Instrumental
Instrumental Section
Instrumental Syllabus
The Instrumental Section of Hastings Musical Festival 2025 will be published via playandperform on 1st September. Entries open on 1st October and close on 30th November 2024. There have been some changes to the syllabus, so please take your time to read through the sections. We have introduced some new classes, including non competitive classes, and classes for students with additional needs. Some classes have now been combined, and hopefully you will find something in here which you would like to enter.
Many classes now have school year groupings i.e. Year 6, Year 9 etc. When an entry is made, entrants must be in the relevant school year in order to take part.
Some of the new classes include teacher/parent and pupil duets. Hopefully this might encourage those who are a little nervous about getting on stage, to come along, and enjoy making music for us.
For own choice pieces, competitors now have the choice of uploading their music onto Play and Perform, or providing a copy on the day for the adjudicator, Photocopies, other than legal authorised copies, will be retained and destroyed by the festival.
Medal classes no longer have lower age restrictions. Performers can also enter twice in subjects where there are different instruments eg brass, woodwind, strings, recorder.
The proposed dates for our instrumental classes are 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th March 2025.
If you have any queries, I can be reached at ann.hastingsmf@aol.com
Looking forward to seeing you in 2025.
Ann Hohenkerk Instrumental Section Secretary
Syllabus
Browse the Instrumental syllabusAny queries contact the Section Secretary, Ann Hohenkerk at ann.hastingsmf@aol.com
Adjudicators
Adjudicator
Dr Warwick Potter PhD DipRCM ARCM (TD, Perf, PG) ALCM
Dr Warwick Potter is an Old Hastonian. He remains the only locally born winner of the Concert-Standard Concerto class, the forerunner of the Hastings International Piano Competition, at the Festival.
Trained as a bassoon scholar at the Royal College of Music, he has played as Guest Principal with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and West Australian Symphony Orchestra, as well as touring with the globally acknowledged Australian Chamber Orchestra. He has given many conference keynote speeches within Australia and authored the technical requirements for the current Australian Music Examinations Board bassoon syllabus. He is now one of Australia’s leading conductors.
Warwick has conducted the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Camerata of St. John’s, Darwin Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, and West Australian Symphony Orchestra. In the community sector, he has worked with the Barrier Reef Orchestra, Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Fremantle Symphony Orchestra, Northern Rivers Symphony Orchestra, Sussex Concert Orchestra, and Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. His numerous youth ensemble credits include Edith Cowan University Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Youth Symphony, Sussex Youth Chamber Orchestra, University of Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and University of Western Australia Symphony Orchestra. He has also collaborated with both state ballet and opera companies in Perth, Western Australia.
Away from music, Warwick is a qualified teacher for the English Bridge Union, holds a poker dealing licence in Perth, remains a passionate Leeds United supporter, and enjoys working as a qualified bookkeeper.