INSPIRATION THROUGH PERFORMANCE
THE 81st COULSDON & PURLEY FESTIVAL 2025
The Coulsdon and Purley Festival is affiliated to the British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech.
Registered Charity No: 1037897 The Coulsdon and Purley Festival aims to provide opportunities to advance, promote and encourage generally and by means of competition, a platform for public performances encompassing all ages. PRESIDENT Russell Keable BA MMus |
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CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE
Greetings to all our Friends and Supporters, The entries are in, and our dedicated section secretaries are busy planning all the timetables for what looks like another record number of participants. We are all looking forward to the 2025 Festival with a keen sense of anticipation. It promises to be a wonderful festival, and with the standard going up year on year I am sure that we will hear some memorable performances. Nothing beats performing in front of a live audience, and so please come along, and listen not just to the classes where you have a personal interest, but also to some of the other classes and special events. You will make the festival the special occasion it promises to be. See you there! |
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Congratulations Ekaterina Grabova - one of the winners of 2024 Piano Concerto Class -on your performance of the Liszt Piano Concerto No 1 with Dominic Grier and the Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra. Good luck with your continued studies. Dominic Grier has also invited Julian Chan - winner of the 2022 Piano Concerto Class to play the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 with his Orchestra on Saturday 7th June 2025 7.30pm Firoze Madon - winner of the 2023 Piano Concerto Class - will play the Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Russell Keable and the Kensington Symphony Orchestra at Cadogan Hall on Monday 30th June 2025 |
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NEW MARKING SCHEME Coulsdon and Purley Festival will be adopting the new marking scheme recommended by the British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech (BIFF). The aim of the new marking scheme is to ensure that the performer is at the centre of everything we do. The new scheme promotes BIFF’s core values: Perform, Educate, Inspire, with a greater emphasis on the written and verbal teaching points. The new scheme supports the provision of positive and constructive feedback to all performer to build confidence and self-esteem. . Adoption of the new scheme will ensure a measure of uniformity alongside the other Festivals across the UK. |
The new scheme is as follows:
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There are different criteria and descriptors for music, and for speech and drama. Click on the relevant icon for information.
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80th Anniversary SHOWCASE CONCERT As part of Sunday Afternoon Concert Series, Sanderstead United Reformed Church hosted a special concert to conclude the Festival's 80th Anniversary celebrations. Performers from all sections of the Festival certainly modelled the quality and diversity that represents Coulsdon and Purley Festival. |
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https://youtu.be/Z9adJF4CRhM
To view this short Video about the work of BIFF (The British and International Federation of Festivals) click on the link above. |
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