Vocal Classes

Saturday, 22 March 2025 - Sunday, 23 March 2025

Venue: Delrow Community Hall, Hilfield Lane, Aldenham, Watford, WD25 8DJ

Kristy Swift

Kristy trained as a pianist and singer in Australia, and relocated to the United Kingdom after winning Australia’s largest and most prestigious award for opera singers, the Herald Sun Aria. She began teaching in 1994 at the Encore Music School in Brisbane, Australia, and has since taught singing and piano privately and in several secondary schools in Australia and the United Kingdom.

As an opera singer, Kristy has performed solo roles with numerous companies and orchestras, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the London Symphony Orchestra, the MDR Orchestra at the Leipzig Gewandhaus, and for the Wexford, Buxton and Iford festivals, among many others. Her solo vocals are also on the soundtrack of the Hollywood remake of “The Magnificent Seven”.

When not performing and teaching, Kristy is a freelance adjudicator, and an examiner for the ABRSM.

T I M E T A B L E

Saturday 22 March 

 9.30am               B10 Song from a Music Theatre Show or Film - School Year 7 and 8       Time limit 5 minutes

 11.35am             B15 Song with Religious Text – School Year 9-13 Time limit 5 minutes

 12.30pm             Lunch break

 1.30pm               B17 Set Piece Class – The Path to the Moon – Eric Thiman Time limit 3 minutes

 2.05pm               B13 Unaccompanied Folksong (any language) age 16 and under Time limit 5 minutes

 2.45pm               B9.1 Song from a Music Theatre Show or Film - School Year 5 and 6   (Surnames L-Z ) Time limit 5 minutes 

 4.30pm                Tea break

 5.15pm               B14 Song with Religious Text – School Year 8 and under Time limit 4 minutes

 5.45pm               B12 Song from a Music Theatre Show or Film - School Year 11,12 and 13     Time limit 5 minutes

 6.15pm               B6 Vocal solo – School Year 12 and 13 Time limit 5 minutes

 6.35pm               B20 Open – Classical Class Time limit 5 minutes  

                            B22 Open – Recital Class Time limit 15 minutes

                            B21 Open - Music Theatre Show or Film Time limit 5 minutes

7.10pm                B11 Song from a Music Theatre Show or Film - School Year 9 and 10 Time limit 5 minutes

8.15pm                End of Session

 Sunday 23 March

9.30am                B7 Song from a Music Theatre Show or Film - School Year 2 and under   Time limit 3 minutes

10.00am              B1 Vocal solo – School Year 3 and under Time limit 3 minutes

10.35am              B8 Song from a Music Theatre Show or Film - School Year 3 and 4 Time limit 4 minutes

11.35am              B4 Vocal solo – School Year 8 and 9 Time limit 4 minutes

12.00pm              B16 Vocal Duet age 16 and under Time limit 5 minutes

12.30pm             Lunch break

1.30pm                B9.2 Song from a Music Theatre Show or Film - School Year 5 and 6  (Surnames A- K)  Time limit 5 minutes 

3.10pm                B2 Vocal solo - School Year 4 and 5 Time limit 3 minutes

4.30pm                Tea break 

5.15pm                B3 Vocal solo – School Year 6 and 7 Time limit 4 minutes

7.00pm                B5 Vocal solo – School Year 10 and 11 Time limit 5 minutes

8.15pm                End of Session