The 2010 Alderley Edge Festival
FROM TUESDAY MAY 11th to SATURDAY MAY 15th
2010
The 2010 Daily Timetable is now available
Tuesday's Music Timetable is available for download here.
Wednesday's Music Timetable is available for download here.
Thursday's Music Timetable is available for download here.
Friday's Music Timetable is available for download here.
Saturday's Music Timetable is available for download here.
Saturday's Speech & Drama Timetable is available for
download here.
FESTIVAL CENTENARY 2011
To aspiring Poets of any age, find details about composing a
CENTENARY POEM by downloading the details here.
To all musicians, find details about composing a CENTENARY
FANFARE by downloading the details
here.
To budding artists, find details about designing a SPECIAL PIN
BADGE by downloading the details here.
Purpose and function of the
organisation
The objects of the Festival are educational
and non-profit making and comprise of holding the Festival and any
other events of an educational nature complementary to the
Festival.
The Festival provides a platform for amateur performances with
an educational element provided by professional adjudicators.
Our Vision is to encourage and provide a conduit through public
performances for young children to express themselves through
music, speech and drama and to showcase and nurture this talent in
the performing arts.
2010 Syllabus is now available
The syllabus cover is available for download here.
The syllabus pages are available for download here.
To view these documents you may need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader which is
available as a free download.
The Halle Masterclass
On Sunday July 4th at the Alderley Edge School for Girls, London
Road, Alderley Edge, the Alderley Edge Festival will be holding a
'strings' masterclass. This masterclass is sponsored by the
Alderley Edge Festival, facilitated by The Halle, with individual
coaching in the morning and group classes in the afternoon.
Specially selected 'strings' winners and other improving players
will be invited to attend this masterclass, with members of The
Halle Orchestra as the teachers. This will be an exciting and
excellent opportunity for young string musicians to experience
coaching from the experts.
93rd Festival
I have now completed three years as Chairman, and over that time
I have had nothing but the utmost support form all the committee
and all the helpers. It is a privilege to be part of such a
wonderful organisation, and I am proud and honoured to be the
Chairman of a group of people that are friendly, helpful and
committed to the cause, and who unstintingly give of their time to
the support of the children and to the arts in particular. We
still have our annual quirks to deal with, but at no time do we let
them become issues - only challenges - which we handle with a
smile. This is down to lots of hard work by lots of willing
people - hard graft but great fun - and I thank you all for your
support.
The four days of the last year's Festival were yet again capped
by a wonderfully varied, but extremely talented Finalé. At
the same time, however, it was tinged with a certain amount of
sadness as a result of Sarah Roache's untimely death. It was
therefore wonderful to see both Bill Roache and his daughter Verity
attend the Finalé in such sad circumstances. It showed the
fortitude of them both. In his own style, Bill paid his own
compliment to the whole team of organisers for not just the Finalé,
but to the way the four days seem to run so smoothly - to which I
add my own thanks.
Keith's full statement is available here.