PROMOTING EXCELLENCE
2025 Dates
Monday 17th March 7pm: Annual General Meeting: Unley Park Baptist Church:
Monday 12 May – Sunday 25 June: Piano Division: Unley Park Baptist Church
Saturday 24 May: Classical Guitar Division: Unley Park Baptist Church
Wednesday 28 May – Wednesday 4 June: String Division: Unley Park Baptist Church
Wednesday 28 May – Sunday 8 June: Vocal Division: Clayton Wesley Uniting
Thursday 12 June Choral Division: Elder Hall
Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 July: Percussion Division: Athelstone Community Hall
Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 August and Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 August: Flute Division: Unley Park Baptist Church
Saturday 2 August: Wind Recital: Unley Park Baptist Church
Wednesday 13 August: Junior Piano Concerto: Australian Piano Warehouse Winston Ave
Wednesday 13 August Finals: Concerto Division Australian Piano Warehouse Winston Ave
Saturday 6 September: Brass Division : Unley Park Baptist Church
Saturday 6 September: Woodwind Division: Unley Park Baptist Church
Sunday 14 September: Special Award Winners Concert Burnside Uniting Church
5MBS Young Virtuoso Awards: date to be advised St John’s Church, Halifax Street.
Entries are made via Stardom:
visit: www.stardom.com.au
Entries will open in early February.
THE ADELAIDE EISTEDDFOD SOCIETY INC.
President: Christopher Brown, Office address: Steadfast House, 239 Magill Road, Maylands SA 5069. 83666531 (messaging service Steadfast House) Christopher Brown
Treasurer: Christopher Brown, Office address: Steadfast House, 239 Magill Road, Maylands SA 5069. 83666531 (messaging service Steadfast House) Christopher Brown
Secretary: Jane Burgess, Office address: Steadfast House,239 Magill Road, Maylands SA 5069. 83666531 (messaging service Steadfast House) Jane Burgess
Office Reception at Steadfast House: Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm. ABN 48 340 839 681
Member of the Association of Eisteddfod Societies of Australia Inc.
CONVENOR CONTACT LIST
Choral Division: Viv Rusk
Guitar Division: Oliver Fartach-Naini (Elder Conservatorium of Music)
Piano Division : Jane Burgess
String Division: Shu Yin Goh
Woodwind Division: Jane Burgess (The Woodwind Division is currently without a Convenor)
Brass Division: Jane Burgess (The Woodwind Division is currently without a Convenor)
Flute Division: Cassandra Boath
Percussion Division: LIU Yanchao
Vocal Division: Fiona Mcardle
Wind Recitals (Flute, Brass Woodwind): Jane Burgess
Adelaide Eisteddfod Concerto: Jane Burgess
Special Award Winners’ Concert: Emmy Zhou
2025/6 Council:
Christopher Brown (President and Treasurer), Jane Burgess (Secretary and Vice President), William Bailey, Shu Yin Goh, LUI Yanchao, JingJing Hang, Jennifer Chen, Yong Cheong Lye, Fiona McArdle, Oliver Fartach-Naini, Jeffrey Kong, Anne Milne, Frances Norton, Viv Rusk, Emmy Zhou, Caleb Watson.
2025/6 Adelaide Eisteddfod Development Fund Management Committee:
Genty Stevens (President), Christopher Brown (Secretary), Caleb Watson (Treasurer), Fiona McArdle(minute Secretary), Margaret Lucas , Nicholas Handley, John Hall OAM, Liz Prosser,
Bankers: Bank SA. Auditor 2023:
Accountant: Handley Account & Advisory
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WHY ENTER THE EISTEDDFOD?
Performance experience:
Irrespective of students’ aims in music the experience of performing in public is vital.
This builds confidence, and above all, the chance to experience the enjoyment and excitement of performing.
Exams:
Every competitor receives the assessment of an accomplished and independent adjudicator. Try out and improve your programs for exams such as AMEB, ABRSM or Trinity College London, and Secondary and Tertiary Level Assessments.
Audition Skills:
Many aspiring professionals fail to show their best at auditions and miss study or job opportunities. The answer is practice and the conditions at the Eisteddfod competitions are ideal for this purpose.
Performance Opportunities:
The finals of the advanced competitions are held in prestigious venues. Several musical organisations look for their soloists at the Eisteddfod competitions.
Valuable Prizes and Recognition:
Prizes include certificates, vouchers, medallions, cash and a major scholarship. All are evidence of achievements to enhance CVs.
Honorary Life Members:
Wendy Barrett OAM, Ann Bensted, Jane Burgess, Zena Chapman, Leon Cattermole, Jackie Cook, Brenda Coulter, Jan Dash, Jill Folauhola, John Hall OAM, Mary G. Handley OAM, Lindsay Lavers, Margaret Lucas, Brenda Rayner OAM, Di Truscott
Deceased Honorary Life Members:
Gladys Bailey OAM, Chris Bensted, Des Borgelt, Robert Brown OAM,John Burton, John Doyle MBE, Sable Grivell, Gwen Hughes, Yvonne Hall OAM, Judy Langford, Audrey Lees, Max Longbottom, Lady Anne Miller, Ida Moyle, Hilda Oldfield, Joan Mooney, Margaret Pirie, Malcolm Potter OAM, Alma Smith, Noreen Stokes OAM, Jean Ward, Sir Ewen Waterman
SPECIAL AWARDS
The Robert Wolf Award for an Exceptional Cellist sponsored by the Burnside Symphony Orchestra: The recipient will receive a Certificate and $250 and may be offered the opportunity to perform with the orchestra.
Mitcham Orchestra : A Medallion and $150 will be awarded to a junior instrumentalist who may be invited to perform with the Mitcham Orchestra at a later date.
The Norwood Symphony Orchestra Prize: A Medallion and $150 will be awarded to an instrumental concerto contestant or a vocal contestant finalist who may be invited to perform with the Norwood Symphony Orchestra at a later date.
The Unley Symphony Orchestra Prize: A Medallion and $250 will be awarded to an instrumental concerto contestant.
The Music Teachers Association of SA Inc. /Grace Barbara Turner Awards for Excellence in Performance: Four awards of $100 will be made to competitors, one from each of the following Divisions: Keyboard, Strings, Wind and Vocal. Competitors must have performed as a soloist.
The Audrey Lees Award for Excellence in Piano Performance.
The Lady Anne Miller Award: Piano Division: A medallion may be awarded to the competitor with the highest aggregate in the Piano Division.
The Wilf Mader Memorial Medallion: Awarded to the most promising pianist 17 years or over.
The Miriam Hyde Medallion: Awarded to the most promising pianist 16 years or under.
Dulcie Holland Medallion: Awarded to the most promising pianist 12 years or under.
The Gabor Reeves Woodwind Medallion: To a woodwind player for excellence in performance.
The Standish Roberts Brass Medallion: To a brass player for excellence in performance.
The David Cubbin Flute Medallion: A medallion will be awarded by the Flute Society of SA to the most promising flautist in the Open Flute Section.
The Ray Rosser Memorial Award: An award of $100 will be presented to the most promising flautist from the 10 years or under or 12 years or under Sections.
The Cecily Wood Recorder Medallion: For the most promising Recorder player 16 years or under.
The Lady Anne Miller Award: Vocal Division: A medallion may be awarded to the competitor with the highest aggregate in the Vocal Division.
The Malcolm J. Orchard Memorial Prize for performance of an Operatic Aria.
The Australian Strings Association Award: A plaque will be awarded to the most outstanding competitor for Violin, Viola, Cello or Double Bass 18 years or under.
The Jane Peters Violin Medallion: Awarded to the most promising violinist 16 years or under. Competitors must have performed as a soloist.
The David Bishop Cello Medallion: Awarded for the most promising cellist 16 years and under. Competitors must have performed as a soloist.
The Adele Anthony Violin Medallion: Awarded to the most outstanding violinist 13 years or under. Competitors must have performed as a soloist.
The Helen Pietsch Excellence Award: A Prize of $100 for outstanding achievement in performance – in memory of the commitment of the late Helen Pietsch to choral music.
The Helen Pietsch Encouragement Award: A Prize of $100 for a non-prize winning choir showing great promise – in memory of the commitment of the late Helen Pietsch to choral music.
The Strathalbyn Eisteddfod Choral Prize: A prize of $300 will be awarded to the most outstanding choir from outer-metropolitan and country areas.
TRUST FUNDS
- Arnold Matters Vocal Scholarship Trust
- Adelaide Eisteddfod Concerto Trust
- Adelaide Eisteddfod Choral Trust & Strathalbyn Prize
- Adelaide Savage Club Trust – Clement Q. Williams Memorial Prize
- Alice Burns Memorial
- Andrea Clare Memorial
- ACHORD Choral Fund
- Audrey Lees Trust
- Barbara Howard Vocal Prize
- Bryan Sudlow Memorial
- Carina Singers’ Art Song Prize Fund – Gladys Bailey OAM Memorial
- Colin Finlayson Bequest
- Geoffrey Hackett-Jones Trust
- Gawler Barossa Oratorio Choir Inc. Trust
- Group Theatre Co. Inc. Trust
- Gwen Hughes Memorial
- Harold Parks Memorial
- Helen Pietsch Choral Trust
- Tancibudek AM & V. Tancibudek Trust
- Kingfisher Choir Fund. – William Harrison Chamber Choir Award
- Malcolm J Orchard Trust
- Nancy Thomas Memorial
- Jurgen Stahl Guitar Trust
- Lady Anne Miller Trust
- Neville Hicks Memorial
- Philip And Annie Cornish Guitar Trust
- Robert McCallum Brown Memorial Trust
- Speech And Drama Teachers Association Trust
- Special Award Winners Trust
- Strathalbyn Eisteddfod Prize
- Vera Clarkson Memorial
- William Harrison Chamber Choir Award
- Davey Family Trust – Edith and Ern Davey Memorial Prize
- Robert Darwin Bruce Brown Memorial Trust
MAJOR SPONSORS
Recitals Australia
Winston Music
CORPORATE SPONSORS
Adelaide Alice Music and Art Academy, Adelaide Baroque, APRA AMCOS, AMEB SA & NT, Australian String Quartet, Domenic Roscioli Guitars, Elder Conservatorium of Music, Ethnoclassics, Flute Tree, Presto Musical Repairs Pty Ltd, Rondo Music School, Malcolm Rowe Violins, Size Music, University of the Third Age Recorder Group, Urtext Stringed Instruments, Westpac-Lockleys Community Committee, The Australia Piano Warehouse.
SOCIETY SPONSORS
Adelaide Eisteddfod Society Inc., Adelaide Harmony Choir Inc. – Lewis Dawe Memorial, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Players` Association, ARPA Orchestra Inc., Associated Chamber Music Players of South Australia Inc. (ACMPSA), Australian National Choral Association (SA Chapter), Australian Strings Association Ltd. (SA Chapter), The Flute Society of SA Inc., The Friends of the State Opera SA Inc. Dawn Wallace Award, Gilbert and Sullivan Society of South Australia Inc., Italian Benevolent Society Inc., Mitcham Orchestra Inc., Music Teachers’ Association of South Australia Inc., Norwood Symphony Orchestra, Order of Australia Association (S.A. Branch), Recitals Australia, Richard Wagner Society of SA Inc., Rotary Club of Mitcham, South Australian Youth Guitar Ensemble (SAYGE), Society of Recorder Players SA Inc., South Australian (Public) Primary Schools Music Society Inc., Strings of Love.
INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS
Debra Andreacchio, the late Robert Brown OAM, Yvette Baer,Jane Burgess, Don and Lesley Catford, Leon Cattermole, Robert Caust, Zena Chapman, Jamie Cock, Philip and Annie Cornish, Margaret Coventry, Keith Crellin OAM, Ryszard Duluk, Mavis Dutton, Davey Family, Elaine Feng, Karen Fletcher, Jill Folauhola, Lisa Gill, Ian Goldring, Anna Goldsworthy, Stefan Krcmarov (TOOP+TOOP Real Estate), Brian and Suzanne McGowran – Else Buttler Memorial, Julia Grenfell, Frances Griffin, Rosanne Hammer, Mary Handley OAM, Phyl Heath, Samantha Hennessy, Jean Hill, Natalia Hubczenko, Sam Howes, Therese Janus, Derek Jones, Kevin Joughin, Masako Kondo, Jeffrey Kong, Caleb Lavery-Brook, Aloysius Leeson, Dr David Lockett AM, Lisi McGowran, Rondo Music School, Rosalind Martin, David Metin, Jennifer Newman, Luigi & Carmel Pisaniello, Linda Pirie,Lynne Reynolds, Alison Rosser OAM, Ruth Saffir, Diarshul Sandhu, Cara Seppelt, Eleonora Sivan, Rae Stratfold-Blackman, Tim Svenson, Janice Tan, Guila Tiver, The Accompanist Guild of South Australia, Di Truscott, Phuong Vuong, Rebecca Walker, Kai Wang, Dr Diana Weekes, Ron White, Cecily Wood OAM, Kim Worley, Helen Yon, Emmy Zhou, and anonymous sponsors.