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2023 was our 90th Festival

 

Sutton Music Festival 2023

 

Celebration Concert brings our 90th Festival to a close

‘Our 90th Festival came to an end on Sunday 26th November with the prize winners’ concert where the Mayor, Cllr Colin Stears, presented the trophies.  The Concert was enjoyed by a number of prize winners from earlier years.
Included in the presentations was a new 90th Festival Trophy for the performer who had given outstanding solo performances at intermediate or advanced level from any two sections of the Festival.
After the prizegiving everyone enjoyed a 90th Festival cake, donated by Bluthner’s who provide the Festival pianos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Celebrity Piano Masterclass 2024

SMF MASTERCLASS 24 MARCH 2024 – PRESS RELEASE

Masterclass for strings given by Vanessa Latarche

Sutton Music Festival organised a very successful and enjoyable Piano Masterclass given by Vanessa Latarche on Sunday 24 March at Trinity School.  The masterclass gave an opportunity for some of the Festival’s most outstanding musicians to work with an internationally renowned pianist.  They played works by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt and Kapustin.

Said Vanessa after the class had finished: ‘It has been a wonderful afternoon of music.  The students were all very well prepared and were responsive to the feedback.  It is such a joy to work with such talent.’

Professor Latarche has been Head of Keyboard at the Royal College of Music since 2005. Awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Music in 2010 for outstanding services to music, an honour conferred on her by HRH Prince of Wales, in September 2011, she was granted a Personal Chair at the RCM, which gave her the title of Chair of International Keyboard Studies. As an extension to her keyboard faculty work, Vanessa was appointed as the Associate Director for Partnerships in Asia, which involves managing the RCM’s collaborative work in China and the RCM’s degree programmes at Nangyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore. 

The Masterclass is funded by the Neil Heayes bequest.  Sutton Music Festival is supported by Arts Network Sutton, the HR Taylor Charitable Trust, and is grateful to Trinity School for the use of their piano and recital room.

 

 

 

 

Vanessa Latarche FRCM & Masterclass Participants

Gala Concert Brings The 2023 Sutton Music Festival To A Close

The 2023 Sutton Music Festival came to a close on Sunday 26 November at Overton Grange School with a Gala Concert of prize winners.  Trophies and prizes were presented by the Festival president and Sutton Mayor Councillor Colin Stears.

 

The Mayor Cllr Colin Stears with the Prize Winners from the 2023 Gala Concert

 

Participants in the 2023 Gala Concert


2023 Celebrity Masterclass For Strings

SMF Masterclass for strings given by Ruth Rogers

Sutton Music Festival organised a very successful and enjoyable Masterclass given by Ruth Rogers on Sunday 5 March in Wallington Library.  The masterclass included participants from the 2022 Festival, playing violin and cello.  They played works by Bach, Sarasate, Paganini, Rachmaninov and others.

Said Ruth after the class had finished: ‘It was an honour to work with these incredibly talented young musicians. They responded so well to ideas and suggestions, and I think that it was a lovely opportunity for them to perform to an audience and interact with a professional musician. Huge thanks to the Sutton Music Festival for giving young people this opportunity.’

Ruth Rogers is currently one of the Leaders of the London Mozart Players, and regularly guest leads other major orchestras. She studied at the Royal College of Music, has won many prestigious awards including the Tagore Gold Medal and the Manoug Parikian Award. She now performs both at home and abroad both as a soloist and in various chamber music ensembles including the Iuventus String Quartet and the Aquinas Piano Trio.

The Masterclass is funded by the Neil Heayes bequest.  Sutton Music Festival is supported by Arts Network Sutton, the HR Taylor Charitable Trust, and is grateful to the London Borough of Sutton for the use of the library.

The Mayor of Sutton Cllr Trish Fivey with Ruth Rogers and Masterclass participants


The 89th Sutton Music Festival 2022

We would like to thank the record number of people of all ages who entered the 2022 Festival and participated in a most successful event.  We hope the feedback they received from our expert adjudicators will be fruitful.

The Festival came to an end on Sunday 27 November with the Prizewinners’ Concert, showing an excellent standard of performance in music and drama.

 

Gala Concert Brings The 2022 Sutton Music Festival To A Close

The 2022 Sutton Music Festival came to a close on 27 November at Overton Grange School with a Gala Concert of prize winners.  Trophies and prizes were presented by the Festival president and Sutton Mayor Councillor Trish Fivey.

 

The Mayor Cllr Trish Fivey with the Prize Winners from the 2022 Gala Concert

 

Participants in the 2022 Gala Concert

With support from the

H.R. TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST

and  ARTS NETWORK SUTTON

 

 

ADJUDICATORS for the 2024 Festival

 

 

Piano …………………………………….. TBA

Vocal & Choral  ……………………… TBA

Speech & Drama ……………………. TBA

Winds &  Concerto Class ……….. TBA

Strings …………………………………… TBA