TODAY AT THE GUILD - WEDNESDAY 1 MAY 2024 Today at the Guild

Another hour of winning performances from the 2024 Manx Music, Speech and Dance Festival.


Performances in this programme are from  :-




Simon Fletcher - Winner - American Art Song - The Song of Black Max - accompanied by Graham Kirkland

Joshua Clarkson - Winner - Piano Solo Class  - Grade 5 and 6   - playing Minneleid (Anon)




Matthew Quinn and Karen Elliot - Winners - Mixed Voice Duet Class - singing The Magic Chase  by Dvorak - accompanied by Gareth Moore

Evie Skillicorn - Winner - Songs from the Shows for ages 14 to 18 -  accompanied by Madeline Kelly, singing ' I Will Be Loved Tonight' from the musical 'I Love You, You're Perfect - Now Change!'




Graham Crowe - Winner - Song by a British Composer - accompanied by Graham Kirkland

Parker Kissack - Winner - Boys Treble Solo - Age 10 to 11 - singing 'Windy Nights' by Charles Villiers Stanford and accompanied by David Kilgallon

Thomas McAleer - Winner - Boys Treble Solo - Age 12 to 14 - singing 'A Smuggler's Song' accompanied by David Kilgallon

Parker Kissack and Lyla King - Winners - Duet Class for ages 8 to 11 - Accompanied by Wendy McDowell singing 'Feed The Birds'




These singers will join Debbie Gooding and Emily Coates in the final of the 2024 Cleveland Medal Test - all were awarded 85 or 86 marks, the highest marks given in any of the Special Solo Voice classes :

Lorcan O'Mahony sings 'I want to die while you love me' - accompanied by Frank Woolley

Neil Taverner sings The Apple Orchard by Lori Laitman - accompanied by Madeline Kelly

Matthew Quinn - accompanied by Madeline Kelly - singing Die Stille Nacht by Alma Mahler

Terry Qualtrough sings Sea Fever by John Ireland - accompanied by Gareth Moore

And to finish ......

Manx Voices Triads (Mel Keating, Elisa Gerrard and Angela Gerrard) sing Harry Pickard's arrangement of Ellan Vannin