ABERDEEN and NORTH EAST of SCOTLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL - SYLLABUS EIGHTY-SIXTH FESTIVAL 2009

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ABERDEEN and NORTH EAST of

SCOTLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL
1909-2009
This year the Aberdeen and North East Scotland Music Festival is 100 years
old. Begun in 1909 by Charles Sanford Terry (Professor of History at
Aberdeen University) the first Festival included choirs from many of the
important local businesses of the time, including Reid and Pearsons and
Isaac Benzies, and was attended by Sir Edward Elgar.
The Founder's aim was to encourage music making and participation in
musical activities in the North East of Scotland and this continues to be our
aim. We cannot do this without your participation and thank you for taking
this syllabus.
As you will read in the information on Adjudicators, most of them this year
were educated in Aberdeen, took part in the Festival and won the appropriate
challenge classes before going on to further study and professional lives as
eminent musicians. We thank them for “coming home” to celebrate the
Centenary Year with us and we look forward to receiving your entry and to
making the 2009 Festival a truly unforgettable experience
Mary Rasmussen – President and Chairman
EIGHTY-SIXTH FESTIVAL 2009

(no Festivals were held during the two world wars)
Scottish Country Dance:

Friday 20 and Saturday 21 March 2009
Music and Speech and Drama:

Monday 8 June to Friday 12 June 2009
THE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
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OFFICE BEARERS:
President and Chairman Mrs Mary Rasmussen
149 Broomhill Road, Aberdeen, AB10 6JQ
Vice-Chairman Mrs June Maclean
17 Kingswood Gardens,
Kingswells,
Aberdeen, AB15 8PE
General Secretary and Custodian of Mrs Jean Henderson
Trophies Clachnaben,135 Garthdee Road, Aberdeen,
AB10 7AT
Treasurer Kenny Hall
272 Broomhill Road, Aberdeen, AB10 7LP
Publicity Mrs Mary Rasmussen
149 Broomhill Road, Aberdeen, AB10 6JQ
Scottish Country Dancing Miss Lesley Martin,
32 Argyll Place, Aberdeen,
AB25 2EL
Sponsorship Mrs Jean Paton
Crownhill, 78 Contlaw Road, Milltimber,
Aberdeen, AB13 0EJ
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL:
Mrs R Coleman Miss H Cromar Miss A Farquhar
Mrs J Gordon Mrs L Gurney Mr A Haggart
Miss A Hamilton Miss M Harris Mr C Munro
Mrs S Noden Miss S Simpson Mrs L Thom
Mrs D Young
MEMBERSHIP: Membership of the Association entitles the holder to free entry to

all sessions, together with a copy of the programme and the following year’s sylla-
bus, when available. The membership fee is £12.00.
ADDRESSES FOR ENTRIES:

Scottish Country Dancing: Mrs K Gail Nieman,
52 Camperdown Road, Aberdeen,
AB15 5NU
Online entries for all other sections at www.aberdeenmusicfestival.com
Postal entries for all other sections Aberdeen and North East of Scotland
Music Festival
PO Box 264
ABERDEEN AB25 2WW
For general enquiries please email enquiries@aberdeenmusicfestival.com
For enquiries about entries please email entries@aberdeenmusicfestival.com
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CONTENTS
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FESTIVAL RULES 6
CHILD PROTECTION POLICY 9
FESTIVAL TROPHIES AND AWARDS 10
SECTIONS: ADJUDICATORS:
Scottish Country Dancing Helen Frame and Peter Clark 14
Speech and Drama to be confirmed 17
Vocal and Choral Neil Mackie 24
Group Music Making see page 31 31

and Percussion
Piano Kathryn Page and 32

Murray McLachlan
Scottish Instrumental Claire Telford 35
Bowed Strings Claire Telford 36
Plucked Strings see page 41 40
Recorder Ian Wilson 41
Woodwind Ian Wilson 44
Brass Robin Haggart 49
Composition to be confirmed 55
Family Group to be confirmed 55
Instrumental challenge All instrumental adjudicators 57
At the time of going to print we can give you the following information on
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ADJUDICATORS
ROBIN HAGGART (Brass)
Born in Aberdeen, Robin Haggart began playing the tuba while a pupil at Harlaw Academy. His
inspirational teachers during this time were Dr Charles Foster and Edward J Paley. He went on to win
the Instrumental Challenge class at the Music Festival before commencing his studies at the Royal
Academy of Music.
Since 1996 Robin has held the position of Principal Tuba with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra, appearing as a soloist on a number of occasions. He has also appeared as a guest player
with many orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal
Scottish National Orchestra and the Berliner Philharmoniker. In addition to his orchestral work, he was
for ten years a member of the internationally renowned brass ensemble “The Wallace Collection”, and
for the past six years he has been a member of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, which is made up of
leading orchestral players, chamber musicians and soloists from across Europe.
Robin Haggart is a tutor of tuba at the Royal Northern College of Music and has also given
masterclasses at the Royal College of Music and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
NEIL MACKIE (Vocal)

Born in Aberdeen, the tenor Neil Mackie has enjoyed an international career spanning over 40 years.
Having competed in the Music Festival for many years he won the Vocal Challege class before taking
up a place at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music to study the piano. As a post-graduate student he
won a Foundation Scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London where he studied singing and
later a substantial Gulbenkian Fellowship enabled him to study in Munich with the Swiss tenor, Ernst
Haefliger. However, the greatest influence on his career was undoubtedly the legendary English tenor,
Sir Peter Pears. Neil has sung at most of the major venues throughout the world with many of today’s
foremost conductors and orchestras in a wide-ranging repertory. Over the years he has premiered
countless works by Scottish composers as well as many notable first performances of Maxwell Davies,
Britten, Leighton and Henze.
In 1995 Neil Mackie was appointed Head of Vocal Studies at the Royal College of Music in London, and
also at the highly successful Benjamin Britten International Opera School. He retired from this role in
2007, but continues to teach in London as well as holding a Professorship at Agder University in
Kristiansand, Norway.
MURRAY McLACHLAN (Piano)

Murray McLachlan began his education at Ferryhill Primary School and Harlaw Academy. He had piano
lessons at an early age with Mary Alexander, and also learnt the guitar and clarinet. His later piano
studies were with Robert Howie and he entered the Music Festival many times playing all three
instruments. At the age of thirteen Murray won the instrumental challenge class on the guitar! In 1979
he moved to Manchester to become a pupil at Chetham’s School of Music where he was encouraged to
study the guitar and clarinet in favour of the piano! However, after competing in the BBC Young
Musician of the Year competition in 1981, as both a pianist and guitarist, he decided to concentrate on
the piano as he was eliminated in the early stages on the guitar. His piano teacher was David Hartigan.
Murray McLachlan’s repertoire includes over forty concertos and twenty-five recital programmes and he
has appeared as soloist with most of the leading UK orchestras. In addition he has made over forty
commercial recordings which have consistently received outstanding reviews. He is Head of Keyboard
at Chetham’s School of Music, a tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music and founder/artistic
director of the Chetham’s International Summer school and festival for pianists. In 2007 Murray
launched the first Manchester International Concerto Competition for Young Pianists, an event which
will be re-staged in August 2009 (www.pianoconcertocompetition.com)
Murray McLachlan is editor of Piano Professional Magazine, as well as Chair of the European Piano
Teachers’ Association (EPTA UK). As well as performing and teaching, he is well known internationally
for his numerous articles on piano technique and repertoire. He adjudicated at the Aberdeen Music
Festival in 1992.
KATHRYN PAGE (Piano)

Kathryn Page has given over twenty recitals at the South Bank and Wigmore Hall, both as soloist and
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chamber music pianist. She has toured Norway, Italy, Ireland and Australia where she gave recitals at
the Sydney Festival and broadcast for ABC. At home Kathryn has preformed at many of the leading
music festivals and has given numerous live broadcasts for BBC Radio Three. Her interest in
contemporary music has led to several world premieres, including works by Cary Carpenter, Alisdair
Nicholson and Djano Bates. She has worked with many established artists including David Campbell,
Joana MacGregor and Sting! TV work has ranged from a live recital from Paris on CNN, an
appearance on the Korean broadcasting network, several performances on Irish TV and a much
treasured Blue Peter badge. In 1991 she recorded the complete set of Mozart-Grieg duo sonatas for
BBC Radio Three. Kathryn adjudicated at the Aberdeen Music Festival in 2004.
CLAIRE TELFORD (Strings and Scottish Instrumental)

Born in Aberdeen, Claire Telford began studying the violin at the age of eight. She won a scholarship
to study at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Junior Department, and went on to
graduate with distinction in Violin and Viola from the Royal College of Music, London, in 2003. Claire
was a member of the National Youth Orchestras of Scotland and Great Britain, and of Camerata
Scotland. She works regularly with the orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and has
also played with the London Chamber Orchestra and the English Sinfonia. As a guest artist for the
National Trust for Scotland, Claire has performed on tours of Russia, the Baltics, Iceland, Greenland,
The Arctic, France and Ireland. She has been engaged to play during their forthcoming tour of Norway
in 2010.
The early part of Claire’s career was based in the north-east of Scotland where, as a dedicated member
of the Banchory Strathspey and Reel Society, she championed numerous Traditional Fiddle Festivals,
winning the gold medal at the Royal National Mod in 1994 and the prestigious silver medal at the
Glenfiddich Fiddle Championships in 1998 (the same year in which she won the instrumental challenge
class at the Aberdeen Music Festival).
A major highlight of Claire’s career has been performing several times by private invitation of HRH Duke
of Edinburgh and the Earl and Countess of Wessex at Windsor Castle and Bagshot Park – and most
recently at Buckingham Palace for the 60th birthday celebrations of the HRH Prince of Wales.
Claire is currently on the staff of the Violin Department at the Yehudi Menuhin School, where she has
worked since 2001 as the assistant teacher to proclaimed violin professor Natalia Boyarsky. She is
director of the Yehudi Menuhin School Junior Orchestra and, in 2007, produced and released her debut
CD, Ceol Dee.
IAN WILSON (Recorder and Woodwind)

Ian Wilson was born in Aberdeenshire and prior to studying at the Guildhall School of Music and
Drama, he was a scholarship student at the North East of Scotland Music School. Whilst at the GSMD
Ian studied recorders and clarinet and won the woodwind prize twice (once on each instrument). He
was also awarded the Principal’s Prize and graduated with a first class honours degree. A keen
chamber musician, Ian is a member of the Burney Players and also plays with the recorder quartet the
Flautadors. He has performed as a soloist with many of Europe’s finest orchestras and the British
contemporary music specialists Kokoro. Ian has also featured as a soloist in many international
festivals in Europe, including the Auvergne and Innsbruck Early Music Festivals, the Ancient Niasvizh
Festival in Belarus and the BBC Proms. His recording of Vivaldi, Teleman and Sammartini recorder
concertos was released in the autumn of 2008. Outside classical music, Ian can be heard on the latest
albums by the band Paris Motel and he has recently been working with the cult folk singer Vashti
Bunyan.
In addition to his performing work, Ian is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and
at Trinity College of Music, London. He also teaches at Eton College and has given many
masterclasses both in the UK and abroad. He is in demand as an examiner and adjudicator. In 2005
he was one of the judges of the Moeck International Recorder Prize and he has recently compiled the
recorder diploma syllabus for the TrinityGuildhall examination service. Ian is delighted to be returning to
his home town of Aberdeen to work at the 2009 Festival, where he previously adjudicated in 2000.
STEWARDS:
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COULD YOU SPARE TWO or THREE HOURS DURING FESTIVAL WEEK?
It is always difficult to find a large enough number of people to act as stewards
to help to run the Festival efficiently. Inadequate stewarding leads to chaos of
all kinds, especially in sections of the Festival attracting large groups of
competitors, e.g. choirs, instrumental ensembles, orchestras etc. Adequate
stewarding is therefore essential to the smooth running of the Festival and
although it is unpaid, volunteers can be assured that they are making a vital
contribution to the organisation of the week. We therefore appeal to anyone
who has a few hours to spare during Festival week to consider giving their
names to the Secretary.
There are four categories of duties:
1. CASH STEWARD – Taking entrance money and making sure people do not
enter the hall during a performance.
2. COMPETITORS’ STEWARD - Checking that competitors are present, and
putting the numbers on the competitors’ board. (This steward is also in
charge of making tea/coffee for adjudicators and officials).
3. ADJUDICATOR’S ASSISTANT - Assisting at adjudicator’s desk with
music, adjudication sheets and certificates
4. CROWD CONTROL STEWARD - Ensuring that
competitors in ensemble classes enter and leave halls in an orderly
fashion, know where they should be seated and when they are competing.
If you are willing, or know of anyone who might be willing, to give a morning,
afternoon or evening to undertake one of these duties, please contact the
Secretary, Mrs Jean Henderson by telephone (01224 316042) or email – see
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FESTIVAL RULES
A. Entries
1. Please use the entry form for the current year. These may be photocopied – same size as the
original please
• Use a separate form for each entry.
• Competitors in ensemble classes of between 2 and 8 participants should state their own
names on the entry form in addition to any group name.Enclose correct entry fee and
copies of pieces where required - see rule B.2
• CASH SHOULD NOT BE SENT. Cheques and postal orders should be crossed and
made payable to “Aberdeen and NE Music Festival”. For multiple entries, a single cheque
should be used where possible.
• NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED
• Please be aware of the NEW POSTAL CHARGES. Rates now vary depending on the
size and thickness of the envelope. This is particularly important if you are sending a large
batch of entries and/or music for accompanists. Please check at your Post Office to
make sure that you use the correct amount in stamps.
• In the event of any section being oversubscribed, entries will be accepted in order of
receipt
• ALL ENTRIES WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE
• The Festival will send out ballot slips approximately three weeks before the start of the
Festival.
• Any other correspondence requiring a reply should be accompanied by a stamped
addressed envelope.
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2. The operative date for reckoning ages is the last day of February preceding the Festival.
3. The Council reserves the right to:
(a) refuse any proposed entry
(b) subdivide classes where the number or type of classes makes this desirable
(c) cancel any class where the number of entries received makes the running of the class
unviable
(d) appoint replacement or additional adjudicators and accompanists, and alter, modify or
cancel any of the arrangements detailed in this syllabus.
4. When the entry list is closed, the Council will decide the day and order of the classes, and
will conduct a ballot for the order of performing, but reserves the right to make alterations to
the order shown in the official programme. Performers not present by the time of the
completion of their classes may be heard if time is available, but will not be eligible for any
award or placing.
5. Entries may be made in more than one class where the syllabus does not state otherwise, but in
ordinary solo classes for any one instrument, entry may be made in not more than two classes,
and these must be adjacent age groups. Open classes are considered adjacent to the top age
group. (For the purposes of this rule, the different sizes of recorder are regarded as separate
instruments).
6. No person will be allowed to take part more than once in any one class, except in a duet or
ensemble class, where a second entry is permitted provided that a different part is performed
with a different instrument. (For this rule the Recorder is classed as one instrument). This rule
does not apply to conductors.
7. NON-COMPETITIVE ENTRIES - It is possible for any entry in any class to be made on a non-
competitive basis. Non-competitive entrants will receive an adjudication only. Anyone wishing to
enter on this basis should mark their entry form clearly across the top with “Non-competitive
entry”.
B. Test and Own Choice Pieces
1. (a) Except where otherwise stated, the prescribed editions of music must be used in all
performances, and, except in Scots Song, Hebridean Song and Junior Vocal classes, the
prescribed key must be used.
(b) Copies of all set pieces are provided by the Festival for adjudicators and official
accompanists. Where transposition is required, a transposed copy for the accompanist must be
sent WITH THE ENTRY FORM.
(c) In all classes with two set pieces, both will be performed unless the adjudicator requires
otherwise.
(d) In all classes, unless otherwise stated, repeats are not to be taken except where they are
short and musically necessary.
2. IN OWN CHOICE CLASSES TITLES and COMPOSERS OF ALL SELECTIONS MUST BE
STATED ON THE ENTRY FORM. FAILURE TO DO THIS WILL MEAN REJECTION OF THE
ENTRY. Classes requiring this information can be recognised by an X at the end of the class
number. NO CHANGE WILL BE ACCEPTED. If the performance is not as stated on the entry
form, adjudication may be given but no mark, certificate or placing will be awarded.
(a) Speech and Drama - Copies for the adjudicator of the own choice pieces (includ-ing own
compositions, but with the exception of Theme Presentation) must be submitted WITH
THE ENTRY FORM. Failure to do this will incur disqualification and forfeiture of the entry
fee. Any cuts and omissions must be clearly indicated. Each copy should be labelled with
the competitor(s)’s name and the class number.
(b) Music - A copy of the piece to be performed must be made available for the adjudicator
before the start of the class. (Photocopies may be acceptable - see below - rule 6).
If the services of the official accompanist are required, this must be stated on the entry
form, and a copy of the music for the accompanist must be sent WITH THE ENTRY
FORM. ALL MUSIC should be clearly labelled with the competitor’s name(s) and the class
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number. If music is not submitted with the entry form, the official accompanist will not play.
(Photocopies may be acceptable - see below - rule 6).
3. The same OWN CHOICE piece must not be performed in the same class in success- ive years,
or in different classes in the same year. It may be a set piece for another class, provided the
performer is not taking part in that class.
C. Accompanists
All test pieces with piano accompaniment are to be performed with accompaniment unless otherwise
stated. Official accompanists are engaged by the Festival. However, performers may provide their
own accompanist. If a request is made for an official accompanist, this shall be a binding
agreement. Except where otherwise stated, any competitor who asks the official accompanist to
play from an edition other than that prescribed will be disqualified. No official accompanist will be
provided for Scottish Instrumental classes or for competitors performing own choice pieces in Open
Classes.
D. Adjudicators
1. Adjudicators may stop any performance when the time limit has been reached, and their
decisions shall, in all cases, be final.
2. Adjudicators should not be approached by or on behalf of competitors. Breach of this rule may
result in disqualification.
E. General
1. Copies of the adjudicator’s remarks are available free to every performer, and should be
collected, together with the certificates, at the end of the class, or later during the Festival. Any
not collected by the end of the Festival may be obtained by post from the Secretary, by quoting
Class and Ballot number, and enclosing a C5 stamped addressed envelope.
2. Marks will not be awarded but gradings will be given and certificates will be issued to
performers, with gradings of “O” (Outstanding), “V” (Very Good), “G” (Good) and “M” (More
security of performance required). Placings for FIRST only will be given. Trophies/awards will
not be presented unless “V” has been gained, and placings will not be given without “G” or
better.
3. Fees for entries that have been accepted will not be refunded, except when a class is
programmed for a day or time which the entrant has stated on the entry form to be unsuitable or
when a class is cancelled for any reason. All claims for refunds must be made in writing to the
treasurer within one week of the close of the Festival.
4. Where an entrant is forced to withdraw for any reason, it is permissible for another to substitute
in ensemble or group classes. Please give as much notice of this intention as possible, so that a
suitable adjudication sheet and certificate can be prepared.
5. Any complaint or objection relating to the Festival will be considered only if submitted in writing
to the General Secretary.
6. Performers are reminded that it is ILLEGAL TO COPY, whether by photostat or any other
means, works which are copyright, without the written permission of the copyright holder. ANY
ENTRANTS PERFORMING FROM PHOTOCOPIES (except for awkward page turns) WILL
BE DISQUALIFIED. However, Music Festivals have been granted the following special
dispensations:
Copies of Own Choice Works for the adjudicator:
The Music Publishers’ Association has issued a revised code of practice on copyright works,
and the following concession is made for copying own choice pieces from volumes only for
the adjudicator. “When an Own Choice work is selected from a publication containing several
different works and which is not published separately, one copy may be made for the use of
an adjudicator at a competition or festival provided that the competitor or participant has
already purchased his/her own copy and that the copy made is retained and destroyed by the
Administrator of the Competition or Festival immediately after the event. This permission
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specifically does not apply to set works”.
Competitors are advised that this permission applies only to copyright holders who are
members of the Music Publishers’ Association (listed at the back of the Code of Practice leaflet,
obtainable from the Association at Strandgate, 18/20 York Buildings, London WC2N 8JU). It is
the competitor’s own responsibility to seek permission to copy direct from any copyright holder
whose name does not appear on the MPA list. Single copies of items may not be photocopied
without the prior permission of the copyright holder.
This permission does not apply to making copies for the accompanist, who should always be
given a printed copy from which to work.
Photostat and other copies for the adjudicator must be totally legible, or they may be refused.
7. This Festival is affiliated to the British and International Federation of Festivals for Music,
Dance and Speech, and participates in its Group Licence with the Performing Rights Society,
covering live performances, and the Group Licence with the Mechanical Copyright Protection
Society for the use of recorded music.
All performances using music from shows in current production are subject to copyright law.
Songs from shows in current production may be sung as a concert item, i.e. with no costume or
movement without need for copyright permission. Where movement or costume are included in
a performance copyright permission is required and the festival committee accepts these entries
on the basis that the appropriate copyright permission has been sought.
8. The use of TAPE RECORDERS and CAMERAS (including mobile phones) of any kind is
NOT PERMITTED in any Festival venue, both because of copyright and other legal restrictions,
and to avoid disturbing performers. The Council reserves the right to authorise recordings to be
made during the Festival, and the copyright of all performances recorded during the Festival
shall be the property of the Association.
MOBILE PHONES must be switched OFF before entering any Festival venue.
9. The decision of the Council in all matters arising out of, or not specifically covered in these rules,
is final.
CHILD PROTECTION POLICY

It is the policy of the Festival to involve participants, parents, guardians, carers and volunteers to
ensure the smooth running of the Festival and to provide an environment in which everyone feels
safe, comfortable and respected.
This Policy relates to children under the age of 16 years and those vulnerable adults of any age who
are identified to the Council on the entry form. By recognising the needs of those who are disabled,
the Festival actively supports their participation.
Children are entered into the Festival by a parent, guardian or teacher who provide their signature
and thereby agree to uphold the Festival’s policy. This policy requires that children and vulnerable
adults are accompanied at all times by a responsible person who is admitted free of charge on this
condition. If the person who has signed the entry form is not personally present the Festival Council
requires them to be satisfied that their child(ren)/pupil(s) will be accompanied and supervised by
another responsible adult on their behalf at all times.
The Festival is held in numerous venues and all sessions are open to the public. The responsible
adult supervises children moving outwith the performance areas and between venues at all times. All
sensitive duties are the responsibility of the accompanying adult.
The Festival is run entirely by volunteers, with professional input from adjudicators and
accompanists. All Festival personnel are recruited by personal recommendation. Stewards are
identified by white badges and members of Council by red badges. Any badge-holder can be
approached for help and all participants should be aware of this. A list of volunteers’ details is
maintained by the Stewarding Secretary and at the start of their period of duty, each volunteer is
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required to sign a register held by the Board Steward, confirming that they understand and will fulfil
the requirements of the Child Protection Policy.
Stewards will be on duty taking cash; on the competitors’ board, ensuring children perform in order
according to the programme; and as adjudicator’s assistants. In the Scottish Country Dance
Section children will be directed to male/female changing rooms by Stewards and will be supervised
there by the responsible adult as agreed with their parents. No Steward will accompany an individual
child on his/her own at any time.
Issues relating to the Child Protection Policy will be immediately referred by the stewards to the
Child Protection Officer, who will take such referrals seriously and deal with them promptly. All such
incidents will be documented and dated.
No photography or recording of performances is permitted. Permission for press photographs must
be obtained from the responsible adult.
As well as informing all participants of the date, time and venue for their performance, ballot-slips
will also make them aware of this policy and the responsibilities of parents, guardians or carers. In
addition, this Policy will also be displayed at all Festival venues and in printable publications.
The Festival Council will review this policy at least annually, and more frequently if legislation or
circumstances require it.
CHILD PROTECTION OFFICER – Mrs Mary Rasmussen,
149 Broomhill Road,
Aberdeen, AB10 6JQ
telephone 01224 319345
email mary@broomhill149.plus.com
FESTIVAL TROPHIES AND AWARDS

Trophies will be awarded to the outright winner of the class for which the trophy has been presented,
provided a category of VG or above has been attained. They are to be held for one year only, and
must be returned to the Custodian of Trophies not later than one month before the next Festival. On
receiving a trophy, the winner will be expected to sign a receipt and an undertaking to keep it safe
and to return it in good condition. Trophies requiring engraving will be available after this work has
been done, normally within three weeks of the end of the Festival.
BURSARIES FOR KEYBOARD AND VOCAL CLASSES -
ALEX WATTERS MEMORIAL AWARD
This bursary will be awarded, at the discretion of the adjudicator, to a promising competitor who has
performed in two or more solo keyboard classes at 16 and under, 18 and under or Open levels. The
award, worth £375 for 2009, is intended for the furtherance of keyboard studies - for example, tuition
or purchase of music. The winner will be asked to present a proposal to Council for approval.
Previous recipients are not eligible for this award.
RACHEL BARRY MEMORIAL AWARD
This bursary will be awarded, at the discretion of the adjudicator, to a promising competitor of 16
years of age or over who has performed in V41, 42, 48-54 and at least one other class. This may
include voice and piano classes, but not Scots Song, Hebridean Song, Folk Song or Light Music.
The award, worth £285 for 2009, is intended for the furtherance of vocal studies - for example,
tuition or purchase of music. The winner will be asked to present a proposal to Council for approval.
Previous recipients are not eligible for this award.
SCOTTISH INSTRUMENTAL TROPHIES
SCO1 Silver challenge trophy presented by Mrs Shand
SCO2 Silver challenge cup presented by James C Lyon
SCO3 Silver challenge trophy presented by Scott Skinner Memorial Committee
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SCO5 Silver medal presented by J Murdoch Henderson
SCO6 Silver challenge trophy presented by J Murdoch Henderson
SCO7 Silver challenge trophy presented by Scott Skinner Memorial Committee
SCO8 Challenge trophy presented by Aberdeen Strathspey and Reel Society in memory of Alex
Sim
SCO14 Silver Challenge Cup presented by Miss M Innes, Tarland, in memory of Alex Innes and
Peter Milne.
VOCAL and CHORAL TROPHIES and AWARDS
V2 Maureen Vernal Trophy presented for Primary School Junior Choirs
V3 Trophy presented by the Association for Primary School Junior Choirs
V4 William Mitchell Trophy presented for Primary School Senior Class Choirs
V5 Challenge shield presented by LOAS for Primary School Choirs
V6 Silver challenge cup presented by Provost Taylor, Inverurie, for choirs from primary
schools with fewer than 120 on the roll.
V7 Silver challenge trophy presented for schools with fewer than 250 on the roll.
V8 Trophy presented by Saltire Society for Primary School Choirs in Scots song.
The winner is eligible to enter the national Saltire Society competition.
NOTE Details of Saltire Society competitions can be obtained from the Secretary
V9 Lythe trophy presented by Aberdeen Orpheus Choir for Junior Choirs excluding school
choirs.
V10 Gold medal presented by Feuars Managers of Fraserburgh for Junior Choirs excluding
school choirs.
V11 Silver rose bowl presented by the late George Innes for Secondary School Girls Choirs.
V12 Silver challenge trophy presented by the late George Hutcheon, Turriff, for Secondary
School Boys Choirs.
V13 Gold medal presented by Paterson Sons & Marr Wood for Junior Choirs
V14 Gold medal presented by Dr George Smith for Junior Choirs
V15 Challenge Banner presented for Secondary School Mixed Choirs
V16 Silver challenge cup presented by Sir R W Smith of Crowmallie for Women Choirs.
V17 Silver medal presented by Rowland Tims for Male Voice Choirs
V18 Silver challenge shield presented by Feuars Managers of Peterhead for Mixed Voice
Choirs.
V20 Gold medal presented by Paterson Sons & Marr Wood for Church Choirs
V41, 42 and 48 The Jean Auchinachie Memorial Prize for Junior Vocal Solo
V44 Scott Luke Trophy for Boys’ Solo
V49-54, 56 and 57 The Nora Atkins Memorial Trophy presented by her pupils to be awarded for the
highest aggregate mark in the Operatic, Oratorio and Open Vocal Solo classes.
V55 Silver challenge trophy presented by the late Alex Simpson for Vocal Solo
V58 The Scott Trophy for Vocal Solo Bach Class
V59 The Crawford Douglas cup presented by Aberdeen Burns Club for Scots Song
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V63 Silver rose bowl presented by Mrs John Macdonald for Scots Song
V68X Jeannie Robertson Trophy presented by Aberdeen Folk Club for Folk Song
V80 Garden Trophy presented for Light Music
V81 Kathleen Stuart Quaich presented by the Pro Arte Society
V82 Margaret Wright Memorial Trophy presented by the Festival Council
V92 Silver trophy in memory of Mrs Lena Dunn Scorgie for British Art Song
V93 Hartley silver cup for Lieder.
INSTRUMENTAL TROPHIES and AWARDS

B7X, B14X, B21X a and b, B28X, B35X, B42X, B49X, B56X and B62X - Premier Challenge Trophy
to be awarded to the best performer in the brass open solo classes.
B15-B19 Cuthill Prize II - for the best performance on trombone
B20-B21 Cuthill Trophy and Prize I - for the best performance on trombone
GP1 Aberdeen Infant Mistresses trophy presented for Group Music Making
P6-11 The Alice Law prize awarded to the winner in each Piano Solo class
P12 Irene Long Memorial Trophy presented for piano repertoire
P15 The Margaret Charles Rosebowl presented for junior piano solo
P18 The Jean G Donald prize for Bach Piano Solo
P19 Agnes Hastings Trophy presented for Chopin Piano Solo 18 and under
P24 The Adeline F Cheyne prize for Beethoven Piano Sonata
R10 and 18 The Arion trophy presented by Edmund Greig for solo recorder
R37-41, R43 and R44 The Douglas Haston Recorder presented by pupils and friends for recorder
ensemble
R45 The Ewen trophy presented by Mrs Joy Brockley for Junior Recorder Groups
R46 Silver challenge trophy (1) presented by Aberdeen Savings Bank for Primary School
Recorder Groups.
R47 and 48 Silver challenge trophy (2) presented by Aberdeen Savings Bank for Secondary School
Recorder Groups.
S5 The Vivaldi Cup presented for Junior Violin Solo
S10 The Kreisler medal for Violin Solo
S44-S49 Silver salver presented by Mrs Archer Irvine Fortescue, Kincausie, for chamber music.
S54-S56 Silver challenge shield presented by the late James Macbeth for Orchestras
X2 Silver challenge cup presented by the Federation of British Musical Industries to be
awarded to the best individual performer in the Instrumental Solo classes.
SPEECH and DRAMA TROPHIES and AWARDS

SD24 Gold medal presented by the Association for Solo Verse Speaking
SD31 and 32 Scots Verse Award presented anonymously for best overall performance
SD38 Silver cup presented by the Aberdeen Burns Association for Junior Burns Verse
Speaking.
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SD57 Silver medal presented by the Association for Sight-reading
SD61X Aberdeen Junior Chamber of Commerce trophy for Junior Public Speaking, presented
by Mr and Mrs E S Massie.
SD62X Silver challenge cup presented by J G Burnett, Esq of Powis for Public Speaking.
SD64X, 65X, 67X and 68X Gold medal presented by the late Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair for
the best performance in Verse Drama.
SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING TROPHIES and AWARDS

SCD1 Cup presented by Aberdeen Music Festival Association
SCD2 Cox Cup “W”
SCD3 Scullion Shield
SCD4 Miss A O Cumming Trophy - presented by the Aberdeen branch of RSCDS
SCD5 Tyrie Cup
SCD6 Cox Cup “M”
SCD7 Fanny Kidd Cup
SCD8 Boyndlie Cup
SCD9 Cup presented by the Aberdeen branch of RSCDS
SCD10 Gladys McDonald Trophy
SCD11 Terry Wallace Trophy
SCD12 Butchart Trophy
SCD13 Mrs Fyfe Medal
SCD16 ICI Shield
SCD17 Mrs Leith Hendry Trophy
SCD18 Aberdeen Community Centre Trophy
SCD19 Lady Sempill Salver
SCD20 Kerr Cup
SCD21 Sir Ewan Forbes Salver
Classes 3 and 5 Mrs Morrison Trophy donated by Foveran PTA
SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE 20 and 21 March 2009

MUSIC HALL, UNION STREET, ABERDEEN
Adjudicators: HELEN FRAME, Irvine

and PETER CLARK, Kingussie
22156.No person may compete in more than one team in any one class.
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22157.A team must have 4 couples.
22158.Mixed teams must consist of 4 men/boys and 4 women/girls, excluding SCD7, 8 10, 12,
13,14 and 15
22159.Competitors in all classes must intimate on the entry form the name of the dance selected.
No change of dance will be allowed.
22160.Except in SCD11, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 21 each team to dance EIGHT times. Where
twodances are set, couples one and two should dance the
first dance and couples three and four the second dance. There will be a chord at the
start and finish of both dances.
22161.In all classes where an age qualification is stated, the age to be taken as at 1st March 2009.
22162.OWN CHOICE dances must be selected from books published by the RSCDS (not
branches)
22163.OWN CHOICE dances in SCD10 and 12 must be 32 bars.
OWN CHOICE dances in SCD16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 must be no more than 40 bars.
22164.An official accompanist is available for all classes with the exception of class SD14and 15.
Teams should provide their own music. A CD player will be available. A piano will not be
available in the hall.
10. THE TEACHER OF A TEAM MAY INDICATE TO THE ACCOMPANIST THE SPEED
REQUIRED FOR THE DANCE.
11. In the event of a single entry in any one class, an award will be given only if the competitor
gains 82 marks or more. A full adjudication will be given each time.
12. Certificates will be awarded as follows: 90 marks and over Honours
86-89 marks Very Good
82-85 marks Good
13A Only First, Second and Third places will be announced by the adjudicator but copies of the
adjudicators’ remarks are available to each team. These, together with the Certificates,
should be collected at the end of the class.
13B SCD12 – Written adjudication will be given but no marks awarded. First place only will be
announced.
13C SCD14 and 15 – This class will not be marked. Helpful comments will be given.
14. The adjudicators’ decision is final.
15. The use of RECORDING and VIDEO EQUIPMNENT and CAMERAS of any kind is NOT
PERMITTED in the hall. This is because of legal and copyright restrictions.
16. Would teams from outwith Aberdeen please state on entry forms the earliest possible arrival
time and also if your team(s) would be available to dance on a Saturday if necessary.
17. Entry Forms for the SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE FESTIVAL should be sent to
MRS K GAIL NIEMAN, 52 CAMPERDOWN ROAD, ABERDEEN, AB15 5NU
LAST DATE FOR ENTRIES: SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER 2008 - ENTRY FEE £10.00
Late entries will be accepted up to Saturday 13 December 2008 - Entry fee £15.00
ENTRY FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM BRUCE MILLERS, 363 UNION STREET
ABERDEEN or MRS NIEMAN at the address above
RSCDS Publications may be purchased from Mrs Nieman
The trophy donated by Foveran School PTA will be awarded for the most spirited entry from Classes
SCD3 and SCD5
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The Butchart Scottish Country Dance Group Trophy SCD12. This trophy. donated by the Group,
will be awarded to the team showing the best team work and the true social spirit of Scottish Country
Dancing
QUALIFICATIONS
SCD1 TEAMS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL GIRLS UNDER 10 YEARS OF AGE
Test Dances (a) Galloway House Reel Gr Bk No 5I
or (b) The Highland Fair Jig Gr Bk No 6
SCD2 TEAMS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL GIRLS OVER 10 YEARS OF AGE
Test Dances (a) Miss Brown’s Reel Reel Bk 25 No 5
or (b) Espie McNabb Jig Misc 1
SCD3 TEAMS OF GIRLS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE from villages or rural districts served by
schools with not more than 4 teachers
Test Dances (a) Clydeside Lassies Reel Misc 1
or (b) The Rock and the Wee Pickle Tow Jig Bk 3 No 7
SCD4 MIXED TEAMS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE
Test Dances (a) The De’il Amang the Tailors Reel Bk 14 No 7
or (b) Campbell’s Frolic Jig Bk 15 No 3
SCD5 MIXED TEAMS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE from villages or rural districts served by
schools with not more than 4 teachers
Test Dances (a) Mr Watson’s Favourite Reel Gr Bk No 9
or (b) A Jig for Mrs Dunn Jig Ch Bk No 3
SCD6 GIRLS OR MIXED TEAMS FROM INDIVIDUAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Test Dances (a) Thd White Cockade Reel Bk 5 No 11
or (b) The Machine without horses Jig Bk 12 No 12
SCD7 TEAMS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN any combination of boys or girls under 10
years of age
Test Dances (a) A Reel for Jeannie Reel Bk 40 No 1
or (b) The Dhoon Jig Ch Bk No 1
SCD8 TEAMS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN any combination of boys or girls
Test Dances (a) Lady C Bruce’s Reel Reel Misc 1
or (b) The Merry Oddfellows Jig Misc 1
SCD9 TEAMS OF GIRLS who are in full time education at Secondary Schools
Test Dances (a) Catch the Wind Reel Bk 45 No 5
or (b) Collichur Jig Bk 30 No 1
SCD10 TEAMS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS any combination of boys or girls
Test Dance – Own choice – excluding (A) or (B) in Class 9 and 11
SCD11 OPEN CHALLENGE – Teams of young people aged 11 and under 16 years of age
Test Dances Both dances to be performed – See Rule 5
Couples 1 & 2 dance (A) and couples 3 & 4 (B)
(a) The Lass O’ Livingston Reel Bk 8 No 6
(b) The Laird of Milton’s Daughter Jig Bk 22 No 10
SCD12 The BUTCHART CHALLENGE –

Teams of Adults and Young People in any combination over 10 years of age
The trophy will be awarded to the team showing the best team work and the true social
spirit of Scottish Country Dancing.
Test Dance OWN CHOICE (32 bar dance)
SCD13 TEAMS FROM YOUTH ORGANISATIONS OR CLUBS –
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Any combination of boys or girls
Test dances (a) The Sailor Reel Bk 24 No 4
or (b) St Andrews Fair Jig Bk 5/82 No 2
SCD14 OPEN CLASS
Groups of children of Primary or Secondary School age whose teacher is inexperienced in
Scottish Country Dance. This class may be entered for a maximum of two years. There
is no restriction on the combination or number of children taking part.
Own music to be provided – CD or own musician and instrument (a piano will not be
available in the hall)
This Section will not be marked but helpful comments will be given
Test Dance A maximum of four minutes will be allocated to show dancing to Reel or
Jig tempo
SCD15 OPEN CLASS
Groups of children of Primary or Secondary School age who have been dancing for less
than one year. There is no restriction on the combination or number of children taking
part.
Own music to be provided – CD or own musician and instrument (a piano will not be
available in the hall).
This Section will not be marked but helpful comments will be given
Test Dance: A maximum of four minutes will be allocated to show dancing to Reel or
Jig Tempo
SCD16 WOMEN’S TEAMS NOT UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE no member of which
may hold the Preliminary Test, the Teacher’s Certificate, Unit 1, 2, 3 or 5 of the
RSCDS or be in attendance at a class for same.
Test Dance OWN CHOICE
SCD17 MIXED TEAMS NOT UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE no member of which may hold the
Preliminary Test, the Teacher’s Certificate, Unit 1, 2, 3 or 5 of the
RSCDS or be in attendance at a class for same.
SCD18 WOMEN’S TEAMS OR MIXED NOT UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE connected with a
church, community centre or adult voluntary organisation
SCD19 WOMEN’S TEAMS NOT UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE - OPEN
Test Dances OWN CHOICE - any Jig or Reel and Strathspey
BOTH DANCES TO BE PERFORMED - SEE RULE 5
SCD20 MIXED TEAMS NOT UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE - OPEN
Test Dances OWN CHOICE - any Jig or Reel and Strathspey
BOTH DANCES TO BE PERFORMED - SEE RULE 5
SCD21 OPEN CLASS – NOT UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE
Test Dance The Half Eightsome Reel
Assistance with the dances will be given to competing schools or organisations

on request. Please contact Lesley Martin telephone 01224 638800
SPEECH AND DRAMA SECTION 8 June - 12 June 2009

Last date for ENTRIES and SUBMISSION OF OWN CHOICE PIECES:
MONDAY 16 March 2009
Adjudicator: to be confirmed
BOOKLIST: All set pieces will be taken from the following books. Each book is indicated by the
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number below:
Book 1. The Puffin Book of Twentieth-Century Children’s Verse – ISBN 0-14-032236-1
Book 2. The Works – Macmillan – ISBN 0-330-48104-5
Book 3. The Kingfisher Book of Children’s Poetry – ISBN 0-86272-784-7
Book 4. Fit Like, Yer Majesty? – Reading Bus Press – ISBN 978-0-9558904-2-0
Book 5. Gweed Gear, Sma’ Book – Printed by the Graphics Department,
School Resources Centre, Summerhill, Aberdeen
Book 6. A Scottish Poetry – Oxford University Press – ISBN 019916030-9
Book 7. The Bible – Authorised Version
Book 8. A Burns Collection
Book 9 New Testament in Scots – William Lorimer (Southside Publishers Ltd)
STORY TELLING
SD1 £4.00 8 and under
Re-tell a story told by the adjudicator
SD2 £5.00 9 to 11
Re-tell a story told by the adjudicator
SD3 £6.00 12 to 15
Four words, apparently unrelated, are given to the competitor five minutes before coming
to the platform. An original story must be told making use of the four words. (Words to
be supplied by the adjudicator)
BIBLE READING
SD4 £5.00 9 to 11
Mark Ch 8 vv 1-10 - from Book 7 - see page 17
SD5 £6.00 12 to 15
Matthew Ch 5 vv 38-48 - from Book 7 - see page 17
SD6 £7.00 16 to 18
Ecclesiastes 3 vv 1-8 - from Book 7 - see page 17
SD7 £8.00 Open
Psalm 139 vv 1-14 - from Book 7 - see page 17
SCOTS BIBLE READING
SD8 £8.00 Open
1 Corinthians 13 vv 1-13 ‘But the grytest o’ the three is luve’ - from Book 9 - see page
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SOLO VERSE
SD9 £4.00 Under 6 years Non-competitive Class
Own choice - “My favourite short poem”. The title need not be given on the entry form.
SD10 £4.00 Girls age 6

22224.“As Tasty as a Picnic” - from Book 2 - p 171- see page 17
22225.“Daffadowndilly” - from Book 1 - p 287 - see page 17
22292.“Waiting at the Window” - from Book 1 - p 286 - see page 17
22293.“Greedy Dog” - from Book 3 - p 102 - see page 17
SD12 £4.00 Boys age 6 to 7
1. “The Trouble with my Sister” - from Book 1 - p 42 - see page 17
2. “Just fancy that” - from Book 1 - p 158 - see page 17
1. “I’ve never heard the queen sneeze” - from Book 1 - p 44 - see page 17
2. “What became of them?” - from Book 3 - p 20 - see page 17
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1. “The Three Little Pigs” - from Book 2 - p 59 - see page 17
2. “The Word Party” - from Book 1 - p 21 - see page 17
1. “My Mum’s put me on the Transfer List” - from Book 2 - p 339 - see page 17
2. “Best Friends” - from Book 1 - p 108 - see page 17
22360.“Song of the Mischievous Dog” - from Book 1 – P 186 - see page 17
2. “Two Witches discuss Good Grooming” - from Book 2 – p 477 - see page 17
1. “The Newcomer” - from Book 1 - p 40 - see page 17
2. “Marmalade” - from Book 2 - p 301 - see page 17
SD18 £5.00 Boys age 10 to 11
22428.“The Sound Collector” - from Book 2 - p 417 - see page 17
22429.“Dear Mr Examiner” - from Book 1 – p 92 - see page 17
1. “The Evacuee” - from Book 2 - p 485 - see page 17
2. “Sky in the Pie” - from Book 1 - p 86 - see page 17
1. “The Road Not Taken” - from Book 2 - p 507 - see page 17
2. “Rebecca” - from Book 1 - p 336 - see page 17
SD21 £6.00 Boys age 12 to 13
1. “Timothy Winters”- from Book 1 - p 172 - see page 17
2. “Jabbermockery” - from Book 2 – p 320 - see page 17
SD22 £6.00 Girls age 14 to 15
1. “Sir Smashum Uppe” - from Book 1 - p 282 - see page 17
2. “Truant” - from Book 1 - p 212 - see page 17
SD23 £6.00 Boys age 14 to 15
1 “The Parrot” - from Book 1 - p 113 - see page 17
2. “The Identification” - from Book 1 - p 84 - see page 17
SD24 £8.00 Open
Award: Association Gold Medal
22496.“Mid-Term Break” - from Book 1 - p 70 - see page 17
22497.“After Prevert” - from Book 3 - p 42 - see page 17
CHORAL VERSE
“Little Red Riding Hood” - from Book 2 - p 55 - see page 17
“Jellicle Cats” - from Book 2 - p 394 - see page 17
SD27 £17.00 12 and over
“A Smuggler’s Song” - from Book 3 - pp 111 - see page 17
SCOTS VERSE
SD28 £4.00 Under 6 years - non-competitive
1 1. “Sheepie, Sheepie, Black Face” - from Book 4 - p 33 - see page 17
2. “The auld Wifie Fa Bade in a Beet” - from Book 4 - p 38 – see page 17
SD29 £4.00 Age 6
1. “A North East Loonie Caad Mike” - from Book 4 - p 9 - see page 17
2. “Aa Diffrint Noo” - from Book 4 - p 16 - see page 17
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SD30 £4.00 Age 7
1. “Lang John Siller” - from Book 4 - p 52 - see page 17
2. “The Traffic Jam” - from Book 4 - p 6 - see page 17
Award for overall best performance
22632.“Pearls Tae the Grumphies” - from Book 4 - p 26 - see page 17
22633.“Hen’s Lament”- from Book 5 - p 97 - see page 17
Award for overall best performance
22634.“Noo Heather the Weather” - from Book 4 - p 20 – see page 17
22635.“Frankenstein’s Lullaby” - from Book 4 - p 43 – see page 17
1. “Grannie’s Ring” - from Book 5 - p 156 - see page 17
2. “The Check-Oot Quine’s Lament” - from Book 4 - p 22 - see page 17
SD34 £5.00 Boys age 10 to 11
1. “Roman Sodger” - from Book 4 - p 14 - see page 17
2. “Pees Weep” - from Book 5 - p 87 - see page 17
1. “Fechtin” - from Book 4 - p 58 - see page 17
2. “Fir Wud” - from Book 5 - p 103 - see page 17
SD36 £6.00 Boys age 12 to 15
1. “The Seelie Knowe” - from Book 5 – p 173 - see page 17
2. “Scotch Word” - from Book 6 – p 6 - see page 17
SD37 £8.00 Open
1. “Trachelt” - from Book 5 - p 157 - see page 17
2. “The auld Tongue” - from Book 5 - p 11 - see page 17
SD38 £5.00 Burns 11 and under
Award: Aberdeen Burns Association Silver Cup
“To a Mountain Daisy” - from Book 8 vv1-5 – see page 17
SD39 £6.00 Burns 12 to 15
“To a Louse” - from Book 8 – see page 17
SD40 £8.00 Burns Open
“The Cotter’s Saturday Night” – last 3 verses, beginning “From scenes like these, old
Scotia’s grandeur springs” - from Book 8 – see page 17
SD41 £5.00 Ballad 9 to 11
“The Fause Knight” - from Book 6 – p 78 - see page 17
SD42 £6.00 Ballad 12 to 15
“Lord Randel” - Anon - from Book 6 - p 73 - see page 17
SD43 £8.00 Ballad Open
“Sir Patrick Spens” - from Book 6 - p 12 - see page 17
SD44X £6.00 Charles Murray 15 and under
Own choice of poem by Charles Murray - Book 10 - see page 17
(Title must be stated on entry form)
SD45X £8.00 Charles Murray Open
Own choice of poem by Charles Murray - Book 10 - see page 17
(Title must be stated on entry form)
SCOTS PROSE (to be spoken from memory)
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“Porridge from Shavings” - from Book 5 - p 175 - see page 17
SD47 £6.00 12 to 13
“The Tryst” - from Book 5 – p 109 - from beginning to “fushionless monkey” –
see page 17
SD48 £6.00 14 to 15
“Winter’s Wud” - from Book 5 – p 30 - see page 17
SD49 £8.00 Open
“The Wee Curdoo” – from “Aa winter lang” – to the end - from Book 5 – p 21 –
see page 17
SIGHT READING
Candidates will be given a piece of English verse or prose to read out. They will be allowed 2
minutes to read it over beforehand, and will be excluded from the hall until their names are called.
SD50 £4.00 Age 6
SD51 £4.00 Age 7 to 8
SD52 £4.00 Age 9 to 10
SD53 £5.00 Age 11
SD54 £6.00 Age 12 to 13
SD55 £6.00 Age 14 to 15
SD56 £8.00 Open
SD57 No fee. Winners and runners up from classes SD55 and SD56.
Award: Association Silver Medal
PUBLIC SPEAKING - SOLO

SD58X £5.00 11 and under
Entrants must give a talk of 3-4 minutes on any object they care to bring with them. (Talk
must not have been used in a previous festival)
SD59X £6.00 12 to 15
Give a talk of 4-5 minutes on a favourite hobby or pastime.
(Talk must not have been used in a previous festival)
SD60X £8.00 Open
Give a talk of 5-6 minutes on any subject of the entrant’s choice - not used in a previous
festival.
PUBLIC SPEAKING - GROUPS

Teams of three, including Chairman, Speaker and Proposer of votes of thanks. Time limit 12
minutes.
Award: Junior Chamber of Commerce trophy
Own choice topic - must not have been used in previous festivals
SD62X £13.00 Open
Award: Burnett Silver Challenge Cup
Own choice topic - must not have been used in previous festivals
VERSE DRAMA
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Scenes to be acted may be chosen from any Shakespeare play, or any verse drama of the 16th and
early 17th centuries. Choice of pieces to be performed must be shown on the entry form and copies,
labelled with competitor’s name(s) and class number, should be provided WITH THE ENTRY
FORM
Award: Gold medal for best performance in classes SD64, SD65, SD67 and SD68 presented
by the Late Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair
SD63X £6.00 Individual 13 and under
Own choice - not to exceed 3 minutes
Award: Temair Gold Medal
SD65X £8.00 Individual Open
SD66X £7.00 Group 11 and under
SD68X £13.00 Group Open
20th CENTURY DRAMA

Scenes to be acted from any 20th century play. Choice of pieces to be performed must be given on
the entry form, and copies provided WITH THE ENTRY FORM.
SD71X £8.00 Individual Open
SD74X £13.00 Group Open
THEME PRESENTATIONS
Groups of no less than 3 and no more than 12 must present a programme round any theme of their
own choice. The time limit is 10 minutes. Any combination of poetry, prose, mine and movement, or
dramatisation may be used, but these must not include any pieces set in any other class in the
Speech and Drama section. Theme titles should be given on the entry form, and copies of all pieces
to be performed must be submitted TO THE ADJUDICATOR’S STEWARD IMMEDIATELY PRIOR
TO THE START OF THE CLASS.
Groups of over 10 performers
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SD76X £17.00 12 to 16
SD77X £17.00 Open
Groups of 3 to 10 performers
SD78X £ 7.00 11 and under
SD79X £ 8.00 12 to 16
SD80X £13.00 Open
MIME (Give titles on the entry form)

SD81X £4.00 Solo mime 8 and under
SD82X £5.00 Solo mime 9 to 11
SD83X £6.00 Solo mime 12 to 16
SD84X £8.00 Solo mime Open
5D85X £7.00 Group mime 8 and under
SD86X £7.00 Group mime 11 and under
SD87X £10.00 Group mime 12 to 16
SD88X £13.00 Group mime Open
IMPROVISATION
Each entry will be allowed a certain time to prepare a given situation to improvise, and a performance
time which should not be exceeded. The stimuli for the improvisation, given by the adjudicator, can
be character, time, place, props, music, opening or closing lines, etc.
SD89 £4.00 Solo Improvisation9 to 11
Preparation 3 minutes - performance 3 minutes
SD92 £7.00 Pairs Improvisation 9 to 11
SD95 £7.00 Group Improvisation 9 to 11
SD96 £10.00 Group Improvisation 12 to 16
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SD97 £13.00 Group Improvisation Open
POETRY COMPOSITION
Recite a poem of own composition. Title should be given on the entry
form, and a copy for the adjudicator must be submitted WITH THE ENTRY FORM, labelled with
the name of the competitor and class number.
SD98X £4.00 Age 8 to 9
SD99X £5.00 Age 10 to 11
SD100X £6.00 Age 12 to 13
SD101X £6.00 Age 14 to 15
SD102X £7.00 Age 16 to 18
SD103X £8.00 Open
STORY COMPOSITION
Read a story of own composition. Title should be given on the entry form, and a copy for the
adjudicator must be submitted WITH THE ENTRY FORM, labelled with the name of the competitor
and class number.
SD104X £4.00 Age 8 to 9
Time limit - 3 minutes
SD105X £5.00 Age 10 to 11
SD106X £6.00 Age 12 to 13
SD107X £6.00 Age 14 to 15
SD108X £7.00 Age 16 to 18
SD109X £8.00 Open
VOCAL AND CHORAL SECTION 8 June - 12 June 2009

Last date for ENTRIES and for the SUBMISSION OF MUSIC FOR
ACCOMPANISTS:
Adjudicator: NEIL MACKIE
The RACHEL BARRY BURSARY will be awarded, at the discretion of the adjudicator, to a
promising competitor of 16 years of age or over who has performed in V41, 42, 48 - 54 and at least
one other class. This may include voice and piano classes, but not Scots Song, Hebridean Song,
Folk Song or Light Music. Previous winners are not eligible for this award. (For details see page 10)
CHOIRS
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V1X £14.00 Infant schools and departments (PI - P3)
Two songs of own choice - not to exceed 5 minutes
V2X £14.00 Primary school Junior Class Choir (P3 - P5)
Pupils in a single class
Award: Maureen Vernal Trophy
(a) Last Minute Calypso - Marsh from Singing Sherlock Book 2 – Boosey & Hawkes
(b) One piece of own choice - not to exceed 3 minutes
V3X £14.00 Primary school Junior Choir (P3 - P5)
Award: Association Trophy
(a) Creatures of the Deep - Simmons from Singing Sherlock Book 2 – Boosey &
Hawkes
V4X £14.00 Primary school Senior Class Choir (P6-7)
Pupils in a single class
Award: William Mitchell Trophy
(a) No Matter What – Lloyd Webber/Steinman – from Junior Songscape - Faber
V5X £14.00 Primary school Senior Choir
Award: L 0 A S Challenge Shield
(a) Sing – Raposo arr Zegree – Hal Leonard
V6X £14.00 Choirs from primary schools with fewer than 120 pupils
Award: Taylor Silver Challenge Cup
(a) The Silence and the Song – Patterson – BriLee Music
V7X £14.00 Choirs from primary schools with fewer than 250 pupils
Award: Silver Challenge Trophy
(a) A Joyful Noise – Perry - Alfred
V8X £14.00 Choirs of primary school age - Scots song
Award: Saltire Society trophy
Two Scottish songs of own choice - programme not to exceed 6 minutes
V9X £14.00 Choirs (excluding school choirs) 11 and under
Award: Lythe Trophy
(a) Child of Tomorrow – Patterson – BriLee Music
(b) Own Choice - not to exceed 3 minutes
V10X £17.00 Choirs (excluding school choirs) 14 and under
Award: Fraserburgh Gold Medal
Two contrasting songs of own choice - programme not to exceed 6 minutes
V11X £17.00 Secondary schools Girls or mixed S1 to S3 (treble voices)
Award: Innes Rose Bowl
V12X £17.00 Secondary schools Boys S1 to S3 (treble voices)
Award: Hutcheon Silver Challenge Shield
V13X £17.00 Female voice choir 18 and under
Award: Paterson Gold Modal
V14X £17.00 Male voice choir 18 and under
Award: Smith Gold Medal
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V15X £17.00 Mixed voice choir 18 and under
Award: Challenge Banner
V16X £17.00 Female voice choir Open
Award: Smith Silver Challenge Trophy
A programme of own choice, not to exceed 8 minutes
V17X £17.00 Male voice choir Open
Award: Tims Silver Medal
V18X £17.00 Mixed voice choir (any combination of voices not catered
elsewhere in this syllabus) Open
Award: Peterhead Silver Challenge Shield
A programme of own choice, not to exceed 8 minutes.
V19X £17.00 Madrigal choir Open
Two contrasting madrigals of own choice - programme not to exceed 8 minutes
V20X £17.00 Church choir Open
Award: Paterson gold medal
V21X £17.00 Senior citizens choir
VOCAL GROUPS - up to 16 voices

V22X £14.00 11 and under
V25X £17.00 Open
VOCAL ENSEMBLES - one to a part

V26X £7.00 Vocal duet Under 12
A duet of own choice, not to exceed 3 minutes
V27X £8.00 Vocal duet 12 to 14
A classical duet of own choice, not to exceed 3 minutes
V28X £10.00 Vocal duet 15 to 17
A duet of own choice, not to exceed 4 minutes
V29X £13.00 Vocal duet Open (18 and over)
A duet of own choice, not to exceed 6 minutes –
CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE ONLY
V30X £10.00 Vocal trio or quartet 17 and under
A trio or quartet of own choice, not to exceed 4 minutes
V31X £13.00 Vocal trio or quartet Open (18 and over)
– CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE ONLY
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A trio or quartet of own choice, not to exceed 6 minutes
VOCAL SOLOS
V32 £4.00 Vocal Solo Girls 7 and under
Ride on a Rainbow – Marsh – from Singing Prep Test – Associated Board
V33 £4.00 Vocal Solo Girls 8
The Bonny Blue-Eyed Sailor – Dunhill - Novello
Twilight from Pick ‘n’ choose – Beswick - Universal
Dalmatian Cradle Song – Roberton – sheet or in ABRSM Songbook Book 3
Song of the Bluebell Wood – Roe and Softly – Thames Publishing
The Song that nature sings – Schram – BriLee Music
Caro mio ben – Giordani - Ricordi
Linden Lea – Vaughan Williams – in Sheet or in ABRSM Songbook 5 – in G
Tell me lovely Shepherd – Boyce – OUP Archive or in ABRSM Songbook 5
V41X £7.00 Vocal Solo Soprano 16 to 17 (see also V54)
Award: Jean Auchinachie memorial prize
One song of own choice not to exceed 4 minutes –
V42X £7.00 Vocal Solo Alto 16 to 17 (See also V54)
Award: Jean Auchinachie memorial prize
One song of own choice not to exceed 4 minutes –
V43 £4.00 Vocal Solo Boys 7 and under
Haunted House on the Hill – Marsh – from Singing Prep Test – Associated Board
V44 £4.00 Vocal Solo Boys 8 to 9
The Crocodile – Jenkyns – Novello sheet or in ABRSM Songbook 1
V45 £5.00 Vocal Solo Boys 10 to 11
Coconut Man – from Pick ‘n’ Choose – Beswick – Universal or in ABRSM Songbook 2
V46X £6.00 Vocal Solo Boys 12 to 13
She’s like the Swallow – traditional arr Cassils - Roberton
V47X £6.00 Vocal solo Boys 14 to 15
One song of own choice not to exceed 4 minutes – CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE ONLY
V48X £7.00 Vocal solo Boys 16 to 17 (See also V54)
Award: Jean Auchinachie Memorial Prize
One song of own choice not to exceed 4 minutes -
Award: Nora Atkins Trophy for the best overall performance in classes 49-54, 56 and 57
V49X £8.00 Vocal Solo Soprano Open (18 and over)
Two contrasting songs of own choice - programme not to exceed 6 minutes -
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V50X £8.00 Vocal Solo Mezzo-soprano Open (18 and over)
Two contrasting songs of own choice - programme not to exceed 6 minutes –
V51X £8.00 Vocal Solo Alto Open (18 and over)
V52X £8.00 Vocal Solo Tenor Open (18 and over)
V53X £8.00 Vocal Solo Baritone Open (18 and over)
V54X £8.00 Vocal Solo Bass Open (18 and over)
V55X No fee Vocal Challenge
Award: Simpson Challenge Trophy - Open to winners of classes 48 to 53 provided
that at least the category of “Very Good” has been attained.
TWO songs of own choice from the classical repertoire - not to exceed 6 minutes -
should be performed. Copies must be provided for the adjudicator at the time of the
class.
Dress appropriate to the occasion should be worn.
V56X £8.00 Operatic Open (18 and over)

Award: Nora Atkins Trophy
Own choice of aria from any standard opera. It need not be sung in English.
Not to exceed 6 minutes. (Please provide copy for adjudicator, labelled with competitor’s
name and class number)
V57X £8.00 Oratorio Open (18 and over)
Award: Nora Atkins Trophy
Own choice of aria, with preceding recitative where there is one, from any oratorio -
excluding Bach. Not to exceed 6 minutes. (Please provide copy for adjudicator, labelled
with competitor’s name and class number)
V58X £8.00 Bach Oratorio Open (18 and over)
Award: Scott trophy
Own choice from any Bach sacred vocal work - not to exceed 6 minutes. (Please provide
copy for adjudicator, labelled with competitor’s name and class number )
SCOTS SONG
Songs may be chosen from the New Scottish Songbook or the Saltire Scottish Songbook. May be
unaccompanied Titles must be stated on the entry form, but copies need not be provided for
adjudicator or accompanist, unless transposition is required. Other songs may be chosen, in which
case copies MUST be sent, with the entry form, for the accompanist and provided on the day for the
adjudicator.
V59X £5.00 Scots Song 11 and under
Award: Crawford Douglas Cup
One song of own choice – not to exceed 3 minutes
V60X £6.00 Scots Song 12 to 13
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V63X £8.00 Scots Song Open (18 and over)
Award: Macdonald Silver Rose Bowl
Two songs of own choice – not to exceed 6 minutes
Performance of only one may be required at the discretion of the adjudicator.
HEBRIDEAN SONG
Any song from Kennedy Fraser or Roberton’s Songs of the Isles. May be sung in Gaelic or
English, with or without accompaniment. Copies for adjudicator and accompanist are required
for Kennedy Fraser selections, but not for Songs of the Isles
V64X £5.00 Hebridean Song 11 and under
One song as above - not to exceed 3 minutes
V65X £10.00 Hebridean Song 17 and under
One song as above - not to exceed 5 minutes
V66X £10.00 Hebridean Song Open (18 and over)
Two songs as above - programme not to exceed 6 minutes
FOLK SONG
Folk song, or a recent composition in the folk idiom, excluding Scots or Hebridean songs which
would qualify in classes V58 to V65. May be performed with or without accompaniment. Copies
required for adjudicator and accompanist - see rule B2(b)
V67X £5.00 Folk Song Solo 11 and under
A folk song of own choice, not to exceed 3 minutes
V68X £6.00 Folk Song Solo 12 to 14
Award: Jeannie Robertson Trophy
V69X £7.00 Folk Song Solo 15 to 17
V70X £10.00 Folk Song Solo Open (18 and over)
Two folk songs of own choice, not to exceed 6 minutes
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN

One piece of own choice from any Gilbert and Sullivan opera. Must not exceed 4 minutes for solo
classes and 6 minutes for ensembles. Please provide copies for the adjudicator, and accompanist if
required.
V71X £7.00 Gilbert and Sullivan Solo 17 and under
V72X £10.00 Gilbert and Sullivan Ensemble
(2 or more singers) 17 and under
V73X £8.00 Gilbert and Sullivan Solo Open (18 and over)
V74X £13.00 Gilbert and Sullivan Ensemble
(2 or more singers) Open
OPERETTA
One piece from any light opera, excluding Gilbert and Sullivan. Not to exceed 4 minutes for solo
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classes and 6 minutes for ensembles.
Please provide copies for the adjudicator, and accompanist if required, labelled with competitor’s
name(s) and class number.
V75X £7.00 Operetta Solo 17 and under
V76X £10.00 Operetta Ensemble (2 or more singers) 17 and under
V77X £8.00 Operetta Solo Open (18 and over)
V78X £13.00 Operetta Ensemble (2 or more singers) Open
LIGHT MUSIC
One number from a musical, or a popular standard. Amplification of voices is not permitted. Please
provide copy for the adjudicator, and accompanist, if required, labelled with competitor’s name and
class number.
V79X £6.00 Light Music Solo 12 to 13
Award: Garden Trophy
Award: Kathleen Stuart Quaich
V82X £8.00 Light Music Solo Open (18 and over)
Award: Margaret Wright Memorial Trophy
V83X £10.00 Light Music Ensemble
(2 to 5 voices in parts) 17 and under
V84X £13.00 Light Music Ensemble
(2 to 5 voices in parts) Open
V85X £17.00 Light Music Chorus

(over 5 voices) 17 and under
V86X £17.00 Light Music Chorus
(over 5 voices) Open
BARBERSHOP
V87X £10.00 Barbershop Quartet 17 and under
An arrangement of own choice, not to exceed 5 minutes.
V88X £17.00 Barbershop Choir 17 and under
An arrangement of own choice, not to exceed 5 minutes.
V89X £13.00 Barbershop Quartet Open
Two contrasting arrangements of own choice, not to exceed 6 minutes in total
V90X £17.00 Barbershop Choir Open
Two contrasting arrangements of own choice, not to exceed 6 minutes in total
VOICE AND PIANO
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Singers must provide their own accompanist, who will also be adjudicated, and who must also
conform to the age limits. The accompanist’s name should be given on the entry form. Copy
required for adjudicator.
V91X £10.00 Art Song 17 and under
An art song or lied of own choice - not to exceed 4 minutes
V92X £13.00 British Art Song Open (18 and over)
Award: Lena Dunn Scorgie Silver Trophy
Two contrasting songs by any 20th century British composers – programme not to
exceed 6 minutes
V93X £13.00 Lieder Open (18 and over)
Award: Hartley Silver Cup
Two songs of own choice - programme not to exceed 6 minutes.
May be sung in English or German.
GROUP MUSIC MAKING and 8 June - 12 June

2009 PERCUSSION SECTION
Last Date for Entries: MONDAY 16 March 2009
**This section will only run and a specialist adjudicator will only be engaged
provided sufficient entries are received to make it worthwhile**
GROUP MUSIC MAKING may be purely instrumental or may include voices. Entry is restricted
to groups not eligible to enter any other class. An adult may take part as pianist.
GROUP MUSIC MAKING

GP1X £13.00 Infant schools and departments (P1 - P3)
Award: Aberdeen Infant Mistresses Trophy
GP2X £13.00 Primary schools - Junior (Pl - P5)
GP3X £13.00 Primary schools - (P1 - P7)
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GP4X £17.00 Secondary schools
PERCUSSION GROUPS
GP5X £14.00 Primary Schools (P1 – P7)
Own choice – not to exceed 4 minutes
GP6X £17.00 Secondary schools
Own choice – not to exceed 6 minutes
PERCUSSION SOLO
GP7 £6.00 Glockenspiel or Xylophone 15 and under
Put up your dagger, Jamie and Londonderry Air – from Graded Music for Tuned
Percussion Book 2 – Associated Board
GP8 £7.00 Glockenspiel or Xylophone 18 and under
Mr B and Boogalie-Woogalie - from Fifty Short Pieces for Tuned Percussion –
Elementary-Intermediate – Bartlett – United Music Publishers
GP9 £6.00 Concert Snare Drum 15 and under
Study No 3 and Rhythmic Accents - from Graded Music for Snare Drum Book 2 –
Associated Board
GP10 £7.00 Concert Snare Drum 18 and under
Study No 5 and Radetsky - from Graded Music for Snare Drum Book 3 –
Associated Board
PIANO SECTION 8 June - 12 June 2009

Last date for entries: MONDAY 16 March 2009
Adjudicators: KATHRYN PAGE and

MURRAY McLACHLAN
The ALEX WATTERS MEMORIAL AWARD will be awarded, at the discretion of the
adjudicator, to a promising competitor who has performed in two or more solo keyboard classes at
16 and under, 18 and under or Open levels. Previous winners are not eligible for this award (for
details see page 17)
OPEN PIANO CLASSES
Competitors who enter Open Piano Classes are not eligible to compete in any other piano age group
except 18 and under
PIANO SOLO
P1 £4.00 Piano Solo 7 and under
Party Time - from First Parade of Solos – Bastien - Kjos
March - Shostakovich from Classics to Moderns Book 2 – Yorktown Press
The Wild Horseman – Schumann - from Keyboard Anthology First Series Book 1 –
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Associated Board
The Highway Robber – from For Children Vol 2 – Bartok – Boosey & Hawkes
Warm Up – from Piano Time Jazz Book 2- Hall - Oxford University Press
Award: Alice Law Prizes - for winners of classes P6 to P11
Litter Bin Blues – from Green Jazzin’ About – Wedgwood - Faber
Build a nest – O’Neill – from Romantic Sketchbook for Piano Book III – Association
Board
Une Bagatelle – Rossini - from More Romantic Pieces for Piano Book IV - Associated
Board
Scherzo in Bb – Schubert - from Keyboard Anthology Book III Second Series –
Associated Board
Valse Capricieuse – from Three Sketches – Frank Bridge – Boosey & Hawkes
P11X £8.00 Piano Solo Open
Au lac de Wallenstadt – from Années de Pélerinage 1, Suisse – Liszt - Henle
OR
A piece or pieces of own choice, of approximately Grade 8 standard, not to exceed 8
minutes (see also Festival Rules B.3 page 8)
 The winner of the Open Piano Solo class is eligible to enter the Instrumental
Challenge Class, provided that at least the Category "Very Good” has been
attained.
PIANO SOLO - REPERTOIRE
P12X £6.00 Repertoire 14 and under
Award: Irene Long Memorial Trophy
Three pieces of own choice, not to exceed 6 minutes in total.
Copies must be provided on the day for the adjudicator, labelled with competitor’s name
and class number. Simplified versions of originals will not be accepted.
P13X £7.00 Repertoire 18 and under
Three pieces of own choice, not to exceed 8 minutes in total.
Copies must be provided on the day for the adjudicator, labelled with competitor’s name
and class number. Simplified versions of originals will not be accepted.
PIANO SOLO - BAROQUE - copies not required for adjudicator

P14X £5.00 Baroque Solo 10 and under
Any one of the following pieces from the Anna Magdalena Notebook (20 Selected
Pieces) - J S Bach - Associated Board (now discontinued) or J S Bach et al The Anna
Madalena Bach Book of 1725 ed Jones - Associated Board -
Minuet in G (BWV ANH.114); Minuet in G (BWV ANH.116); Minuet in G minor (BWV
ANH.115); Air in F (BWV ANH.131)
No repeats are to be played
P15X £6.00 Baroque Solo 12 and under
Award: Margaret Charles Rosebowl
Any piece from the Anna Magdalena Notebook (20 Selected Pieces) - J S Bach -
Associated Board (now discontinued) or J S Bach et al The Anna Magdalena Bach
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Book of 1725 ed Jones - Associated Board - EXCEPT the two Minuets in G; Minuet in G
minor and Air in F (see PI4X). No repeats are to be played.
P16X £6.00 Bach Solo 14 and under
Any piece from Eighteen Little Preludes, Two-Part Inventions or French Suites
P17X £7.00 Bach Solo 16 and under
Any piece from French Suites, Three-part Inventions, English Suites or Partitas
P18X £8.00 Bach Solo Open
Award: Jean Donald prize
A Prelude and Fugue from the “Forty-eight”
PIANO SOLO - CHOPIN

P19X £7.00 Chopin Solo 18 and under
Award: Agnes Hastings Trophy
Any Waltz, Mazurka or Nocturne - copies not required for adjudicator.
Not to exceed 4 minutes
P20X £8.00 Chopin Solo Open
Own choice. Copies must be provided on the day for the adjudicator, labelled with
competitor’s name and class number. Not to exceed 8 minutes.
PIANO SOLO - SONATINA

P21X £6.00 Sonatina Movement 12 and under
Own choice - any movement of a Sonatina by Attwood, Beethoven, Clementi, Diabelli
and Kuhlau - not to exceed 3 minutes
Copy must be provided on the day for the adjudicator, labelled with competitor’s name
and class number.
PIANO SOLO - SONATA

P22X £7.00 Sonata Movement 18 and under
Any movement of a sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven, excluding any the performer
has entered in the Mozart or Beethoven classes (P23 or P24).
Not to exceed 5 minutes.
(NOTE: Choice should be stated on the entry form including Hoboken, Köchel, or
Opus number but a copy for the adjudicator is not required).
P23X £8.00 Mozart Sonata Open
Any complete sonata, except K545 in C
(NOTE: As for class P22)
P24X £8.00 Beethoven Sonata Open
Award: Adeline F Cheyne prize
Any complete sonata, except Op 49 in G and G min
(NOTE: As for class P22)
PIANO DUET
P25 £7.00 Piano Duet 10 and under
Ghost Dance and Skip to my Lou - from Duet Favorites Level I – Bastien - Kjos
A whole new world and Under the sea – Menken – from Disney Movie Hits for Two – Hal
Leonard
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Charlie is my Darling – traditional arr Francis Shaw - from Duets you’ve always wanted
to play – Chester Music
Puppet’s Dance – Walton – from Duets for Children – Oxford University Press
Larghetto and Gavotte from Classical Symphony – Prokofiev – from Twentieth Century
Classics Piano Duet Vol 1 – Boosey & Hawkes
P30X £13.00 Piano Duet Open
Berceuse and Pas Espagnole – from Dolly Suite for Piano Duet – Fauré – United Music
Publishers
OR
minutes. Copy required for adjudicator.
CHAMBER MUSIC and ENSEMBLES INCLUDING PIANO may be found in the Scottish
Instrumental, Strings, Recorder, Woodwind and Brass sections.
SCOTTISH INSTRUMENTAL 8 June - 12 June

2009
Adjudicator: CLAIRE TELFORD

No official accompanist will be provided for Scottish Instrumental classes
PIANO SOLO - SCOTTISH
SCO1X £6.00 Scottish Solo 12 and under
Award: Shand Silver Challenge Trophy
Two or more contrasting Scottish tunes - not to exceed 4 minutes in total
SCO2X £7.00 Scottish Solo 16 and under
Award: Lyon Silver Challenge Cup
March, Strathspey and Reel
SCO3X £8.00 Scottish Solo Open
Award: Scott Skinner Silver Challenge Trophy
March, Strathspey and Reel
VIOLIN SOLO - SCOTTISH
SCO4X £5.00 Violin Solo - Scottish 10 and under
Slow Air or Song Melody and a March – not to exceed 3 minutes
Award: Henderson Silver Medal
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Slow Air, Strathspey and Reel
Award: Henderson Silver Challenge Trophy
Slow Air, March, Strathspey and Reel
SCO7x £8.00 Violin Solo – March, Strathspey and Reel Open
Award: Scott Skinner Silver Challenge Trophy
SCO8X £8.00 Violin Solo – Slow Air Open
Award: Sim Challenge Trophy
Slow Air – not to exceed 6 minutes
SCO9X £7.00 Violin and Piano Duet - Scottish 11 and under
SCO12X £8.00 Chamber Music - Scottish 15 and under
SCO13X £13.00 Chamber Music - Scottish Open
SCO14X £15.00 Orchestra - Scottish Open
Award: Innes Silver Challenge Cup
Slow Air, March, Strathspey and Reel
BOWED STRINGS SECTION 8 June - 12 June

2009
Last date for ENTRIES and for SUBMISSION OF MUSIC FOR ACCOMPANISTS:
Adjudicator: Claire Telford

 The overall winner of the open solo classes S10, S16, S24 and S30 is
eligible to enter the Instrumental Challenge Class, provided that at least the
Category of “Very good” has been attained.
ALL BOWED STRINGS - BACH

S0X £8.00 Unaccompanied Bach Open
Any two contrasting movements from any of Bach’s unaccompanied sonatas, partitas or
suites. Please specify instrument. Programme not to exceed 8 minutes
VIOLIN
S1 £4.00 Violin Solo 8 and under
Calypso Time - No 42 from Fiddle Time Joggers – Blackwell – Oxford University Press
Toodle-Pip – No 18 from Ten O’Clock Rock – Edward Huws Jones – Boosey & Hawkes
Caribbean Sunshine – No 33 – from Fiddle Time Runners – Blackwell – Oxford University
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Press
Habanera (from Carmen) - Bizet – No 35 from Fiddle Time Sprinters – Blackwell – Oxford
University Press
Award: Vivaldi Cup
Spanish Dance – Böhm – from TrinityGuildhall Violin Exam Pieces Grade 4 (violin part
available separately) - TrinityGuildhall
Allegro from Sonata in D minor – Senaillé – from Real Repertoire for Violin –
TrinityGuildhall./Faber
Hungarian Dance No 6 – Brahms – from Classical and Romantic Pieces for Violin Book 4
– Oxford University Press
Adoration – Borowski – from Associated Board Violin Examination Pieces Grade 7 2008-
2011 – Associated Board
Liebesfreud – Kreisler – from Fritz Kreisler Repertoire - Schott
S10X £8.00 Violin Solo Open
Award: Kreisler medal
Czardas – Monti - Ricordi
OR
minutes (see also Festival Rules B.3 page 8).
Competitors must provide an accompanist for own choice pieces.
VIOLA
S11 £4.00 Viola Solo 9 and under
Patrick’s Reel – No 41 from Viola Time Joggers – Blackwell – Oxford University Press
Romans on the March – No 17 from Viva Viola – Wilkinson & Bass - Faber
Romanze – Steibelt – No 16 from First Repertoire for Viola Book 2 - Faber
Neapoliton Song – Tchaikovsky – from L’Atlo Classique Vol C - Combre
Tango – Albeniz – No 12 from L’Alto Classique Vol C – Combre
Hungarian Dance No 1 in D minor – from Brahms Hungarian Dances arr for viola by
Forbes - Peters Edition
S17X £8.00 Viola Solo Open
Romance for Viola – Svendsen - Hansen
OR
Competitors must provide their own accompanist for own choice pieces
CELLO
S18 £4.00 Cello Solo 9 and under
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Valsette from Two Short Pieces for Cello – Carse – Stainer & Bell
S19 £5.00 Cello solo 10 and under
A Merry Dance – Carse – Stainer & Bell
Danny Boy and The Temperance Reel – from Jigs, Reels and Hornpipes arr Edward
Huws Jones – Boosey & Hawkes
Polonaise – from A Sketchbook for Cello – Rose – Associated Board
Meditation – Bridge – Stainer & Bell
Presto from Little Suite for Cello and Piano – Hummel - Simrock
Largo and Allegro (movements 1 and 2) (no repeats) from Sonata in E minor RV40 –
Vivaldi – any edition
Humoresque for Cello Op 26 – Squire – Stainer and Bell
S26X £8.00 Cello Solo Open
Elegie for Cello Op 24 – Fauré – any edition
OR
a piece or pieces of own choice, of approximately Grade 8 standard, not to exceed 8
Competitors must provide their own accompanist for own choice pieces.
DOUBLE BASS
S27 £5.00 Double Bass Solo 9 and under
Go tell Aunt Rhody and Knocking on the door – Nos 52 and 65 from Bass is Best – Yorke
Edition
Dancing Bass – Osborne - from Bass is Best - Yorke Edition
Menuett – Deutschmann – from Yorke Solos for Double Bass and Piano Vol 1 (35 Easy
Pieces) - Yorke Edition
Gavotte and Musette – Bach - from Yorke Solos for Double Bass and Piano Vol 1 (35
Easy Pieces) - Yorke Edition
Rondo Allegro – 3rd Movement from Concerto in D - Capuzzi – Yorke Edition
Elephant’s Gavotte – Walter – Yorke Edition
S33X £8.00 Double Bass Solo Open
Rondo – No 2 from Romance and Rondo – Keyper – Yorke Edition
OR
STRING DUETS
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Any combination of string instruments (unaccompanied)
S34X £7.00 String Duet 9 and under
Own choice, not to exceed 3 minutes
S39X £13.00 String Duet Open
STRING CHAMBER MUSIC

Except where otherwise stated, these classes are open to groups of 3 to 8 players. Piano
accompaniment may be used, if required, unless otherwise stated. The pianist must be within the
age group.
S40X £7.00 String Chamber Music 9 and under
Award: Fortescue Silver Salver - for the best performance in classes S44-S49
S44X £10.00 String Chamber Music
(excluding string quartet) 18 and under
S45X £10.00 String quartet 18 and under
Own choice, not to exceed 6 minutes. No piano accompaniment allowed.
S46X £13.00 Duo for piano with violin, viola, cello or bass Open
S47X £13.00 Piano trio Open
S48X £13.00 String quartet Open
Own choice, not to exceed 8 minutes. No piano accompaniment allowed.
S49X £13.00 Chamber Music Open
(excluding duo, piano trio or string quartet)
MIXED ENSEMBLE - STRINGS

Except where otherwise stated, these classes are open to groups of 3 to 8 players, one to a part,
and must include at least two string instruments. Piano accompaniment may be used, if required.
The pianist must be within the age group. May be conducted.
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S50X £7.00 Mixed Ensemble - Strings 11 and under
S53X £13.00 Mixed Ensemble - Strings Open
ORCHESTRAS
Award: Macbeth Silver Challenge Shield - for the best orchestral performance in class S54 - S56
May be accompanied and conducted by an adult.
S54X £14.00 Orchestra 11 and under
S55X £17.00 Orchestra 15 and under
S56X £17.00 Orchestra Open
As a trial the following new classes have been introduced.

A specialist adjudicator will be engaged if there are
sufficient entries in this section
PLUCKED STRINGS 8 June – 12 June

2009
Last date for ENTRIES and for SUBMISSION of MUSIC for ACCOMPANISTS:
PL 1X £6.00 Guitar solo 15 and under

Own choice – unaccompanied – not to exceed 3 minutes
PL 2X £7.00 Guitar solo 18 and under

Own Choice – unaccompanied - not to exceed 4 minutes
PL 3X £8.00 Guitar solo Open

Own Choice – unaccompanied – not to exceed 6 minutes
PL 4X £6.00 Clarsach solo 15 and under
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PL 5X £7.00 Clarsach solo 18 and under

PL 6X £8.00 Clarsach solo Open

RECORDER SECTION 8 June - 12 June

2009
Adjudicator: Ian Wilson

 The overall winner of the open solo Descant and Treble classes (R10 and
R18) is eligible to enter the Instrumental Challenge Class, provided that at
least the category of “Very Good” has been attained.
NOTE: (pt sep) = recorder part(s) available separately
DESCANT RECORDER
R1 £4.00 Descant Solo 8 and under
A Gaelic Lullaby and Mocking Bird – Nos 99 and 93 from Enjoy the Recorder Book 1 –
Bonsor – Schott
Aiken Drum and Colin’s Cattle – from Scottish Collection for Descant Recorder and
Piano – arr Hardie/ed Haston – Sunhoney Edition (pt sep)
Mary Morrison and The Black Dance - from Scottish Collection for Descant Recorder and
Piano – arr Hardie/ed Haston – Sunhoney Edition (pt sep)
Wandering Willie and My love she’s but a lassie yet - from Scottish Collection for Descant
Recorder and Piano – arr Hardie/ed Haston – Sunhoney Edition (pt sep)
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Jock o’ Hazledean and Muirland Willie – from Scottish Collection for Descant Recorder
and Piano – arr Hardie/ed Haston – Sunhoney Edition (pt sep)
Neil Gow’s Lament and The Laird o’ Drumblair – from Scottish Collection for Descant
Sonata in Bb for Descant Recorder and Piano (complete) – Handel - Schott
Barbecue Blues and Prawn Paella – from Recipes for Descant Recorder - Bullard -
Forsyth
R9X £8.00 Descant Solo Open
Award: Arion trophy for the overall winner of the Open Descant (R10)
and Treble (R18) classes
Top Hat Quadrille – from Hat Box – Bullard - Forsyth
OR
TREBLE RECORDER
R10 £5.00 Treble Solo 10 and under
Wild Mountain Thyme and Jennie’s Bawbee – from Scottish Collection for Treble
The Cuckoo and The Wraggle-taggle Gypsies - from Scottish Collection for Treble
A Rosebud by my early walk and Willie’s gane to Melville Castle – from Scottish
Collection for Treble Recorder and Piano – arr Hardie/ed Haston – Sunhoney Edition (pt
sep)
Fantasia on Greensleeves for Treble Recorder – Vaughan Williams – Oxford University
Press
Prelude (1st movement) from Sonata Piccola Op 63 – Colin Hand - RMM
Sonata in D minor (1st and 2nd movements) – Barsanti – Schott
R16X £8.00 Treble Solo Open
Award: Arion trophy for the overall winner of the open Descant (R10) and Treble
(R18) classes
Allegro (1st movement) – from Sonatina for Treble Recorder Op 121 – Bowen – Emerson
Edition
OR
Competitors must provide their own accompanist for this class.
SOPRANINO RECORDER
R17 £6.00 Sopranino Solo 12 and under
Corn Rigs and Blackthorn Stick – Traditional – from From Descant to Treble – Bonsor -
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Schott
Moment Musicaux – Schubert - Sunhoney
Concerto in F RV434 (2nd and 3rd Novements) – Vivaldi – Schott
TENOR RECORDER
R20 £5.00 Tenor Solo 11 and under
Loch Lomond and Ho-ro my nut brown maiden - from Scottish Collection for Treble
Recorder - Sunhoney
Bist du bei Mir – Bach – from Tenor Recorder Solos – arr Bonsor - Faber
Solveig’s Song - Grieg and Tango - Albeniz - from Tenor Recorder Solos – Bonsor - Faber
Andante and Arias 3, 4 and 5 from Partita No 5 in E minor – Telemann – any edition
BASS RECORDER
R24 £6.00 Bass Solo 16 and under
The Merry Peasant and The Reaper’s Song – Schumann - from The Recorder Player’s
Collection Vol 6 Bass - Kevin Mayhew
R25 £7.00 Bass Solo 18 and under

The Swan and The Elephant – Saint-Saens - from The Recorder Player’s Collection Vol 6
Bass - Kevin Mayhew
RECORDER CHAMBER MUSIC

One player to a part, without conductor or accompaniment
R26 £7.00 Recorder Duet (2 Descants) 9 and under
There was a crooked man and Ach du lieber Augustine - from First Duets for
Descant Recorder - arr Bergmann – Schott
R27X £7.00 Recorder Trio (3 Descants) 9 and under
Lovely Evening and Kookaburra - Sunhoney
R28 £7.00 Recorder Duet (2 Descants) 10 and under
Minuet and Cotillon – Chédeville - Sunhoney
R29 £7.00 Recorder Trio (2 Descants and Treble) 10 and under
Two French Songs – Une Poule Grise and Alouette – Sunhoney
R30 £7.00 Recorder Duet (2 Descants or 2) 11 and under
Minuets 1 & 2 and Gavotte – Chédeville - Sunhoney
R31 £7.00 Recorder Trio (D, D/Tr, Tr/Ten) 11 and under

Gavotte – Bonsor - BonsorMusic
R32X £8.00 Recorder Ensemble (2 to 6 players) 12 and under
Own choice – programme not to exceed 3 minutes
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Award:The Douglas Haston Recorder for the best performance in classes R37-R41 and R43 and
R44
R36X £13.00 Recorder Ensemble (2 to 6 players) Open
RECORDERS WITH KEYBOARD

A bass instrument may be added where appropriate. The names of all players should appear on the
entry form, and all will be subject to adjudication
R37X £10.00 Recorder Solo with Keyboard 18 and under
Own choice – programme not to exceed 6 minutes. Keyboard player must be within
the age group.
R38X £10.00 Two or more recorders with Keyboard 18 and under
Own choice – programme not to exceed 6 minutes. Keyboard player must be within
the age group.
R39X £13.00 Recorders with Keyboard Open
MIXED ENSEMBLES - RECORDERS

Recorder(s) with other instrument(s) and/or voice(s)
R40X £8.00 Mixed Ensemble - Recorders 15 and under
R41X £10.00 Mixed Ensemble - Recorders 18 and under
R42X £13.00 Mixed Ensemble - Recorders Open
RECORDER GROUPS -
6 or more players, with doubled parts
R43X £14.00 Recorder Group 9 and under
Award: Ewen Trophy
(1) Falling Leaves and Pipes and Drums – from Four Pieces for Descant Recorder
Groups – Hardie - Sunhoney
(2) One piece of own choice – may be accompanied.
Total programme not to exceed 3 minutes
R44X £14.00 Recorder Group (6 or more players) 11 and under
Award: Aberdeen Savings Bank Trophy (1)
(1) Happy Whistler – Bonsor - BonsorMusic
(2) One piece of own choice – may be accompanied
Total programme not to exceed 4 minutes
Award: Aberdeen Savings Bank Trophy (2) for the best performance in classes
47 and 48
(1) Maple Leaf Rag – Joplin arr Koclejda - Schott
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(2) One piece of own choice. May be accompanied
Total programme not to exceed 4 minutes.
Award: Aberdeen Savings Bank Trophy (2) for the best performance in classes
47 and 48
(1) Ballet from Petite Suite – Debussy – arr Bonsor - BonsorMusic
(2) One piece of own choice. Total programme not to exceed 5 minutes.
R47X £17.00 Recorder Group Open
3 or more parts without accompaniment
WOODWIND SECTION 8 June - 12 June

2009
Adjudicator: Ian Wilson

 The overall winner of the open solo classes W7, 15, 22, 29, 33 and 39 is
eligible to enter the Instrumental Challenge Class X2, provided that at
least the category "Very Good” has been attained.
ADULT LEARNERS’ WOODWIND PERFORMERS CLASS -
W0X £8.00 Any woodwind instrument Open NON-COMPETITIVE
Own choice from set pieces listed in classes W1 to W37
Copy required for accompanist, but not adjudicator
PICCOLO
W1 £7.00 Piccolo Solo 18 and under
Own choice (excluding orchestral extracts) - not to exceed 4 minutes -
Competitors must provide their own accompanist
W2 £8.00 Piccolo Solo Open
Own choice (excluding orchestral extracts) - not to exceed 8 minutes
Competitors must provide their own accompanist
FLUTE
W3 £5.00 Flute Solo 11 and under
Little Dance – Haydn - from Forty Little Pieces for Flute - Schirmer
The Ashgrove – Traditional - from Twenty Traditionaol Tunes - Fentone
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Menuet - from Six Pastiches – McDowall – Pan
Romantic Song - from Six Pastiches – McDowall – Pan
Minuet and Badinerie (no repeats) – from Suite in B minor – Bach – any edition
Sehr Langsam – from Sonata for Flute – Hindemith – Schott
W9X £8.00 Flute Solo Open
Concertino – Chaminade - from Flute Music by French Composers – ed Moyse -
Schirmer
OR
OBOE
W10 £6.00 Oboe Solo 12 and under
Serenade (Hassan) – Delius - from First repertoire pieces for Oboe – Boosey & Hawkes

Largo (Sonata No 4 Op 3) – Loeillet – from First Repertoire Pieces for Oboe – Boosey
and Hawkes
Over the Rainbow – Arlen and Harburg – from All Jazzed Up for Oboe – Brass Wind
Andante K545 – Mozart – from Mozart and Haydn for Oboe - Emerson
Italian Dance – Dring - Weinberger
W15X £8.00 Oboe Solo Open
Any three movements from Six Metamorphoses After Ovid Op 49 – Britten – Boosey &
Hawkes
OR
CLARINET
W16 £5.00 Clarinet Solo 11 and under
Hagley’s Tune – West - from First Repertoire for Clarinet - Faber
A Groovy Kind of Sonatina – Clementi arr Harris & Johnstone – from First Repertoire for
Clarinet - Faber
Gypsy Life – Monti – from Joy of Clarinet – Yorktown Music Press
Minuet from Serenade for Wind Octet (K375) – Mozart - from Clarinet Solos Vol 1 -
Chester
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Menuetto (Menuetto, trio II DC) (no repeats) – Mozart - from Clarinet Quintet K581 –
Mozart – Boosey & Hawkes
Scherzo – from Four Characteristic Pieces – Hurlstone - Emerson
W22X £8.00 Clarinet Solo Open
Allegro from Concerto No 2 for Clarinet – Weber – Boosey & Hawkes
OR
ALTO SAXOPHONE
W23 £5.00 Alto Saxophone Solo 11 and under
Woogie Boogie – from Amazing Solos for Alto Saxophone – Harrison – Boosey &
Hawkes
Lazy Afternoon and Attention Please – from Streetwise – Street – Boosey & Hawkes
Basse Danse – Warlock – from Amazing Solos for Alto Saxophone – Boosey & Hawkes
Rag-a-Muffin – from Rhythm and Rag – Haughton – Associated Board
Butterfly Waltz - from New Alto Sax Solos Book 2 – Lyons – Useful Music
Bounce - from New Alto Sax Solos Book 3 – Lyons – Useful Music
W29X £8.00 Alto Saxophone Solo Open
Mazurka - from Hommage a Chopin – Dubois - Leduc
OR
TENOR SAXOPHONE
W30 £6.00 Tenor Saxophone Solo 14 and under
Monkey Nuts – from Rhythm and Rag for Tenor Sax – Haughton – Associated Board
Quick Brown Fox – from New Tenor Sax Solos Book 2 – Lyons – Useful Music
Song without words Op 109 – Mendelssohn – from Solos for the Tenor Sax Player -
Schirmer
W33X £8.00 Tenor Saxophone Solo Open
Spanish Dance No 2 – Moszkowski - from Solos for the Tenor Sax Player - Schirmer
OR
BASSOON
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W34 £6.00 Bassoon Solo 12 and under
Bassoon Street Blues – No 12 from 25 Fun Moments for Bassoon – Cowles – Studio
Music
Theme from Scheherezade – Rimsky-Korsakov - from Going Solo Bassoon – arr Sheen
- Faber
March of a Marionette – Gounod – arr Emerson – Emerson Edition
Alla Siciliana and Allegro Assai (no repeats) from Sonata no 5 in D – from Sonatas for
Bassoon Vol 2 - Galliard – McGinnis & Marx or Peters Edition
Introduction and Allegro Spiritoso – Senaille - Novello
W39X £8.00 Bassoon Solo Open
Concerto for Bassoon and Strings – Jacob – Stainer & Bell
OR
WOODWIND DUETS
Any combination of woodwind instruments (excluding recorder)
W40X £7.00 Woodwind Duet 11 and under
W44X £13.00 Woodwind Duet Open
Own choice, not to exceed 8 minutes. Must be unaccompanied.
WOODWIND CHAMBER MUSIC

3 to 8 players, one to a part. Unconducted and unaccompanied. May include up to 2 French Horns.
W45X £7.00 Woodwind Ensemble 11 and under
W49X £13.00 Woodwind Ensemble Open
WOODWIND with other instrument(s) and/or voice(s). One to a part.

W50X £8.00 Mixed Ensemble 15 and under
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W51X £10.00 Mixed Ensemble 18 and under
W52X £13.00 Mixed Ensemble Open
WOODWIND GROUPS
Larger groups, with parts doubled as wished, wholly or mainly woodwind. May be conducted but not
accompanied.
W53X £17.00 Woodwind Group 15 and under
W54X £17.00 Woodwind Group 18 and under
W55X £17.00 Woodwind Group Open
BRASS SECTION 8 June - 12 June

2009
Last dates for ENTRIES and for SUBMISSION OF MUSIC FOR ACCOMPANISTS:
Adjudicator: ROBIN HAGGART

 Award: PREMIER CHALLENGE TROPHY for the overall winner of the
Open Solo classes B7, 14, 21a and b, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, and 62 who is
also eligible to enter the Instrumental Challenge Class, provided that at
least the Category of "Very Good” has been attained.
TRUMPET
B1 £5.00 Trumpet Solo 11 and under
The Barley Break - from Magic Trumpet - Boosey & Hawkes
When the saints – from Magic Trumpet - Boosey & Hawkes
Massa’s in the Cold, Cold Ground – from Magic Trumpet - Boosey & Hawkes
B4 £6.00 Trumpet Solo 14 under
Honeysuckle Rose – Waller - from Magic Trumpet - Boosey & Hawkes
Canon Dance – from Cameos for Trumpet – Gregson - Brasswind
Dance Macabre – from Cameos for Trumpet – Gregson - Brasswind
B7X £8.00 Trumpet Solo Open
Badinage – Bozza - Leduc
OR
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FRENCH HORN
B8 £5.00 French Horn Solo 11 and under
Minuet – No 1 from Horn Solos Book 1 - Campbell - Faber
Little Serenade – No 1 from Two Easy Pieces for Horn and Piano - Carse – Stainer and
Bell
Hunting Song – No 5 from Horn Solos Book 1 - Campbell – Faber

Walking in the Air – No 8 Blake - from Horn Solos Book 1 - Campbell – Faber
Theme from Symphony No 5 – Tchaikovsky – No 15 from Horn Solos Book 1 -
Campbell – Faber
Reverie – Glazunov – from Solos for the Horn Player - Schirmer
B14X £8.00 French Horn Solo Open
Allegro maestoso – first movement from Concerto No 2 in E flat for Horn K417 – Mozart
(any edition)
OR
TROMBONE
Award for Classes B15 - B19 : Cuthill Prize II and B20-B21 Cuthill Trophy and Prize I -
for the two most outstanding performances on trombone
B15 £5.00 Trombone Solo 11 and under
Fais Dodo – from Bravo Trombone – Barratt – Boosey and Hawkes
Step ‘n’ fetch it - from Bravo Trombone – Barratt – Boosey and Hawkes
Skye Boat Song – traditional – from Magic Trombone – Boosey and Hawkes
Nobody Knows – Spiritual – from A Little Light Music for Trombone – Iveson – Brass
Wind
If I were a rich man – from A Little Light Music for Trombone – Iveson – Brass Wind
An English Medley – from Trombone Solos Volume 1 - Chester
B21aX £8.00 Trombone Solo Open (Tenor)
Cavatine – Saint-Saens (any edition)
OR
B21bX £8.00 Trombone Solo Open (Bass)
Father Neptune for Bass Trombone – Newsome – Studio Music
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OR
TUBA
B22 £5.00 Tuba Solo 11 and under
Musing – Ridgeon – No 2 of A Moody trio – No 2 from Nine Miniatures for Eb Tuba –
Brass Wind
Lullaby – Gregson – No 5 from Nine Miniatures for Eb Tuba – Brass Wind
Military Suite – No 4 from First Solos for the Tuba Player – Wekselblatt - Schirmer
Policeman’s Song - Sullivan – No 1 from Tuba Solos Vol 1 – Chester Music
Hey Ho, come to the fair – Martin – No 5 from Tuba Solos Vol 1 – Chester Music
Blue Potato – from Tuber Music – Proctor – Brass Wind
B28X £8.00 Tuba Solo Open
Konzert – Lebedjew – Hofmeister
OR
SOPRANO CORNET
B29 £5.00 Soprano Cornet Solo 11 and under
Lonely Steppes – from Up Front Album for E flat Horn book 2 – Woolfenden – Brass
Wind
Hide and Seek – No 1.2 from Nine Miniatures for E flat Horn - Ridgeon - Brass Wind
Greensleeves – Traditional - from Young Soloist book 1 for E flat instruments – Studio
Music
Minuet in C - Handel – from Really Easy Tenor Horn Book - Faber
Ragamuffin – from Party Pieces for E flat Horn – Goddard – Spartan Press
Capriccio - Sparke – R Smith
B35X £8.00 Soprano Cornet Solo Open
Rhapsody for Soprano Cornet – Eaves – R Smith
OR
Bb CORNET AND FLUGEL HORN (please state which on entry form)
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B36 £5.00 Bb Cornet and Flugelhorn Solo 11 and under
The Barley Break - from Magic Trumpet - Boosey & Hawkes
When the saints – from Magic Trumpet - Boosey & Hawkes
Massa’s in the Cold, Cold Ground – from Magic Trumpet - Boosey & Hawkes
B39 £6.00 Bb Cornet and Flugelhorn Solo 14 under
Honeysuckle Rose – Waller - from Magic Trumpet - Boosey & Hawkes
Canon Dance – from Cameos for Trumpet – Gregson - Brasswind
A Trumpeter’s Lullaby – Anderson – Belwin
B42X £8.00 Bb Cornet and Flugelhorn Solo Open
Prelude and Capriccio for Trumpet – Gregson – R Smith
OR
Eb HORN
B43 £5.00 Eb Horn Solo 11 and under
Nobilmente – No 2 from Really Easy Tenor Horn Book – Pearson - Faber
Pippin – from Up Front Album for Tenor Horn Grade 2 – Tracey – Brass Wind
Rag Trade – No 8 from Really Easy Tenor Horn Book – Pearson – Faber
O Waly Waly – No 2 from Going Solo for Tenor Horn - Faber
Blue Moon – Rodgers – from Jazzed Up Too for E flat Horn – Ramskill – Brass Wind
Ground Force – from Music of Jim Parker for E flat Horn – Brass Wind
B49X £8.00 Eb Horn Solo Open
Variations on a Welsh Theme for E flat Horn - Kneale – R Smith
OR
EUPHONIUM AND BARITONE (Please state which on entry form)

B50 £5.00 Euphonium and Baritone Solo 11 and under
Hopak - from Bravo Trumpet - Barratt - Boosey & Hawkes
Live Wire – from Bravo Trumpet – Barratt – Boosey & Hawkes
Variations on ‘Goe from my Window’ – from Magic Trumpet – Hare - Boosey & Hawkes
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Memory – Lloyd Webber – No 11 from First Book of Trombone Solos - Faber
I dreamed a dream – Schönberg – from A Little Light Music for Trombone – Brass Wind
Andante and Scherzo – Heath – R Smith
B56X £7.00 Euphonium and Baritone Solo Open
La Belle Americaine – Hartmann – Wright and Round
BBb BASS
B57 £6.00 BBb Bass Solo 12 and under
Live Wire – from Bravo Trumpet – Barratt – Boosey & Hawkes
Variations on ‘Goe from my Window’ – from Magic Trumpet – Hare - Boosey & Hawkes
Memory – Lloyd Webber – No 11 from First Book of Trombone Solos - Faber
Send in the Clowns – Sondheim – from A Little Light Music for Trombone – Brass Wind
Variations on the Ash Grove – from Trombone Solos Vol 1 – Iveson - Chester
B62X £8.00 BBb Bass Solo Open
Concert Galop – Wilby - Winwood
OR
BRASS DUETS AND TRIOS No doubling of parts. Unconducted.

B63X £7.00 Duets and Trios 11 and under
B67X £13.00 Duets and Trios Open
ENSEMBLES 4 or more players. May be conducted but not accompanied

B68X £7.00 Brass ensemble 11 and under
This class only may include doubled parts
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B72X £13.00 Brass ensemble Open
MIXED ENSEMBLES Brass with other instrument(s) and/or voice(s), one player to a part
B73X £8.00 Mixed Ensemble 15 and under

B74X £10.00 Mixed Ensemble 18 and under
B75X £13.00 Mixed Ensemble Open
BRASS BANDS (No size limit)

B76X £17.00 Brass Band 15 and under
B77X £17.00 Brass Band 18 and under
B78X £17.00 Brass Band Open
CONCERT BANDS (May include other instruments)

B79X £17.00 Concert Band 15 and under
B80X £17.00 Concert Band 18 and under
B81X £17.00 Concert Band Open
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COMPOSITION SECTION 8 June - 12 June
2009
Last date for ENTRIES and SUBMISSION OF COPIES FOR ADJUDICATOR:
NOTE: The onus is on the entrant to arrange for the performance of his/her
composition, although the entry will not be judged on the performance
C1 £6.00 Composition 12 and under

A song or instrumental melody, which must be the entrant’s own work. An arrangement
made by an adult may be submitted, but it must be clearly stated how much help has
been given
C2 £7.00 Composition 18 and under

An original composition for a solo or a small group of instruments and/or voices. Time
limit - 5 minutes
C3 £8.00 Composition Open

An original composition for a solo or a small group of instruments and/or voices. Time
limit - 10 minutes
SPECIAL CLASSES 8 June - 12 June

2009
X1X £13.00 Family Group

Three or more members of a family.
Any musical presentation - not to exceed 10 minutes
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CHALLENGE CLASSES Friday 12 June 2009
7.30 pm
X2X No fee Instrumental Challenge
Award: Federation Silver Challenge Cup
Open to the overall winners of open solo classes in each section, provided that at least
the category of “Very Good” has been attained. A programme of own choice - not to
exceed 10 minutes. Copies of all pieces selected must be made available to the
adjudicators. Dress appropriate to the occasion should be worn.
V55X No fee Vocal Challenge – see page 27
2009
Syllabus
Scottish Country Dance
20 and 21 March
Music, Speech and Drama
8 June to 12 June (last date for
entries 16 March)
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ABERDEEN and NORTH EAST of

EIGHTY-SIXTH FESTIVAL 2009

Scottish Country Dance:

Music and Speech and Drama:

THE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION

MEMBERSHIP: Membership of the Association entitles the holder to free entry to

ADDRESSES FOR ENTRIES:

CHILD PROTECTION POLICY 9

FESTIVAL TROPHIES AND AWARDS 10

Scottish Country Dancing Helen Frame and Peter Clark 14

Speech and Drama to be confirmed 17

Vocal and Choral Neil Mackie 24

Group Music Making see page 31 31

Piano Kathryn Page and 32

Scottish Instrumental Claire Telford 35

Bowed Strings Claire Telford 36

Plucked Strings see page 41 40

Recorder Ian Wilson 41

Woodwind Ian Wilson 44

Brass Robin Haggart 49

Family Group to be confirmed 55

Instrumental challenge All instrumental adjudicators 57

NEIL MACKIE (Vocal)

MURRAY McLACHLAN (Piano)

KATHRYN PAGE (Piano)

CLAIRE TELFORD (Strings and Scottish Instrumental)

IAN WILSON (Recorder and Woodwind)

CHILD PROTECTION POLICY

FESTIVAL TROPHIES AND AWARDS

INSTRUMENTAL TROPHIES and AWARDS

SPEECH and DRAMA TROPHIES and AWARDS

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING TROPHIES and AWARDS

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE 20 and 21 March 2009

Adjudicators: HELEN FRAME, Irvine

SCD12 The BUTCHART CHALLENGE –

Assistance with the dances will be given to competing schools or organisations

SPEECH AND DRAMA SECTION 8 June - 12 June 2009

SD10 £4.00 Girls age 6

SCOTS PROSE (to be spoken from memory)

PUBLIC SPEAKING - SOLO

PUBLIC SPEAKING - GROUPS

20th CENTURY DRAMA

MIME (Give titles on the entry form)

VOCAL AND CHORAL SECTION 8 June - 12 June 2009

Adjudicator: NEIL MACKIE

VOCAL GROUPS - up to 16 voices

VOCAL ENSEMBLES - one to a part

V56X £8.00 Operatic Open (18 and over)

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN

V85X £17.00 Light Music Chorus

VOICE AND PIANO

GROUP MUSIC MAKING and 8 June - 12 June

GROUP MUSIC MAKING

PIANO SECTION 8 June - 12 June 2009

Adjudicators: KATHRYN PAGE and

PIANO SOLO - BAROQUE - copies not required for adjudicator

PIANO SOLO - CHOPIN

PIANO SOLO - SONATINA

PIANO SOLO - SONATA

SCOTTISH INSTRUMENTAL 8 June - 12 June

Adjudicator: CLAIRE TELFORD

BOWED STRINGS SECTION 8 June - 12 June

Adjudicator: Claire Telford