Adjudicator & Accompanist Directory

Further information about our adjudicators is only available to our members. To become a member click here.x
Ailsa Howarth, Adjudicator: Music

Ailsa was a multiple prize-winner at the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied the piano with Max Pirani. A Norwegian... Find out more

Fiona McLean-Buechel, Adjudicator: Music

Fiona is a specialist strings adjudicator for the British and International Federation of Festivals and has recently been Co... Find out more

John, Accompanist

John enjoys a varied musical life as a piano accompanist, répétiteur, musical director, chamber musician, and singer. As a... Find out more

Jena Pang, Adjudicator: Music

Jena Chun-Wah Pang is based in the United Kingdom and is celebrated for his exceptional teaching, judging competitions and... Find out more

Cathi Conroy-Jones, Adjudicator: Dance

CATHI CONROY-JONES has been adjudicating for many years and is a Triple International Examiner with the ISTD in Modern,... 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

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

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

Susan Clark, Adjudicator: Music

Susan attended the Trinity College of Music Junior Department for ten years, then continued her studies at Cambridge and... Find out more

Luan Shaw, Adjudicator: Music

Dr Luan Shaw has been an adjudicator member of the British and International Federation of Festivals since 2001, initially... Find out more

Karen Blackburn, Adjudicator: Dance

Karen received her formative training at The Phyllis & Hilda Skinns Ballet School (Hull) and with Louise Browne (York... Find out more

Paul Trigg, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Paul Trigg studied English at the University of East Anglia and then trained for the stage at The American Academy of... Find out more

Nadia Lasserson, Adjudicator: Music

Nadia studied at the Royal Academy of Music, winning the Manns Memorial Prize. An experienced performer of concertos, lieder... 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

Libby Crabtree, Adjudicator: Music

After graduating from Cambridge, Libby sang and recorded with The Sixteen and other leading Baroque ensembles for over 30... Find out more

Richard Deering, Adjudicator: Music

Richard has been an adjudicator member of the British and International Federation of Festivals for over 40 years,... Find out more

Stewart, Accompanist

As a Federation accompanist Stewart works annually at the Alderley Edge, Buxton, , Hazel Grove, Fleetwood, Heaton Mersey and... Find out more

Australian Dance Adjudicators (BIFF Affiliate Partner), Adjudicator: Dance

The Australian Dance Adjudicators Association has been dedicated to fostering the growth and development of dancers across... Find out more

Vivienne Doolan, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Vivienne is a graduate of the London College of Music and Media and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 2012 she... Find out more

Timothy Barratt, Adjudicator: Music

TIMOTHY BARRATT studied on a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, winning many major awards, and completed his studies... Find out more

Kim Gilbert, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Kim originally trained as a professional actress at GSA and also later studied for an LGSM at the Guildhall School of Music... Find out more

oliver gibson, Festival: Dance
Find out more
Angela Rowley, Adjudicator: Music

Angela is a graduate in German from University College, London and after a period in teaching, began private singing... 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

Susan Maguire, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Susan is a graduate of Dublin City University, and has a Post-Graduate Higher Diploma in Education, & a Licentiate... Find out more