WOODWIND DIVISION SYLLABUS 2026
for Clarinet, Saxophone, Oboe, Bassoon and Recorder
Convenor: William R. Bailey
Mobile: +61 498 817 053
Email: woodwind@adelaideeisteddfod.com.au
Dates: Saturday, 1 August and Sunday 2 August
Venue: UNLEY PARK BAPTIST CHURCH
Bellevue Place, Unley Park
Adjudicator:
TBA
$15 General Admission
$10 Concession
(including Pensioners, Seniors & Students and Teachers of Competitors performing that day)
$5 Children 5 to 15 years
2026 Adelaide Eisteddfod Members free of charge
Entries and Fees
All entries are to be made and paid on-line via www.stardom.com.au using the Stardom payment system.
No late entries/late entry fees will be accepted.
How to Enter
Entries for the 2026 Adelaide Eisteddfod are on-line via the Stardom website at https://www.stardom.com.au/. On the Stardom Homepage look for ‘Competitions open for taking entries’ and click on + to view the Divisions being offered in ‘2026 Adelaide Eisteddfod’. Click on ‘Schedule’ to open the list of sections. To enter log in with your Stardom username and password or register for an account so you can log in. Once you have logged in look for ‘2026 Adelaide Eisteddfod’ under ‘Select Competition’. Click on ‘Start Entry’. ‘Select Sections’ will appear. Click on + to open the Division that you would like to view. Click on the box on the left side for each section that you would like to enter. Click on ‘Next’ to complete the entry.
Entries close Friday 10 April 2026, 11:59 pm ACST
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.
Payment may be made safely on-line.
Rules
Competitors, teachers and parents are advised to read the Rules of the Competition 2026 carefully.
NOTE: Competitors may enter the same section on more than one woodwind instrument.
NOTE: Other opportunities for brass players are available in the Adelaide Eisteddfod Concerto and the Wind and Brass Recital.
The Geffrey Hackett-Jones Double Reed Award
An encouragement award of $50 will be awarded to a double reed player who performs in the Woodwind Division at the Special Awards Concert held at the end of the competition season.
This is supported by the Geoffrey Hackett-Jones Double Reed Trust.
The Gabor Reeves Woodwind Medallion will be presented to a woodwind player for excellence in performance at the Special Awards Concert held at the end of the competition season.
Gabor Reeves was a clarinettist in the Queensland, Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras before coming to Adelaide in 1964 to teach at the Elder Conservatorium.
He became a foundation member of the University of Adelaide Wind Quintet. He left Adelaide in 1974 to teach at the Sydney Conservatorium.
Gabor Reeves died in May 2008.