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2021
21st March 2021 - The Piano Syllabus is now available for download. (No hard copies this year).
1st July 2021 - Should the need arise, a decision to cancel the Piano Festival will be published from this date.
12th -15th October 2021 - Piano Classes at Christchurch, The Grove, Ilkley.
15th October 2021 - Piano Classes Celebration Concert at Christchurch, The Grove, Ilkley.
Youngest Person Placed in a class: Yuhan Feng (aged 5)
Winner of Year 6 & 8 Recital Class and Year 8 Duets: Allan Zeng (aged 6)
Committee Award for 8 Years and Under: Leon Price
Winner of the Mawson Plate: Olivia Rix (most promising pianist under 12)
Committee Award for Years 12 & Under: Hugo Murray, winner of Year7 and
Year12 classes
DUETS and TRIOS
Year 6 & Under Duet Award: Lucinda Leeming & Jemima Escreet
Year 6 & Under Trio Award: Amelia Barclay, Hope Basham, Olivia Rix
Year 8...
Tuesday 15 October
P 3 Piano Solo Yr. 4 & Under :
W. Olivia Rix; =2.Samir Evans, Yuhan Feng; =3.Victoria Benson, Lexi Mather
P4. Piano Solo Yr. 5 & Under:
W. Joseph Mason; =2. Yuxuan Feng, Emily Wood, Samuel Hess, Ethan Butland
P5.Piano Solo Yr. 6 & Under:
W. Yuxuan Feng; 2. Nell Ritchie; 3. Lucinda Leeming
P6. Piano Solo Yr. 6 (Own Choice at least Grade 1)
W. Allan Zeng; 2. Yuhan Feng; 3. Jasmin Rhodes
P7. Piano Solo (own choice, novice) Yr. 6 & Under
W. Samir Evans
The festival opened on Tuesday Morning with two non competitive classes featuring young performers aged between five and seven. “A lovely way to start the day” was Adjudicator Marilynne Davies’ comment as she praised their confidence and checked their understanding of technical terms. In a feature which has become her festival trademark, she then trained them in speaking out clearly and bowing to show respect for their audience before instructing them to bow to accept the “tumultuous applause” we in the audience were about to give them. Stars of the section were the tiny children who dressed like concert performers...
The Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts is pleased to announce that this year's Piano Syllabus has been published and is now available for viewing and download. Please note that this section of the Wharfedale Festival no longer includes Singing as in previous years.
This year's venue is once again the Christchurch Sanctuary on The Grove, in the centre of Ilkley and runs from 15th to 17th October. Closing date of 16th August 2019 has now passed, no further entries can be accepted. The programme will be available once all entries are received and collated.
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