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

11/12/2024

Come on, folks - get those entries in! We have a nice spread of entries for the various sections so far - make sure you don't lose out by inadvertently missing the deadline amid all the Christmas cheer! 🎄🎶😉

08/12/2024

🌟Can you perform 2 or 3 different disciplines?
Then consider entering the Confinemento (2 disciplines) or the Millennium Classes (3).

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These are also fantastic classes to come and watch as the young people showcase their talents!

Follow the link for more information or feel free to ask us any questions.

03/12/2024

Entries are open for our 2025 Festival. We are the oldest competitive music and drama festival in the country. The Stratford & East London Music Festival offers Cups, Certificates, Cash Prizes, Professional Feedback and the opportunity to perform in a supportive and encouraging environment.... Please look at our website to find out more about the 2025 Festival, and remember the closing date for entries is 31st December 2024....

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

01/12/2024

A note to teachers and parents - it is a great help to the convenors of each section (who are all unpaid volunteers doing the job out of the goodness of their hearts) if you can make your entries well before the deadline. We have a very tight turnaround between the closing date and publishing the programme - the compilation of which takes many hours of work. Some sections have hundreds of entries, and should there be any queries on an entry it is very much appreciated if we are able to deal with them without undue panic! Thank you 😀🎶🎵

23/11/2024

DRAMA alert: This year we will be awarding £100 to the best DRAMA performance across all the Drama classes at the 2025 Stratford & East London Music Festival The closing date for entries is the 31st December 2024. The full syllabus and other details can be found in our website www.stratfordmusicfestival.org.uk

Please spread the word!!

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

21/11/2024

Piano teachers - have you seen our two new pupil/teacher duet classes? One with the pupil's (Primo) part at pre-Grade-1 level, the other for Grades 1-3. Ideal for building confidence in performance for your youngest and least experienced players, because they'll have their teacher playing right beside them😃

Also in the piano syllabus are two new classes using the ABRSM Pop Performer books, as well as our usual variety of piano classes for all ages and standards. 🎶🎵We look forward to receiving your entries!

20/11/2024

🎶 Have you ever thought of composing some music?

We have 6 Composition Classes in the Festival; three Adult Classes and three for 16 year olds and under.

Each class comes with a £50 prize for the winner!

Do Start composing 😀🎶🎶

19/11/2024

A reminder that the 2025 Stratford and East London Music Festival syllabus is now available. The Festival is the oldest competitive music and drama festival in the country. We have added some new cash prizes for the best performers and all entrants will get a professional verbal and written assessment from one of our professional adjudicators. Closing date for entries is 31st December 2024. The Festival will be run during February 2025. Please see our website for further details and to access our online syllabus and application system

19/11/2024

Have you considered entering the
Concerto Class?
There is a £200 prize for the 2025 festival!

08/11/2024

🎉Registration is now open for the 2025 festival 🎉

We’re excited that entries have already started coming in. 🌟

Please remember that a piece can only be entered into one class (and not repeated) with the exception of the Millenium and Confinemento Classes. You can of course enter as many classes / disciplines as you like, with different pieces/songs/drama.

The Millenium and Confinemento Classes are where you perform 3 and 2 different disciplines respectively. In this case, we are allowed to repeat only 1 piece from any other class 😊. If unsure, please do contact us or email the Convenor directly.

Our 2025 festival will take place on 10 and 11 February 2025 at St Mary’s Church in South Woodford for choirs, orchestras and bands; all music, speech and drama classes will take place 15 - 22 February at the Redbridge Music Service, Hainault.

26/10/2024

Hello Everyone!
Keep an eye out for this space.. the Syllabus for the 2025 Festival is about to go live

25/02/2024

Whilst we tie up the administrative loose ends and put this years Stratford & East London Music Festival to bed, guess what, that great bunch of volunteers have already started planning next year's.

The Festival would be nothing without the enthusiasm and commitment of a core group of volunteers who willingly give up their time to make this great Festival happen each year. Thank you so much to the Festival Committee and volunteers.

If you would like to get involved and help us please message me at [email protected].

25/02/2024

Congratulations to Katie Mollard, the 2024 Young Musician Of The Year. We had a great evening with our finale concert, and some wonderful performances. Well done to everyone who took part

24/02/2024

Winners from the instrumental classes from Friday.
⭐️Well done everyone ⭐️

22/02/2024

Well done to all those who took part in tonight’s Concerto Class. It was a great evening, but there could only be one winner. Congratulations to Gabriella Bavetta who won the Concerto Shield for the fifth time

22/02/2024

What a lovely day at the Instrumental Classes.
Our Adjudicator, Rosanna Whitfield had a lovely time listening to everyone’s performances.

Here a little highlight of today’s winners 🏆

And we are looking forward to more performances tomorrow! ⭐️

19/02/2024

🚙 Parking 🚙
Please park in the School’s car park - through the double Blue gates
And then walk round to the right - side entrance of the John Savage Center

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

Volunteer/ Enter/ Find out more: http://www.stratfordmusicfestival.org.uk/

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