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ADJUDICATORS FOR SPEECH AND DRAMA 2017 MARCIA CARR trained in music, dance and drama, facilitates workshops and directs shows for universities, drama schools and theatre departments internationally. She has toured extensively, winning Best Performer Manchester Evening News Theatre Award, best actor - Buxton Festival and a Time Out Critics’ Choice. She is Co-Artistic Director of Impetuous Kinship and Co-Director of the Creative Blast Company, delivering educational packages, training young people and producing shows touring internationally. She is an Associate Artist with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and an Examiner for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, for which she has designed and delivered workshops. In 2014 Marcia led a successful Drama Masterclass for this Festival. * MARIE DIXON has been involved with the theatre since early childhood with regular performances in Lancashire comedy, liturgical plays and musical theatre. She became a member of Equity and appeared in television and theatre, eventually forming her own Music Hall Company. Marie opened her own schools of Speech and Drama in 1972 and in 1975. She has worked extensively in schools, writing, directing and advising staff on the techniques of good speech. Recently she was advisor to the Executives at the New York Bank, Mellon. She has directed mime workshops in Northern Ireland and tours the UK, working with young performers encouraging their performance techniques. An adjudicator with the Federation since 1986, Marie is a former Board and Council Member and was delighted to be made a Fellow of the Federation in 2012. She has organised international conferences and is the North West Area representative for the International Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama.* BRIAN HINDLE trained at the New College of Speech and Drama, London and went on to become a Lecturer in Drama at St Anne's College of Further Education. He followed this by becoming Head of Drama at Blackpool and the Fylde College of Further and Higher Education. Brian has been the director of numerous productions ranging from theatre-in-education projects performed in schools to full scale Shakespeare plays presented at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool. He is an examiner for LAMDA and has worked throughout the UK and in California, Singapore, Kenya, South Africa, Sri Lanka, India and Athens.* PRISCILLA MORRIS was a member of the National Youth Theatre before training at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London and holds equity membership. In 1972 she founded her own drama school and she continues to teach youngsters and adults at her home studio. Priscilla joined the LAMDA board of examiners in 1986 and has examined nationally and internationally. She is Voice Advisor to the Amateur Swimming Association, delivering Voice Protection courses for coaches nationwide. Priscilla is also a registered tutor for the Voice-care Network and a published author on Shakespeare. She has directed and acted in many plays, musicals and pantomimes. Now, she spends most of her time in the business sector with her company ‘Loud & Clear’ voice coaching. As a professional speaker she appears at conferences and seminars nationwide. She is an experienced adjudicator in Speech & Drama both nationally and internationally.* KATRINA MULVIHILL studied at The Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama and was part of the unique three year Actor/Teacher Course. Having graduated with Honours, she won a scholarship to The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and went on to study Opera, Musical Theatre, Acting and Piano. Katrina has appeared at many prestigious venues including The Drury Lane Theatre, Sadlers Wells, The Purcell Room and the Queen Elizabeth Hall. She is an experienced Director and has produced plays, concerts and shows with all age groups in a variety of styles, ranging from pantomime and Gilbert and Sullivan’s light operettas through to Shakespeare and grand opera. A member of LAMDA’s Examining Board for over 30 years, she has also regularly given lectures and master-classes in mime, improvisation, acting, voice production and musical theatre. Katrina is Head Teacher of a large Independent School and Nursery..* VIVIENNE REDFORD has been Principal of the Redford School of Speech & Drama for nearly thirty years, training adults and children from across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire in all aspects of performance and communication. An experienced LAMDA examiner and teacher, Vivienne is also Head of Speech & Drama at a large Independent Girls’ School and runs successful drama classes and summer courses, offering young adults professional instruction in performance and theatre skills. In addition, Vivienne has directed a diverse range of musical and theatrical productions and many of her former pupils are now working in theatre, film and television across the world.* *An accredited Adjudicator with the British and International Federation of Festivals* ADJUDICATORS FOR MUSIC 2017 PHILIP DEWHURST read music at Newcastle-upon-Tyne University under Professor Denis Matthews, where he specialised in performance on the oboe. He completed a Post Graduate Certificate of Education and became a teacher. Philip gives occasional recitals and enjoys orchestral and chamber music, playing on a freelance basis when his teaching commitments permit. He has a passion for choral music and has conducted and directed choirs and choral societies throughout his career. As well as adjudicating at music festivals around the country, Philip is an examiner for Trinity Guildhall and an experienced GCSE and A level moderator. He is Director of Music at a large, well known Independent School in Cheshire.* MARILYN HILL SMITH trained at the Guildhall School of Music and has sung principal roles with English National, Scottish and Welsh National Opera, Royal Opera House both at Covent Garden and in Los Angeles, Canadian Opera in Toronto, Lyric Opera of Singapore, Penang Festival Opera, New Sadlers Wells, Carl Rosa and D’Oyly Carte Opera. She has been closely associated with the English Bach Festival performing works by Handel, Monteverdi, Purcell, Rameau and Bach throughout Europe. A highly experienced performer, Marilyn has a wide and varied repertoire: from early French Opera at Versailles, Gilbert and Sullivan at the Hollywood Bowl, Sondheim at London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Ivor Novello at the Novello Theatre, Royal Galas at London Palladium, and the role of Mother Abbess in the national tour of The Sound of Music. She has sung in major European Festivals, BBC Proms, and BBC Radio’s ‘Friday Night is Music Night’. Her recordings are acclaimed worldwide.* SARAH JEFFERIES is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied with Josephine Veasey and Patricia Clarke. Sarah received many awards and prizes ranging from Early Music, English Song, Opera and Lieder. In her final year, she was awarded the Ann E Lloyd Scholarship to fund a year of advanced study. Later, she won a place to study at the Sweelinck Conservatoire in Amsterdam with Margreet Honig and Elly Ameling. Sarah has had a varied career in the UK and Europe as a soloist, and has worked at the Opera de Lyon and the Nederland Opera in Holland. She has recorded with the LPO, with conductor Kent Nagano, such varied works as Orf's 'Carmina Burana' and Schonberg's 'Moses und Aaron'. Sarah works with choirs of all ages and choral societies. She has a thriving teaching practice, where she works with students from Grade 1 through to Diploma standard. She gives master-classes and workshops in the UK and greatly enjoys adjudicating.* FIONA McLEAN BUECHEL is a founder member of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, an alumna of St Mary’s Music School, the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy of Music. She has held teaching posts at the Junior Guildhall School of Music, Colchester Institute, Goldsmiths College, National Children’s Orchestra and is a strings examiner and syllabus developer for the Guildhall Examinations Board. Fiona has been visiting professor of violin at Dartington College and Cardiff University. She co-founded the Dartington International Summer School, directed the Youth Strings Programme and subsequently founded and is now Creative Director of South West Camerata, whose work was nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society for Education award. Passionate for music in all forms, Fiona combines a busy career as a performer with writing creative and collaborative national and international projects. She has delivered Mindfulness for Musicians sessions for many organisations and schools including Trinity Laban Conservatoire where she teaches violin and viola for Junior Music and Stringtime programmes.* KATHRYN PAGE studied at the Royal College of Music and went to Canada on a Menuhin Scholarship. She has given over 20 recitals at the South Bank and Wigmore Hall, both as soloist and chamber music pianist. She has toured Norway, Italy, Ireland and Australia where she gave seven recitals at the Sydney Festival and broadcast for ABC. At home, Kathryn has performed at many of the leading music festivals and has given numerous live broadcasts for BBC Radio 3. TV work has ranged from a live recital from Paris on CNN to the Korean broadcasting network, several performances on Irish TV and from the BBC a much treasured Blue Peter badge.* ROSANNA WHITFIELD is a graduate of the Royal College of Music, where she won a coveted Exhibition Award. A freelance oboist, she performed regularly with leading London orchestras and enjoyed unique solo opportunities alongside Paul Weller at London’s Royal Albert Hall. As Director of Music Development at a large Independent School in London, Rosanna devises unique educational projects including presenting and promoting concerts to thousands of primary school pupils from the local area. A keen conductor and composer, she directed the World Premiere of her work, ‘The Gift’, at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls in 2012 involving over 350 performers. Rosanna is a busy adjudicator and experienced examiner for Trinity College. She regularly adjudicates competitions and festivals in Eastern Europe and has forged links with specialist music schools in Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. With a voracious appetite for live music, Rosanna aims to ensure all festival performers feel inspired to continue their musical journey with an engaging, positive and helpful appraisal.* *An accredited Adjudicator member of the British and International Federation of Festivals OFFICIAL ACCOMPANISTS 2017 CATHERINE HALL SMITH studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire with Frank Wibaut and Paul Hamburger. Later, as a post-graduate student she specialised in piano accompaniment with David Lloyd at the RNCM. Whilst there, she was awarded the Dora Gilson Scholarship and John Ireland Prize for accompanists. She completed her studies with an exchange to the Paris Conservatoire and Britten Pears School, Aldeburgh. For fifteen years Catherine was accompanist to the Learning and Development department of the Northern Ballet, where she toured extensively around the country working closely with dancers and choreographers. Based in the Peak District, she has a busy career as accompanist, repetiteur and teacher. She currently teaches at a well known independent School in Bolton and is visiting teacher at several Derbyshire schools. Recent concerts have taken her to Sheffield Cathedral, Blackburn Cathedral and Buxton Fringe Festival. Catherine is an accompanist member of the British and International Federation of Festivals and is regularly in demand at festivals all over the North West and Lincolnshire. She is a keen choral accompanist working with Bolton Symphony Chorus and St. Ann’s Hospice Festival Choir. KATHLEEN HESFORD started to play the piano at the age of four. She was accepted into the Junior Department of the Royal Manchester College of Music at the age of ten where she studied piano and flute. Kathleen continued her studies at the RNCM and, after graduating, she chose to specialise in accompaniment, studying with John Wilson and David Lloyd. Kathleen was the accompanist with the Manchester Boys’ Choir, a post she held for 20 years. She travelled extensively with them, performing in Canada, Russia, Australia, USA and many European cities. Kathleen now works freelance in the Manchester area, working with several local choirs and teaching piano privately. STEWART DEATH began his formal musical training at City University in 1984 studying piano with Alan Schiller at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After graduating, he entered the Royal Northern College of Music to study piano accompaniment with David Lloyd, gaining the prestigious Professional Performer’s Diploma. Since leaving college he has toured throughout Europe with Concordia Opera Trio and has been heard as an accompanist on Classic FM, BBC Radio and Independent Television. He has worked as an accompanist for Welsh National Opera and has recorded with many artists including Stephen Mead, Roger Webster, Simone Rebello and Andrew Berryman. Stewart has appeared at the Purcell Room, St. David’s Hall, the Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican Centre and is an accompanist member of the British and International Federation of Festivals. TIM KENNEDY studied music at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and is now a freelance musician based in Manchester. As well as being a piano accompanist, he also works as a professional singer, vocal coach and organist. He is a staff repetiteur for the School of Vocal and Opera Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, playing for singing classes, assessments and recitals. He is a member of the British and International Federation of Festivals and works as an official accompanist at a number of competitive music festivals in the North of England, including Alderley Edge, Bowdon, Burnley, Chester, Cleethorpes, Hazel Grove and Heaton Mersey. Tim often accompanies musicians at Manchester University, and plays for auditions for the National Youth Choir. He is the rehearsal pianist for the Tatton Singers (Knutsford) and Unlimited Voices. Tim is also a staff accompanist for the solo singing course “The Art of Singing” in Sherborne every summer, and regularly accompanies singers and instrumentalists in concerts.