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

Jodie Clark, Adjudicator: Dance

Passionate about potential, creativity and motivation Jodie thrives in an adjudicator setting. She graduated from Bird... Find out more

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

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

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 Fonville, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

David trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trent Park College and has taught, examined and adjudicated... Find out more

June Hornby, Festival: Dance

A Fellow and Life Member of the ISTD, June has been involved in Dance Festivals since she was a Student.

She has been... Find out more

Rachel Gregory, Adjudicator: Music

Rachel studied recorder and viol with Carl Dolmetsch and harpsichord with Ruth Dyson.

She is on the visiting panel...

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Tara Leiper, Adjudicator: Music

Tara graduated from Aberdeen’s Northern College of Education with first class honours and worked in Further Education for 13... Find out more

Lorraine Deacon, Adjudicator: Music

At the Royal Academy of Music Lorraine studied the ’cello with Douglas Cummings and chamber music with Sidney Griller, 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

Stephen Owen, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Stephen trained as a teacher of drama, speech and movement at Trinity and All Saints’ College, University of Leeds. After... Find out more

Maria Jagusz, Adjudicator: Music

Maria Jagusz. GRNCM.FISM

Maria Jagusz trained as a dancer before taking up a place at the Royal Northern College of... 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

Caroline Tyler, Adjudicator: Music

Award-winning concert pianist Caroline has performed at venues including the Barbican Hall in London, the Barber Institute... Find out more

Ruth Gerald, Adjudicator: Music

Ruth was Head of Keyboard Studies at the Royal College of Music and previously Head of Keyboard at the Birmingham School of... 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

Anna Morgan, Adjudicator: Dance

Anna trained at the Deborah Capon College, and is currently studying for her MA at Rambert School. She was also heavily... Find out more

Nicola-Jane Kemp, Adjudicator: Music

Nicola-Jane has been a professional soprano soloist and currently teaches choral scholars at Clare College, Cambridge... 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

George Logan, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Born in Northern Ireland, George became an adjudicator member of the British and International Federation of Festivals in... Find out more

Vanessa Buckley, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Due to the current climate I am available for online adjudication.
Vanessa has been a performer in speech, drama,... Find out more

Julie McLoughlin, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Julie trained at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, worked in the professional theatre and has full Equity membership... Find out more