The 2012 Alderley Edge Festival
WILL BE HELD FROM WEDNESDAY MAY 9th to
SATURDAY MAY 12th 2012
THE NEW 2012 SYLLABUS IS NOW AVAILABLE
ON-LINE - GO TO
THIS YEAR WE HAVE INCLUDED THEMED,
MUSIC AND SPEECH CLASSES TO CELEBRATE BOTH THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE
AND THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS
THE 2012 MASTERCLASS
On SUNDAY 1st JULY 2012 at the ALDERLEY EDGE
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, the Alderley Edge Festival will hold a
'vocal' 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 'vocal' winners and other
improving vocalists will be invited to attend this
masterclass, with members of The Halle as the teachers.
This will be an exciting and excellent opportunity for
young vocalists to experience coaching from the
experts.
FESTIVAL CENTENARY 2011 COMPETITION WINNERS
CENTENARY Fanfare winner was BENJAMIN CLARKE
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see the performance on YouTube at
AEF CENTENARY FANFARE BY BENJAMIN
CLARKE
CENTENARY Poetry winner was EMILY USHER of The Alderley
Edge Community Primary School
CENTENARY Limerick winner was CAMERON SHIELDS of Pownall
Hall School
CENTENARY Pin Badge winner was PAUL ROBINSON of The
Alderley Edge Community Primary School
PRE-FESTIVAL CONCERT
Was held on SATURDAY 7TH MAY 2011, at THE ALDERLEY EDGE
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
Featuring past winners of the
Festival:
Rosy Williams (Violin), Felicity Orme (Harp),
Paul Exton-McGuinness (Trombone), Helen Meadmore (Drama) and Just
Midnight (Choir)
THE 2012 REGULATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
THE 2012 ADJUDICATOR PROFILES ARE NOW
AVAILABLE
THE 2011 MUSIC TIMETABLE IS STILL AVAILABLE
THE 2011 SPEECH & DRAMA TIMETABLE IS STILL AVAILABLE
PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF THE FESTIVAL
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.
We still believe in the ideal that the youth of today are
talented in the arts and will always have something to offer. This
talent is in all of us, and if, as a Society, we can nurture even a
small amount of that talent, then we are making a difference. It is
this difference that keeps us working so hard to make the Festival
what it is.
CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE 2012
2011 was a very special Festival - the Centenary of the
existence of a Festival Society in Alderley Edge - a milestone only
reached by a minority of existing Festivals. T
he British & International
Federation of Festivals has over 300 affiliated Festivals, of which
only a few have achieved this incredible landmark.
It is a testament to the belief in our youth that we have
sustained this wonderful Festival for a hundred years, just as it
is a testament to the entrants' pursuit of attaining their own
perfection in their own performance.
I would like to say a big thank you to everyone concerned in
the running of the Centenary Festival, it was done with precision
and showed a massive commitment, but at the same time we had
enormous fun.............
Keith's full statement is available here.