PAM WEDGWOOD MASTERCLASS – 10th March 2012

By Miranda on January 23, 2012

The Wootton Bassett Arts Festival

proudly presents

Pam Wedgwood

Teaching tips & Masterclass

Saturday 10th March 2012

2pm Start at St Bartholomew’s Church, Royal Wootton Bassett, Wilts SN4 7AB

A teaching and performance session by Pam Wedgwood followed by a Masterclass. Please prepare any piece by Pam Wedgwood if you wish to participate in the Masterclass.

On Saturday 10th March Pam Wedgwood will hold a Masterclass where she will offer teaching tips covering both Piano and Instrumental works. Pam is very well known for her books used by many music learners. You may use her books yourself but if you would like to know more about her here is a little background:

Pam Wedgwood

Pam Wedgwood

Pam Wedgwood studied French Horn, Cello, Piano and Composition at the Trinity College of Music London. After graduating, she began a career as a professional horn player before taking up an appointment as a peripatetic instrumental music teacher in Surrey in the late 1970s. Pam began her long association with Faber Music in 1988 with the highly-acclaimed series Jazzin’ About, followed by the Up-Grade! series and the adult piano method It’s Never Too Late to Play Piano. She is recognised around the world as one the UK’s most prolific and successful composers of popular repertoire for young instrumentalists. Pam now concentrates on composing and workshops.

If you wish to take part, please download and complete the application form below:

Application Form

More about Pam Wedgwood from Faber Music

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Winners of Wootton Bassett Arts Festival Music Section 2011

By Miranda on June 30, 2011

Debbie Lovell receives the Chairmans Cup for the Ellendune Entertainers

Class:  C5 Youth Singing Groups
Award:  WBAF Certificate – Not awarded

Class: V11 Folk Song (14 to 16 years)
Award: WBAF Folk Song Cup – Joanna Peskett  87

Class: V12 Folk Songs (17 and Over)
Award: WBAF Folk Song Trophy – Alan Fryer 86

Class: V3 Sacred and Spiritual Songs – Solos or Duets (14 to 16 years)
Award: WBAF Plaque – Beth Graham 86

Class: V4 Sacred and Spiritual Songs – Solos or Duets (17 and Over)
Award: Sacred and Spiritual Cup – Lynne Martin and Katherine Dubarry 86

Class: V5 Oratoria (17 and Over)
Award: WBAF Certificate – Shaun Holley 88

Class: V6 Opera (17 and Over)
Award:  WBAF Certificate – Alan Fryer 85

Class: V23 Duet – any combination of voices (17 and Over)
Award: WBAF Certificate Rose Little and Mervyn Penny 87

Rose Little and Mervyn Penny

Class: V12a British Songs (17 and Over)
Award: Adjudication Only – Alan Fryer 86

Class: V8 Operetta including Gilbert and Sullivan (17 and Over)
Award: WBAF Certificate – Michael Viret 85

Class: C6 Adult Singing Groups (max 10 voices)
Award: Dora Spackman Cup – Occasions & First Monday of the Month both with 86

Occasions

Class: C8 Church Music Groups & Choirs (max 10 voices)
Award: Certificate – Wootton Bassett Praise Group 87

Class: C7 Community Choirs
Award: WBAF Certificate – Ellendune Entertainers 88

Ellendune Entertainers

Class: C2 Primary Choirs
Award: WBAF Primary School Cup – Cherhill Sing Up Group 88

Class: C3 Secondary School Choirs
Award: WBAF Certificate – Wootton Bassett School Yr7 & 8 Junior Voices 86

Class: V1 Sacred & Spiritual Songs – Solos or Duets (8 to 10 years)
Award: WBAF Plaque – Matilda Wale 89

Class: V9 Folk Songs (8 to 10 years)
Award: Wendy Roberts Trophy – Matilda Wale 87

Class: V13 Musicals & Films (8 to 10 years)
Award: George Hicks Memorial Trophy – Chloe Bell 88

Class: V2 Sacred & Spiritual Songs – Solos or Duets (11 to 13 years)
Award: WBAF Sacred & Spiritual Cup – Florence Shirnia 86

Class: V10 Folk Songs (11 to 13 years)
Award: WBAF Folk Cup – Lucy Jenkins 88

Class: V14 Musicals and Films (11 to 13 years)
Award: WBLOS Shield – Abigail Daniels 88

Sheila Dunn presents WBLOS Shield to Abigail Daniels

Class: PG3 Pianos Grade 3 & 4
Award: WBAF Piano Cup – Oliver Wing 87

Class: M3 Modern Instrumental (14 to 16 years)
Award: WBAF Jazz Group Cup – Faye Rogers (Sax) 87

Faye Rogers

Class: E3 Family & Friends
Award: WBAF Certificate – Richard Appleby & Robin Foulkes 84

Class: PD2 Piano Duet (16 and Under)
Award: WBAF Plaque – Akane & Yuriko Gonda 90

Akane and Yuriko Gonda

Class: PS3 Piano Solos (11 to 12 years)
Award: The Chaplin Piano Trophy – Akane Gonda 88

Class: MP2 Modern Piano Solo (11 to 13 years)
Award: The Corinium Stoves Cup – Yuriko Gonda 88

Class: PS4 Piano Solos (13 to 14 years)
Award: WBAF Piano Cup – Sai Shimizu 88

Sai Shimizu

Class: PG5 Piano Grade 7 & 8
Award: The Davies Trophy – Lewis Sayle 87

Class: MP1 Modern Piano (8 to 10 years)
Award: WBAF Jazz Cup – Daniel Davis 88

Class: PS1 Piano Solo (8 years and under)
Award: WBAF Piano Solo Cup – Freya Ong  88

Class: PG1 Piano Grade Preliminary
Award: Adjudication only

Class: PS2 Piano Solo (9 to 10 years)
Award: Jan Davies Cup – Oliver Wing 87

Class: PG2 Piano Grades 1 and 2
Award; SPS Stationary Ltd.Cup – Louise Burois 88

Class: E2 String Ensemble
Award: WBAF Ensemble Cup – Academy Strings 85

Class: S4 Bowed Strings Grade 7 and over
Award: WBAF Senior Strings Cup – Anahaita Falaki 84

Anahaita Falaki

Class: MP3 Modern Piano (14 to 16 years)
Jazz Cup – Lewis Sayle 89

Class: PG4 Piano Grades 5 and 6
WBAF Piano Grade Cup – Elizabeth Cope 86

Class: PS5 Piano Solo (15 to 16 years)
Award: John Davies Cup – Lewis Sayle 90

Lewis Sayle

Lewis Sayle

Class: MP4 Modern Piano (17 years and over)
Award: Lis McDermott Cup – Emma Douglas 84

Class: PS6 Piano Solo (17 years and over)
Award: The Debbie Lovell Cup – Sue Wilson 85

Class: S3 Bowed Strings Grades 5 and 6
Award; WBAF Plaque – Ciara Parker-Northeast 88

Class: W 3A Recorders Grades 5 and 6
Award: WBAF Plaque – Ciara Parker-Northeast 88

Class: W2 Woodwind Grades 3 and 4
Award: Wootton Bassett Orchestra Cup – Felicity Woolnough 88

Felicity Woolnough

Felicity Woolnough

Class: W1 Woodwind (up to and including Grade 2)
Award: WBAF Woodwind Cup – Hayley Gough 85

Class: W3 Woodwind Grades 5 and 6
Award: Woodwind Cup – Polly Bevan 87

Polly Bevan

Class: E1 Primary School Ensemble
Award: Brian Taylor Music Trophy – Noremarsh Junior School Woodwind 85

Class: E2 Secondary School Ensemble
Award: The Chaplin Cup Instrumental – Wootton Bassett School Flutes 87

Class: B3 Brass Grades 5 and 6
Award: Swindon Concert Band Cup – Oliver Bullock 84

Class: B2 Brass Grades 3 and 4
Award: WBAF Brass Cup – Alexander Harris 84

Class: S1 Bowed Strings (up to and including Grade 2)
Award; WBAF Medal – Tesni Beautyman 85

Class: S2 Bowed Strings Grades 3 and 4
Award: WBAF Medal – Ellie Hyde-Bates 85

Class: PD1 Piano Duets (11 years and under)
Award: WBAF Medals – Luke Smith and Jacob Smith 86

Luke Smith and Jacob Smith

Class: Keyboard
Adjudication – Aavirbhat Mohan

Class: V17 Modern Pop Songs (8 to 10 years)
Award: WBAF Medal – Meghan Williams 82

Class: V18 Modern Pop Songs (11 to 13 years)
Award: WBAF Medal – Emily Price 86

Class: V18A Modern Pop Songs ( 14 to 16 years)
Award: WBAF Medal – Joanna Peskett 87

Highest Mark in Modern Pop Songs
Award: The Sheila Dunn Trophy – Joanna Peskett

Joanna Peskett

Class; V15 Musicals and Films (14 to 16 years)
Award: The Sheila Harrod Trophy – Joanna Peskett 86

Class: V16 Musicals and Films (17 and over)
Award: WBAF Show Tunes Cup – Mike Viret 85

Mike Viret

Class: V21 Duets (11 to 13 years)
Award: Medals – Lucy Jones and Lucy Jenkins 88

Class: V22 Duets (14 to 16 years)
Award: Medals – Killian and Francesca Scott 83

Highest Mark in Duets
Award: WBAF Duet Cup – Lucy Jones and Lucy Jenkins

Class M2 Modern Instrumental
Award; WBAF Plaque – Francesca Scott 85

Class; JUST FOR FUN – The Music of James Bond
Award: The David Radway Trophy – Elliot, Florence, Julian, & Libby Shirnia

Elliot, Florence, Julian and Libby Shirnia

THE MUSIC CHAIRMAN’S TROPHY awarded at the Highlights Concert to :

Ellendune Entertainers – M.D. Debbie Lovell

Ellendune Entertainers CLOSE UP!

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Festival Live – Saturday 25th June

By Miranda on June 25, 2011

Today is a very full day with everything taking place in The Memorial Hall. We start at 9am. Here is a list of what you can see today:

Modern Piano (Jazz)

Piano Solo – classes arranged according to age

Piano Grades – Preliminary, 1, 2, 5, 6

Bowed Strings

Ensemble

Tickets for today are £2.50 or £4.00 for as Season Ticket which covers all four days.

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Festival LIVE – What’s on at the Festival today, Friday 24th June

By Miranda on June 24, 2011

Today we have performances throughout the afternoon and evening at two different venues. If you would like to come and watch here’s what to see where:

St Bartholomew and All Saints Church starting at 1pm

  • Primary School Choirs
  • Secondary School Choirs
  • Sacred and Spiritual Songs
  • Folk Songs
  • Songs from Musicals and Films

The Memorial Hall starting at 3.30pm

  • Piano Grades 3 & 4

The Memorial Hall starting at 6.30pm

  • Modern Instrumental
  • Piano Duet
  • Piano Solo – classes arranged according to age
  • Piano Grades 7 and 8

Tickets for today are £2.50 or £4.00 for as Season Ticket which covers all four days. You can buy these in advance from Brian Taylor Music or on the door.

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Timetable for Music Festival

By Miranda on June 9, 2011

Join us at the Wootton Bassett Arts Festival Music Sectio to enjoy some of the amazing musical performances which will be on show between 23rd and 26th June. Audience tickets are £2.50 for a Day Ticket or £4.00 for a Season Ticket. Entrance to the Highlights Concert is free, however we do ask for donations where people feel they can make a contribution.

To help you to decide what to watch and when we have outlined a Timetable for the Music Festival below. We hope to see you there!

THURSDAY 23RD JUNE 2011 (Evening)
St. Bartholomew’s & All Saints Church

6.30pm

C5 Youth Singing Groups (not school)
V11 Folk Song (14 to 16 years)
V12 Folk Song (Age 17 and over)

7.15pm

V3 Sacred & Spiritual Songs – Solos or Duets (14 to 16 years)
V4 Sacred & Spiritual Songs – Solos or Duets (Age 17 and over)
V5 Oratorio (Age 17 and over)
V6 Opera (Age 17 and over)
V23 Duet – any combination of voices (Age 17 and over)
V12A British Song (Age 17 and over)
V8 Operetta including Gilbert & Sullivan (Age 17 and over)

8.15pm

C6 Adult Singing Groups (maximum 10 voices)
C8 Church Music Groups & Choirs
C7 Community Choirs

FRIDAY 24TH JUNE 2011 (Afternoon)
St. Bartholomew’s & All Saints Church

1.00pm

C2 Primary School Choirs
C3 Secondary School Choirs

2.00pm

V1 Sacred & Spiritual Songs – Solos or Duets (Age 8 to 10 years)
V9 Folk Songs (8 to 10 years)
V13 Musicals & Films (8 to 10 Years)

2.30pm

V2 Sacred & Spiritual Songs – Solos or Duets (11 to 13 years)
V10 Folk Songs (11 to 13 years)
V14 Musicals & Films (11 to 13 years)

FRIDAY 24TH JUNE 2011 (Afternoon)
The Memorial Hall

3.30pm

PG3 Piano Grades 3 and 4

FRIDAY 24TH JUNE 2011 (Evening)
The Memorial Hall

6.30pm

M3 Modern Instrumental (14 to 16 years)
PD2 Piano Duet (16years and under)
PS3 Piano solo (11 to 12 years)
MP2 Modern Piano (11 to 13 years)

8.00pm

PS4 Piano Solo (Age 13 to 14 years)

8.45pm

PG5 Piano Grades 7 and 8

SATURDAY 25TH JUNE 2011 (Morning)
The Memorial Hall

9.00am

MP1 Modern Piano (8 to 10 years)
PS1 Piano Solo (8 and under)
PG1 Piano grade Preliminary

10.45am

PS2 Piano Solo (9 to 10 Years)

SATURDAY 25TH JUNE 2011 (Afternoon)
The Memorial Hall

1.30pm

PG2 Piano Grade 1 and 2

3.45pm

E2 String Ensemble

4.00pm

S4 Bowed Strings Grade 7 and over

SATURDAY 25TH JUNE 2011 (Evening)
The Memorial Hall

6.30pm

MP3 Modern Piano (14 to 16 years)

7.15pm

PG4 Piano Grades 5 and 6
PS5 Piano Solo (15 to 16 years)

8.30pm

MP4 Modern Piano (17 years and over)
PS6 Piano Solo (17 years and over)

SUNDAY 26TH JUNE 2011 (Morning)
The Memorial Hall

9.00am

S3 Bowed Strings Grades 5 and 6
W3A Recorders Grades 5 and 6
W2 Woodwind Grades 3 and 4
W1 Woodwind – Flutes (up to and including Grade 2)
W3 Woodwind Grades 5 and 6

10.30am

E1 Primary School Ensemble
E2 Secondary School Ensemble

11.30am

B3 Brass Grades 5 and 6
B2 Brass Grades 3 and 4
S1 Bowed Strings up to and including Grade 2
S2 Bowed Strings Grades 3 and 4
PD1 Piano Duets (11 years and under)

SUNDAY 26TH JUNE 2011 (Afternoon)
The Memorial Hall

1.30pm

Keyboard (Adjudication only)
V17 Modern Pop Songs (8 to 10 years)
V18 Modern Pop Songs (11 to 13 years)
V18A Modern Pop Songs (14 to 16 years)
V19 Modern Pop Songs (17 years and over)

2.45pm

V15 Musicals & Films (14 to 16 years)
V16 Musicals & Films (17 years and over)
V21 Duet (11 to 13 years)
V22 Duet (14 to 16 years)

3.30pm

M2 Modern Instrumental
JUST FOR FUN – The music of James Bond

6.30PM SUNDAY 26TH JUNE 2011
THE MEMORIAL HALL

THE MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS CONCERT

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Mayor’s Shield awarded to Yuriko and Akane Gonda

By Miranda on June 25, 2010

When the Mayor of Wootton Bassett, Councillor Mary Champion chose Yuriko and Akane Gonda as recipients of the Mayor’s Shield for the most memorable performance at the Highlights Concert Yuriko and Akane were unable to receive the trophy. However, a presentation ceremony was arranged to take place in the Mayor’s Parlour on Thursday 24th June.Presentation of the Mayor's Shield for the most memorable performance

Congratulations to you both on your wonderful piano duet and also on being awarded this fabulous trophy!

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Winners in the Music Section of the Wootton Bassett Arts Festival

By Miranda on June 19, 2010

Here is a list of all the Winners in the Music Section of the Wootton Bassett Arts Festival:

  • V1 WBAF Certificate (non competitive) – “Music & Mayhem”
  • V2 WBAF Primary School Age Choir Cup – Cherhill Primary Sing Up Group
  • V3 WBAF Certificate – Wootton Bassett Secondary School
  • V9 Folk Song, Wendy Roberts Trophy – Matilda Wale
  • V13 George Hicks Memorial Cup – Deanna Aspell deanna-aspell-1
  • V10 WBAF Folk Group Cup – Lucy Jones
  • V14 WBLOS Shield – Beth Graham
  • V4 WBAF Plaque – Joanna Peskett
  • V11 WBAF Folk Song Cup – Lucy Bosley
  • V20 WBAF Duet Cup – Lucy Bosley & Hannah Sellars
  • V12 WBAF Folk Song Trophy – Katy Sterry
  • V21 WBAF Plaque – Rebecca Smith & Annie Staten
  • V16 Show Tunes Cup – Shaun Holley
  • V5 Sacred & Spiritual Cup – Kathryn Dubarry & Lynne Martin katherine-and-lynne-2
  • V7/V8 Dora Spackman Cup – Lingmara Community Choir
  • P7 Group A – Tegen Pengelly
  • P7 Group B – Yuka Hosokawa
  • P7 Group C – Anna Wren
  • Overall winner SPS Stationary Cup – Yuko Hosokawa
  • E1a Brian Taylor Cup - Noremarsh Recorder Group
  • E2a The Chaplin Cup – Wootton Bassett Secondary School Ensemble
  • E3 Ensemble Cup – Katherine Wilson & Michael Humphries
  • W4 Woodwind Cup – Katherine Wilson
  • E1 Jacob & Luke Smith
  • E2 Mitchell & Bradley Norris
  • Overall Winner of the two classes. WBAF Plaque – Jacob & Luke Smith
  • E4 WBAF Plaque – Alex & Oliver Rigby
  • P1 WBAF Piano Solo Cup – Sophie Bartlett
  • P2 WBAF Cup – Sasha Horney
  • J2a WBAF Jazz Group Cup – Danielle Davis danielle-davis-4
  • J3 WBAF Jazz Group- Emma Marley
  • W1 Woodwind Cup – Matilda Wale
  • W3 WBAF plaque – Elliot Gunton
  • S1 WBAF Plaque – Toby Gassor
  • S2 WBAF Plaque – Killian Scott
  • S4 WBAF Plaque – Alex Rigby
  • B1 Swindon Concert Band Cup – Oliver Bullock
  • J1 Jazz Cup – Maia Jarvis
  • P8 WBAF Piano Cup – Bradley Norris
  • P4 WBAF Piano Cup – Lewis Sayle
  • P6. WBAF Piano Cup – Sue Wilson
  • P5. WBAF Piano Group – William Dixon
  • P9. Piano Graded Group Cup – Elizabeth Cope
  • J2. WBAF Cup – Elizabeth Cope
  • P3. The Chaplin Piano Trophy – Emma Sayle
  • P10/P11. The Debbie Lovell Cup – Jacob Allinson ciara-parker-north-3
  • S3. WBAF Plaque – Ciara Parker-Northeast
  • W2. Wootton Bassett Orchestra Cup – Felicity Woolnough felicity-woolnough-4
  • V17. Joy Pryce joy-pryce-2
  • V18. Joanna Peskett
  • Overall winner of the two classes. Sheila Dunn Trophy – Joanna Peskett
  • V17. Sheila Harrod Show Tunes Trophy – Joanna Peskett
  • V22. David Radway Trophy – St. Joseph’s Singing Group
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Highlights Concert Photographs

By Miranda on June 16, 2010

Here are the photographs from the Highlights Concert. We are still awaiting permission to include pictures of some of the performers so if you cannot see yourself her contact us and we will add you in…

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What’s on TODAY at the Highlights Concert

By Miranda on June 13, 2010

The Festival will culminate tonight in the Highlights Concert where the most outstanding performances of the Festival are invited to share their work with a capacity audience in the Memorial Hall.

Expect to see:

  • Singers
  • Pianists
  • Solo Acting
  • Jazz Woodwind
  • Poetry
  • Group Acting

and so much more…

Tickets are FREE and on a first come first served basis. However, a Festival like ours does cost a great deal to put on so donations will be very much appreciated.

Hope to see you there!

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What’s on TODAY – Sunday 13th June

By Miranda on June 13, 2010

The last day of the Festival is still jam-packed with fun things for you to come along and watch. Here’s what’s on offer in each of the sections:

MUSIC – is back in the Memorial Hall again starting at 9.00am with Jazz Piano followed by Piano Solos, Harp, Strings, Woodwind, Modern Pop Songs, Songs from Operetta, Shows and Films and finishing with some Disney Songs for a bit of fun at the end!

SPEECH AND DRAMA – moves to Noremarsh School for the morning. the day starts at 9.30am with Choral Speaking followed by Duologue Acting, Verse Speaking, Solo Mime and Solo Acting. Speech and Drama will finish by 1.00pm.

REFRESHMENTS – will be on sale throughout the morning at Noremarsh School.

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