Young people in fine tune at Mossgrove Festival
The 2016 festival concluded with a gala night at The Courtyard Theatre, Ballyearl on Friday, February 12.
The adjudicator, Dr Jonathan Drennan from Ballyclare, had the very difficult job of trying to rank the more than 220 young competitors over four days of competition.
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Hide AdAt the gala night, the winners of each of the five main sections were presented with trophies and cheques for £50.
Winner of the Junior Vocal Championship and the Glover Shield was Jack McMaster, while the John Conway Memorial Cup for the Piano Championship was won by Kaiwen Liu. The Choral Champions were Greenisland Primary School, and the Bel Canto Trophy for Senior Vocal Championship was won by Erin Kennedy.
The winner of the overall Instrumental Championship, and recipient of the Tutti L’Instrumente Cup, was Leah Forsythe. The Praemium Excellentia Award – the overall best performance of the festival - was won by Aimee Neill for her portrayal of Adelaide’s Lament from Guys and Dolls. The Whiteabbey Cup for the most promising 15 year old or younger was Anna-Maria O’Donnell (cello).
Other classes and trophy winners were as follows:
VOCAL CLASSES
Girls and boys vocal solo under 11
1st Jack McMaster 92 2nd Sophie McLean 91 3rd Ellie Hanlon 90
Girls vocal solo 11 & 12 years
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Hide Ad1st Emily Darling 88 2nd Emilia Jenkins 3rd Sarah McBride 86
Girls vocal solo 13 and 14 years
1st Rebekah Spence 89 2nd Hannah-Rose Glover 3rd Sophie Longstaff
Girls vocal solo 15 and 16 years
1st Imogen Forbes 87 2nd Kirsten Matthews 85 3rd Mollie McClure 84
Girls vocal solo 17 and 18 years
1st Erin Kennedy 87 2nd Saskia Craig 86
Girls vocal solo 19 and 20 years
1st Sophie Craig 86
Junior Folk song
1st Daniel Kerr 84 2nd Hannah Rose Glover 83
Interpretation vocal solo 17 and under 25 years
1st Erin Kennedy 90
Song from a musical show under 15
1st Sophie Longstaff 92 2nd Emma Carson 91
Song from a musical show under 20
1st Aimee Neill 95 2nd Amelia Rose & Daniel Kerr 89 3rd Kirsten Matthews & Evanna Maxted 88
Boys vocal solo under 12
1st Jack McMaster 93
Boys solo open
1st Jack McMaster 90
Sacred vocal solo under 17
1st Daniel Kerr
Novice vocal solo under 15 – 20 years
1st Amy Patterson 2nd Amy Darragh 87
Oratorio vocal solo 17 to 25 years
1st Sophie Craig 86
Vocal duet under 17
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Hide Ad1st Harriet Bedi and Kirsten Matthews 87 2nd Amelia Rose and Rachael McCormack 86
3rd Imogen Forbes and Lucy Caldwell 85
PIANO CLASSES
Piano solo under 8
1st Ronan Hamilton 85
Piano solo 8 years
1st Connie Holmes 85
Piano solo 9 and 10 years
1st Oscar Lin 94 2nd Jackie Lin 92 3rd Jane Edge & Timothy Grant 90
Piano solo 11 and 12 years
1st Shraddha Meti
Piano solo 13 and 14 years
1st Kaiwen Liu 90
Piano solo under 17 years
1st Kaiwen Liu 89
Piano duet under 10 years
1st Grace McMurray & Jane Martin 87
Piano duet 10 and 11 years
1st Mia and Anna Bryson 86
Piano Duet 12 to 14 years
1st Eva Bannon-Mutlu and Alekya Gunna 84
Piano duet under 20 years
Maeve McDermott and Laoise Cavanagh 84
INSTRUMENTAL CLASSES
String solo primary schools
1st Alex Walsh 90 2nd Sarah Fiddis 89 3rd Patrick Gardiner 88
Brass solo primary schools
1st Jackie Lin 87 2nd Chloe Turtle 86 3rd Oscar Lin 85
String solo 11 to 13 years
1st Caolin Olphert 86
String Solo 14 and 15 years
1st Anna-Maria O’Donnell 92
Brass instrument solo 11 to 15 years
1st Daniel Sharpe 89
Woodwind solo 11 to 15 years
1st Elizabeth McCauley 2nd Olivia McCartney
Stringed instrument solo under 20
1st Grainne White 89
Open woodwind solo under 20 years
1st Lewis Hanlon 2nd Holly Hewitt 89
Open Brass solo under 20
1st Leah Forsythe 95
String Ensemble Primary Schools
1st Greenisland Primary 89
Instrumental ensemble secondary schools
1st Carrickfergus Grammar School 88
Boys, girls or mixed choirs under 15 years
1 Glastry College 84
Boys, girls or mixed choirs under 20
1 Glastry College 86
Ensemble for special schools
1st Jordanstown Schools 90 2nd Hill Croft School 89
Solo and chorus under 12 years
1st Mossgrove Primary 95
Boys. Girls or mixed choirs under 12
1st Greenisland Primary 90
Hymn singing for boys, girls or mixed choirs under 12
1st Mossgrove Primary 86