Ballymena Festival Traditional Music Syllabus 2019

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2 TRADITIONAL MUSIC Syllabus 2019 Contact details for Section Secretary: Traditional Music Secretary: Mr Ciaran Mulholland or telephone or write: 142 Carnalbanagh Road, Buckna, Broughshane, This section of the Festival will take place as follows: From Saturday 16th February 2019 to Saturday 16th February 2019 THE CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES FOR THIS SECTION IS Friday 30th November 2018 There are a number of changes to the syllabus this year. Rules are as the Festival Bye-laws with the addition of the following: All solo instruments and voices must be unaccompanied (except the Bodhran) and performed without written music. In classes where the age is relevant, proof of age must be produced if required, and performers must have been within the age range on 1st January prior to the Festival. 2 / 15

3 OVERALL AWARDS The PRIMARY MUSICIAN AWARD will be presented to the performer who, in the opinion of the adjudicator, shows most outstanding ability on any instrument at Primary school age A PERPETUAL CHALLENGE SHIELD PRESENTED BY MR CECIL COLVILLE will be awarded to the performer who, in the opinion of the Adjudicator, shows most promise in Traditional Fiddle A SHIELD PRESENTED BY COUNCILLOR SANDY SPENCE will be awarded to the young tin whistle player who, in the opinion of the Adjudicator, shows most promise. A PERPETUAL TROPHY PRESENTED ANONYMOUSLY IN MEMORY OF MR MICHAEL McILHATTON will be presented to the performer with the highest aggregate marks in classes:190,191,192,193 The JOHNNY MURPHY AWARD will be presented to the most promising primary age fiddle player The ROISIN McCLOSKEY AWARD will be presented to the most outstanding tin whistle player of the Festival FESTIVAL AWARDS: Two bursaries each of 50 to help develop their musical development. These will be nominated by the Adjudicator and will be presented at the Festival Gala Evening on Saturday 4th March 2017 ADJUDICATOR TO BE ADVISED 3 / 15

4 SECTION A Standard Classes The overall Musician Award will be presented to the performer who, in the opinion of the adjudicator shows most outstanding ability on any instrument at Primary school age (Section A) The Johnny Murphy Award will be presented to the most promising Fiddle player- primary age. Class TM172a Tin Whistle, Primary 1-4: entry fee 4 One traditional dance tune or slow air. FIRST PRIZE: Festival Badge Class TM172b Tin Whistle Primary 5-7: entry fee 4 Class TM174a Traditional Fiddle, Primary 1-4: entry fee 4 One traditional dance tune. Class TM174b Traditional Fiddle Primary 5-7: entry fee 4 One traditional dance tune. FIRST PRIZE: Festival Challenge Cup presented by Mrs J.S. McKee A.R.C.M. Class TM170 Traditional Group, Primary School age, three or more players or singers: entry fee 8 Members must not perform in more than one group in this class An arrangement of not more than 6 minutes in duration FIRST PRIZE:The James Kerr Memorial Cup This must not be the same as an entry in any other class by any member Class TM171 Traditional Singing, Primary school age: entry fee 4 One traditional song in any language to be sung unaccompanied. Class TM173 Miscellaneous instruments, Primary School age: entry fee 4 Excluding fiddle, flute, harp, tin whistle, banjo, and mandolin. Any traditional dance tune or slow air. Class TM175 Harp,Primary School age: entry fee 4 Any traditional dance tune or slow air. 4 / 15

5 Class TM176 Banjo/ Mandolin, Primary School Age: entry fee 4 Any traditional dance tune. FIRST PRIZE: The Broadway Challange Cup SECTION B Standard Classes A Perpetual Challenge Shield presented by Mr Cecil Colville will be awarded to the performer who, in the opinion of the adjudicator, shows most promise in traditional fiddle. A Shield presented by Councillor Sandy Spence will be awarded to the tin whistle player who, in the opinion of the adjudicator shows most promise.the Michael McIlhatton Trophy will be presented for the highest aggregate marks in classes TM190, TM192, and TM193. Class TM177 Post-Primary Traditional Group, three or more players and or singers: entry fee 8 Members must not perform in more than one group in this class. All members must be of postprimary age. An arrangement of not more than 8 minutes in duration. FIRST PRIZE: The Mr and Mrs A. Crawford Ulster Challenge Cup Class TM178 Solo Flute, 14 years and under: entry fee 4 One traditional dance tune. Class TM179 Harp, Post-Primary and under 14 years: entry fee 4 Any traditional dance tune or slow air. Class TM180 Traditional Fiddle, Post Primary and under 14 years: entry fee 4 One traditional dance tune. FIRST PRIZE: The Samuel Stevenson Memorial Cup Class TM181 Tin Whistle, Post Primary and under 14 years: entry fee 4 One traditional dance tune. FIRST PRIZE: Challenge Cup presented by Mr and Mrs W McKee Class TM182 Miscellaneous instruments, Post Primary and under 14 years: entry fee 4 Excluding fiddle, flute, harp, tin whistle, banjo, and mandolin Any traditional dance tune or slow air. FIRST PRIZE: Miniature Shield Class TM183 Traditional Singing,Open: entry fee 4 One traditional song in any language to be sung unaccompanied. FIRST PRIZE:The R.Tarrant Bailey Troubador Cup 5 / 15

6 Class TM184 Banjo/Mandolin, Post-Primary Age: entry fee 4 One traditional dance tune. FIRST PRIZE: The Mac's Cup Class TM185 Bodhran. Open: entry fee 4 Two contrasting solos. SECTION C: Class TM186 Tin Whistle, years (inclusive).: entry fee 4 Two contrasting traditional dance tunes. Festival Badge Class TM187 Solo Flute over 14 years to Adult: entry fee 4 Competitor must play a traditional slow air plus any traditional dance tune. FIRST PRIZE: The John Kennedy Perpetual Challenge Cup Class TM188 Harp, 14 years and over to Adult: entry fee 4 Any dance tune. Class TM189 Miscellaneous Instruments, 14 years to Adult: entry fee 4 Excluding fiddle, flute, harp, tin whistle, banjo, and mandolin Any dance tune. FIRST PRIZE: Festival Shield Class TM190 Traditional Fiddle, years (inclusive): entry fee 4 Two contrasting traditional dance tunes. FIRST PRIZE: The Cecil Colville Cup Class TM191 Slow Air - Any instrument 14 years to Adult: entry fee 4 Any traditional slow air. FIRST PRIZE: Challenge Cup presented by Mrs J.S. McKee A.R.C.M Class TM192 Fiddle Sacred Solo or Carol, 14 years to Adult: entry fee 4 Any sacred solo or carol. FIRST PRIZE: The James Alexander Challenge Cup Class TM193 Traditional Irish Fiddle Championship: Over 16 years to Adult: entry fee 8 Any traditional slow air plus any one of the following: jig, reel, hornpipe, march, or set dance. FIRST PRIZE: The Charles O'Curry Memorial Challenge Cup Class TM199 Slow Air- Any instrument, Post Primary and under 14 years.: entry fee 4 Own Choice of Air. FIRST PRIZE: The Aileen Logan Award 6 / 15

7 Class TM200 Tin Whistle over 16 years to Adult: entry fee 4 Two contrasting Dance Tunes. FIRST PRIZE: The Maureen McCrystal Challenge Cup 7 / 15

8 SAFEGUARDING POLICY BALLYMENA FESTIVAL OF MUSIC SPEECH AND DANCE CHAIRMAN: MR STANLEY HUGHES VENUE: BRAID ARTS CENTRE, BRIDGE STREET, BALLYMENA DATES: DURING FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1. PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF ORGANISATION. The Festival provides a forum for amateur performance combined with an educational element from professional musicians, dancers and speakers. The safety of children and members of other vulnerable groups is paramount and all, without exception, have the right to protection from abuse. All suspicions and allegations of abuse will be taken seriously, responded to swiftly and appropriately and the Festival's Organising Committee and Volunteers have a responsibility to report concerns. 2. FESTIVAL ENVIRONMENT. The Festival is normally held in THE BRAID ARTS CENTRE, Bridge Street, Ballymena. As this is a PUBLIC AREA, the organising committee and volunteers cannot be held responsible for the care or safety of children and vulnerable adults while they are in the PUBLIC AREAS. It is the policy of our Festival to inform and involve parents, guardians, carers and teachers in partnership with the Festival in order to ensure, as far as it is reasonably practical, a safe environment at our Festival. We do this by ensuring that you receive a copy of this policy at the time that you are registering to attend the Festival and also when you receive your timetable. 3. APPLICATION. This policy relates to children under the age of 18 years and members of vulnerable groups of any age whose needs are identified to the Festival organisers by parents, guardians, carers and/or teachers prior to their arrival at the Festival. This should be done by contacting the Officer named at the foot of this document. The Festival actively seeks to meet these needs wherever possible. 4. FESTIVAL PERSONNEL. Within this document, the word staff refers to officers and members of the Festival Committee. The term volunteers refers to additional people who assist the Festival Committee members. All vacancies for volunteers are filled on the recommendation of committee members. Records of names, addresses and telephone numbers are held on file. Instructions as to duties are given to volunteers prior to each Festival. All Staff will be identified by name badges bearing the Festival logo. Anyone wearing a Badge may be approached and will report your concerns to the appropriate person. All concerns and problems will be taken seriously, discussed in a private area provided and documented and dated. 8 / 15

9 5. ATTENDANCE AT THE FESTIVAL. This Policy is passed to all parents, guardians, carers, teachers and schools who then become partners in implementing this Policy. It is the responsibility of parents, guardians and carers to ensure that children and vulnerable adults are supervised at all times. Teachers must distribute the Policy to persons having parental responsibility for each performer under 18 or Vulnerable Adult. Persons entering performers are required to read understand and comply with this Policy and to undertake to pass copies of it to the parent, guardian or carer of each and every child under 18 or vulnerable adult whom they have entered. Entries will not be accepted unless the appropriate signed papers are returned to the Festival or in the case of On Line entries through the festival website, the appropriate box is ticked. 6. PEFORMANCE AREAS AND CHANGING AREAS. As the Festival is held in a PUBLIC AREA, parents, guardians, carers and teachers are reminded that children and vulnerable adults must be supervised at all times including while they are in PUBLIC AREAS (e.g. toilets and Restaurant) and CHANGING AREAS. 7. PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEO RECORDINGS AND PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY. It is our policy that no recording, other than Photography by Accredited Photographers, will be permitted within the Performance Areas and signs to this effect will be clearly displayed. Staff and volunteers have been instructed to discourage any unauthorised Photography or Recording should it be attempted. The Press are invited to take photographs and it is the responsibility of parents, guardians and carers to ensure that their child, or child in their care, is not photographed if they do not wish this to take place and to tell the photographer. Photographs by Accredited Photographers will be released to the Media and may be used on the Festival Webpages and Social Media. 8. THE LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE THAT SUPPORTS THIS POLICY: a) Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, b) The Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1979, c) Part V The Police Act 1997, d) The Data Protection Act 1998, e) The Protection Of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, f) The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order The Organising Committee will constantly review their Policy, revising and enhancing it as necessary. In doing this, they will look to The British and International Federation of Festivals for support and that body, in turn will look to other agencies for good practice. This Policy was last reviewed September Safeguarding Officer Ruth Orr: 4 Brackley Manor, Cullybackey, Ballymena BT42 1FP Telephone , mobile: / 15

10 Festival Byelaws All potential entrants and/or those making entries on behalf of others are strongly advised to familiarise themselves with the Festival Byelaws and Safeguarding Policy below, BEFORE completing the online entry. 1. General 1.1. All entries must be made online by the closing date each year via the Festival website at It is the responsibility of the person completing the online entry to ensure that all the details are correct. Any problems with entries should be directed to the Section Secretary as soon as possible BEFORE THE CLOSING DATE; 1.3. Late entries will not be accepted; 1.4. Entry fees are not refundable under any circumstances. Non-receipt of entry fees will result in automatic refusal of entry; 1.5. Entries are accepted on the understanding that all appropriate copyright permissions have been granted where required. Performers and teachers attention is drawn to the British and International Federation of Festivals website at where further details are available or contact Festivals House on and to any specific requirement as stated in the syllabus; 1.6. Any professional musician, or person whose main source of income is the teaching of music is not eligible to enter any music class; 1.7. For all classes where age is relevant, the performer s age must be calculated as at 1st January in the year that the Festival takes place. Proof of age must be produced if requested; 1.8. Confined classes refer to schools or entrants living within the Ballymena postcode area only (i.e. BT42, BT43 & BT44). Reference to Antrim means postcode area BT41 only; 1.9. Test pieces selected for this Syllabus must be performed as stated stipulated publisher, key, etc., otherwise they will be disqualified; Test pieces selected for this syllabus must not be used for Own Choice classes; Test pieces selected under Own Choice must not be performed by the same performer in more than one class; The order of performers in the programme will be strictly adhered to except in exceptional circumstances. Specifically, no performer will be allowed to compete in any class outside the programmed time for that class. An entire class however may be moved within the programme but only after agreement with the Festival Committee and the performers involved; 10 / 15

11 Where a class has only one entrant, that performer must attain a minimum of 84 marks to be awarded a trophy; Where an Own Choice performance is deemed to be inappropriate, the Adjudicator is empowered to terminate the performance; No protest will be received against the award of the Adjudicator as to merit; No entrant, teacher or interested party may discuss any aspect of the Festival with an Adjudicator before, during or after a class, except at the invitation of the Adjudicator; Any protest regarding the violation of the condition of a class must be made in writing within 7 days of the class, accompanied by a fee of 25 which will be refunded if the protest is upheld by the Committee, whose decision is final; Prizes will be awarded in each class as follows, subject to the Adjudicator's decision that the necessary standard has been obtained: Number of Performers Number of Prizes One, Two or Three One; Four or Five Two; Six or More Three. Highly Commended certificates may be awarded to performers outside the normal prize range All Challenge Cups, Shields and the Mary Wakefield Medallion shall be held by the winner for one year. Trophies must be returned to the Cups and Trophies Secretary in good order at least 4 weeks before the opening of the next Festival; a. Any repair costs due to damage of a cup or trophy will be charged to the previous winner; b. A charge of 10 per cup or trophy will be levied to the previous winner if it is not returned in time for presentation the following year. All trophies are to remain in Northern Ireland; Any communication by letter to Committee members requiring an answer, must be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope, otherwise a reply will not be sent; All contact details can be found at the front of the syllabus or on the Festival website at All decisions made by the Executive Committee will be final. 11 / 15

12 SUPPLEMENTARY BYE-LAWS FOR THE MUSIC SECTION 1. Entry 1.1. Details regarding the title of Own Choice music DO NOT need to be included with the initial entry. A further date will be will be given by which time music details (Title, Movement (if appropriate) & Composer) must be provided by all performers. 2. Music 2.1. IT IS THE PERFORMER S RESPONSIBILITY in Own Choice music classes: a. to ensure that music for the Official Accompanist is sent by post to the Accompanists Secretary by the closing date given in the syllabus; i, Alternative arrangements should only be made AFTER consultation with the Accompanists Secretary; b. to ensure that all pages sent are in the correct order, and appropriately numbered. Music should be legible, in the correct key and clearly marked with the Class number and Performer s name; i. The accompanist should not be expected to transpose any music; ii. Failure to comply may require that the performance occurs unaccompanied; c. to provide a copy of their music for the Adjudicator on the day of performance. i. Music should be handed to the Section Secretary or the Adjudicator Steward for the session, and not given directly to the Adjudicator; 2.2. The Festival will not accept any responsibility for music not received by the Accompanists Secretary; 2.3. All original music should be claimed at the end of the session for which it was used. The Festival will not accept responsibility for music not collected at the close of a session. 3. Accompanist 3.1. An Official Accompanist will be provided for all classes which have a Set Piece only, and for some other classes as stated in the syllabus. However, performers may bring their own accompanist for such classes if they so wish; 3.2. If the Official Accompanist is not required, this must be clearly indicated when making your entry; 3.3. Practice sessions with the official accompanists are at their discretion but must not, under any circumstance take place in the hall/room while the Adjudicator is present. 12 / 15

13 4. Choirs & Choral ensembles 4.1 A Choral Ensemble is defined as a choral group with at least 5 and no more than 11 voices; 4.2 A Choir is defined as a choral group between voices; 4.3 Schools can enter more than one choir into a class provided the maximum number in each choir is not exceeded; 4.4 No person will be allowed to sing in more than one choir competing in the same class; 4.5 Choirs must provide their own accompanist. 5. Performance 5.1 In all music classes where a time limit has been imposed, after a leeway of 30 seconds a penalty of 5% of the marks awarded will be deducted; 5.2 Performers are not permitted to practise on the Festival piano except for piano concerto entries. However, immediately before competing they are allowed, and indeed encouraged, to play a couple of scales to get the feel of the keyboard; 5.3 In Duet Classes (instrumental or vocal), performers may only play or sing their chosen part once during the class. If playing or singing with another partner in the same class the other part' must be performed; 5.4 All Vocal Solos, Duets etc., are to be performed from memory. Holding of copy is therefore not permitted except for Oratorio Classes VO12 & VO13; 6. Awards 6.1 Where a perpetual trophy is the First Prize, a First Prize badge will accompany the trophy; 6.2 In the case of the winner of The Stevenson Award in a previous year being a winner of a qualifying class for The Stevenson Award in any subsequent year, the runner up in that class or classes will go forward to the class for overall vocal championship in the current year; 6.3 Previous first prize winners of any of the money awards of 100 or more are not eligible to compete in that class for the following two years. 13 / 15

14 Equal Opportunities Statement This festival operates an equal opportunities policy whereby no person by reason of religious belief, political opinion, sex, marital status, race, colour, ethnic origin, sexual orientation or disability is treated less favourably nor is disadvantaged for those reasons by conditions or requirements which cannot be justified. This festival is committed to implementing policies designed to promote equality of opportunity, to secure fair participation for any underrepresented group and to reject absolutely unlawful discrimination of any kind. The festival will implement this policy by ensuring equality of opportunity for all entrants to perform in the festival as a basic right and will take such affirmative action as may be deemed lawful, appropriate and necessary to ensure that all entrants enjoy equality of opportunity. This festival will also provide an Equal Opportunities Complaints Procedure within its rules for any entrant who believes that inequitable treatment within the scope of this policy has been applied to her or him, which will allow the person to raise the matter and have it considered by the committee.

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