Adjudicator & Accompanist Directory | The British and International Federation of Festivals

Alison Seddon, Adjudicator: Dance

Alison is a Fellow & triple genre examiner for the ISTD in Modern, Tap and Classical Greek Dance & an approved... Find out more

Fiona McLean-Buechel, Adjudicator: Music

Fiona is a specialist strings adjudicator for the British and International Federation of Festivals and has recently been Co... Find out more

Mary Ann Tear, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Mary Ann is a BIFF adjudicator, an examiner for Trinity College London, choreographer, director and Performing Arts lecturer... Find out more

Philip Dewhurst, Adjudicator: Music

Philip Dewhurst BA Hons PGCE FISM

Philip Dewhurst was born and educated in Bolton, Lancashire. He read music at the... Find out more

Nicholas Garman, Adjudicator: Music

Nicholas’ passion for music making and teaching is fuelled by his own early musical experiences, starting with his first... Find out more

Frith Trezevant, Adjudicator: Music

Frith is career teacher with over 30 years’ experience of teaching singers of all abilities and over a wide age range. Her... Find out more

Anne Marshall, Adjudicator: Music

Anne grew up in a musical family on the Isle of Wight, conducting her first choir at 14 and taking part annually in the Isle... Find out more

Anna Morgan, Adjudicator: Dance

Anna trained at the Deborah Capon College, and is currently studying for her MA at Rambert School. She was also heavily... Find out more

Andrew Hansford, Adjudicator: Music

Andrew Hansford, born in Berkshire, UK, holds UK music-degrees from Surrey ((UniS), Guildford), Bristol and Cambridge (St... Find out more

Jane Lister, Adjudicator: Music

Jane has considerable experience as a teacher and adjudicator, teaching at Westminster School,Westminster Abbey Choir School... Find out more

Marilynne Davies, Adjudicator: Music

From her early experiences of performing in Welsh Eisteddfodau Marilynne has developed a lifelong passion and enthusiasm for... Find out more

Anita Downey, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Anita is head of Speech and Drama at a large, flourishing Secondary School. This involves work to Diploma level in Speech,... Find out more

Christopher Field, Adjudicator: Music

Christopher has enjoyed a widely varied musical career. As a schoolboy he sang at the coronation service of HM Queen in... Find out more

Daniel Chandler, Adjudicator: Music

After graduating from the Royal College of Music, Daniel performed as a professional flautist in orchestras, chamber... Find out more

Murray McLachlan, Adjudicator: Music

Murray McLachlan has been adjudicating for nearly 30 years and is based in Manchester. He has made over 40 commercial... Find out more

Kim Gilbert, Festival: Speech and Drama

Kim originally trained as a professional actress at GSA and also later studied for an LGSM at the Guildhall School of Music... Find out more

Lorraine Deacon, Adjudicator: Music

At the Royal Academy of Music Lorraine studied the ’cello with Douglas Cummings and chamber music with Sidney Griller, and... Find out more

Ann Newson, Adjudicator: Speech and Drama

Drama and performance have been Ann’s life’s passion. She made her first stage appearance at the age of five and has since... Find out more

Catherine Ingram, Adjudicator: Dance

Catherine has been the Principal of a large dance and theatre school for 30 years. After training in classical ballet,... Find out more

Keith Allen, Adjudicator: Music

Keith was awarded a scholarship to the Royal College of Music, going on to take post-graduate studies at Birmingham,... Find out more

Amanda Skevington, Adjudicator: Dance

Amanda has been teaching dance for over twenty-five years in all theatrical styles and is a member of the IDTA, NATD and... Find out more

Caroline Tyler, Adjudicator: Music

Award-winning concert pianist Caroline has performed at venues including the Barbican Hall in London, the Barber Institute... Find out more

Stanley Roocroft MBE, Adjudicator: Music

Stanley Roocroft of Gayle, near Hawes, North Yorkshire, educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, was a... Find out more

ANGELA WHITTLE, Adjudicator: Dance

Angela trained at Bird College with further professional development at The Centre of Performing Arts. She worked as a... Find out more

Karen, Accompanist

Karen studied piano with John Bingham and accompaniment with David Newbold at Trinity College of Music.
She is an... Find out more