VOCAL SECTION 2022
Closing date for entries is 21st September 2022
Classes will take place on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd October
at Longwell Green Community Centre
Performers may bring their own accompanist but an official accompanist is provided free of charge. Please indicate your preference on entry form.
If the official accompanist is required, COPIES OF OWN CHOICE PIECES MUST BE SENT WITH THE ENTRY FORM TO THE ENTRY SECRETARY (See page 3 for the address). Please mark the music with the entrant’s name, class and intended metronome mark. If a run through with the official accompanist prior to the festival would be helpful, please contact the entry secretary.
Performers must bring original copies of the music being performed for the adjudicator. Photocopies will not be returned.
VOCAL SECTION
AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO CLASS WINNERS
ALL SOLO CLASSES TO BE ACCOMPANIED EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED.
SONGS MAY BE PERFORMED WITH MUSIC WHERE IT IS COMMON PRACTICE TO USE IT (ie IN RELIGIOUS MUSIC AND CANTATAS). RECITAL CLASSES MUST BE FROM MEMORY.
TRADITIONAL, FOLK OR NATIONAL SONG (See Rule 13)
Own Choice
V1 9 Years & Under Max 2 mins £5.25
V2 12 Years & Under Max 3 mins £5.50
V3 13 – 15 Years Max 4 mins £6.25
V4 16 – 18 Years Max 5 mins £6.50
V5 19 – 25 Years Max 5 mins £6.75
UNACCOMPANIED SINGING
V6 12 Years & Under Max 3 mins £5.50
V7 13 – 18 Years Max 4 mins £6.25
EXCLUDING TRADITIONAL, FOLK, STAGE, FILM, T.V. OR POP SONG
V8 7 Years & Under Own Choice Max 2 mins £5.00
V9 8 – 10 Years Own Choice Max 2 mins £5.25
V10 11 – 12 Years Own Choice Max 3 mins £5.50
V11 13 – 15 Years Own Choice Max 4 mins £6.00
V12 16 – 18 Years Own Choice Max 4 mins £6.50
V13 19 – 25 Years Own Choice Max 5 mins £7.00
SONGS FROM T.V., FILM, DISNEY OR STAGE excluding compositions by Andrew Lloyd-Webber
V14 10 Years & Under Own Choice Max 2 mins £5.00
V15 11 – 12 Years Own Choice Max 3 mins £5.50
V16 13 – 15 Years Own Choice Max 4 mins £6.00
V17 16 – 25 Years Own Choice Max 5 mins £7.00
SONGS BY ANDREW LLOYD-WEBBER
V18 15 Years & Under Own Choice Max 3 mins £5.50
V19 16 – 25 Years Own Choice Max 4 mins £6.50
POPULAR SONG
V20 13 – 18 Years Own Choice with piano accompaniment.
Competitors may accompany themselves. Max 3 mins £5.75
V21 13 – 18 Years Own Choice with recorded accompaniment.
N.B. Only equipment that can be operated from a single 13-amp socket can be used (e.g.a portable CD/mp3 player) Max 3 mins £5.75
V22 13 – 18 Years Own Choice with guitar accompaniment.
N.B. No amplification is allowed. Competitors may accompany themselves. Max 3 mins £5.75
RECITAL – Any two contrasting songs
V23 15 Years & Under Max 7 mins £8.50
V24 16 – 25 Years Max 10 mins £10.00
N.B. In these classes a proportion of the marks, at the adjudicator’s discretion, will be given for presentation.
VOCAL DUETS
V25 18 Years & Under Own Choice which must contain at least 25% harmony.
Max 3 mins £6.00
V26 19 – 25 Years Own Choice which must contain at least 75% harmony.
Max 4 mins £6.50
CHOIRS and CHORAL ENSEMBLES – INCLUDING CHORAL SPEAKING
These classes are for groups of 3 or more voices
V27 11 Years & Under 2 Contrasting Pieces with Piano Accompaniment or Unaccompanied. Max 4 mins £12.00
V28 12 – 18 Years 2 Contrasting Pieces with Piano Accompaniment or Unaccompanied. Max 6 mins £12.00
V29 19 – 25 Years 2 Contrasting Pieces with Piano Accompaniment or Unaccompanied. Max 7 mins £12.00
ADULT VOICE CLASSES
For singers aged 26 and over. Additional notes at the start of General Vocal also apply. Performers may bring their own accompanist but an official accompanist is provided free of charge. Please indicate your preference on entry form.
COMPETITIVE CLASSES
OWN CHOICE
Time limit 4 minutes, one song per class. All classes cost £6.25
V30 British Song
V31 German Lieder Not Opera or Oratorio. Must be sung in German.
V32 Art Song in a foreign language
V33 Aria Opera or Oratorio. Score may be used for arias from Oratorio.
V34 Jazz From any Jazz genre.
V35 Folk
V36 Sacred Song
V37 Song from Theatre/Film/Musical
SOLO RECITAL
OWN CHOICE
Any number of pieces (minimum of two) within the time limit.
V38 Short Recital Max 7 mins £8.00
V39 Long Recital Max 10 mins £10.00
COMPETITIVE ADULT CHORAL RECITAL
OWN CHOICE
V40 Community Choir (fewer than 10 performers) Max 8 mins £12.00
V41 Community Choir (fewer than 20 performers) Max 8 mins £12.00
V42 Auditioned Choir (fewer than 10 performers) Max 9 mins £12.00
V43 Auditioned Choir (fewer than 20 performers) Max 9 mins £12.00