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OUR 2021 COMPETITIONS

WERE ALL ONLINE

Building on the success of our harp and one-minute monologue competitions in 2020, our 2021 Festival was fully online. We were excited to have created specially designed competitions for choirs, composition, harp, piano, strings and speech & drama. The Festival as a whole was a great success with many outstanding performances.

We are looking for a new Chair and Vice-Chair

The Festival is seeking a new Chair and Vice-Chair for the 2022 Festival and beyond and we plan to make the appointment by 30th November 2021.

The new Chair should have experience of creating and implementing strategy and communicating vision for artistic festivals. They will manage a team of volunteers. We are looking for the new Chair to deliver significant and beneficial change and place the Festival firmly on the cultural map of London.

Click Chair Description to download more details of these voluntary roles.

Enquiries and applications (CV and covering letter) by email please by Friday 12th November to: Rosemary Cook, Acting Hon. Secretary, North London Festival of Music, Speech and Drama, enquiriesnlf@outlook.com

We are looking for a new Singing Section Head

The Festival is seeking a new Head for the Singing Section for the 2022 Festival and beyond and we plan to make the appointment by 30th November 2021.

The new Section Head should have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to represent singers to the Executive Committee and to external stakeholders.

They will manage three days of live singing competitions, as well as the Singing Recital and Accompanists’ Prize Competition for conservatoire-level competitors, and will collaborate with the other committee members to develop the Festival as a whole, define the development of the singing section and work to gain further sponsorship for the section.

Click Singing Section Secretary to download more details of this voluntary role.

We are looking for an intern to assist with the administration of the 2022 Festival

This represents an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic volunteer seeking experience to launch a career in arts management and arts communications.

The intern will assist with updating the website and help to publicise the Festival via its mailing list and social media. The Festival’s website is northlondonfestival.org.uk

Click Intern Description 2021-2022 to download more details of this voluntary role.

Questions about the role are welcome.

Enquiries and applications (CV and covering letter) by email please by Friday 26th November to: Rosemary Cook, Acting Hon. Secretary, North London Festival of Music, Speech and Drama, enquiriesnlf@outlook.com

We have started planning for the 2022 Festival and will include details on this website when they are available.

Emanuel Trophy Piano Competition – request to Festival Secretaries

During 2021 some music festivals have been unable to take place. To enter the Emanuel Trophy Piano Competition, a pianist has to be nominated by the festival at which they have won a top prize during the previous calendar year. Therefore we are reviewing whether it will be feasible to run this competition in 2022. If you are the secretary of a festival that normally nominates entrants for the Emanuel Competition, please contact Janice Twiselton – admin@northlondonfestival.org.uk – to let her know whether or not you wish to nominate an entrant for the 2022 competition.

Entries to the North London Festival are accepted only from performers living or studying in the UK or the Republic of Ireland.

Where entry to a competition depends on a person’s age, we use the age on the previous 1st September, so that all entrants in the same school year are in the same competition.

Our entry system, powered by Play and Perform, applies to all classes except the Emanuel Trophy Piano Competition *. Please click on the link below for how to apply and for hints on creating an effective video performance for online competitions. The first time you use the entry system, you will need to register. Entrants must also upload copies of the music.

* You cannot enter the Emanuel Trophy Piano Competition online; you need to be nominated by the festival in which you were a prize-winner. Please contact the Piano Section Secretary, Janice Twiselton, piano@northlondonfestival.org.uk to ask for an entry form. You should return your entry to her. All entries must be received by a date yet to be determined.

2020 ONLINE COMPETITIONS

Please see the Speech and Drama page for details of the 2020 One Minute Monologue Competition.

Please see the harp page for details of the 2020 online Harp Competitions.

MEMORIES OF THE FESTIVAL

The festival started in November 1920 and Rosemary Cook has started writing a history of the Festival. She would be delighted to hear from anyone who has memories of the Festival and especially musicians who took part in the Festival as children.

FESTIVAL MEMBERS

The Members of the North London Festival participate in the Festival’s most important decisions and perform a crucial role in holding the Executive to account. The Festival is actively seeking new Members, whether they simply attend the AGM once a year and vote, or can contribute ideas, contacts, and active support. A modest annual subscription is payable. This entitles you to free entry to all Festival competitions.

To request more information on Membership, or a Membership Application Form, or to discuss possible participation in other ways, please email enquiriesnlf@outlook.com.