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Class Groups for 2026
Junior Vocal Adult Vocal ( Solos and Duets) Junior Choral Adult Choral Woodwind Composition Brass Strings Acoustic and Electric Guitar Classical Guitar and Plucked Strings Percussion Piano Mixed Ensembles JazzAdult Vocal ( Solos and Duets)
All classes open to any voice, 19 years and over.
For mixed age duet see Class 17 under Junior Vocal classes.
Please note that after a brief change of date and time we are now sticking with original date and time!!! The Adult Vocal classes will take place at Durlston School chapel on Saturday 14th March. This is the same day as Piano and Guitar classes (and one week before Adult Choirs).
| Class | Description | Time Limit | Class Fee | Accomp. Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P12 | Performance Platform. Adult Vocal Solo or Duet. No adjudication. Own choice. | 5 mins | £4.00 | £5.50 |
| 19 | Folk song. One song, accompanied or unaccompanied. | 5 mins | £8.50 | £5.50 |
| 22 | Light opera or music from the shows or films. Any one song. | 5 mins | £8.50 | £5.50 |
| 23 | Lieder, French or Italian Art Song. Any one song, to be sung in the original language. | 5 mins | £8.50 | £5.50 |
| 24 | British song. Any one song by a British composer. | 5 mins | £8.50 | £5.50 |
| 20 | Operatic Solo. One aria from any opera written after 1750. | 5 mins | £8.50 | £5.50 |
| 21 | Oratorio Solo. One aria from an oratorio or sacred work. | 5 mins | £8.50 | £5.50 |
| 27 | Vocal duet, trio or quartet. Any one item. | 5 mins | £8.50 | £5.50 |
| 28 | Adult Recital. A balanced programme of own choice songs. | 15 mins | £13.00 | £9.50 |
Adjudicator - Colin Judson
Colin Judson is widely recognised as one of the leading character tenors of his generation and regularly appears at major opera houses across Europe including most recently the Royal Ballet and Opera Covent Garden, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Opera de Paris, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome and English National Opera.
Recent and future engagements include Spoletta Tosca, Goro Madama Butterfly and Don Basilio Le nozze di Figaro at RBO, Monostatos Die Zauberflöte and Flute and Snout A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Opera North, Bardolpho Falstaff for Glyndebourne Festival, Dr Caius Falstaff for Garsington, Mime Siegfried for the London Opera Company, Don Basilio Le nozze di Figaro for ENO and Steuermann Der Fliegende Höllander for Opera Holland Park.
Other appearances have included Mime Siegfried for Longborough Opera Festival, Monostatos, Pang Turandot, Snout, Kunz Vogelgesang Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg RBO, Bob Boles Peter Grimes for Bergen National Opera, Vogelgesang, Gamekeeper Rusalka, Bardolfo, Squeak Billy Budd and the Schoolmaster Cunning Little Vixen for Glyndebourne, High Priest of Amon Akhnaten for ENO, Opéra National du Rhin and, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon. He has sung the role of Sellem The Rake’s Progress in Caen, Reims, Limoges, Luxembourg, Rouen, Normandy and Turin.
