VOCAL CLASSES 2026 - Timetable 

Saturday 21 March - Sunday 22 March

Delrow Community Hall, Hilfield Lane,

Aldenham, Watford, WD25 8DJ

Saturday 21 March

9.30 am               B9.1 Song from Music Theatre Show or Film – School Year 5 and 6 Time limit 5 minutes

Class divided alphabetically - surnames: Ajala-Lloyd 
     

10.40 am            B13 Unaccompanied Folksong (any language) age 16 and under Time limit 4 minutes

11.05 am            B9.2 Song from Music Theatre Show or Film – School Year 5 and 6 Time limit 5 minutes

Class divided alphabetically - surnames: Malhotra-Ye

12.15 pm            B14 Song with Religious Text - School Year 8 and under Time limit 4 minutes (You may use a copy if your piece is from an oratorio)

12.30 pm            LUNCH BREAK

1.30 pm               B2 Vocal Solo – School Year 4 and 5 Time limit 3 minutes

2.15 pm               B8 Song from Music Theatre Show or Film – School Year 3 and 4 Time limit 4 minutes

3.50 pm               B5          Vocal Solo – School Year 10 and 11 Time limit 5 minutes

4.30 pm               TEA BREAK

5.15 pm               B10.1 Song from Music Theatre Show or Film – School Year 7 and 8 Time limit 5 minutes

Class divided alphabetically - surnames: Anand-Khurjekar

6.25 pm               B15 Song with Religious Text – School Year 9-13 Time limit 5 minutes (You may use a copy if your piece is from an oratorio)

6.45 pm               B10.2 Song from Music Theatre Show or Film – School Year 7 and 8 Time limit 5 minutes

Class divided alphabetically - surnames : Mavadia-Yfantoudas

7.55 pm               B6 Vocal Solo – School Year 12 and 13 Time limit 5 minutes

8.15 pm               END OF SESSION

Sunday 22 March

9.30 am               B18 Relaxed Class time limit 5 minutes

10.00 am            B19 Open – Vocal Duet Class Time limit 5 minutes

10.00 am            B22 Open – Musical Theatre Show or Film Time limit 5 minutes

10.15 am            B16 Vocal Duet – age 16 and under Time limit 5 minutes

10.40 am            B7 Song from a Music Theatre Show or Film - School Year 2 and under Time limit 3 minutes

11.05 am            B11 Song from a Music Theatre Show or Film - School Year 9 and 10 Time limit 5 minutes

12.30 pm            LUNCH BREAK

1.30 pm               B1 Vocal Solo – School Year 3 and under Time limit 3 minutes

2.20 pm               B3.1 Vocal Solo – School Year 6 and 7 Time limit 4 minutes

Class divided alphabetically - surnames : Ajala-Hellier

3.15 pm               B17 Set Piece Class – In the garden flowers are growing – Ukrainian traditional arr. WH Anderson 2 verses Time limit 3 minutes

3.40 pm               B3.2 Vocal Solo – School Year 6 and 7 Time limit 4 minutes

Class divided alphabetically - surnames : Kadi-Ye

4.30 pm               TEA BREAK

5.15 pm               B23 Recital Class Time limit 15 minutes

5.45 pm               B4 Vocal Solo – School Year 8 and 9 Time limit 4 minutes

7.15 pm               B12 Song from a Music Theatre Show or Film - School Year 11, 12 and 13 Time limit 5 minutes

8.15 pm               END OF SESSION


Vocal Classes 2026

Saturday 21 March - Sunday 22 March

Delrow Community Hall, Hilfield Lane,

Aldenham, Watford, WD25 8DJ

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST CREATE A USER ACCOUNT AT LEAST 7 DAYS PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE

 Ben Parry  https://www.benparry.net/

Ben Parry has a busy career as a conductor, composer, singer, arranger and music producer. He is director of the professional choir London Voices with whom he has performed in major concert houses around the world as well as conducting many major film soundtracks including Harry Potter, The Hobbit and Avengers.  He studied Music and History of Art at Cambridge University, where he was a member of King’s College Choir.  In the mid-1980s he joined the international vocal group The Swingle Singers, with whom he toured globally and performed with some of the world’s greatest musicians including Stephane Grappelli, Pierre Boulez and Dizzy Gillespie.  Moving to Edinburgh in 1995, he co-founded the Dunedin Consort, which has gone on to establish itself as Scotland’s premiere Baroque ensemble.  He moved back to England in 2003 and has since held various prestigious directorial posts at St. Paul’s School, London, Junior Royal Academy of Music, King’s College Cambridge, Aldeburgh Festival and most recently as Director the National Youth Choir, stepping down in 2023 after 11 successful years. As an orchestral conductor he has worked with the Academy of Ancient Music, Britten Sinfonia, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony, London Philharmonic and BBC Concert Orchestras.  Ben’s own compositions and arrangements include an extensive catalogue of choral music for Peters Edition, Faber Music and OUP.  He has enjoyed commissions from, among others, St John’s College Cambridge, BBC Singers, VOCES8, Chelmsford, Ely, Norwich and Worcester cathedrals, and his music has been heard at the BBC Proms and on the TV and radio. Ben features on the credits of well over 300 recordings, broadcasts and film soundtracks.