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

Jenny Thornton, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Jenny trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama gaining awards for Character Acting and for Most Promising Teacher... Find out more

Lesley Shrigley jones, Adjudicator: Music

As an Associated Board Scholar, Lesley studied `cello, piano, singing and viola da gamba at the Royal Manchester and Royal... 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

Yvonne Patrick, Adjudicator: Music

Born in South Derbyshire, Yvonne began her professional career with D’Oyly Carte Opera Company before joining Glyndebourne... 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

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

Ann Newson, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Drama and performance have been Ann’s life’s passion. She made her first stage appearance at the age of five and has since... Find out more

Eleanor McLeod, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Eleanor comes from Swansea in Wales, where she first gained a love of the spoken word through taking LAMDA examinations,... Find out more

Gaynor Keeble, Adjudicator: Music

Mezzo Soprano, Gaynor won scholarships to the University of Warwick and Royal Academy of Music. She combines a busy... Find out more

Vivienne Doolan, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Vivienne was introduced to Speech and Drama from a very young age has many years teaching experience with both young and... Find out more

Jane Lister, Adjudicator: Music

Jane has considerable experience as a teacher and adjudicator, teaching at Westminster School,Westminster Abbey Choir School... Find out more

Samantha Tucker, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Samantha’s love of performing started at the age of four, taking part in both amateur and professional productions and she... Find out more

David Beer, Adjudicator: Music

David is a professional conductor and pianist. He taught music in schools, before embarking on a full-time career as a... Find out more

Paul Harris, Festival: Music

Paul Harris is one of the UK’s most influential music educationalists. He
studied the clarinet at the Royal Academy of... Find out more

Irene Grant-Jones, Adjudicator: Music

Irene is a specialist singing adjudicator and teacher based in Bedford.

Regularly coaching pupils for auditions,...

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Carrie Hensel, Adjudicator: Music

Carrie Hensel trained as a flautist at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, subsequently working as a freelance musician,... Find out more

Kate Martin, Adjudicator: Dance

Kate was Janet Palmer’s first pupil and trained with her, and at Mayhew School, Northampton in RAD Ballet and ISTD Modern,... Find out more

Ann Bauer, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Ann has spent her working life in education teaching in secondary and primary schools, theatres, university and therapy... Find out more

Christine Hankin, Adjudicator: Music

Christine studied the flute at the Guildhall School of Music. She now has a successful and varied career and is currently a... 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

Jackie Hutt, Adjudicator: Dance

Jackie trained as a child to major level with Esme Child and Vivienne Bond in Hastings, where she still lives.

She... Find out more

Kathleen Davis, Adjudicator: Dance

Kathleen received all of her dance training at the prestigious Ethel Hardy School of Dance in the North East of England.... Find out more

Karen, Accompanist

Karen studied piano with John Bingham and accompaniment with David Newbold at Trinity College of Music.
She is an... Find out more

Catherine Ingram, Adjudicator: Dance

Catherine has been the Principal of a large dance and theatre school for 30 years. After training in classical ballet,... Find out more

Anthony Williams, Adjudicator: Music

Concert pianist, writer, lecturer, examiner and adjudicator, Anthony Williams studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London... Find out more