2024 Festival Class Winners
Congratulations to all the performers who have won their class in this year’s festival.
Entries in italics were awarded an “outstanding” grade.
7th November – Vocal
Boys and Girls – under 10yrs (B4): Tristan West (The Rush Cup)
Boys and Girls – under 13yrs (B5): Anika Hickey (The Constance Shacklock Cup)
Solo – under 19yrs (B7): Anastasia Karas (The Hilliger Memorial Trophy)
Boys and Girls – under 16yrs (B6): Yunyin Fang (The Mansfield Cup)
Junior Folk Song – under 13yrs (B9): Poppy Bowden (The Grace Wright Cup)
Junior Folk Song – under 10yrs (B8): Ellie Hargrave
Folk Song – under 19yrs (B11): Chloe Ayres (The Newman Cup)
Folk Song – 19yrs and over (B12): Charlotte Nicholas
Musical (after 1970) – under 10yrs (B24): Ellie Hargrave
Musical (after 1970) – under 13yrs (B25): Evangeline Cotton
Musical (before 1970) – under 13yrs (B20): Aria Lyttle
Musical (after 1970) – under 19yrs (B27): Chloe Ayres
8th November – Vocal
Pop/Jazz -11 to 13yrs (B29): Niall Rina
Pop/Jazz – 14 to 16yrs (B30): Selin Akoglu
Pop/Jazz – 19yrs and over (B32): Barry Sullivan
Pop/Jazz – 17 to 18yrs (B31): Chloe Ayres
English Art Song – under 19yrs (B37): Anastasia Karas (The Borrell Cup)
French Art Song – under 19yrs (B35): Chloe Ayres
English Art Song – 19yrs and over (B38): Charlotte Nicholas
Oratorio – under 19yrs (B43): Meng-Yao Ai
Women’s Challenge (B33): Chloe Ayres (The Byfleet Cup)
Lied (B39): Anastasia Karas (The Gordon Maxwell Cup)
Opera – 19yrs and over (B42): Charlotte Nicholas
Vocal Duet – under 19yrs (B48): Erin Kennedy And Isabelle Coveney
Vocal Ensemble – under 19yrs (B50): Darcey Dwyer, Evangeline Scanlan and Lyra Worrall (The Beecham Cup)
Vocal Duet – under 13yrs (B47): Darcey Dwyer and Lyra Worrall
9th November – Piano
Piano – preliminary (C19): Leonidas Kavakiotis
Piano – Grade 2 (C12): Alyssa Ho
Piano – primary (C20): Yitong Luo (The Kathleen Grainger Cup)
Piano – junior (C21): Miruna Oprisoreanu (The Meredith Cup)
Piano – Grade 4 (C14): Roman Globus
Piano – intermediate (C22): Roman Globus (The Cheung Cup)
Piano – Challenge – open (C36): Jeanne Kalorkoti (The Askew Bowl)
Piano – Grade 6 (C16): Joy Liu
10th November – Speech and Drama
Vocal Duet – under 13yrs (B47): Darcey Dwyer and Lyra Worrall
Duos – Musical Theatre Duet – under 8yrs (S46): Arabella Wisbey and Olive Thompson
Duos – Musical Theatre Duet – 8-11yrs (S47): Kira Collighan and Zoe Nicholas
Duos – Musical Theatre Duet – 12-17yrs (S48): Lily Munday and Lauren-Beth Smith
Trios or Quartets – Musical Theatre – 12-17yrs (S56): Hattie Wisbey, Andie Jordan and Rose Clowes
Musical Theatre Solo (before 1970) – 12-17yrs (S34): Niamh McLaren
Musical Theatre Solo (before 1970) – 8-11yrs (S33): Emily Lovelock
Musical Theatre Solo (before 1970) – under 8yrs (S32): Zoe Bryan
Groups – Musical Theatre Group – 12-17yrs (S66): Theatre Rocket Senior Allstars (The Tapner Trophy)
Groups – Musical Theatre Group – 8-11yrs (S65): Theatre Rocket Junior Allstars
Musical Theatre Solo (after 1970) – 8-11yrs (S37(i)): Madison Lewis
Musical Theatre Solo (after 1970) – 8-11yrs (S37(ii)): Ellie Hargrave
Duos Acting – Duologue – 10-14yrs (S41): Annabel Drummond and Rose Clowes
Duos Acting – Duologue – 14-17yrs (S42): Hattie Wisbey and Andie Jordan (The Speech and Drama Duologue Shield)
Musical Theatre Solo (after 1970) – 12-17yrs (S38(i)): Kelsey Walford
Musical Theatre Solo (after 1970) – 12-17yrs (S38(ii)): Hattie Wisbey (The Elizabeth Trophy )
11th November – Piano
Piano – Challenge – under 11yrs (C32): Leah Yan (The Lomax Cup)
Piano Recital – under 14yrs (C37): Leah Yan (The Buzzard Cup)
Christmas Class – any age (C56): Leah Yan
Modern – under 17yrs (C30): Hanhan Qu
Sonata – under 19yrs (C28): Leah Yan (The Hilda Spencer Cup)
Chopin – open (C50): Yunyin Fang (The Laredo Trophy)
12th November – Choral
School Choirs – under 9yrs (A2): West Byfleet Junior Lower School Choir (The Keswick Cup)
School Choirs – under 11yrs (A3): St Francis Of Assisi KS2 Choir (The Millennium Shield)
School Choirs – under 13yrs (A4): Bishopsgate School Senior Choir (The Oakfield Shield)
School Choirs – under 17yrs (A6): A Capella (The Page Cup)
School Choirs – under 15yrs (A5): Farnborough Hill Junior Choir (The Swallow Shield)
Community Choir – open (non-competitive) (A20): Kalyna
Men’s Choirs – open (A16): The Downsmen (The Radbone Cup)
Barbershop Choirs (A18): The Downsmen (The Merrow Times Shield)
13th November – Instrumental
Percussion – solo/multiple – preliminary to junior (D51): Thamarai Sivaganeshamoorthy
Percussion – solo/multiple – intermediate to senior (D52): Beatrice Tsang
Woodwind/Brass Recital – under 14yrs (D38): Christine Xie
Woodwind – advanced (D29): Sophie Haywood
School Orchestra – under 19yrs (D100): Woking High School Orchestra (The Burch Cup)
Group Music Making – any age (D90): XY ‘Cellos (The Kingdon Cup)
Orchestras/Bands from other organisations – open (D105): XY Strings
Woodwind – senior (D30): Hanhan Qu (The Unwin Cup)
String Recital – under 18yrs (D17): Mia Huang
Outstanding grades were also awarded to:
Percussion – solo/multiple – intermediate to senior (D52): Shay Brighouse
Percussion – solo/multiple – intermediate to senior (D52): Alex Qu
14th November – Piano
Piano – Grade 8 (C18): Myla Ord
Piano – senior (C24(i)): Muli Shi (The Olive Croft Memorial Trophy)
Piano Senior (C24(ii)): Fiona Lu
Piano Recital – under 18yrs (C38): Anxo Garcia Missan (The Penny Bazire Memorial Cup)
An outstanding grade was also awarded to:
Piano Recital – under 18yrs (C38): Hanhan Qu
15th November – Instrumental
Guitar – intermediate (D48): Jamie Pinkerton
Guitar – beginners – under 14yrs (D43): Logan Miles
Woodwind/Brass – beginners – under 10yrs (D21): Calvin Butler-Wheelhouse
Woodwind – primary (D26): Alex Yang
Composition – under 15yrs (D68): Roxanna Heffer
Composition – under 11yrs (D66): William Robinson
Bagpipes – any age (D62): Harry Gordon
Brass – senior (D36): Sinead McEvoy (The Rotan Cup)
Brass – intermediate (D34): Edward Newton
Strings – junior (D10): Jonathan Wang
Strings – beginners – under 10yrs (D4): Leah Yan
Strings – intermediate (D11): Michelle Do (The Acklima Cup)
String Recital – under 14yrs (D16): Anaiyah Kashim
Sonata for stringed instrument and piano – open (D14): Alyshea Lee (The Karin Polak Cup)
Strings – unaccompanied Bach – open (D15): Chloe Chan
16th November – Speech and Drama
Verse Speaking – Under 7yrs (S1): Zoe Bryan
Verse Speaking – 7yrs (S2(i)): Sophie Bishop
Verse Speaking – 8yrs (S3(i)): Tristan West
Verse Speaking – 7yrs (S2(ii)): Evey Satchell
Verse Speaking – 9yrs (S4(i)): Daisy Wignall
Verse Speaking – 8yrs (S3(ii)): Clara Wilkinson
Verse Speaking – 9yrs (S4(ii)): Serenna Pettifor
Prose Reading – 10-12yrs (S13): Junshu Li (The Boroughs Cup)
Poetry Reading – 13-17yrs (S11): Narumukai Sivaganeshamoorthy
Verse Speaking – 10-11yrs (S5(i)): Varenya Sharma
Groups – Improvisation Group – 10-14yrs (S68): Ruthie Heathcote, Lara Richardson, Phoebe Schollick, Millie Kirtley and Willa Irvine Fortescue
Public Speaking – 15-16yrs (S29): Abby Ngai
Duos – Improvisation Duologue – 10-14yrs (S50): Ruthie Heathcote and Phoebe Schollick
Public Speaking – 12-14yrs (S28): Charlotte Pollock
Musical Theatre Solo (after 1970) – 8-11yrs (S37(iii)): Lucy Anderson and Neve George
Musical Theatre Solo (before 1970) – 12-17yrs (S34(ii)): Sophie Magid
18th November – Piano
Piano – Grade 5 (C15): Cherie Liu
Piano – Challenge – under 14yrs (C33): Sergey Druzhinin (The Barber Cup)
Piano – advanced (C23): Audrey Mok (The Croft Shield)
Piano – Challenge – under 17yrs (C34): Rentaro Nito (The Woking Opinion Cup)
Outstanding grades were also awarded to:
Piano – Challenge – under 17yrs (C34): Nicholas Yang and Hanhan Qu