MUSIC, SPEECH & DRAMA – FESTIVAL WINNERS 2026
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TABLE KEY: 
= Outstanding Performance 
= Exceptional Performance
Music Winners
| Class No | Class Title | Trophy / Award | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | JUNIOR CHOIR NC Year 3 & under (not more than 30 voices) | Minor Cup | Pownall Hall School Year 3 Choir |
| 102A | JUNIOR CHOIR NC Year 6 & under (not more than 40 voices) | Gleave Cup | St Ambrose Preparatory School Choir |
| 102B | JUNIOR CHOIR NC Year 6 & under (not more than 40 voices) | Gavin Wiseman Cup | RL Hughes Community Primary School Choir |
| 104 | SMALL CHORAL GROUP NC Year 6 & under (4-16 voices) | Thelwall Cup | Forest Preparatory School |
| 106 | MIXED ADULT VOICES LADIES' OR MALE VOICE CHOIR | Festival Award of £50. | Ordsall Acapella Singers |
| 107 | BARBERSHOP CHORUS OR QUARTETS | Festival Award £75 | Tickety-Boo |
| 108 | JUNIOR CHOIR NC Years 4 - 6 (not more than 30 voices) | Heaton Mersey YF Cup | Alderley Edge School for Girls Chamber Choir |
| 110 | COMMUNITY CHOIRS | Festival Award of £50 | Caravanettes |
| 202 | SMALL INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE NC Year 6 & Under | Walsh Cup | The Ryleys School Percussion Ensemble |
| 204 | LARGE INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE/ORCHESTRA NC Year 6 & under | Grant Award and Plaque | Chorlton Youth Brass Band, Bowdon Preparatory School Orchestra |
| 206 | CLASSICAL GUITAR SOLO NC Year 6 & under | Festival Award | Arthur Lister |
| 207 | CLASSICAL GUITAR SOLO NC Years 7 - 13 | Courier Group Award | William Rose |
| 208 | BLUES / ROCK GUITAR SOLO NC Year 13 & Under | Festival Award | Jessica Sircombe |
| 252 | INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ SOLO/DUET/ENSEMBLE Any age | Festival award | Theodore Jones |
| 253 | PUPIL and TEACHER DUET any age | Festival Award | Manni Lin |
| 275 | PERCUSSION SOLO NC Years 8 & under | Allen-Hagan Trophy | Corrado O'Reilly-Cookson |
| 276 | PERCUSSION SOLO NC Years 9 - 13 | Hagan-Allen Trophy | Zane Watson |
| 301 | JUNIOR PIANO RECITAL NC Year 8 & under | Dennison Award | Yan Nga Cheung |
| 302 | PIANO SOLO Initial | Festival Award | Blake Heaton |
| 307 | PIANO DUET NC Year 6 & under | Edna Anderson Cup and Plaque | Masha Fedotova and Tamara Daou Kolonitskaya |
| 308 | PIANO DUET NC Year 8 & under | Crumpsall Trophy | Louis Adu and Alexander Le |
| 309 | PIANO DUET NC Years 9 - 13 | The Bell Cup and Plaque | Rebecca Tai and Ching Him Yuen |
| 312 | PIANO RECITAL NC Years 9 - 13 | Barbara Davenport Award | Phoebe Xu |
| 313 | PIANO RECITAL Open | The Hill Rosebowl and Festival Award of £50 | Yuying Kong |
| 314 | PIANO SOLO Prep. Test | Otway Trophy | Aidan Passi |
| 315A | PIANO SOLO Grade 1 | Festival Award | Dron Ashwin |
| 315B | PIANO SOLO Grade 1 | Festival Award | Hannah Lau |
| 316 | PIANO SOLO Grade 2 | Heyes Lane W I Cup | Charlotte Kenny |
| 317 | PIANO SOLO Grade 3 | Festival Award | Jasper Cheng |
| 318A | PIANO SOLO Grade 4 | Musgrave Cup | Alice Yuan |
| 318B | PIANO SOLO Grade 4 | Festival Award | Sophia Shuttleworth |
| 319 | PIANO SOLO Grade 5 | Festival Award | Tsz Yiu Jade Chow |
| 320 | PIANO SOLO Grade 6 | Griff Williams Trophy | Yanwen Kong |
| 321 | PIANO SOLO NC Years 1 & 2 | Estridge Award | Cheuk Lok Henry Lo |
| 322 | PIANO SOLO NC Year 3 | Tree Cup | Jasper Cheng |
| 323 | PIANO SOLO NC Year 4 | Nancy Darby Award | Yanwen Kong |
| 324 | PIANO SOLO NC Year 5 | Busby Award | Masha Fedotova |
| 325 | PIANO SOLO NC Year 6 | Shackleton Cup | Tamara Daou Koloitskaya |
| 326 | PIANO SOLO NC Year 7 | Thomas Anderson Cup | Yuying Kong |
| 327 | PIANO SOLO NC Year 8 | Brittain Cup | Yan Nga Cheung |
| 329 | PIANO SOLO NC Years 9 & 10 | Alderley Edge Tradesmen's Cup | Hong Qiu Tan |
| 330 | PIANO SOLO NC Years 11 - 13 | The Broadbent Medal | Soham Biswas |
| 331 | PIANO SOLO Open | Agar/Wells Cup | Caiying Wu |
| 335 | PIANO SOLO Grade 7 | EPTA Award | Jessica Soo |
| 336 | PIANO SOLO Grade 8 | Voysey Cup | Bridget Chung |
| 404 | NOVICE ORCHESTRAL STRING SOLO NC Year 8 & under | Festival Award | Harper Christodoulou |
| 405 | JUNIOR STRING RECITAL NC Year 8 & under | Roskill Medal | Luc Waston |
| 406 | ORCHESTRAL STRING SOLO NC Years 7 - 9 | Robert Batchelor Award | Abigail Tsang |
| 407 | ORCHESTRAL STRING SOLO NC Years 10 - 13 | Felicity Orme Cup | Bon Wang |
| 408 | SENIOR STRING RECITAL NC Years 9 - 13 | Knocker Cup | Abigail Tsang |
| 409 | STRING RECITAL Open | Dorothea Campey Award | Barny Buston |
| 411 | STRING DUET / TRIO / QUARTET NC Year 13 & under | Alderley Edge School for Girls Trophy | Charisse Cheung and Charlotte Cheung |
| 412 | STRING SOLO Prep Test Initial Test and Grade 1 | Festival Cup | Vidit Jain |
| 413 | STRING SOLO Grade 2 and Grade 3 | Music Award | Alice Yuan |
| 414A | STRING SOLO Grade 4 and Grade 5 | Wilmslow Express Cup | Brandon Yiu |
| 414B | STRING SOLO Grade 4 and Grade 5 | Festival Award | Manni Lin |
| 415 | STRING SOLO Grades 6 & 7 | Festival Award | Phoebe Xu |
| 416 | STRING SOLO Grade 8 | Handesyde Dick Trophy and Plaque | Nok Yiu Yoyo Lam |
| 417 | ORCHESTRAL STRING SOLO NC Year 3 & under | Music Award | Sophia Nereo |
| 418 | ORCHESTRAL STRING SOLO NC Years 4 - 6 | Music Award | Rui Yang Lau |
| 501 | ALDERLEY JUNIOR SINGER OF THE YEAR 2026 NC Years 7 - 9 | Skertchly Award | Emily Knight |
| 502 | ALDERLEY VOCAL RECITAL Open | Cyril Hornby Award and a Festival Award of £50 | Jessica Wade |
| 503 | ALDERLEY YOUNG SINGER OF THE YEAR 2026 NC Years 10 - 13 | Rosalind Campey Award | Megan Wilson |
| 504 | VOCAL SOLO FOLKSONG NC Years 7 - 9 | Godlee Medal | Tara Berridge |
| 506 | VOCAL SOLO NC Year 3 & under | Travel by Design Trophy | Anna Song |
| 507 | VOCAL DUET NC Year 6 & under | Unna Cup | Gabriel Moorhouse and Stefan Lau |
| 508 | VOCAL DUET NC Years 7 - 13 | Noel O. Robinson Cup | Annabelle Woan and Noelle Lamb |
| 509 | VOCAL SOLO - classical / traditional NC Year 4 | Campbell Cup | Martha Tate |
| 510 | VOCAL SOLO - classical / traditional NC Year 5 | Music Award | Athena Lin |
| 511 | VOCAL SOLO - classical / traditional NC Year 6 | Canon Brian Young Cup | Nancy Martin |
| 512 | VOCAL SOLO - classical / traditional NC Year 7 | Alice Foulkes Cup | Annabelle Woan |
| 513 | VOCAL SOLO - classical / traditional NC Year 8 | Festival Award | William Styles |
| 514 | VOCAL SOLO - classical / traditional NC Year 9 | Geoffrey T. Bridge Trophy | Emily Knight |
| 515 | VOCAL SOLO - classical / traditional NC Years 10 - 13 | Bromley Davenport Cup | Jessica Wade |
| 516 | VOCAL SOLO - musical film and light opera NC Year 4 | Festival Award | Emmeline Mowlah |
| 517 | VOCAL SOLO - musical film and light opera NC Year 5 | Festival Award | Ziva Sachan |
| 518 | VOCAL SOLO - musical film and light opera NC Year 6 | Henry Johnstone Cup | Freya Flanagan |
| 519A | VOCAL SOLO - musical film and light opera NC Year 7 | Tim Kennedy Award | Annabelle Woan |
| 519B | VOCAL SOLO - musical film and light opera NC Year 7 | Festival Award | Grace Locke |
| 520 | VOCAL SOLO - musical film and light opera NC Year 8 | Laurel Brown Trophy | Juliette Ralph |
| 521 | VOCAL SOLO - musical film and light opera NC Year 9 | Wood Cup | April Humphreys |
| 522 | VOCAL SOLO - musical film and light operaNC Years 10 - 13 | Heddle Nash Cup | Betty Seabrook |
| 523 | VOCAL SOLO - Open | Pannone Trophy | Jessica Wade |
| 526 | VOCAL SOLO BRITISH SONG Open | Sugden Cup | Frances Punnett |
| 527 | VOCAL SOLO Popular Any age | Hessey Award | Jessica Storey |
| 606 | BRASS SOLO NC Year 8 & under | Select Trophy | Asher Watson |
| 608 | NOVICE WOODWIND/BRASS SOLO NC Year 8 & under | Festival Cup | Georgianna Tanti |
| 613 | BRASS RECITAL Open | Oughtred Cup | Jonny Bourn |
| 616 | WOODWIND SOLO Prep Test Initial & Grade 1 | Bradshaw Trophy | Natasha Chapman Barnes |
| 617 | WOODWIND SOLO Grades 2 & 3 | Festival Cup | Kairos Mponda |
| 618 | WOODWIND SOLO Grades 4 & 5 | Voysey Cup | Theodore Jones |
| 619 | WOODWIND SOLO Grades 6 & 7 | Festival Cup | Constance Chung |
| 621 | WOODWIND SOLO NC Years 8 & under | Roberts Trophy | Orla Coates |
| 622 | WOODWIND SOLO NC Years 9 - 13 | Sir Hamilton Harty Cup | Chun Him Jayvas Wong |
Speech & Drama Winners
TABLE KEY: = Outstanding Performance = Exceptional Performance
| Class No | Class Title | Cup / Award | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 703 | DUOLOGUE NC Year 4 & under | Brockenshire Cup | Zara Osu and Isla Rabet |
| 704 | DUOLOGUE NC Year 13 & under | Festival Award | Maria Hanif and Maariya Jalal |
| 705 | DUOLOGUE NC Year 6 & under | Festival Award | Emily Shen and Layla Syed |
| 706A | DUOLOGUE NC Year 9 & under | Festival Award | Annie Argent-Belcher and Addison Alldridge |
| 706B | DUOLOGUE NC Year 9 & under | Festival Award | Asiya Amin-Dar and Emiko Lam |
| 707 | ALDERLEY JUNIOR THESPIAN OF THE YEAR 2026 NC Years 7 - 9 | Jubilee Cup | Anoushka Chatterjee |
| 708 | PREPARED PROSE READING NC Year 3 & under | Festival Award | Zaynab Dawood |
| 709 | PREPARED PROSE READING NC Year 4 | Festival Award | Sharuhi Manssuthan |
| 710 | PREPARED PROSE READING NC Year 5 | Festival Award | Maryam Dawood |
| 711 | PREPARED PROSE READING NC Year 6 | Festival Award | Vidusshi Manssuthan |
| 712 | PREPARED PROSE READING NC Years 7 - 9 | Festival Award | William Taberner |
| 714 | SMALL GROUP PERFORMANCE NC Year 6 & under | Steele Cup | Hartford Manor Junior Drama |
| 715A | SOLO DRAMA NC Year 4 & under | Kennedy Cup | Tilly Tyson |
| 715B | SOLO DRAMA NC Year 4 & under | Festival Award | Zaynab Dawood |
| 716A | SOLO DRAMA NC Year 5 | Bendelow Trophy | Freya Lindermann |
| 716B | SOLO DRAMA NC Year 5 | Festival Award | Maryam Dawood |
| 717A | SOLO DRAMA NC Years 7 - 9 | The Judy Drake Award | Annie Argent-Belcher |
| 717B | SOLO DRAMA NC Years 7 - 9 | Festival Award | Antonia Bracegirdle |
| 717C | SOLO DRAMA NC Years 7 - 9 | Festival Award | Sophia Francis |
| 718 | SOLO DRAMA NC Years 10 - 13 | Festival Award | Eliyah Ihsan |
| 721 | SOLO or GROUP SHAKESPEARE NC Years 7 - 9 | Shakespearean Cup | Annie Argent-Belcher |
| 722 | SOLO or GROUP SHAKESPEARE NC Years 10 - 13 | Festival Award | Hannah Seymour |
| 724 | ALDERLEY YOUNG THESPIAN OF THE YEAR 2026 NC Years 10 - 13 | The Pam Young Challenge Shield | Jainam Chatterjee |
| 725 | SMALL GROUP PERFORMANCE NC Year 9 & under | Festival Award | Annie Argent-Belcher, Addison Alldridge and Charlotte Matthews |
| 726A | SOLO DRAMA NC Year 6 | Festival Award | Layla Syed |
| 726B | SOLO DRAMA NC Year 6 | Festival Award | Eloise Derbyshire |
| 727 | SOLO or GROUP SHAKESPEARE NC Years 5 - 6 | Festival Award | Vidusshi Manssuthan |
| 728 | SOLO or GROUP SLAM POETRY NC Year 13 & under | Festival Award | Nina Robinson |
| 732 | DRAMATISED POEM NC Year 9 & under | Festival Award | William Taberner |
| 734 | MONOLOGUE OR SOLO DRAMA Age 18 & above | Festival Award | David Cullis |
| 735 | POETRY OR PROSE READING Age 18 & above | Festival Award | David Cullis |
| 736 | ACTING THROUGH SONG SOLO OR DUO NC Years 5 -6 | Festival Award | Eloise Derbyshire |
| 737 | ACTING THROUGH SONG SOLO OR DUO. NC Years 7 - 9 | Festival Award | April Humphreys |
| 738 | ACTING THROUGH SONG SOLO OR DUO NC Years 10 - 13 | Festival Award | Isaac Arnold |
| 803 | VERSE SPEAKING NOVICE NC Years 4 & 5 | Grant Award | Zara Osu |
| 805 | SIGHT READING NC Years 5 & 6 | Festival Award | Maryam Dawood |
| 806 | SIGHT READING NC Years 7 - 9 | Festival Award | Nienna Sleight |
| 808 | VERSE SPEAKING Set Piece NC Year 1 | Festival Award | Narayan Passi |
| 809 | VERSE SPEAKING Set Piece NC Year 2 | Lee Cup | Susannah Bodnar Ingram |
| 810 | VERSE SPEAKING Set Piece NC Year 3 | Sandra Cup and Plaque | Zaynab Dawood |
| 811 | VERSE SPEAKING Set Piece NC Year 4 | Parrott Cup | George Argent-Belcher |
| 812 | VERSE SPEAKING Set Piece NC Year 5 | Festival Award | Maryam Dawood |
| 813 | VERSE SPEAKING Set Piece NC Year 6 | Pownall Hall Trophy | Teddy Robinson |
| 814 | VERSE SPEAKING Set Piece NC Years 7 - 9 | Rathbone Cup | Eleanor Hogben |
| 816A | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice NC Year 1 | Redesmere Trophy | Narayan Passi |
| 816B | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice NC Year 1 | Festival Award | Margot Kelly |
| 817A | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice NC Year 2 | Fernden Mount Trophy | Susannah Bodnar Ingram |
| 817B | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice NC Year 2 | Festival Award | Hugo Argent-Belcher |
| 818A | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice NC Year 3 | The Buckley Trophy | Lexi Bibby |
| 818B | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice NC Year 3 | Festival Award | Emma Ivy Hamerlik |
| 819A | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice NC Year 4 | W.P.S. Trophy | Sharuhi Manssuthan |
| 819B | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice NC Year 4 | Festival Award | Raneem Ihsan |
| 820 | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice NC Year 5 | Festival Award | Maryam Dawood |
| 821 | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice NC Year 6 | Fernden Cup | Vidusshi Manssuthan |
| 822 | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice NC Years 7 - 9 | Susan and Gillian Cup | Sacha Kasmi, Emily Cawley |
| 823 | VERSE SPEAKING Own Choice NC Years 10 - 13 | Festival Award | Ava Brutnell |
