Singing Section

Solo singing classes are available for all adult voices, as well as for girls and boys. This year we are providing separate classes in opera, oratorio and recital for music students or graduates and for amateur singers, so that performers can compete on an equal footing. In addition there are classes for lieder and art song, folk song, light operatic & musicals, sacred song and vocal duets. Pianists are given equal status - and equal opportunity of winning a prize! - in the Premier Challenge Cup and Classes C16 and C17. But if there is nothing quite to your taste, please get in touch and we will do our best to arrange something to suit you.

Singing classes will be held in the United Reformed Church in Muswell Hill.

Prizes and Certificates

There are cash prizes and trophies to be competed for in the Premier Challenge Cup (£75 each to singer and pianist + cup) and Recital Class (£75 + cup). There is a Festival Singing Trophy for the most outstanding performance in the four major classes, and challenge cups for the best performers of Folk Song and British Art Song. In other classes there are gold, silver and bronze medals to be won, and every competitor will receive a written adjudication sheet and certificate of participation. Cups will also be awarded to the most promising and the most outstanding male and female singers over 17 years, and to the most noteworthy junior singer.

One or two of the most outstanding players may be offered the opprtunity to perform at The Bishopsgate Institute, London EC2.