Syllabus Area

Each entrant will receive a full adjudication, certificate and written feedback but no placing.

Any Piece classified as an Aria

Backing Track must be provided on a phone / tablet or CD and must be instrumental only with no additional singing. A sound system will be provided. You will be expected to sing without a microphone

Song of Indian Origin composed to an original text and sung in the original language

To be sung from memory. Accompanists will need to be arranged by the performer if required. Microphones and Backing tracks not allowed.

To be sung from memory. Accompanists will need to be arranged by the performer if required. Microphones and Backing tracks not allowed.

To be sung from memory. Accompanists will need to be arranged by the performer if required. Microphones and Backing tracks not allowed.

Art Song composed to an original English Text (e.g. Sullivan, Ireland, Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Howells, Britten)

To mark the 150th anniversary of the death of Georges Bizet (25 Oct 1838 - 3 Jun 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic era, best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death

You must enter at least one other Solo Voice category. Please note that you should not sing a piece which you have already sung in another class. To be sung from memory. Accompanists will need to be arranged by the performer if required. Microphones and Backing tracks not allowed.

Singers are to prepare a song from the Musical Theatre repertoire. The emphasis in this class is on the seamless integration of singing and acting skills demonstrated through a range of vocal quality choices and a truthful delivery of the song. To be sung from memory. Accompanists will need to be arranged by the performer if required. Microphones and Backing tracks not allowed.

Backing Track must be provided on a phone / tablet or CD and must be instrumental only with no additional singing. A sound system will be provided. You will be expected to sing without a microphone. Your song must be appropriate for a mixed aged audience. This category is not suitable for rap or heavy metal style genres

Art Song composed to an original European text and sung in the original Language. Any European Language, including Russian.

To mark the 80th birthday of John Milford Rutter CBE (born sept 1945). An english composer, conductor, editor, arranger and record producer, mainly of choral music.