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Incorporating Clare Festival Founded 1922
Registered Charity No. 284215
Sudbury
Festival of Performing Arts, founded as Clare Festival in 1922, is a competitive festival open to people
of all ages from under five to over eighty. It gives an opportunity
for people to perform, as a soloist or as part of a group, in front
of a sympathetic audience and to receive an expert and friendly
assessment from a professional adjudicator.
The
Festival offers about 400 competitive classes in the main branches of
performing arts: music, dance, speech and drama. Children and adults
with a wide range of abilities from all over East Anglia take part,
and benefit enormously from the experience - learning the discipline
of preparing their piece, taking the stage and watching and listening
to their peers. The aim
is to develop and extend the syllabus to include new disciplines:
Hip-hop/Street Dance, Gymnastic Dance and Cheerleading , Folk Dance,
Experimental Music-making, Drama Improvisation... to name but a
few.
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Music
Group Classes (for both schools and independent groups)
For all ages: Orchestras, Choirs, Barbershop, Ensembles
Solos,
Duets, Trios, Quartets
For
all ages: Instrumental -
Piano (including a Recital Class), Woodwind, Strings,
Electronic
Keyboard, Brass, Recorders, Harp, Guitar, Composition
Vocal
- For
all ages: Songs
from the Shows and Films, Folk Song, Ballads etc
For 18yrs and
over: Operatic Arias, Recital Class
There are non-competitive (but still adjudicated) classes in most of the above.
Please see the Music page for more information
Speech and
Drama
Group Classes (for both schools and independent groups)
For all ages: Choral Verse Speaking, Acted Scene, Group Improvisation
Solos and Duos
For all ages: Verse
Speaking, Prose Reading, Bible Reading,
Original Story Telling,
Solo Shakespeare, Solo Acting, Duologue Poems
Please see the Speech and Drama page for more information
Dance
Group Classes
For all ages: Ballet, Character, National, Song and Dance, Modern, Tap
For
educational schools there
are classes in Creative Dance, Song and Dance
and Country Dancing
(solos, duets, trios, quartets and groups)
Solos, Duos, Trios and Quartets
For all ages:
Ballet, Character, National, Song and Dance, Modern, Tap.
Choreography Classes and Improvisation Classes
Please see the dance page for more information
You will need a syllabus. This has full details of classes, rules, fees and entry forms. However entry for the 2012 festival has now closed.
Sudbury
Tourist Office (Town Hall)
Compact Music/Classic Sounds (North Street)
Bury St Edmunds
Balaam's Music (Risbygate Street)
Dance Crazy (77d St John's Street)
Colchester
If these are not possible, email your name and postal address, and we can send one to you.
The
Festival takes place in Sudbury at:
Delphi
Sports and Social Club
Sudbury
Town Hall
Sudbury
Upper School
(click on links for maps courtesy of
multimap.com)
Tickets and Programmes are available on the door
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Closing date for entries with discount |
5 November 2011 |
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Final closing date |
30 November 2011 |
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AGM (please email for more details) |
June 2012
7:30pm |
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Please return cups by |
15 January 2012 |
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Festival 2012 |
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11 -25 February |
6-11 March |
17-20 March |
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Festival Concert 27 March 3pm |
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To find out what
you can watch, when and where, please click the relevant link.
Bernard Johnson Award is given by the committee, on the recommendation of the adjudicators, to an outstanding performer, aged 16 - 25 in music, speech or dance. The Award is to be used by the winner towards further studies in the discipline in which he/she entered the Festival. Competitors must have entered the Festival for more than one year to be considered for this award.
Suffolk Free Press Anniversary Cup is given by the committee, on the recommendation of the adjudicators, to the most promising performer, aged 15 or under, in music, speech or dance. Competitors must have entered the Festival for more than one year to be considered for this award.
After the conclusion of the
Festival, a concert is held comprising a selection of performances
from each section.
At this the Bernard Johnson Award and the
Suffolk Free Press Anniversary Cup are presented.
The 2012 Concert will be at 3pm on Sunday 25st March at Sudbury Upper School. Entrance is by programme, available only at the door.
Links
British & International Federation of Festivals
