Adjudicator & Accompanist Directory | The British and International Federation of Festivals

Catherine, Accompanist

Catherine studied the piano at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with Frank Wibaut and the late Paul Hamburger, moving to the... Find out more

Iona Sherwood-Jones, Adjudicator: Music

Iona was born in Liverpool and began playing the violin under teacher Peter Mountain. She was a pupil at Chethams and Wells... Find out more

Ailbhe Garvey-Hughes, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Ailbhe received a Fellowship in Speech and Drama from the London College of Music and a Licentiate from Trinity College. A... Find out more

Melanie Spanswick, Adjudicator: Music

Melanie is a British pianist, writer, teacher, composer and adjudicator, who has authored best-selling books on many aspects... Find out more

Steven Roberts, Festival: Music

Steven has been a music adjudicator since 2001; has sat on the Adjudicators Council and was Chair of the Board of Trustees... Find out more

Heidi Fardell, Adjudicator: Music

Woodwind specialist, recorder player and ensemble coach Heidi Fardell is a professional performer and inclusive music... Find out more

Christina Thomson, Adjudicator: Music

Christina studied horn, piano, and singing at the Royal Academy of Music.

A career in Bavaria followed, playing and... Find out more

Peter Dayson, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Peter started his career as an actor in stage, television and film, progressing to writing, directing and producing.

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Paul Bench, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Paul studied at London and Birmingham Universities, specialising in literary theory, then the Guildhall School in acting and... Find out more

Anita Downey, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Anita is head of Speech and Drama at a large, flourishing Secondary School. This involves work to Diploma level in Speech,... Find out more

Arthur Webb, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

After graduating from Queen’s University, Belfast with a B.Ed degree in English and Drama, Arthur studied at the Guildhall... Find out more

Anne Marshall, Adjudicator: Music

Anne grew up in a musical family on the Isle of Wight, conducting her first choir at 14 and taking part annually in the Isle... Find out more

Murray McLachlan, Adjudicator: Music

Murray McLachlan has been adjudicating for nearly 30 years and is based in Manchester. He has made over 40 commercial... Find out more

Andrew Hansford, Adjudicator: Music

Andrew Hansford, born in Berkshire, UK, holds UK music-degrees from Surrey ((UniS), Guildford), Bristol and Cambridge (Saint... Find out more

Judey Struth, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Judey has been involved with Festivals as a performer, teacher and parent for over 50 years. She is an Associate of Trinity... Find out more

Carrie Ellis, Adjudicator: Dance

CARRIE ELLIS, BA (Hons) FIDTA (Dist.) LIDTA, Cert.Ed, Dip Arts Ed, SAC Dip. Examiner and Adjudicator.
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Bryan Husband, Adjudicator: Music

Bryan studied at the Royal College of Music, London, and the Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. He has homes in... Find out more

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Andrew Sherwood, Adjudicator: Music

Andrew has, and still does, perform in many parts of the world as conductor and violinist. He has been Professor of Violin... Find out more

Frith Trezevant, Adjudicator: Music

Frith is career teacher with over 35 years’ experience of teaching singers of all abilities and over a wide age range. The... Find out more

Nathan James, Adjudicator: Dance

Nathan trained in the Midlands in all musical theatre and dance disciplines along with his initial teaching qualifications... Find out more

Louise Manders, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Louise first trod the boards when only five days old. Her professional theatrical career, which included repertory, musicals... Find out more

Patricia Mulligan, Festival: Speech and Drama

Patricia has been involved in the festival movement from an early age, performing in festivals and feiseanna all over... Find out more

Richard Haslam, Adjudicator: Music

Richard studied for at Sussex University for a degree in Education, specialising in Music and also at the Royal College of... Find out more

Donal McCrisken, Adjudicator: Music

Donal is a Belfast-based musician with many years experience as a pianist, accompanist, conductor, examiner and adjudicator... Find out more