2022 Festival Class Winners
2022 Festival Class Winners
Congratulations to the the following who won their classes in this years Woking Music Festival.
Performers in italics were awarded an outstanding grade.
Speech and Drama (5th November)
Musical Theatre Solo (after 1970) – under 8yrs (S039): Ellie Hargrave (Festival Medal)
Musical Theatre Solo (before 1970) – 8-11yrs (S036): Eleanor Eggington (Festival Medal)
Musical Theatre Solo (after 1970) – 8-11yrs (S040): Esmé Offer (Festival Medal)
Musical Theatre Solo (before 1970) – 12-17yrs (S037): Hattie Wisbey (The Jubilee Trophy)
Musical Theatre Solo (after 1970) – 12-17yrs (S041): Annabel Drummond
Musical Theatre Duet (before 1970) – 12-17yrs (S049): Hattie Wisbey and Annabel Drummond
Musical Theatre Duet (after 1970) – 8-11yrs (S052): Lauren-Beth Smith and Ellie Hargrave (Festival Medals)
Musical Theatre Duet (after 1970) – 12-17yrs (S053): Olivia Macdonald and Olivia Miracco
Verse Speaking – under 7yrs (S001): Amelia Harvie (Festival Medal)
Verse Speaking – 12-13yrs (S006): Hattie Wisbey
Verse Speaking – 14-15yrs (S007): Hannah Wood (The Bradly Cup)
Poetry Reading – 13-17yrs (S011): Livvie Macdonald
Group Drama – 6-9yrs (S059): Brownielocks
Group Drama – 9-14yrs (S060): Theatre Rocket Junior Acting Company
Group Drama – 14yrs-18yrs (S061): Theatre Rocket Acting Company (The Mansfield Speech and Drama Cup)
Group Improvisation – 10-14yrs (S069): Greenfield Year 6 Drama Scholars
Musical Theatre Group – under 8yrs (S065): SELECT Junior Musical Theatre
Musical Theatre Group – 8-11yrs (S066): Theatre Rocket Junior Allstars
Musical Theatre Group – 12-17yrs (S067): Theatre Rocket Allstars and Theatre Rocket Senior Allstars
Public Speaking – 9-11yrs (S030): Aditya Iyer (Festival Medal)
Public Speaking – 12-14yrs (S031): Sankeeth Aloysius
Vocal (7th November)
Boys and Girls – under 10yrs (B004): Alex Qu (The Rush Cup)
Boys and Girls – under 13yrs (B005): Myeesha Zaki (The Constance Shacklock Cup)
Boys and Girls – under 16yrs (B006): Rebecca Pugsley (The Mansfield Cup)
Chorister – Boys & Girls – under 13yrs (B014): Hannah Robinson (Festival Medal)
Christmas Song or Carol – under 10yrs (B016): Alex Qu (Festival Medal)
Christmas Song or Carol – under 13yrs (B017): Sadie Banks
Junior Folk Song – under 10yrs (B008): Poppy Bowden (Festival Medal)
Junior Folk Song – under 13yrs (B009): Linda Lu (The Grace Wright Cup)
Junior Folk Song – under 16yrs (B010): Wilhelmina Stringer
Folk Song – under 19yrs (B011): Alice Kermeen (The Newman Cup)
Pop/Jazz – under 19yrs (B030): Emily Hallett
Pop/Jazz 19yrs and over (B031): Barry Sullivan
Solo – under 19yrs (B007): Emily Hallett (The Hilliger Memorial Cup)
Vocal (9th November)
Musical (after 1970) – under 10yrs (B024): Evangeline Scanlan and Darcey Dwyer (Festival Medals)
Musical (before 1970) – under 10yrs (B019): Rose Morris (Festival Medal)
Musical (after 1970) – under 16yrs (B026): Hannah Osmali (The Nancy Leigh Cup)
Instrumental (10th November)
Woodwind/Brass – beginners – under 10yrs (D021): Michael Grace (Festival Medal)
Woodwind/Brass – beginners – under 16yrs (D022): Rei Hughes
Woodwind – intermediate (D028): Eilidh Brocklebank
Recorder – under 12yrs (D040): Ellie van der Graaf
Woodwind – advanced (D029): Miles Müller von Blumencron
Woodwind – senior (D030): Isabella Mackie (The Unwin Cup)
Sonata for stringed instrument and piano – open (D014): Madeleine Murray (The Karin Polak Cup)
String Recital – under 14yrs (D016): Chi Yan Dorcas Kok
Strings – unaccompanied Bach – open (D015): Miriam Grant
String Recital – under 18yrs (D017): Chi Nok Damian Kok
Winifred Allam, Miriam Grant and Madeleine Murray were also awarded outstanding grades in this class
Vocal (11th November)
Musical (before 1970) – under 13yrs (B020): Hollie Phillips
Musical (after 1970) – under 13yrs (B025): Layla Pages
Pop/Jazz – under 13yrs (B029): Niall Rina
Musical (after 1970) – under 19yrs (B027): Alice Kermeen (The Ryde Cup)
Speech and Drama (12th November)
Solo Acting – 7-9yrs (S022): Octavia Pettit-Page (Festival Medal)
Solo Acting – 12-14yrs (S024): Libby Roy (The Woking Cup)
Solo Acting – 15-16yrs (S025): Cerys Morris
Solo Acting – 17-18yrs (S026): Killian Smith
Solo Acting – Shakespeare – under 18yrs (S028): Hannah Wood
Duologues – 10-14yrs (S044): Hattie Wisbey and Annabel Drummond (The Speech and Drama Duologue Shield)
Solo Acting – 10-11yrs (S023): Lauren-Beth Smith (Festival Medal)
Verse Speaking – 7yrs (S002): Ellie Hargrave (Festival Medal)
Verse Speaking – 8yrs (S003): Zara Baruah (Festival Medal)
Verse Speaking – 9yrs (S004): Juliette Davenport
Verse Speaking – 10-11yrs (S005): Lauren-Beth Smith (The Othon Polak Cup)
Piano (14th November)
Sonata – under 19yrs (C028): Joseph Howes (The Hilda Spencer Cup)
Piano Recital – under 18yrs (C038i): Joseph Howes
Piano Recital – under 18yrs (C038ii): Natalie Phillips (The Penny Bazire Memorial Cup)
Piano Recital – under 20yrs (C039): Elishe Lim (The Cavenham Cup)
Piano (16th November)
Piano – Grade 6 (C016): Daniel Liu
Sonatina – under 16yrs (C026): Chen Yang (The Peter Newman Cup)
Piano – Challenge – under 11yrs (C032): Alex Qu (The Lomax Cup)
Piano – advanced (C023): Yash Saran (The Croft Shield)
Piano – Challenge – under 20yrs (C035): Chung Sze Kwok (The Fedder Cup)
French Class – intermediate (C044): Emmanuella Ulmane
Piano – senior (C024): Chung Sze Kwok (The Olive Croft Memorial Trophy)
Isabella Song and Eleanor Lynch Williams were also awarded outstanding grades in this class
Piano Duet – open (C066): Simon Phillips and Stephen Ridge (The Primo Secondo Award)
Choral/Vocal (17th November)
Schools Choirs – under 9yrs (A002): Lower School Choir, West Byfleet Junior School (The Keswick Cup)
School Choirs – under 11yrs (A003): Greenfield Senior Chamber Choir (The Millennium Shield)
School Choirs – under 15yrs (A005): Cranmore Senior Chamber Choir (The Swallow Shield)
Musical (before 1970) – under 16yrs (B021): Zahara Burfield
Musical (before 1970) – under 19yrs (B022): Chloe Ayres
Lied (B038): Miranda Schulze (The Gordon Maxwell Cup)
Vocal Duet – under 13yrs (B046), Alex and Hanhan Qu
Vocal Duet – under 19yrs (B047), Isabella Laborde and Mia Fernadez
Adult Choirs – open (A014): Sound Mix (The Radbone Cup)
Men’s Choirs – open (A016): The Downsmen
Adult Madrigal (A017): Goode Companye
Barbershop Choirs (A018): Sound Company (The Merrow Chimes Shield)
Instrumental (18th November)
Strings – beginners – under 10yrs (D004): Michelle Do (Festival Medal)
Strings – beginners – under 16yrs (D005): Imogen Heng
Strings – preliminary (D008): Emily Alexander (Festival Medal)
Strings – primary (D009): Neev Kaur-Chakravarti (Festival Medal)
Strings – junior (D010): Leo Chan (The Hewlins Cup)
Brass – junior (D033): Sae Ishida (Festival Medal)
Brass – intermediate (D034): Ben Hallett
Brass – advanced (D035): Horatio Mackie
Brass – senior (D036): Sophie Schofield (The Rotan Cup)
Strings – intermediate (D011): Rachel Hill (The Acklima Cup)
Strings – advanced (D012): Anaiyah Kashim (The Mora Ker Quaich)
Strings – senior (D013): George Richardson-Jones (The Readings Cup)
Piano (19th November)
Piano – beginners – under 7yrs (C006): Charlie Lynch and Dylan Jia
Piano – beginners – under 11yrs (C007): Jessica Tsang
Piano – beginners – under 16yrs (C008): Kiara Tomkova
Piano – Grade 1 (C011): Aarika Roy
Piano – Grade 2 (C012): Megan Gooding and Jessica Tsang
Piano – preliminary (C019): Divine Abigail Ukwattage and Ayane Suzuki
Piano – Grade 3 (C013): Michael Grace
Piano – Grade 4 (C014): Jessica Ward
Piano – primary (C020): Aarika Roy (The Kathleen Grainger Cup)
Piano – intermediate (C022): Annabelle Wang (The Cheung Cup)
Piano – Grade 5 (C015): Grace Mugridge
Piano Recital – open (C040): Jeanne Kalorkoti
Piano (21st November)
Piano – junior (C021): Youer Chen (The Meredith Cup)
Jazz/Pop – intermediate (C053): Emmanuella Ulmane
Jazz/Pop – advanced (C054): Yash Saran
Jazz – improvisation (C055): Matej Lehocky
Piano Duet – under 12yrs (C062): Alex and Hanhan Qu (The Allenby Silver Jubilee Cup)
Piano Duet – teacher and own pupil under 11yrs (C070): Youer Chen (Festival Medal) and Emma Covill
Modern – under 17yrs (C030): Yash Saran, Alex Qu and Shan-Shan Gu
Sonata – open (C029): Jeanne Kalorkoti (The Mongor Cup)
Modern – open (C031): Jeanne Kalorkoti and Oscar Fry
Bach – open (C049): Jeanne Kalorkoti (The Surrey Music Store Trophy)
Instrumental (22nd November)
Guitar – primary (D046): Edward Tinsley (Festival Medal)
Guitar – advanced (D049): William Laborde
Percussion – solo/multiple – preliminary/elementary (D051): Reuben Fernandez (Festival Medal)
Christmas – any age (D071): Theo Kalorkoti
Humour – any age (D072): Theo Kalorkoti
Instrumental Duo – under 13yrs (D073): Ellie van der Graaf
Instrumental Duo – under 15yrs (D074): Kaitlin Hill
Instrumental Duo and Piano – under 13yrs (D076): Chi Nok Damian Kok
Instrumental Duo and Piano – under 15yrs (D077): Weiyee Zhou
Instrumental Duo and Piano – 15yrs and over (D078): Isabella Mackie
Harp – senior (D061): Jamaal Kashim
Composition – under 17yrs (D068): Ruvin Meda
Family Group Music Making – advanced/senior (D091): Theo Kalorkoti (The Burch Cup)
Chamber Ensembles – under 17yrs (D093): The Wing Trio (The Woking Herald Shield)
School Orchestra – under 12 yrs (D097): Greenfield School Orchestra (The A G Walker Cup)
Group Music Making – under 13 yrs (D086): David Dor
Group Music Making – under 17yrs (D087): Isabella Laborde
Group Music Making – any age (D089): XY ‘Cellos (The Kingdon Cup)
Orchestras/Bands from other organisations – open (D104): XY Strings
Concerto – open (D062): Chi Nok Damian Kok (The Ackroyd Cup)
Jamaal Kashim was also awarded an outstanding grade in this class
Recital – 18yrs and over (D063): Theo Kalorkoti
Piano (26th November)
Piano Recital – under 14yrs (C037): David Shao (The Buzzard Cup)
Piano – Challenge – under 14yrs (C033): Yash Saran (The Barber Cup)
Bach – under 13yrs (C047): David Shao (The Oliver Atkins Cup)
Piano – Grade 7 (C017): Jakub Piasecki
Piano – Challenge – under 17yrs (C034): George Christiansen (The Woking Opinion Cup)
Bach – under 17yrs (C048): Melina Nikoo (The Ena Margaret Churchill Cup)
Piano – Grade 8 (C018): Melina Nikoo
Collaborative Piano – open (C060): Jeanne Kalorkoti
Chopin – open (C050): Matthea Zhao (The Laredo Trophy)
50yrs and over – open (C051): Jeanne Kalorkoti (The Delta Cup)