Sutton Music Festival

Entries are now open for the 2021 Festival and will close on the 1st October

This years Festival will be live, and the syllabus is now available here. Entries must be submitted on the Entries page of our website here and must all be in by the 1st October.

There will unfortunately be no Choirs’ classes and all classes will be held at Overton Grange School.

The format of the Festival will be reviewed should the situation with COVID change.

Jo Periam

Festival Organiser

The key dates are:

01 October Deadline for entries

12/13/14 November 1st Festival weekend (Piano, Vocal, Strings & Speech)

19/20/21 November 2nd Festival weekend (Piano, Vocal, Strings & Winds)

28 November Prize winners’ Concert

A message from the Chairman

I would like to thank everyone who was involved in making last year’s Festival such an outstanding success.  Despite the difficulties of working with the COVID pandemic, we managed to achieve our first ever virtual, on-line Festival.

There were over 520 entries, much higher than expected, with high entries for piano and strings.

We were disappointed not to have the choirs, and not to be able to host a prize winners’ concert, but pleased that we have a set of good quality videos, a selection of which you can enjoy on our website.

Can I thank all the entrants, their teachers and parents, the adjudicators, our sponsors and advertisers, and all our volunteer helpers who adapted so well to changed circumstances.

David Drane

ADJUDICATORS for 2021 Festival

Piano ……………………………………………… James Kirby  ARAM, GRSM

Vocal ………………………………………………. Ben Costello  MA, PGDip, B Mus, FRSA, FISM 

Speech & Drama ……………………………. Alison Rose  BA

General Instrumental & Strings …….. Jessica O’Leary  ARAM, B Mus,  Dip CSM

Winds …………………………………………….  Anne Hodgson  BA, FTCL, LTCL