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Online entry for 2023 now open! All ages welcome. We are a competitive Music, Speech & Drama Festiv It's incredible that we have been running since 1882!
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The deadline for entries for our February 2023 festival is 30 December 2022.

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Founded in 1882, the Stratford & East London Music Festival is a competitive Music, Speech & Drama Festival with over 200 classes in various categories:

Choirs, Orchestras & Bands; Concerto; Instrumental Classes, including Recorders; Millenium & Confinemento Classes; Piano; Solo & Ensemble Singing; Speech & Dr

ama; Young Musician of the Year; and Composition. For further details, please visit:
www.stratfordmusicfestival.org.uk

Every year, musicians and actors of all ages and abilities come to the Stratford & East London Music Festival from the local area and beyond, to perform and compete in a friendly and supportive environment. Share the excitement of performing, obtain feedback and tips from experienced adjudicators, and win prizes, from our beautiful, collectable certificates and button badges, to medals, cash prizes and music vouchers. We are a charitable organisation and we exist because of our brilliant team of dedicated volunteers. Help us to keep going by supporting us in other ways...

BECOME A FRIEND OF THE FESTIVAL
For just £10 a year, you can get a membership that allows you FREE entry to all the competitions, plus a FREE programme, plus the satisfaction of knowing you have supported music-making and the arts. DONATE AN AWARD! Fancy seeing your name on a silver trophy and knowing that YOUR trophy will be awarded to aspiring performers for years to come? Get in touch to find out more. Cash prizes and music vouchers are also very welcome from both individuals and businesses. ANY SPARE CASH?? We can use any donation you can give, however small or large! These days, support for the arts is wilting, yet everyone knows that culture and artistic expression is something that people of all ages and backgrounds benefit hugely from! We need help towards our running costs (eg printing, venue hire, adjudicator hire, prizes, etc). Please contact us if you would like to donate! PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS! We have ad-space for sponsors on our website and in our programme. They'll be seen by hundreds of people, many local, typically parents of school-age children, musicians, performers, actors, and other audience members. Don't miss the chance! KEEP US ALIVE! Spread the word! Tell everyone about us and see you at our next festival! For more information on how you can take part or help out, please check our website: www.stratfordmusicfestival.org.uk

Or get in touch to find out more!

21/11/2023

Founded in 1882, we are a competitive Music, Speech & Drama Festival held every February in East London.

21/11/2023

Online Entries for 2024 is now open! 🎉🎉🎉

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Looking forward to your entries and seeing you all in February 2024.

03/03/2023

The closing date for entries is 31 May 2023. 1st prize is £1,000!

Open to Essex musicians aged 28 and under.

Essex musicians = live in Essex, go to school/ college in Essex or born in Essex. Also includes Ilford, Wanstead, Woodford.

https://www.ongarmusicclub.org.uk/essex_young_musician.php

ESSEX YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR 2023
Ongar Music Club is delighted to announce the launch of the 2023 Essex Young Musician of the Year competition. The winner of the competition will receive the First Prize of £1,000 and The Essex Young Musician of the Year Trophy to hold for one year. The winner will also be offered various paid engagements. Other generous cash prizes will be awarded.
!! THE ESSEX YOUNG MUSIC SCHOLAR OF THE YEAR AWARD !!
The club is particularly excited to announce this new award, as part of the competition, for performers under 19. There is a prize of £200 to be used for the advancement of their musical studies, and the Essex Music Scholar of the Year trophy to hold for one year. Three further prizes will be awarded to the candidates under-19, not already prize winners in the 2023 competition, who have given the most outstanding performances in their age group.
A first round will be held on Sunday 25th June 2023 at 2:00 pm at the Budworth Hall in Ongar, Essex. The semifinal and final rounds will be held on 2nd July 2023 at 2pm and 6.30pm respectively, also at the Budworth Hall, Ongar, Essex. All rounds are open to the public.
The competition is open to musicians aged 28 or under on 2nd July 2023. Applicants must have their home address in Essex, attend school or college in Essex, or have been born in Essex. This criterion includes the old Essex towns of Ilford, Wanstead and Woodford, and villages or towns which straddle the Essex border and which have an Essex-based postcode.
The closing date for entries is 31st May 2023.
The prospectus and full details are available on the competition page of the Ongar Music Club website: www.ongarmusicclub.org.uk/essex_young_musician.php

26/02/2023

Some more 2023 winners. Well done to the Watkins sisters for winning their age category piano classes.

22/02/2023

A few moments, memories and memorabilia from the 2023 Festival. If you haven't posted your photos yet, and have consent, please feel free to do so. Remember to tag the Festival if you do.

22/02/2023

More pictures from the instrumental classes! 🎻🥁🎸🎺🎷🪘
Looking forward to seeing you all next year!
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22/02/2023

⭐️ Winners from the Instrumental Classes on Wednesday 15th February ⭐️

20/02/2023

Some more photos, this time from the Recorder section. We'd love to see your photos if you have any - please share them here or on our Instagram account

18/02/2023

Congratulations to Finn Anderson-Hendra -
Young Musician of the Year 2023!

18/02/2023

🏆 Winners From the Harps, Guitars and Percussion Classes 🏆

18/02/2023

Have you considered learning the Harp?
Or Drum Kit? 🥁🪘
Or Guitar? 🎸

How about Percussion instruments like the Marimba or Xylophone?

We had a great time in the Instrumental Classes yesterday!
Well done to everyone for your performances!

18/02/2023

Some more photos of happy winners from the piano classes this week

18/02/2023

⭐️ Do come and watch this spectacular event ⭐️

Venue : Redbridge Music Service
Fencepiece Road

Free Entry

Please park on nearby streets, the car park is not open tonight!

17/02/2023

It's not quite the end of the Festival!

On Saturday evening it's our grand finale, the competition to find the Young Musician of the Year 2023. Our adjudicators have selected eight musicians aged between 11-17 who they think showed exceptional talent. They will be competing for this prestigious title and a prize of £100. The evening will also include award-winning drama performances and the winner of the Felix Marr Award for piano. .

Please come along to enjoy this exciting programme. The concert begins at 6 pm at the Redbridge Music School on Fencepiece Road, Hainault, IG6 2NB. Entry is free although we ask for a small donation to support the Festival.

17/02/2023

A huge thank you to ABRSM for their support of the Graded Piano Classes at this year's festival. 😍😍😍

We were proud sponsors of the Graded Piano Classes at the 2023 Stratford & East London Music Festival this February. 🎹

Here are some of our fantastic participants in the Grade 3 Piano Class with their ABRSM goody bags! 👏

17/02/2023

We are delighted to hear that our festival secretary, Stella Redburn, will be singing at Cadogan Hall on Tuesday 25 April, as part of the English Chamber Choir. Their programme is entitled 'Rachmaninov and the Glories of the Eastern Church' and features:

Rachmaninov Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37
Ivan Moody Evangelismos (world premiere, ECC 50th anniversary commission)
Steinberg Passion Week, Op.13 – Behold the bridegroom comes; Do not lament me, O Mother
Leontovych Cherubic Hymn; The Lord’s Prayer
Tchaikovsky Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41 – Praise the Lord from the Heavens

Click link for more information and to book:

Rachmaninov Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37 Ivan Moody Evangelismos (world premiere, ECC 50th anniversary commission) Steinberg Passion Week, Op.13 – Behold the bridegroom comes; Do not lament me, O Mother Leontovych Cherubic Hymn; The Lord’s Prayer Tchaikovsky Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, ...

17/02/2023

There will be a concert of the All Saints' Choir and All Saints’ Young Singers starting at 7:30pm on Saturday 18 February at All Saints' Woodford Wells. No tickets required. There will be a retiring collection for The Good Shepherd Project and The Church Organ Fund. All welcome.

16/02/2023

🎶 Instrumental Classes on Thursday 16th February 2023 🎶

A big round of applause for all of you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

16/02/2023

🏆 The Winners and Competitors from the Millennium & Confinemento Classes 🏆

Well done everyone!
We really enjoyed watching you perform! ⭐️

If you haven’t heard of these classes,
They consist of a performance of 2 or 3 disciplines;
Confinemento (2 Disciplines)
Millennium (3 Disciplines)

We had combinations like
- Singing, Cello and Piano,
- Singing and Piano,
- Drum kit, Saxaphone and Guitar,
- Speech, Clarinet, Cello
Any combination of instruments / voice / speech.

If you’re interested, do contact us for more information and we look forward to seeing you enter these classes next year

16/02/2023

🏆The Winners from today’s Instrumental Classes.
Well done! ⭐️

08/02/2023

We had a really good Choirs and Bands day on Monday. Well done Modality and very well done to all our winners. A big thank you to everyone who entered. Your talent and enthusiasm is wonderful. The 2023 Festival continues next week with speech and drama, singing, piano, instrumental and concerto classes plus more! On Saturday 18th we showcase the best of best in our Young Musician of the Year event.

08/02/2023

Congratulations! ❤️

08/02/2023

10/01/2023

We have extended the deadline for our Concerto competition to Sunday 15 January.

If you can play one movement of any concerto with any instrument, you could win a £100 cash prize.

The competition itself will take place on the evening of Thursday 16 February.

Visit our website to find out more and to enter: https://www.stratfordmusicfestival.org.uk/the-festival

Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Royal College of Music
Royal Academy of Music
Trinity Laban

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30/12/2022

⚡️APPLY NOW ⚡️

Audition days are filing up fast so if you would like more choice on available dates submit your application now!!

• The UCAS deadline is on 25th January 2023

You can apply now for ALL of our courses!! Click the link in our bio to find out more!!!!

• BA (Hons) Acting for Stage, Screen and Digital Media
• BA (Hons) Musical Theatre & Dance
• MA Performing Arts
• Trinity Professional Performing Arts Diploma in Musical Theatre and Dance

30/12/2022

Wise words taken from 👩‍🦰 Here at , we stand firm in our belief that is all about having fun! So what are you waiting for… Get out there and enjoy the show! 🙌

30/12/2022

From July onwards we receive a high volume of enquiries asking us to help young musicians prepare for Music Scholarship entry to popular UK secondary schools such as Dame Alice Owens, Ashmole Acade…

30/12/2022

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30/12/2022

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30/12/2022

It's Deadline Day for our 2023 festival!

Our festival is open to all ages and abilities. Our aim is to support live and public performance for everyone. Professional adjudicators assess and comment on every performance, and judge who is the winner of each class.

We offer certificates for all entrants, cups for almost all class winners and cash prizes for the best of the best!

Our convenors are on hand to answer any last minute questions and our entries secretary can troubleshoot any problems with registration you may have. Full contact details can be found in our latest newsletter:
https://shoutout.wix.com/so/16OLTG6tE?languageTag=en

Don't forget - the deadline for entries for our 2023 festival in February is 30 December 2022.

30/12/2022

Practising a concerto for an upcoming concert? This is a great chance to air one of the movements, get professional feedback and there’s a £100 prize for the first place winner, too.

For more details on how to enter, click here:
https://www.stratfordmusicfestival.org.uk/the-festival

Deadline for entries is 30 December 2022.

The Concerto competition will take place on the evening of Thursday 16 February.

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29/12/2022

The deadline for entries to our 2023 festival is 30 December 2022, so there is still plenty of time to decide which classes to enter and which pieces to play.

Our festival is open to all ages and abilities. Our aim is to support live and public performance for everyone. Professional adjudicators assess and comment on every performance, and judge who is the winner of each class. We offer certificates for all entrants, cups for almost all class winners and cash prizes for the best of the best!

Our convenors are on hand to answer any last minute questions and our entries secretary can troubleshoot any problems with registration you may have. Full contact details can be found in our latest newsletter:

https://shoutout.wix.com/so/16OLTG6tE?languageTag=en

Don't forget - the deadline for entries for our 2023 festival in February is 30 December 2022.

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Founded in 1882, we are a competitive Music, Speech & Drama Festival with over 200 classes

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Solo & Ensemble Singing; Choirs, Orchestras, Bands, Organ & Recorder; Piano; Instrumental Classes; Concerto; Recorder; Speech & Drama; plus Young Musician and Millenium Classes.