Classes

There will be seven classes

FRIDAY Evening 7:15 start

Class 4 Two skills

1. Up to year 8 (time limit 6 minutes in total)

2. Year 9 upwards (time limit 8 minutes in total)

Class 7 (time limit: 7 minutes) Years 11, 12 and 13, divided into:

1. Piano, organ, piano-accordion and strings (including guitar and harp)

2. Woodwind, brass and percussion

3. Voice

SATURDAY Morning 10:00 start

Class 1 Up to and including Year 4, divided into:

1. Up to and including Grade 1 (all instruments) (time limit: 2 minutes)

2. Grade 2 (all instruments) (time limit: 3 minutes)

Class 2 (time limit: 4 minutes) Years 5 and 6, divided into:

1. Piano, organ, piano-accordion and strings (including guitar and harp)

2. Woodwind, brass, voice and percussion

Class 3

Ensembles – two to ten performers divided into:

1. Years 4 to 8 (time limit: 5 minutes)

2. Years 9 to 13 (time limit: 7 minutes)

Afternoon 2:00 pm

Class 5 (time limit: 5 minutes) Years 7 and 8, divided into:

1. Piano, organ, piano-accordion and strings (including guitar and harp)

2. Woodwind, brass and percussion

3. Voice

Class 6 (time limit: 6 minutes) Years 9 and 10, divided into:

1. Piano, organ, piano-accordion and strings (including guitar and harp)

2. Woodwind, brass and percussion

3. Voice

Winners of each section will be required to perform in the evening concert in St John’s Church after the competition on the Saturday, starting at 7.30 pm. 

THEY MUST ENSURE THEIR ACCOMPANIST IS AVAILABLE FOR THE CONCERT.

ADVICE TO PERFORMERS

We prefer you to play a non-examination piece, but you may play an

examination piece if you have nothing else ready to perform. Please

note you may play only one piece per instrument (rule 8).

Woodwind or brass players should warm up outside the hall a few

minutes ahead of their performance.

If you are a string, woodwind or brass player, please check your tuning

before you go on stage, and then tune with the piano before you start

to perform. This will not be counted as part of your performance time

Please don’t wear your school uniform!

Please bow to the audience after your performance.