol Schroder LLAM, PGCE, MSTSD(Adj) Vocal & Choral
Elizabeth Emberson AGSM, CTABRSM Anne Marshall MA, LRAM, PGCE
Piano Samuel Hudson
ACCOMPANISTS
Robin Humphreys, BMus (Hons), PPRNCM Timothy Kennedy, MA(Cantab), FRCO
Friday 9h March 2018 (Choral Classes only) Saturday 10th March 2018 Speech & Music Classes
VENUE
Thomas Whitham Sixth Form, Burnley Campus, Barden Lane, Burnley. BB10 1JD
CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES SATURDAY JANUARY 20th 2018
ENTRIES: Miss L Halstead, ‘Little Ethersall’, Halifax Rd, Nelson, BB9 0EQ Tel: 01282 614676 ENQUIRIES SPEECH Mrs J Buchanan Tel: 0791 9894013 ENQUIRIES MUSIC Miss L Halsted Tel: 01282 614676
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Winners of all classes receive prizes as follows: 1st Trophy & Certificate, 2nd Certificate, 3rd Certificate
In addition Gold & Silver medals will be awarded to 1st & 2nd Prizewinners under 19 years of age (except classes 1, 2 & 3). Medals will be available to Adult 1st & 2nd Prizewinners on request. THE GEORGE FENTON & ANNIS WATSON AWARDS: The George
Fenton Trophy will be awarded to the most promising entrant under 19 years in the Shakespeare classes - i.e. class 38, 39 & 40. The adjudicator's decision will be final and the trophy cannot be won on a further occasion by the same competitor. A book token to the value of £10 will also be awarded as a result of a bequest by the late Miss Annis Watson.
LAWRENCE HERBERT TROPHY awarded to the overall winner at the end of the Festival. See point 3c, page 19, for details
BURNLEY GILBERT & SULLIVAN TROPHY will be awarded to the competitor who gains the highest mark in classes 13, 14, 15, 71 & 72.
WHAT CAN I WIN? - Speech & drama
OUR VENUE
Burnley Campus is slightly out of the town centre. Please see www.burnleyfestival.co.uk for a map. It is easily accessible from the M65 via the A6068. There is plenty of free parking at the venue. You will be performing in bright modern classrooms or lecture theatres with raked seating. Our accompanists use digital pianos. The college runs its own refectory serving light snacks throughout the day. There is ample seating both there and elsewhere on the ground floor. A lift and stairs give access to upper performance rooms. Admission for all days of the festival is £3 for adults per day - under 14s and competitors free. Your guests are very welcome and we do hope you will enjoy listening to other performers when you are not performing yourself. Should you have any queries about the Festival, please contact the Secretary or Email [email protected]
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The following mark descriptors are used on adjudication sheets; 75 - 77 Fair A performance limited in its communication 78 - 80 Moderate A performance showing development of
technique and/or communication 81 - 83 Merit A capable performance showing some artistic
appreciation and/or technical ability 84 - 86 Commended A convincing performance, technically and
artistically 87 - 89 Distinction An excellent performance, technically and
artistically 90+ An exceptional performance, both technically
and artistically
HOW WILL I BE MARKED?
Winners of all classes receive prizes as follows: 1st Certificate, 2nd Certificate, 3rd Certificate
In addition a medal will be awarded to 1st Prizewinners up to and including 18 years of age (except choral and ‘Any Age’ classes). Mabel Nuttall Award An award to the value of £50 will be given
to the most promising young pianist, to be chosen by the adjudicator, from competitors In classes 120 - 125, 132 & 137.
Joseph Lucas Trophy The winner will be chosen by the Adjudicator from classes 174 - 177 when these
Classes are complete. Junior Piano Trophy The winner will be chosen by the Adjudicator
from classes 120 - 125. Junior Vocal Trophy The winner will be chosen by the Adjudicator
from classes 160 - 164. Norman Tattersall Trophy Winner of class 180 Rose Bowl Winner of class 181 Haythornthwaite Trophy Winner of class 151 ‘Primary School Choirs’ Burnley Express Shield Winner of class 152 ‘School, Youth &
College Choirs’ Edith Hurley Trophy Winner of class 153 ‘Novice Choirs’ Burnley Express Shield Winner of class 154 ‘Any Age Choirs’ Keith Cup Winner of class 155 ‘Pop, Rock, Gospel or
Soul Choirs’ Renée Halstead Choral Trophy & £100 Winner of class 156 Choir Recital Ellen Clark Trophy Winner of class 157 ‘Special Needs Choir’
WHAT CAN I WIN? - Music
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GROUP SPEAKING Choirs must consist of not fewer than 6 voices. CLASS 1 Up to and including 7 years £8.00 Either (a) ‘Buzz, Buzz’ - John Mole (‘The Works, Key Stage 1) Or (b) ‘It’s the Cougar in the Hoover’ - Judith Green (‘A First Poetry Book’) And Own choice poem suitable for group speaking CLASS 2 Age 8 - 14 years £8.00 Either (a) ‘Rat it Up’ - Adrian Mitchell (The Works, Key Stage 2) Or (b) ‘There’s a Monster in the Garden’ - David Harmer (The Works) And Own choice poem suitable for group speaking CLASS 3 15 years and over (Adult groups welcome in this class) £8.00 Either (a) ‘Macavity: The Mystery Cat’ - T S Elliot (The Works) Or (b) ‘Still I Rise’ - Maya Angelou (LAMDA Anthology Vol. 16) And Own choice poem suitable for group speaking SONNET CLASS 4 Open class Own choice of Sonnet £6.50 ACTING SOLO Own choice from any play, excluding Shakespeare. Competitors must state the title and author on the entry form and enclose a copy. Hand props, but not costumes, are allowed. CLASS 11 Up to and including 8 years £4.50 Not to exceed 3 minutes CLASS 12 Age 9 to 11 years £4.50 Not to exceed 4 minutes CLASS 13 Age 12 to 15 years £5.00 Not to exceed 5 minutes CLASS 14 Age 16 to 18 years £5.50 Not to exceed 5 minutes CLASS 15 19 years and over £6.00 Not to exceed 5 minutes
SPEECH & DRAMA CLASSES
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BIBLE READING From the New International or Revised Standard Version CLASS 16 Age 8 to 9 years £4.50 Either (a) Psalm 27 vv 1 - 5 Or (b) Luke 9 vv 1- 6 CLASS 17 Age 10 - 11 yrs £4.50 Either (a) Psalm 40 Or (b) Matthew 7 vv 15 - 23 CLASS 18 Age 12 to 16 years £5.00 Either (a) Psalm 42 Or (b) Mark 14 vv 66 - 72 From the Authorised Version CLASS 19 Age 17 years and over £6.50 Either (a) Psalm 59
Or (b) John 2 vv 1 - 11 UNPREPARED READING Competitors will be given the opportunity to read the prose piece through, under supervision, outside the competition room. CLASS 20 Up to and including 9 years £4.50 CLASS 21 Age 10 to 12 years £4.50 CLASS 22 Age 13 to 16 years £5.50 SHAKESPEARE Own choice, not to exceed time shown. Copy must be sent with entry. Hand props, but not costumes, are allowed. CLASS 38 Up to and including 12 years £4.50 Not to exceed 3 minutes CLASS 39 Age 13 to 15 years £5.50
Not to exceed 4 minutes CLASS 40 Age 16 to 18 years £6.00
Not to exceed 5 minutes CLASS 41 19 years and over £6.50
Not to exceed 5 minutes
Competitors are reminded that ‘own choice’ pieces must not contain any language or material which is likely to cause offence to the audience and must not exceed the time limit.
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VERSE SPEAKING FROM MEMORY A copy of the set poem(s) may be obtained by email from Jayne Buchanan ([email protected]). Copies of own choice poems must be sent with entry form. CLASS 27 Up to and including 6 years £4.50 Either (a) ‘The Music of the Wind’ - Wes Magee (The Works, Key Stage 1) Or (b) ‘My Baby Sister’ - Marian Swinger (A First Poetry Book) CLASS 27a Up to and including 6 years £4.50 Own Choice CLASS 28 Age 7 - 8 years £4.50 Either (a) ‘Wildlife’ - Peter Dixon (A First Poetry Book) Or (b) ‘My Hands’ - Jo Peters (The Works) CLASS 28a Age 7 - 8 years £4.50 Own Choice CLASS 30 Age 9 - 10 years £4.50 Either (a) ‘Dear Mum’ - Brian Patten (The Works) Or (b) ‘A Fierce Pirate Crew’ - Eleanor McLeod (LAMDA Anthology Volume 17) CLASS 30a Age 9 - 10 years £4.50 Own Choice CLASS 32a Age 11 - 12 years £4.50 Own Choice CLASS 34a Age 13 - 14 years £5.00 Own Choice CLASS 35a Age 15 years and over £5.50 Own Choice NURSERY RHYMES Own choice of two Nursery Rhymes CLASS 43 Up to and including Year 2 £4.50 SPIRITUAL READING Own choice of a Spiritual Reading from any source, not to exceed 3 minutes. CLASS 46 Open - any age £6.50 PARENTS OF COMPETITORS CLASS Own choice of a poem to be read, not to exceed 3 minutes. CLASS 47 Open - any age £6.50
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SOLO COMEDY Own choice of Poem, Prose, Monologue or Drama. Not to exceed 5 minutes. Competitors must state the title and author on the entry form and enclose a copy. CLASS 52 Up to and including 16 years £5.50 CLASS 53 Age 17 years and over £6.50
MY FAVOURITE POEM The poem chosen may be read or spoken from memory. A copy of the poem must be sent with the Entry Form. Not to exceed 4 minutes CLASS 54 Up to and including 10 years £4.50 CLASS 55 Age 11 years and over £6.50
POETRY READING Own choice of a poem by either of the set poets. A copy of the poem must be sent with the Entry Form. Not to exceed 4 minutes CLASS 56 Up to and including 10 years £4.50 Peter Dixon or Clare Bevan CLASS 57 Age 11 years and over . £6.50 Roald Dahl or James Reeves
RECITAL A poem (spoken from memory), plus an acted piece, plus a prepared reading of prose (Kindle allowed) - all on a theme of the competitor’s choice. Material may not be used in any other class. Copies of all passages must be sent with the entry form. Not to exceed 10 minutes in total CLASS 60 Up to and including 10 years £6.00 CLASS 61 Age 11 years and over £8.00
IMPROMPTU STORYTELLING Competitors will be given 3 objects or words and have 5 minutes to prepare a story incorporating them all. Story must not exceed 4 minutes. CLASS 62 Up to and including 10 years £4.50 CLASS 63 Age 11 years and over £6.50
BEGINNERS PLEASE For ‘First Time’ participation at the Festival. Own choice of prose or poem, to be read. Not to exceed 3 minutes. A copy of the piece to be sent with the Entry Form. CLASS 64 Up to and including 10 years £4.50 CLASS 65 Age 11 years and over £6.50
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DRAMA Own Choice of an extract from a Classical or Modern Drama script. 2, 3 or 4 players. Hand props allowed Not to exceed 6 minutes A copy of the piece to be sent with the Entry Form. CLASS 66 Up to and including 10 years £4.50 CLASS 67 Age 11 years and over £6.50 PROSE READING Own choice, not to exceed 4 minutes. A copy of the piece to be sent with the Entry Form.
CLASS 69 Up to and including 10 years £4.50 CLASS 70 Age 11 years and over £6.50 EXCERPT FROM A MUSICAL To include speech and song. Performers to provide the equipment and arrange the operation of an instrumental backing track, if required. Solo, ensemble or group performance. Own Choice. Not to exceed 6 minutes. Hand props allowed. A copy of the piece to be sent with the Entry Form. CLASS 71 Up to and including 15 years £5.50 CLASS 72 16 years and over £6.50 CLASS 73 Group or ensemble £8.00
1 MAKING YOUR ENTRY a. Entries will close on Saturday 20th January 2018 b. Each performer must use a separate entry form. (This may be a
photocopy or can be downloaded from www.burnleyfestival.co.uk.) The age of the performer, if under 19 years of age, must be clearly stated on the form. Age to be reckoned on the day of the festival.
c. Entries will not be accepted unless accompanied by the appropriate fees. All cheques to be made payable to 'Burnley Festival'. Be aware of postage costs as insufficient postage may delay your entry.
d. You may make only one entry in any class. No piece, either set or own choice may be performed in two classes. If you wish to change an own choice piece from that stated on a submitted entry form, be aware that acceptance of any change is at the discretion of the committee.
e. Teachers are asked to advise their pupils of these points. f. Teachers or parents of entrants with limited physical capabilities or
special needs should make these known on the entry form.
WHAT I NEED TO DO TO ENTER
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S usan Mackay For 10 years Susan ran The Fylde Stage School teaching levels of RAD and ISTD dance and LAMDA Speech and
Drama before graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. After seasons in Repertory Theatre, touring and T.V she decided that it was time to realise other dreams. She now directs Upstage Drama, teaching Speech and Drama, GCSE Drama, Upstage Young Peoples Theatre and Bare Boards Theatre Company. She is an adjudicator member of the British and International Federation of Festivals and has served as a deputy on the Adjudicators Council. Susan sees her role as an adjudicator as a combination of bringing new ideas and approaches to text and performance as well as fresh encouragement to every participant. She feels that everyone should leave a festival with a sense of achievement.
OUR ADJUDICATORS
C arol Schroder. Working in the professional theatre, television and cabaret, Carol produced her one woman show. She teaches
presentation skills in commerce and industry and has taught ESL, SEN and drama at schools and colleges including Guildford School of Acting, Grandison College and, for 22 years, at Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts and, until 2007, Croham Hurst School, Croydon. Carol is an adjudicator for The British and International Federation of Festivals and examines for LAMDA throughout the UK, Ireland and worldwide.
g. MUSIC: The official accompanists must play for all solo vocal classes. Choirs and groups must provide their own accompanist or backing track.
For all set pieces, where the key is not stipulated in the syllabus, performers may use any published key. The key must be stated on the entry form. Copies of set pieces are not required by the adjudicator or accompanist.
For own choice pieces please state the title, composer and key on the entry form. Singers must send a copy of their own choice pieces for the accompanist with their entry form. It may be a photocopy but the original must be provided for the performance on the day of the festival. The music must be complete, totally legible, fastened together and marked with your name and class number.
h. SPEECH: For own choice pieces please state the title and author of the piece on the entry form and enclose a copy.
i. A programme will be sent to each performer at the end of February. Choirs will be sent two programmes.
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E lizabeth Emberson. Soprano soloist, choral conductor and voice teacher; Elizabeth began singing lessons with Betty Middleton when
she was eleven years old, and quickly established herself on the Festivals circuit in the North of England, winning many prizes in the process. At eighteen she went to the Guildhall School of Music, where she studied with Joyce Newton and Anna Berenska, spending a year on the Opera Course there. Whilst at the Guildhall she won the English Song Prize; was a semi- finalist in the Susan Longfield Award and gained several scholarships for further study. On leaving the Guildhall, she studied with Erich Vertheer and John Kitchener. Using her maiden name (Watson), Elizabeth’s singing career took her all over England, France and Eire, before she decided to concentrate on her teaching career. She now teaches at a highly respected girls’ school in Oxford, as well as maintaining a thriving private practice at home.
A nne Marshall Anne grew up in a musical family on the Isle of Wight, conducting her first choir at 14 and taking part annually in
the Isle of Wight music festival. She graduated from Liverpool University, where she studied piano, singing and viola, as well as developing a strong interest in composing. She has combined a busy career as a Director of Music in comprehensive schools with singing, writing and arranging choral music. She has taught in Cheshire, London, Corby, Leicestershire and Rutland and is an experienced examiner at GCSE and A level music for the OCR board. Her compositions and arrangements are performed by the Cecilian Singers (directed by Jeremy Jackman) and many other UK choirs.
S amuel Hudson took up the post of Director of Music at Blackburn Cathedral in September 2011, where he leads one of the country’s
most ambitious Cathedral Music programmes. During his time in Blackburn so far, Samuel has directed several radio and television broadcasts, led two tours with the Cathedral Choir and Cathedral Girls’ Choir to Belgium and France, and conducted the music at the Office of the Royal Maundy, held at the Cathedral in the presence of HM The Queen in April 2014. Samuel trained as an organ scholar and music undergraduate at Girton College, Cambridge, and went on to spend over two years as Senior Organ Scholar at Wells Cathedral in Somerset, also taking on roles of accompanist and piano teacher at Wells Cathedral School, and Musical Director of a chamber choir.
OUR ADJUDICATORS
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PIANO CLASSES
PIANO SOLO Class 120 Up to and including 9 years £4.50 Own choice (not to exceed 3 mins) Class 121 Up to and including 10 years £4.50 Own choice (not to exceed 3 mins) Class 122 Up to and including 11 years £4.50 Own choice (not to exceed 3 mins) Class 123 Up to and including 12 years £4.50 Own choice (not to exceed 4 mins) Class 124 Up to and including 14 years £5.00 Own choice (not to exceed 4 mins) Class 125 Up to and including 16 years £5.50 Own choice (not to exceed 4 mins) Class 126 Any age Own Choice (Not to exceed 6 mins) £6.50 GRADED PIANO SOLO Own Choice of any piece from the current syllabus of any Examining Board. Please include title on entry form. Class 127 Grade 1 £4.50 Class 128 Grade 2 or 3 £4.50 Class 129 Grade 4 or 5 £5.00 Class 130 Grade 6 or 7 £5.50 Class 131 Grade 8 £6.50 PIANO RECITAL Own choice of a selection of a varied programme of pieces not to exceed 10 mins.in total Class 132 Up to and including16 years £5.50 Class 133 Any Age £6.50 PIANO FOUR HANDS Class 134 One performer to be up to and including 14 years (One player may be a teacher) Own choice (not to exceed 4 mins) £5.00 Class 135 Any Age Own choice (not to exceed 6 mins) £6.50 PIANO IN ENSEMBLE - Piano and another instrument (incl. voice) Piano accompaniment will be adjudicated. Class 136 Any Age Own choice (not to exceed 4 mins) £6.50 JAZZ PIANO SOLO Class 137 10 to 16 years Own choice (not to exceed 3 mins)£5.00 Class 138 Any Age Own choice (not to exceed 5 mins) £6.50
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CHORAL CLASSES
Classes 151 & 152 will be held on the Friday afternoon 9th March from 1.30 p.m. 153 - 156 will take place on Friday evening commencing at 7 p.m. Class 151 Primary School Choirs £8.00 Own choice of two contrasting pieces Class 152 School, Youth and College Choirs £8.00 Own choice of two contrasting pieces Class 153 Novice Choir Any choir which has not performed in
any affiliated festival since 2010 £8.00 Own choice of two contrasting pieces Class 154 Adult Choirs £9.00 Own choice of two contrasting pieces
Class 155 Pop, Rock, Gospel or Soul - any age £9.00 Accompanied, unaccompanied or with backing track (CD player not provided) Own choice of two contrasting pieces.
Class 156 Renee Halstead Choral Recital Class - any age £15.00 Own choice of pieces. Time limit for performance, including introduction and links, 12 minutes.
Class 157 Special Needs Group (vocal or instrumental) £9.00 - Any Age (not fewer than 3 performers). Own choice not to exceed 5 mins.
When choosing music, please ensure that it does not exceed any time limit stated for the class. Marks will be deducted if the time
limit is exceeded (see point 2g, page 18, for time penalties)
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VOCAL CLASSES - ANY AGE Class 174 British Composers (any age) £6.50 Own Choice. Must not be a piece set elsewhere
in this syllabus) (not to exceed 5 mins)
Class 175 Aria from Oratorio or Sacred Work £6.50 or any Sacred Song (any age) Own Choice (not to exceed 6 mins)
Class 176 Lieder (any age) (not to exceed 5 mins) £6.50 Own Choice of any French or German Lied
Class 177 Operatic Solo (any age) £6.50 Own Choice from any standard opera to be sung in English or original language. (not to exceed 6 mins)
Class 178 Modern Musical (any age) £6.50 Own Choice (not to exceed 4 mins)
Class 179 Folk Song (any age, self or unaccompanied) £6.50 Own Choice (not to exceed 4 mins)
Class 180 Norman Tattersall Recital Class (any age) £10.00 Own choice of 3 contrasting pieces not set
elsewhere in the syllabus or performed in another class.
(Not to exceed 12 mins. including introduction & links)
Class 181 Rose Bowl (any age) £6.50 Own choice of any song by any of the following
composers (in English or original language): Debussy, Gounod, Rossini or Tchaikovsky
(Must not be a piece set elsewhere in the syllabus)
Class 182 Light Opera (any age) (not to exceed 5 mins) £6.50 Own Choice from any operetta (including G & S)
Class 183 Celebratory Song (any age) £6.50 2018 marks 100 years since the end of the First
World War. A song about ‘peace’ in any of its meanings.
Class 184 Victorian/Edwardian Ballad Solo (any age) £6.50 Own Choice. Costumes permitted (not to exceed 5 mins)
Class 187 ‘Give us an Encore’ (any age) £6.50 Your favourite party piece (not to exceed 4 mins)
Class 188 Pop, Rock, Gospel or Soul (any age) £6.50 Accompanied, self or unaccompanied or backing track. (CD player not provided) Own Choice (not to exceed 4
mins)
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Class 160 Vocal Solo (up to and including 10 years) £4.50 ‘My Own Home’ - Sherman (With repeats) (‘’The Jungle Book’ Hal Leonard) or ‘The Crocodile’ - Jenkyns (Novello) Class 161 Vocal Solo (up to and including 12 years) £4.50 ‘The Jaguar’ - Rose/Conlon (Without repeats) (‘Yanomamo’ Josef Weinberger) or ‘The Owls’ - Jenkyns (Novello) Class 162 Vocal Solo (up to and including 14 years) £5.00 ‘’She’s like the Swallow’ arr. Carl Strommen (‘Folk songs for solo singers vol.1’ Medium High or Medium Low - Alfred) Or ‘Peter Peter’ - Bernstein (‘The Boosey & Hawkes 20th Century Easy Song Collection’ - Boosey) Class 165 Modern Musical (Up to and including 14 years) £5.00 Own Choice (not to exceed 4 mins) Class 168 Folk Song (Up to and including 14 years) £5.00 Accompanied, self- or unaccompanied Own Choice (not to exceed 3 mins) Class 163 Vocal Solo (up to and including 16 years) £5.50 ‘All things bright and beautiful’ - John Rutter (OUP) or ‘A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square’ - Manning Sherwin (‘The ABRSM songbook, Book 5) Class 166 Modern Musical (Up to and including 16 years) £5.50 Own Choice (not to exceed 4 mins) Class 189 Folk Song (Up to and including 16 years) £5.50 Accompanied, self- or unaccompanied Own Choice (not to exceed 4 mins)
VOCAL CLASSES - age specific
Up to and including 14 years
Up to and including 16 years
««Copies of Own Choice Music «« «« must be sent with Entry Form.««
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VOCAL CLASSES - age specific
Class 164 Vocal Solo (up to and including 18 years) £6.00 Any Italian Song or Aria from the 17th & 18th Centuries (various publishers) Or ‘Song to the Seals’ - Bantock (‘Key of F or G - Cramer)
Class 167 Modern Musical (16 - 18 years) £6.00 Own Choice (not to exceed 4 mins)
Class 169 Folk Song (16 - 18 years ) £6.00 Accompanied, self- or unaccompanied Own Choice (not to exceed 4 mins) Class 170 Vocal Duet (Up to and including 20 years) £6.00 Own Choice Class 171 Aria from Oratorio or Sacred Work or £6.00 any Sacred Song (Up to and including 20 years) Own Choice (not to exceed 6 mins)
Class 172 Operatic Solo (Up to and including 20 years) £6.00 Own Choice from any standard opera to be sung in English or original language. (not to exceed 6 mins )
Class 173 British Composers (Up to and including 20 years) £6.00 Own Choice (must not be a piece set elsewhere in this syllabus) (not to exceed 5 mins) Class 185 Novices (Competitors over 18 who have not £6.50 previously gained first place in any Open Solo Voice Class at any Affiliated Festival since 2010) Own Choice Class 186 Vocal Solo (60 years and over) Own choice (Not to exceed 4 mins) £6.50
You might also be interested in classes 71, 72 & 73 on page 8
‘ EXCERPT FROM A MUSICAL ’ To include speech and song.
Up to and including 20 years
Over 18 years
Over 60 years
Up to and including 18 years
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WHAT I NEED TO DO at the festival
2 AT THE FESTIVAL a. The use at any time of video recorders, any kind of camera, mobile
phones or audio recorders is forbidden b Performers must use a published copy of the music/text (not a
photocopy) in all own choice and set piece classes. Prior to a performance, a copy of own choice material must be handed to the Adjudicator’s Secretary. This may be a photocopy provided you have purchased a copy of the piece, and the publisher is on the list of those that have signed up to the Music Publishers’ Association ‘Code of Fair Practice’. Music for the Adjudicator must be complete, totally legible, fastened together and the appropriate page in a volume marked. All photocopies will be destroyed after the festival.
c. Any performer not available by the end of a class will be considered absent.
d. Any ‘coaching’ or other gesticulations to performers is forbidden. e. No food or hot drinks to be taken into competition areas.
Refreshments will be available in the foyer throughout the day. f. If any class has fewer than 4 entries, at least 83 marks must be
obtained to qualify for the first prize. g. Time limits must be adhered to. Any performance over time will be
penalised as follows:- Up to 15 secs. over—1 mark deducted 16—30 secs. over—2 marks deducted 31—45 secs. over—3 marks deducted h.Parents and teachers are asked to take responsibility for their
children. For further details of our commitment to ensuring a safe environment for children and other vulnerable adults, please see our Safeguarding Policy on page
i. The decision of the committee on all matters is final. Any representations by performers must be made to the Festival Office. Direct communication with the adjudicators is forbidden.
3 AFTER YOUR PERFORMANCE a. Trophies, medals and money prizes are awarded at the time of
adjudication. Adjudication reports and certificates are available from the Festival Office. Original copies of music which you have provided should also be collected from the office. Please do not delay the progress of the festival by trying to collect these as you leave the class.
b. Winners of trophies will be required to provide their personal details and an undertaking to return the trophy to the Trophy Secretary at least one month prior to next year’s festival. The names of winners may be entered on the plinth at their expense. Damage to the trophy while it is in their care must be paid for by the winner. Any queries may be addressed to the Trophy Secretary (Music: 01282 777947 Speech: 01282 697479)
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c SPEECH : THE LAWRENCE HERBERT TROPHY. Each adjudicator at Burnley Festival will nominate the best performance he/she has heard during each session (Classes 20, 21, 22, 64 & 65 are not eligible). These nominated performers will compete against each other at the end of the Festival’s competitions. Failure to do so will forfeit any right to the prize. The winner will be awarded the Lawrence Herbert Trophy, the Festival’s premier trophy. A previous winner will not be eligible with a current performance in the same section.
WHAT I NEED TO DO at the festival
The Festival is organised by several teams of enthusiastic volunteers. If you would like to assist, and make your opinions known, in any of our three disciplines, please let us know by ringing our General Secretary, Mrs Jayne Buchanan on 07919894013. We are indebted to our Friends for their financial support. If you would like to offer help in this way, please contact Doreen Landriau (01282 616190) or email [email protected] We hope you enjoy your time at our Festival in 2018 and would welcome your comments or suggestions.
When choosing pieces please ensure that it does not exceed any time limit stated for the class. Marks will be deducted if the time limit is exceeded (see point 2g, page 18, for time penalties). You are also reminded that pieces must not contain any language or material
which is likely to cause offence to the audience.
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Burnley Festival of Speech, Music & Stage Dance
CHILD PROTECTION POLICY
The British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech work for amateur festivals everywhere to help create thousands of educational performance opportunities for children and young people each year. The Federation, and our member Festivals, are committed to ensuring safe environments for children and young people and believe that it is always unacceptable for a child or young person to experience abuse of any kind. We recognise our responsibility to safeguard the welfare of all children and young people, by a commitment to recommend best practice which protects them. This policy applies to our Board of Trustees, paid staff, Adjudicator members, volunteers, students or anyone working on behalf of the Federation and our member Festivals. We recognise that: the welfare of the child/young person is paramount all children, regardless of age, disability, gender, racial heritage,
religious belief, sexual orientation or identity, have the right to equal protection from all types of harm or abuse
working in partnership with children, young people, their parents, carers and other agencies is essential in promoting young people’s welfare.
The purpose of the policy: to provide protection for the children and young people who participate
in our festivals, including the children of festival members to provide staff and volunteers with guidance on procedures they should
adopt in the event that they suspect a child or young person may be experiencing, or be at risk of, harm.
We will seek to safeguard children and young people by: valuing them, listening to and respecting them adopting child protection guidelines through procedures and safe
working practice for staff and volunteers recruiting staff and volunteers safely, ensuring all necessary checks are
made sharing information about child protection and safe working practice
with children, parents, staff and volunteers sharing information about concerns with agencies who need to know,
and involving parents and children appropriately providing effective management for staff and volunteers through
supervision, support and training. The Federation will review this policy each year in November in line with Safe Network guidance or sooner in light of any changes in legislation or guidance. All changes will be communicated to our member Festivals in time for the start of the new Festival year.
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Creating Safer Festivals for Everyone The Federation and its member Festivals use the following policies and
procedures to create Safer Festivals for everyone: 1. One or more designated Festival Safeguarding Officers (FSO) appointed for
each Federation Festival. For Burnley Festival this is Mrs Lindsay Entwistle (07866 983370)
2. Best practice advice in the form of Safe Working Practice and Festival Child Protection leaflets, with support and training for all Festival staff and volunteers, including clear reporting procedures for anyone with a concern about a child.
3. Appropriate recruitment and induction procedures for all new Festival staff and volunteers responsible for providing safe environments for everyone attending / performing at a Federation Festival.
4. All Festival stewards wear a name badge. All teachers/parents/guardians/carers are asked to report all incidents of any nature to anyone wearing a Festival name badge. All reported incidents will be handled in accordance with the Safe Working Practice and Festival Child Protection best practice advice. In addition we will ensure the availability of a quiet area / room where concerns can be expressed in private.
5. For the duration of the Festival all teachers/parents/guardians/carers are responsible for the continuous care and supervision of their own children/pupils/vulnerable adults. If they are unable to attend personally, they must delegate their responsibilities to an identified adult and ensure that their children/pupils/vulnerable adults are aware of the identity and name of the person responsible for their care. This includes supervision throughout all Festival venues, performance, practice and changing areas that may be provided.
6. No unauthorised photography or video recording is allowed at our Festivals. Where parents/guardians/carers do not wish photos to be taken at all, then the responsible adult attending should ensure that their child/pupil/vulnerable adult is not included in official authorised photos.
7. Some children and vulnerable adults may have specific needs in order to take part. If this is the case we ask the responsible teachers/parents/guardians/carers to contact the Festival prior to arrival. The Festival actively seeks wherever possible to meet these needs, but must know beforehand in order to prepare support – or to advise that help cannot be provided on this occasion.
8. The Festival’s Child Protection Policy and approach to Creating Safer Festivals for Everyone is published explicitly in our Syllabus, Programme and on our website. By completing and signing the entry form (or ticking the appropriate box for online entries) all parents /guardians /carers and teachers of entrants under 18 (or vulnerable adults of any age) confirm that they give (or have obtained) the necessary consents for the entrants to take part in the Festival. Without consent the entry to the Festival cannot be accepted.
Burnley Festival of Speech, Music & Stage Dance
CHILD PROTECTION POLICY
www.burnleyfestival.co.uk
BURNLEY FESTIVAL - March 2018 Closing date for entries is Saturday, January 20th
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