This page was updated on 8 February 2010
The Handel Singing Competition 2010
Please click here for the Schedule in Excel and here for the Schedule as a pdf, for the First Round on 16, 17, 18, 19 February.
What happens next:
The Schedule above is the latest (6 February).
The address for the First Round is below on this page.
Yvonne Eddy will be looking after everyone during the First Round and she can be contacted by email. I have sent her mobile number round by email previously.
Contact emails for the accompanists are below:
Official accompanists for HSC 2010
Briget Cunningham - email
Erik Dippenaar - email
Asako Ogawa - email
Julian Perkins - email
Anna Tilbrook - email
Catherine Hodgson
The following singers are through to the First Round,
including those who wished to be heard by CD.
Theophile Alexandre
Richard Bannan
Sarah Barnes
Zoe Bonner
Vanessa Bowers
Peter Bozi
Katie Bray
Else-Linde Buitenhuis
Angela Cadelago
Anna-Maria Carbonara
Lauren Carter
Nicola Corbishley
Anna-Louise Costello
Michal Czerniawski
Kajsa Dahlback
John d'Ancona
Andrew Davies
Blanka Dembosz
Amaryllis Dielteins
Mark Duff
Carleen Ebbs
Belinda Evans
Samuel Evans
Julian Forbes
Keri Fuge
Angharad Gabriel
Oliver Gerrish
Eleanor Greenwood
Christina Haldane
Jens Hamann
Alon Harari
Russell Harcourt
Pamela Hay
Edward Hughes
Teele Joks
Leif Jone (Olberg)
Carris Jones
Philip Jones
Daniel Joy
Sophie Junker
Bagdasar Kachikyan
Daniel Keating-Roberts
Thomas Kennedy
Andrew Kidd
Alex Kidgell
Maximillian Kiener
Yanghee Kim
Frederique Klooster
Jolanta Kowalska
Anna Krawczyk
Richard Latham
Adam Leclerq
Heimi Lee |
Clare Lloyd
Louise Lloyd
Francesca Lombardi
Christopher Lowrey
Caroline MacPhie
Michelle Mallinger
Dana Marbach
Gwendolen Martin
Vadym Mitryayev
Rebecca Moon
Emiko Morimoto
Roderick Morris
Sarah Moule
Minna Nyberg
Gudrun Olafsdottir
James Oldfield
Lawrence Olsworth-Peter
Lucy Page
Jeremy Parkin
Michael Parle
Anna Patalong
Ilektra Platiopoulou
Helena Poczykowska
Sarah Power
Sarah Probert
John Pumphrey
Elinor Rolfe Johnson
Samuel Jaime Santana
Alexandra Schoeny
Richard Scott
Kirstin Sharpin
Paula Sides
Philip Smith
Jens Søndergaard
Victoria Stanyon
Charlotte Stephenson
Tristan Stocks
Kate Symonds-Joy
Melvin Tan
Abbi Temple
Ben Thapa
Stefanie True
Clare Tucker
Erlend Tvinnereim
Rebecca van den Berg
Julia van Doran
Merel van Geest
Eloisa (Luz) Vizcarra
Agnes Vojtko
Richard Wilberforce
Belinda Williams
Ben Williamson
Valda Wilson | |
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Adjudicators for HSC 2010
Ian Partridge (Chairman), Michael Chance, Catherine Denley,
Michael George, Patrizia Kwella and David Vickers.
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Dates for HSC 2010
First Round
16, 17, 18, 19 February 2010 from 10.00am
Craxton Studios, 14 Kidderpore Avenue, London, NW3 7SU
This round is not open to the public.
Click here for map
Craxton Studios - 14 Kidderpore Avenue, NW3 7SU
Bus from Portman Street, just off Oxford Street - 82/13/113
Get off at Burrard Road, near junction with top of Fortune Green Road. You will have passed Finchley Road underground station and Camden Arts Centre Craxton Studios is next to St Luke's Church and at the top end of Kidderpore Avenue where it joins Platts Lane.
The LHS does not organise rehearsals or rehearsal space for this Round before the day of the Round. Singers need to discuss rehearsals with their accompanists.
Semi-Final
Wednesday 24 February 6.15pm (please note change of time)
St George's Church, Hanover Square
This round is open to the public.
The LHS does not organise rehearsals or rehearsal space for this Round before the day of the Round. Singers need to discuss rehearsals with their accompanists.
Final
Thursday 4 March 7pm
St George's Church, Hanover Square
The final is open to the public.
Rehearsal for the Final will be on 3 March - venue to be confirmed.
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Deadline for entry:
Friday 8 January 2010
Entries to be emailed if possible
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Accommodation
Unfortunately the LHS is not able to organise accommodation for singers coming from abroad.
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First Prize: £3000 - Adair Prize
Second prize: £1500 - Michael Oliver Prize
and a performance in the London Handel Festival 2011 for both.
Audience Prize: £250 - donated by Michael Normington
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Handel Singing Competition Information
(PDF 799kb)
Handel Singing Competition 2010 Application Form
(45kb Word document)
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Official accompanists for HSC 2010
Briget Cunningham
Erik Dippenaar
Asako Ogawa
Julian Perkins
Anna Tilbrook
Accompanists will be allocated to singers by the organisers
and a schedule will be sent round to all those taking part in the Competition.
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Bursary towards travel costs
There is a small travel bursary available to singers who get through to the
Semi-Final of the Handel Singing Competition 2010.
This applies to singers living outside the United Kingdom only.
The maximum bursary is £250 and there will be 6 available this year.
For more information please contact Catherine Hodgson.
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Please return the application form, with enclosures, to:
Catherine Hodgson
London Handel Society
Horton House
8 Ditton Street
Ilminster
Somerset
TA19 0BQ
Tel/Fax: 01...
Click here to email
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Results of the HSC 2009
First Prize - The Adair Prize
Ruby Hughes soprano
Second Prize - The Michael Oliver Prize
Anna Huntley mezzo-soprano
Finalists' Prizes
David Allsopp counter-tenor
Gary Crichlow counter-tenor
Luanda Siqueira soprano
Audience Prize - donated by Michael Normington
Ruby Hughes soprano
Members of the London Handel Orchestra accompanied the singers,
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Results of the Final of the HSC 2008
First Prize - Adair Prize
Erica Eloff - soprano
Second Prize - Michael Oliver Prize
Rhona McKail - soprano
Audience Prize - donated by Michael Normington
Clara Mouriz - mezzo-soprano
Finalists' Prizes
Lisandro Abadie - bass
Clara Mouriz - mezzo-soprano
Greg Tassell - tenor
Accompanist's Prize - Erik Dippenaar
The Times review - 7 April 2008
Seen & Heard review of HSC 2008 Final
Derek Welton's view on winning the HSC 2007
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The Handel Singing Competition was inaugurated in 2002 to celebrate the
25th Anniversary of the London Handel Festival. This annual competition is for young professional singers aged between 23 and 34.
The Society has always helped talented young singers by giving them performing opportunities throughout the thirty year history of the Festival. Many have gone on to very successful careers – Thomas Allen, Ian Partridge, Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk, and Emma Kirkby to name but a few. |