Category: Festival

Dear all,

All classes have now been timetabled, and if you have entered into the festival you will have received an email. Please be sure to check your spam inbox if you are unable to find it.

With thanks,

The Committee

Dear all,

A quick note to remind you that our online entries close tomorrow.

You can chose your classes from our 2026 syllabus and then register here. Our syllabus shows all dates, classes, age ranges, conditions, and all other useful information whether you are new to the Festival or you have joined us before. Please note that we publish our timetable for classes only after entries have been received. Polite notice: sadly we cannot accommodate individual timetabling requests.

Other dates to take note of (please upload via our entry system):

Poetry, Story Writing & Radio Competitions: 30th October 

Music uploads: 8th November

We look forward to welcoming you in November!

Many thanks,

The RWB Arts Festival Committee

A quick note for entrants, parents, and teachers alike:

ENTERING THE FESTIVAL: Online Entries will be open from 1st September, closing 30th September. (No exact time yet given. We kindly ask that you do NOT try to use the online system prior to 1st September.)

RETURNING TROPHIES: We will be re-calling all trophies in September. (A letter is sent out to each candidate who won a trophy last year with full details on where to return them.)

Many thanks,

The RWB Arts Festival Committee

All entry and timetable information has been completed for the 2024 RWB Arts Festival.

You will have received an email if you have entered. If you cannot find it, please check your junk email folders.

Look forward to seeing you next month! Happy rehearsing!

This weekend we are wrapping up the Royal Wootton Bassett Arts Festival for 2023 with our final weekend, Music. We have Piano, Singing and all kinds of Instrumental Classes running all weekend. We look forward to welcoming you!

Please do enjoy our on-site cafe during your visit, with hot dogs, savouries, sandwiches, lots of cake and many more treats to choose from.

Don’t forget that all entrants need to bring a copy of the piece they are performing for the adjudicator, please.

And finally, we would like to wish everyone a wonderful weekend, and lots of success!  

Introducing our new Instrumental adjudicator, Nicola-Jane Kemp, for the Music Festival this year….

We are delighted to announce that Nicola-Jane will be joining us this year in November to adjudicate our Instrumental classes, and some of our Piano classes too. Nicola-Jane is taking the place of Elizabeth Hayley, who unfortunately is no longer able to be with us this year. Do take a look at Nicola-Jane’s biography in the syllabus. We look forward to welcoming her to Royal Wootton Bassett in the Autumn!  

Dance:

Jill Redford ARAD., FISTD., CertEd.,CDE.,PGCA.

Jill was an Arts Award Ballet Champion at the age of twelve and trained at Bird College of Performing Arts. gaining teaching qualifications including Advanced R.A.D. She has worked in the UK and abroad in the theatre with stars such as Peter Butterworth, Bernie Clifton and Lenny Henry – later running her own school in Sussex. She is now a freelance teacher / choreographer / adjudicator / performer.

Speech & Drama and Musical Theatre:

Ann Bauer EdD.,MEd.,BA(Hons).,LRAM., LGSM.,PGCE., DipDpLd.

Ann has taught in Primary and Secondary Schools, Theatres, Universities, and in therapy teams as well as examining drama and theatre studies. She loves the spoken word. Her first degree was English. Ann combines her drama work with specialist teaching, consultancy, advocacy and writing in Special Educational Needs.

Cally Foster LLAM., FSTSD.

Cally was Principal of her Buckinghamshire based Speech & Drama Studio for over 20 years. As a LAMDA Examiner she has travelled Internationally, around the UK and in Europe. In addition, she delivers workshops on all aspects of drama. She believes that performing in festivals encourages an appreciation of the Arts and also develops such skills, so important in today’s world.

Rebecca Vines MA., FVCM.,LALAM.,GSMD.,ATCL.,ANEA.

Rebecca read Journalism at Cardiff University where she wrote a weekly column for The Guardian. She trained as a specialist drama teacher, is also a professional actress and in 2014 she was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts in recognition of her work in the youth theatre sector. She is a LAMDA., GCSE and A level Examiner.

Music:            

Nicola-Jane Kemp MA (Cantab)., MMus (Opera)., RSAMD. MUSIC – Instrumental

Nicola-Jane has been a professional soprano soloist and currently teaches choral scholars at Clare College, Cambridge University. In 2015 she was made Head of Singing at Eton College. As an opera soloist, she has worked for companies as diverse as Music Theatre Wales, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in France and BBC Radio 2. As well as being an adjudicator, she is a Grade and Diploma examiner, lectures at RNCM and teaches for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain and Rodolfus Choral Courses. She also sits on the council of the Association of Teachers of Singing.

Gail Mortley LRAM., ARCM., DipRAM., – Voice.

Gail is a professional singer, actress and teacher. She studied at The Royal Academy of Music where she was awarded numerous prizes and scholarships, one of which took her to Salzburg to study with the international singing coach, Rita Streich. She has also  performed Opera. She has combined classical and commercial theatre with various roles including playing Cosetta in Les Miserables in London’s West End.

Anthony Williams MMus.,GRSM(Hons).,LRAM.,ARAM., – Piano.

Concert Pianist, writer, lecturer, examiner and adjudicator, Williams studied at The Royal Academy of Music. Following international competition success, he embarked on a career as a concert pianist. He is a passionate educator of pianistic musicianship. He teaches and gives masterclasses, public lecture recitals and seminars on performance and the art of teaching. He has also given talks on piano performance for Radio 3 and is author of many publications. He combines this freelance career with a position at Radley College, Oxfordshire as Head of Keyboard and Instrumental Music.