MUSIC, SPEECH & DRAMA – FESTIVAL WINNERS 2024
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TABLE KEY: 
= score of 93 
= score of 92 
= score of 91 
= score of 90
Music Winners
| Class No. | Grade | Cup/Award | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | JUNIOR CHOIR | NC Year 3 & under | Minor Cup | St. Ambrose Prep School Junior Choir | Pownall Hall School Year 3 Choir | Forest Preparatory School Choir |
| 102A | JUNIOR CHOIR | NC Year 6 & under | Gleave Cup | Pownall Hall School Senior Choir | Alderley Edge Primary School Choir | Lum Head Choir/Altrincham Prep School Senior Choir |
| 102B | JUNIOR CHOIR | NC Year 6 & under | Festival Award | Wilmslow Preparatory School Chamber Choir | St. Ambrose Preparatory School Choir | The Ryleys School Chamber Choir |
| 103 | CHOIR | NC Year 11 & under | Rowell Cup | Merchant Taylors' Lower School Choir | Cheadle Hulme School - Prima Voce | Stockport Grammar Junior Chamber Choir |
| 104 | SMALL CHORAL GROUP | NC Year 6 & under | Thelwall Cup | Pownall Hall School Chamber Choir | Wilmslow Preparatory School Senior Choir | Bowdon Preparatory School Year 5 Chamber Choir |
| 106 | MIXED VOICES LADIES' OR MALE VOICE CHOIR | Festival Award of £50 | Affinity Show Choir | Knutsford Star Choir + best individual song | ||
| 107 | BARBERSHOP CHORUS OR QUARTETS | Festival Award of £50 | Six Town Sound | Harmony Revival Barber Shop Chorus | Flat Chance | |
| 107 | BARBERSHOP CHORUS OR QUARTETS | Best Song £25 | Affinity Show Choir | |||
| 110 | COMMUNITY CHOIRS | Festival Award of £50 | Knutsford Star Choir | BellaCapella & best individual song | ||
| 202 | SMALL INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE | NC Year 6 & Under | Walsh Cup | The Ryleys School Senior Percussion Ensemble | Altrincham Preparatory School Advanced Ensemble | St Ambrose Preparatory School Steel Pan Ensemble |
| 203 | SMALL INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE | NC Year 13 & Under | Festival Award | Bells&Whistles Junior Percussion Ensemble | ||
| 204 | LARGE INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE/ORCHESTRAL | NC Year 6 & under | Grant Award and Plaque | Loreto Preparatory School Orchestra / Alderley Edge Community Primary School Orchestra | ||
| 205 | LARGE INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE/ORCHESTRAL | NC Year 13 & under | Hopkinson Cup and Plaque | AGSB String Ensemble | ||
| 206 | CLASSICAL GUITAR SOLO | NC Year 6 & under | Festival Award | Elyssa Lok | Peter Zhang | |
| 207 | CLASSICAL GUITAR SOLO | NC Years 7 - 13 | Courier Group Award | Maria Dediu | Max Forster/Elendu Aka | Archisha Biswas |
| 208 | BLUES/ROCK GUITAR SOLO | NC Year 11 & under | Festival Award | Misha Goldstone | ||
| 275 | PERCUSSION SOLO | NC Year 8 & under | Allen-Hagan Trophy | Ruairi Knight | Yuchem Guan | Mili Patel |
| 276 | PERCUSSION SOLO | NC Years 9 - 13 | Hagan - Allen Trophy | Clara Wilkinson | ||
| 301 | JUNIOR PIANO RECITAL CLASS | NC Year 8 & under | Dennison Award | Tamara Daou Kolonitskaya | Phoebe Xu | Moli Matilda Ormrod |
| 302 | PIANO SOLO | Initial | Festival Award | Anya Brown | Isla Marshall | Adam Kelly |
| 308 | PIANO DUET | NC Year 8 & under | Crumpsall Trophy | Artem Fedotov/Masha Fedotova | Thea Ormrod/Phoebe Xu | |
| 309 | PIANO DUET | NC Year 9 - 13 | Dennison Trophy | Naomi Walker/Ramsundar Athi | Maisie Wanxin Ni/Jiayue Yu | Ryan Soo/Leo Wei |
| 312 | PIANO RECITAL | NC Years 9 -13 | Barbara Davenport Award | Lewis Tang | Katrine Lee | Sebastian Asfaw |
| 313 | PIANO RECITAL | Open | Hill Rosebowl & £50.00 | Lincoln Poon | Naomi Walker | Ramsundar Athi |
| 314 | PIANO SOLO | Prep Test | Otway Trophy | Annabel Foakes | Fabian Yates | Nina Robinson/Millie Royo Owen |
| 316A | PIANO SOLO | Grade 2 | Heyes Lane WI Cup | Oliver Manton | Sophie Shuttleworth | Aeres Griffiths |
| 317 | PIANO SOLO | Grade 3 | Festival Award | Charisse Cheung | Fiona Xue | Manni Lin |
| 318 | PIANO SOLO | Grade 4 | Musgrave Cup | Ruolin Xu | Oscar Jim | Ella Tsang |
| 319 | PIANO SOLO | Grade 5 | Festival Award | Qinxuan Yu | Kayden Chen | Evan Jones |
| 320 | PIANO SOLO | Grades 6 | Festival Award not Griff Trophy (lost) | Nelson Huang | Natalie Wong | Yueshan Wu |
| 321 | PIANO SOLO | Grade 8 | Festival Award | Sophia Xue | Emily Zhang | Lilly Yinghan Wang |
| 322 | PIANO SOLO | NC Year 3 | Tree Cup | Stefan Lau | Andi Deng | Masha Fedotova |
| 323 | PIANO SOLO | NC Year 4 | Nancy Darby Award | Tamara Daou Kolonitskaya | Bridget Chung | Guanzhen Du/Nelson Huang |
| 324 | PIANO SOLO | NC Year 5 | Busby Award | Matthew Yang | Charisse Cheung | Erika Zitong Huang/Phoebe Anderton |
| 325 | PIANO SOLO | NC Year 6 | Shackleton Cup | Faye Lau | Sam Shuttleworth | Daniel Zhang |
| 328 | PIANO SOLO | NC Years 1 & 2 | Estridge Award | Qinxuan Yu | Manni Lin | Ruolin Xu/Louis Chen |
| 329 | PIANO SOLO | NC Years 9 & 10 | Alderley Edge Tradesmen's Cup | Shelly Chen | Hesandu Devasundara | Neil Randev |
| 330 | PIANO SOLO | NC Years 11 - 13 | Broadbent Medal | Sophia Chan | Maisie Wanxin Ni | Isabelle Cheung |
| 331 | PIANO RECITAL | Open | Agar Cup | Murray Wells | Faith Thompson | Sarah Stephenson |
| 335 | PIANO SOLO | Grade 7 | Festival Award | Samuel Chen | Hesandu Devasundara | Bridget Chung |
| 404 | NOVICE ORCHESTRAL STRING SOLO | NC Year 8 & under | Festival Award | Luc Watson | Leon Kesiak | Christian Vasilijeva |
| 405 | JUNIOR STRING RECITAL | NC Year 8 & under | Roskill Medal | Bon Wang | ||
| 406 | ORCHESTRAL STRING SOLO | NC Years 7 - 9 | Robert Batchelor Award | Emma Yuxin Ji | Charlotte Cheung | Nok Yiu Yoyo Lam |
| 407 | ORCHESTRAL STRING SOLO | NC Years 10 - 13 | Felicity Orme Cup | Matthew Chan | Erin Vincent | |
| 408 | SENIOR STRING RECITAL | NC Years 9 - 13 | Knocker Cup | Benjamin Giliker | Hailey Lo | |
| 409 | STRING RECITAL | Open | Dorothea Campey Award | Darcy Partington | ||
| 410 | STRING DUET / TRIO / QUARTET | NC Year 6 & under | Cropper Cup | Nadia Wong/Chimarisa Enunwa | ||
| 411 | STRING DUET / TRIO / QUARTET | NC Years 13 & under | AESG Trophy | Seiji Ivison/Jonah Fetherstone+E44 | ||
| 412 | STRING SOLO Prep | Test and Grade 1 | Festival Cup | Luc Watson | Quincy Jackson | Matilda Hill |
| 413 | STRING SOLO | Grades 2 & 3 | Music Award | Charisse Cheung | Jemima Blackman | Zachary Lawton |
| 414 | STRING SOLO | Grades 4 & 5 | Wilmslow Express Cup | Charlotte Cheung | Emma Mayers | Alice Guittet |
| 415 | STRING SOLO | Grades 6 & 7 | Festival Award | Isabelle Wong | Emma Yuxin Ji | Annabel Wong/Nok Yiu Yoyo Lam |
| 416 | STRING SOLO | Grade 8 | Handesyde Dick Trophy and Plaque | Edward Pilsel | Darcy Partington | Matthew Chan/Hailey Lo |
| 417 | ORCHESTRAL STRING SOLO | NC Year 3 & under | Music Award | Manni Lin | Charlotte Tian | Alex Zhu/Luc Watson |
| 418 | ORCHESTRAL STRING SOLO | NC Years 4 - 6 | Music Award | Charisse Cheung | Emma Mayers | Nadia Wong |
| 501 | ALDERLEY JUNIOR SINGER OF THE YEAR 2023 | NC Years 7 - 9 | Skertchly Award & Festival Award | Amelie Manson | Jainam Chatterjee | Sophia Hemmings |
| 503 | ALDERLEY YOUNG SINGER OF THE YEAR 2023 | NC Years 10-13 | Rosalind Campey Award | Leoni Malewezi | Meira Narayan | Megan Wilkinson |
| 503 | ALDERLEY YOUNG SINGER OF THE YEAR 2023 | NC Years 10-13 | Marion Rodgers Award | Florence Hannerby-Cummins | ||
| 506 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 3 & under | Travel by Design Trophy | Gabriel Moorhouse | Luc Watson | Lilly-May Hossain |
| 507 | VOCAL DUET | NC Year 6 & under | Unna Cup | Unathi Moyo & Olivia McArthur | Deborah Taiwo & Romilly Gillis | Mia Soriano Martorell & Rosie Tatlow/Mia Guo & Athena Lin |
| 509 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 4 Classical | Campbell Cup | Sophia Davis | William Teahan | Isabella Flynn |
| 510 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 5 Classical | Music Award | Annabell Woan | Leo Christodoulou | Inaya Rupani |
| 511 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 6 Classical | Canon Brian Young Cup | Olivia McArthur | Jessica Storey | William Styles |
| 512 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 8 Classical | Festival Award | Leah Bold | Ruby O'neill | |
| 513 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 9 Classical | Geoffrey T Bridge Trophy | Amelie Manson | Sophia Vega-Hidalgo/Ally Ng | Sophia Cheung |
| 514 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 7 Classical | Festival Award | Alessio Lord | Emily Knight | Sophia Hemmings |
| 515 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Years 10 - 13 Classical | Bromley Davenport Cup | Leoni Malewezi | Meira Narayan | Frankie Coughlan |
| 516 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 4 | Festival Award | Sophia Davis | Della Boardman | William Teahan/Laila Stewart |
| 517A | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 5 Musical | Festival Award | Leo Christodoulou | Tudor Popescu | Mia Soriano Martorell |
| 517B | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 5 Musical | Gleave Trophy | Sophia Ngalula | Lauren Noble | Ruby O'Shea |
| 518 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 6 Musical | Henry Johnstone Cup | Olivia McArthur | Jessica Storey/Juliette Ralph | Anvita Nehru/Leila Holt |
| 519 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 7 Musical | Tim Kennedy Award | Emily Knight | Alessio Lord | Sophia Hemmings |
| 520 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 8 Musical | Laurel Brown Trophy | Caitlin Kelly | Ava Borradaile-Falp | Freya Teasdale |
| 521 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Year 9 Musical | Woods Cup | Polly Norton | Amelie Manson | Ariani Safari |
| 522 | VOCAL SOLO | NC Years 10 - 13 Musical | Heddle Nash Cup | Millie-Rose Clayton | Florence Hannaby-Cummins | Frankie Coughlan |
| 527 | VOCAL SOLO, POPULAR (new) | Any age | Hessey Award | Lauren Ricketts | Freya Brogan | Emma Mayers |
| 606 | BRASS SOLO | NC Year 8 & under | Select Trophy | Angus Ngai | Johnny Bourn | Sam Shuttleworth |
| 608 | NOVICE WOODWIND/BRASS SOLO | NC Year 8 & under | Festival Cup | Éva Guittet | ||
| 615 | WOODWIND RECITAL | Open | Granville Bantock Cup | Chun Him Jayvas Wong | ||
| 616 | WOODWIND SOLO | Prep. Test & Grade 1 | Bradshaw Trophy | Éva Guittet | Tara Jaydeokar | Poppy Knight-Griffiths/Greta Kirwan |
| 617 | WOODWIND SOLO | Grades 2 & 3 | Festival Cup | Erika Hodkinson | Jingtong Yang | |
| 618 | WOODWIND SOLO | Grades 4 & 5 | Voysey Cup | Alana Partington | Eunice Yeung | Sushmita Chandana/Constance Chung |
| 619 | WOODWIND SOLO | Grades 6 & 7 | Festival Cup | Mala Taunk | Bernice Yeung | |
| 621 | WOODWIND SOLO | NC Year 8 & under | Roberts Trophy | Cecil Chen | Eunice Yeung | Mala Taunk |
| 622 | WOODWIND SOLO | NC Years 9 - 13 | Sir Hamilton Harty Cup | Harriet Bright | Jessica Macdonald | |
| Copping Cup & Plaque | Qinxuan Ariel Yu | |||||
| Joyce Lowe Trophy | Leoni Malewezi |
TABLE KEY: = score of 93 = score of 92 = score of 91 = score of 90
Speech & Drama Winners
| Class No. | Description | Grade | Cup/Award | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 703 | DUOLOGUE | NC Year 4 & under | Brockenshire Cup | Sharuhi & Vidusshi Manssuthan | Maryam & Zaynab Dawood | Tara Jaydeokar & Matilda Shooter/Aisha Anjum & Charlotte Gedge |
| 705 | DUOLOGUE | NC Years 5 & 6 | Festival Award | Anoushka Chatterjee & Harry Clark | Sienna Patel & Mia Osowska | Habiba Khalid & Zahra Ahmed |
| 706A | DUOLOGUE | NC Years 9 & under | Festival Award | Eva Heap & Isla Calvert | Freddie Thomason & Emilia Guy | Naoime Lo & Yuling Du |
| 706B | DUOLOGUE | NC Years 9 & under | Festival Award | Florence Morris & Theia Lundon | Willow Fox & Naimah Grant | Eliza Stretford & Gabriella Stylianou |
| 707 | ALDERLEY JUNIOR THESPIAN OF THE YEAR 2024 | NC Years 7 - 9 | Jubilee Cup | Divyan Patil | Jessica Limen | Jainam Chatterjee/Edward Densem |
| 707 | ALDERLEY JUNIOR THESPIAN OF THE YEAR 2024 | NC Years 7 - 9 | The Dawn Patrol Cup | Jessica Limen | ||
| 708 | PREPARED PROSE READING | NC Year 3 & under | Festival Award | Maryam Dawood | Sharuhi Manssuthan | Milo Montaldo/Ophelia Kelly |
| 709 | PREPARED PROSE READING | NC Years 4 | Festival Award | Vidusshi Manssuthan | Sophia Davis | Finley Cregeen |
| 710 | PREPARED PROSE READING | NC Year 5 | Festival Award | Alexander Maguire | Matilda Revell | Charlotte Matthews |
| 711 | PREPARED PROSE READING | NC Year 6 | Festival Award | Anoushka Chatterjee | William Taberner | |
| 712 | PREPARED PROSE READING | NC Years 7 - 9 | Festival Award | Jainam Chatterjee | Freddie Thomason | Darcey Morris |
| 714 | SMALL GROUP PERFORMANCE | NC Year 6 & under | Steele Cup | George Moore, Isabelle McGuiness, Emily O'Connell | Chloe Williams, Mason Ogden, Vanni Panchal, Charlie Broadbent | |
| 715A | SOLO DRAMA | NC Year 4 & under | Kennedy Cup | Alice Stannard | Hermione Bibby | Nina Robinson |
| 715B | SOLO DRAMA | NC Year 4 & under | Festival Award | Finlay Cregeen | Violet Paysden | Elliana Laura Brown |
| 716A | SOLO DRAMA | NC Year 5 | Bendelow Trophy | Annie Argent-Belcher | Addison Alldridge | Lysander Long |
| 716B | SOLO DRAMA | NC Year 5 | Festival Award | Michael Goode | Sadie Fricker | Holly Hood |
| 717A | SOLO DRAMA | NC Years 7 - 9 | Judy Drake Award | Freddie Thomason | Edward Densem/Amelie Jeram-Croft | Florence Morris/Emilia Guy |
| 717B | SOLO DRAMA | NC Years 7-9 | Festival Award | Divyan Patil | William Breen | Arabella Bracegirdle |
| 718 | SOLO DRAMA | NC Years 10 - 13 | Festival Award | Darcy Cassidy | Max Hargreaves | Freya France |
| 721 | SOLO or GROUP SHAKESPEARE | NC Years 7 - 9 | Shakespearean Cup | Divyan Patil | William Breen | |
| 722 | SOLO or GROUP SHAKESPEARE | NC Years 10-13 | Festival Award | Lyla Bozzini | ||
| 724 | ALDERLEY YOUNG THESPIAN OF THE YEAR 2024 | NC Years 10 - 13 | The Pam Young Challenge Shield | Olivia Atkinson | ||
| 726A | SOLO DRAMA | NC Years 6 | Festival Award | Hettie Talbot | Faye Lau | Camilla Yates |
| 726B | SOLO DRAMA | NC Years 6 | Festival Award | William Taberner | Anoushka Chatterfee | Caoimhe McGee/Antonia Bracegirdle |
| 727 | SOLO or GROUP SHAKESPEARE | NC Years 5 - 6 | Festival Award | Annie Argent-Belcher | Addison Alldridge | Michael Goode |
| 730 | SOLO or GROUP DRAMA,WITHOUT WORDS | NC Year 9 & under | Festival Award | Daniel Shaw | Harry Walsh | |
| 732 | DRAMATISED POEM OR MONOLOGUE | NC Year 9 & under | Festival Award | Juliette Hu | Layla Whiteman | |
| 734 | DRAMATISED POEM OR MONOLOGUE | Age 21 & above | Fesitval Award | Amanda Brabban-Brown | ||
| 803 | NOVICE VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Yrs 4 & 5 | Armitage Award | Michael Goode | Sophia Ngalula/Charlotte Matthews | Tomos Whalley/Felix Stevens |
| 808 | VERSE SPEAKING Set Piece | NC Year 1 Set Piece | Festival Award | Zaynab Dawood | Arya Rose Gaffarian Rad/Eden Gregory | |
| 809 | VERSE SPEAKING Set Piece | NC Year 2 | Lee Cup | Sharuhi Manssuthan | Oliver Styles | Charlotte Stannard |
| 810 | VERSE SPEAKING Set Piece | NC Year 3 | Sandra Cup | Maryam Dawood | Frank Polak | Alfie Berry/Joses Ho |
| 811 | VERSE SPEAKING Set Piece | NC Year 4 | Parrott Cup | Teddy Robinson | Vidusshi Manssuthan | Bobby Calvert |
| 812 | VERSE SPEAKING Set Piece | NC Year 5 | Festival Award | Annie Argent-Belcher | Alexander Maguire | Isla Hopkins/Emily O'Connell |
| 813 | VERSE SPEAKING Set piece | NC Year 6 | Pownall Hall Trophy | Iris Cochrane | Daniel Crozier/Jude Evans | |
| 816A | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Year 1 | Redesmere Trophy | Zaynab Dawood | Sakura-Yumi Shepherd-Etchells | Isabelle Lockwood-Drabble |
| 816B | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Year 1 | Festival Award | Elena Kaltenboeck | Amelia Jing | Aeres Yunxi Griffiths/Parmys Moludy |
| 817A | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Year 2 | Fernden Mount Trophy | Darrah Akinpelu | Leo Guo | Beatrice Kelly |
| 817B | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Year 2 | Woodward Trophy | Agnes Thirsk | Oscar D'Urso | Teddy Millington |
| 817C | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Year 2 | Festival Award | Sharuhi Manssuthan | Ophelia Kelly | Phoebe Flynn |
| 818A | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Year 3 | Buckley Trophy | Maryam Dawood | Milo Montaldo | Raffaella Breen/Zara Kasmi |
| 818B | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Year 3 | Richard Cup | Anna Kaltenboeck | Amelie Wright | Alfie Berry |
| 819A | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Year 4 | WPS Trophy | George Moore | Georgia Whiteman | Ntembe Chibwa-Peter |
| 819B | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Year 4 | Festival Award | Sophia Davis | Vidusshi Manssuthan | Persephone Bodnar Ineram |
| 820A | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Year 5 | Festival Award | Annie Argent-Belcher | Martha Clubbe | Lydia Hoggarth |
| 820B | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Year 5 | Festival Award | Addison Alldridge | Jack Signorini | Edward Fallon |
| 821 | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Year 6 | Fernden Cup | Anoushka Chatterjee | William Taberner | Darcey Boo Collier |
| 822 | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice | NC Years 7 -9 | Susan and Gillian Cup | Emilia Guy | Freddie Thomason | Darcey Morris |
| 825 | PUBLIC SPEAKING, IN YOUR OWN WORDS | OPEN | President's Trophy | Harriet Hill | Mischa Goldstone | |
| William Roache Trophy | Divyan Patil | |||||
| Sara Roache Trophy | Annie Argent-Belcher |
