2022 Adelaide Eisteddfod
Vocal Division
28 Jul 2022 to 31 Jul 2022
(To be confirmed after receipt of Entries and Programming has been finalised)
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VOCAL DIVISION 2022
DATES: September: Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st July 

Adjudicator:  John Boulton-Wood AM

Convenor: Ian Vayne: telephone 0448 000 433

  email: ianvayne@gmail.com


GENERAL SECTIONS and Vocal Scholarship Heats: Admission: $10

2021/22 Adelaide Eisteddfod Members and children 12 years & under free of charge

VENUE Unley Park Baptist Church, Bellevue Place Unley Park



ARNOLD MATTERS SCHOLARSHIP


FINAL: Unley Park Baptist Church Bellevue Place Unley Park



Entries and Fees

All entries accompanied by the correct fees should be completed and submitted with payment no later than 5 pm Thursday April 14th 2022 (Adelaide Time).

Late entries/late payment will strictly not be accepted.

All entries are to be made and paid on-line via www.stardom.com.au using the Stardom payment system.

Each competitor pays a fee per section entered, as printed on the computer-generated invoice, plus a single administration fee appearing on the invoice after all required sections have been entered.

Competitors, teachers and parents are advised to read the General Rules and Conditions as well as specific rules for this Division.

1.   They may not compete in more than ONE voice range.

2.   Performance from memory is expected, except for oratorio works where the convention is to perform holding the score.

3.   Works from Oratorios may only be sung in Sections V729, V734 and V735.

4.   Operatic works may only be sung in Sections V710, V720, V734 and V735.

5.   Art Songs may not be sung in Ballad Only sections (see list below).

6.   If competitors wish to ensure eligibility of their choice of items, they should forward a list to the Secretary before June 30, 2022.

7.   A legible copy of the music to be performed must be provided for the adjudicator.   Photocopies for this purpose will be destroyed by the Convenor, but original music must be collected at the conclusion of the Section.  (See General Rule 23 re photocopied material). 

8.   All competitors must provide an original copy of the music to be performed. This original music will be sighted when booking in for competitions.

9.   Where photocopying is being used it is the responsibility of the competitor to ensure that the copy has been obtained legally and that APRA AMCOS copyright forms are completed and presented at the time of booking in.

10These forms may be obtained from teachers, convenors, on the Adelaide Eisteddfod Society web site and at the venue.

11The Eisteddfod Society Inc. is required to destroy all photocopied music at the completion of competitions.

12.  When a competitor is singing in a language other than English, he/she must give a BRIEF translation to the audience.  A LITERAL TRANSLATION OF EVERY WORD IS NOT REQUIRED.

13.  Competitors are not to communicate with the adjudicator until he/she has completed competing in all sections entered.

14.  The Eisteddfod Society has the right to cancel a section where there are insufficient entries to make it a viable section, or to offer only the first prize where there are minimal entry numbers.

 

ENGLISH ART SONG COMPOSERS (representative list):

Granville Bantock, Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten, Frederick Delius, Edward Elgar, Armstrong Gibbs, Ivor Gurney, Hamilton Harty, Michael Head, Gustav Holst, John Ireland, Roger Quilter, Cyril Scott, Martin Shaw, Peter Warlock and Vaughan Williams.  NB Richard Hageman is an American composer whose works may only be sung in sections other than English Art Songs.

 

BALLAD COMPOSERS  (representative list):

Stephen Adams, May Brahe, Molly Carew, Eric Coates, Montague Phillips, Landon Roland, Wilfred Sanderson and Haydn Wood.

Ballads are usually songs of two or more verses, each of which may be sung to the same melody.  A Ballad is composed, as distinct from a traditional folk song.

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 14/04/2022 5:30:00 PM (AEST)
V702 Any Voice Solo     8-12 years

Session: 28/07/2022 10:10 AM    Time Limit: 04:00

General Rules 10, 11, 12 and 13 do not apply and any piece performed in another section or which has won a first prize may be played in this section.

Sponsored by Luigi & Carmel Pisaniello

Entries Closed
Entry: $25.001st $25          2nd $15          HM          
V703 Any Voice Solo     12-15 years

Session: 28/07/2022 10:30 AM    Time Limit: 04:00

Own choice of a Traditional / Folk Song, Classical Song, or Sacred Song in English

Sponsored by Don & Lesley Catford

Entries Closed
Entry: $25.001st $25          2nd $15          HM          
V705 Any Voice Solo     12-17 years

Session: 28/07/2022 11:30 AM    Time Limit: 05:00

ANDREA CLARE MEMORIAL PRIZE Own choice of any Art Song by an Australian composer. Please see the Vocal Division Syllabus for a list of suggested composers.

Sponsored by Andrea Clare Memorial Trust

Entries Closed
Entry: $25.001st $35          HM          
V706 Any Voice Solo     14-18 years

Session: 28/07/2022 11:45 AM    Time Limit: 05:00

EDITH AND ERN DAVEY MEMORIAL PRIZE Own choice of any solo from Music Theatre. Adjudication will be of voice and interpretation. Props and costumes allowed.

Sponsored by the Davey Family

Entries Closed
Entry: $25.001st $35          2nd $25          3rd $20          HM          
V708 Any Voice Solo     14-18 years

Session: 28/07/2022 1:00 PM    Time Limit: 05:00

CLEMENT Q. WILLIAMS MEMORIAL PRIZE Own choice of any Art Song in English.

Sponsored by Adelaide Savage Club Trust.

Entries Closed
Entry: $25.001st $40          HM          
V710 Italian Language Solo     16-21 years

Session: 28/07/2022 1:15 PM    Time Limit: 08:00

ITALIAN PRIZE Own choice of two (2) contrasting pieces in Italian language. One piece must be from “24 Italian Songs and Arias of the 17th & 18th Centuries” (G. Schirmer Inc.).

Sponsored by Bene Aged Care

Entries Closed
Entry: $32.001st $200          2nd $100          HM          
V719 Art Song Solo     17 years and over

Session: 28/07/2022 2:45 PM    Time Limit: 05:00

ART SONG PRIZE Own choice of any Art Song in English.

Sponsored by The Carina Singers/Gladys Bailey Trust

Entries Closed
Entry: $25.001st $40          HM          
V720 Any Voice Solo     Open - no age limit

Session: 28/07/2022 3:15 PM    Time Limit: 08:00

Own Choice of an Operatic Aria.

Malcolm J Orchard Memorial Prize

Entries Closed
Entry: $30.001st Medallion          HM          
V721 French Language Solo     18 years and over

Session: 29/07/2022 11:05 AM    Time Limit: 05:00

Own choice of a song from the Art Song recital repertoire. Must be in a language other than English.

Sponsored by Guila Tiver

Entries Closed
Entry: $25.001st $150          2nd $70          3rd $30          HM          
V722 Any Voice Solo     18 years and over

Session: 29/07/2022 11:55 AM    Time Limit: 06:00

Own choice of classical song to be performed in any language other than French, Italian, German or English.

Sponsored by Rosalind Martin

Entries Closed
Entry: $25.001st $100          2nd $70          3rd $30          HM          
V724 Soprano, Mezzo Sop, or Contralto Solo     21 years and over

Session: 29/07/2022 10:25 AM    Time Limit: 06:00

VERA CLARKSON MEMORIAL PRIZE Own choice of an Operatic Aria in English. Entrants in V714 are ineligible.

Sponsored by The Vera Clarkson Memorial Trust

Entries Closed
Entry: $25.001st $50          HM          
V727 German Language Solo     18 years and over

Session: 29/07/2022 1:00 PM    Time Limit: 09:00

RAE COCKING MEMORIAL PRIZE Own choice of two (2) contrasting songs from the Art Song recital repertoire. Can be in any language.

Sponsored by Jamie Cock

Entries Closed
Entry: $32.001st $300          2nd $150          3rd $50          HM          
V731 Gilbert & Sullivan Solo     18 years and over

Session: 29/07/2022 9:30 AM    Time Limit: 05:00

Own choice of a song from the Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire, in the original key and in English.

Sponsored by The Gilbert and Sullivan Society Inc.

Entries Closed
Entry: $32.001st $100          2nd $50          3rd $25          HM          
V732 Music Theatre Solo     19 years and over

Session: 29/07/2022 9:45 AM    Time Limit: 05:00

GROUP THEATRE TRUST AWARD Own choice of a solo from Music Theatre. Can be in any language. Singers in this category will not be amplified with a microphone.

Sponsored by Group Theatre Trust.

Entries Closed
Entry: $27.001st $65          2nd $30          HM          
V733 Australian Art Song Solo     18 years and over

Session: 28/07/2022 9:30 AM    Time Limit: 05:00

Own choice of any Art Song by an Australian Composer. May be in any language.

Sponsored by Mary Handley OAM

Entries Closed
Entry: $25.001st $50          2nd $30          3rd $20          HM          
V734 Any Voice Solo     21 years and over

Session: 29/07/2022 3:10 PM    Time Limit: 09:00

BARBARA HOWARD VOCAL PRIZE Own choice of two (2) pieces; (a) an aria from any opera AND (b) a contrasting song or aria. Both works should demonstrate ability to interpret character and/or humour. In this section singing AND acting will be adjudicated. Previous V734 1st Prize winners are ineligible.

Sponsored by the Barbara Howard Trust Fund

Entries Closed
Entry: $32.001st $130          2nd $70          HM          
V736 Any Voice Solo     23 years and under 36 years as at June 30th 2022

Session: 31/07/2022 2:00 PM    Time Limit: 18

ARNOLD MATTERS VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST Previous First Prize Winners are ineligible. Open to Australian Citizens only. Each competitor will sing the following in the HEAT. Time Limit 12 mins (a) Any Aria from the accepted opera repertoire (b) A Lied in German. A MAXIMUM OF 6 FINALISTS WILL BE CHOSEN. FINAL Time Limit 18 minutes (a) The same Aria as the Heat (b) A selection from Oratorio and (c) English Art Song. Copies of selections must be provided for the adjudicator. Competitors must provide their own accompanist and be sure he/she is available to perform at the required time. Finalists will be required to produce a written program demonstrating the use of the scholarship over a three year period. This time frame will be strictly adhered to. Emphasis will be placed on an interview by panel including the adjudicator and a member of the Management Committee. Subject to a satisfactory interview and acceptable future studies program, the winner will be offered the scholarship. If in the opinion of the interviewing panel, the scholarship should not be offered to the winner, then only the $1,000 prize will be awarded. The second placegetter may be offered the scholarship if his/her standard is high enough. ENTRY INCLUDES A $20 DEPOSIT REFUNDED WHEN ENTRANT ARRIVES TO COMPETE.

Sponsored by the Arnold Matters Vocal Scholarship Trust and Margaret Lucas

Entries Closed
Entry: $72.001st Scholarship ($5000) + $1000          2nd Finalist + $500          3rd Finalist + $100          
V739 Any Voice Solo     30 years and under as at December 31st 2023

Session: 29/07/2022 4:10 PM    Time Limit: 00:00

Singers from the Vocal Division who have been a resident in South Australia for at least twelve months prior to December 31st, 2024, may be selected for a chance to compete in the 5MBS Final of the "Young Virtuoso Competition". Either an instrumentalist or vocalist may then be selected to compete against interstate competitors from participating states. There will not be a specific section in which singers must perform. The adjudicator's decision will be based on all sections competitors have entered in the 2024 Vocal Division, and competitors will need to demonstrate performance and vocal skills across a diverse range of singing styles. Only singers who have entered this section will be considered.

Entries Closed
Entry: $0.00
V701 Any Voice Solo     8-12 years

Session: 28/07/2022 9:30 AM    Time Limit: 04:00

One or more works which demonstrate your technical and interpretive capabilities within a time limit of 15 minutes.

Sponsored by Luigi & Carmel Pisaniello

Entries Closed
Entry: $25.001st $25          2nd $15          3rd $10          HM          
V704 Any Voice Solo     12-15 years

Session: 28/07/2022 10:55 AM    Time Limit: 04:00

WINIFRED SARRE MEMORIAL PRIZE Own choice of a Traditional / Folk Song, Classical Song, or Sacred Song in a language other than Engligh.

Sponsored by Don & Lesley Catford

Entries Closed
Entry: $25.001st $25          2nd $15          HM          
V718 Wagner Solo     21 years and over

Session: 28/07/2022 9:30 AM    Time Limit: 06:00

Own choice of operatic or non-operatic solo vocal piece by Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt or Richard Strauss. Song / operatic excerpt may be in German or French. Please see the Vocal Division Syllabus for a list of Wagner’s songs.

Sponsored by The Richard Wagner Society of South Australia Inc.

Entries Closed
Entry: $27.001st $200          2nd $100          3rd $50          HM          
V729 Oratorio Solo     18 years and over

Session: 29/07/2022 2:10 PM    Time Limit: 05:00

LEWIS DAWE MEMORIAL PRIZE Own choice from Oratorio, not Cantata, in any language.

LEWIS DAWE MEMORIAL Sponsored by the Adelaide Harmony Choir

Entries Closed
Entry: $27.001st $200          2nd $100          HM