Prizewinners 2025

Thursday 16th October

5.30pm | Class 7 | Instrumental Ensembles Year 6 & Under
1st Prize: Note Brass Junior  
5.40pm | Class 8 | Instrumental Ensembles Year 9 & Under
1st Prize: Hanson Arts Quintet
2nd Prize: Equal Note Brass and Ted and Sophie Watkins
6.00pm | Class 9 | Instrumental Ensembles Year 11 & Under
1st Prize: Note Brass Senior 
6.10pm | Class 10 | Instrumental Ensembles Age 18 & Under 
1st Prize: Rossignol String Quartet – Outstanding
6.20pm | Class 11 |  Instrumental Ensembles Open 
1st Prize: Hanson Arts
2nd Prize: Hanson Arts Ukeleles
6.40pm | Class 43 | Family Class 
1st Prize: The Melling Family
7.00pm | Class 44 | Small Vocal Ensembles
1st Prize: Hanson Arts Choir – Outstanding
2nd Prize: Shelley Singers Youth Choir
7.30pm | Class 45 | Young People’s Choirs 
1st Prize: Musica Mirfield Youth Choir – Outstanding
2nd Prize: St John’s J and Infant School Golcar – The Directors Cup for the most entertaining performance of the whole festival
8.00pm | Class 46 | Choir Challenge 
1st Prize: Gledholt Male Voice Choir – Outstanding
2nd Prize: Shelley Singers Adult Choir
8.30pm | Class 47 | Rotary Club of Holmfirth Millennium Trophy
Winner: Eleanor Hanson Viola

Friday 17th October – Main Hall

5.00pm | Class 12 | Piano Solo Year 4 & Under 
Winner: Archie Jackson – also awarded the Holme Valley Trophy for the winner with the highest mark who lives in the Holme Valley
Runners up: Robin Hanson & Aoife Saunders
5.25pm | Class 13 | Piano Solo Year 6 & Under
1st Prize: Walton Gan – Outstanding
2nd Prize: Gabriel Voldman – Outstanding
3rd Prize: Archie Jackson  
6.00pm | Class 14 | Piano Solo Year 8 & Under 
1st Prize: Linus Goodridge – Outstanding
2nd Prize: Brendan Trygstad – Outstanding
3rd Prize: Walton Gan
6.25pm | Class 15 | Piano Solo Year 10 & Under
1st Prize: Ryan Chi – Outstanding
2nd Prize: Walton Gan – Outstanding
3rd Prize: Noah Fawcett – Outstanding & Linus Goodridge – Outstanding
7.15pm | Class 16 | Piano Solo Year 12 & Under 
1st Prize: James Michael – Outstanding
2nd Prize: Orla Saunders – Outstanding
3rd Prize: Linus Goodridge – Outstanding
7.50pm | Class 17 | Piano Solo Age 17 & Over 
Winner: Orla Saunders
8.05pm | Class 32 | Songs from Walt Disney Years 11 – 13
1st Prize: Aurelia Grundy – Outstanding
2nd Prize: Laila Battiwalla – Outstanding
3rd Prize: Lexi Pygott – Outstanding

Friday 17th October – Upper Hall

5.30pm | Class 22 |  Solo Voices Year 5 & Under 
1st Prize: Eyden Harrison-Roberts
2nd Prize: Imogen Antich
3rd Prize: Millie Sanderson
6.11pm | Class 23 | Solo Voices Years 6 & 7 
1st Prize: Annie Hutton
2nd Prize: Pixie Pettigrew
3rd Prize: Billy King
7.00pm | Class 24 | Solo Voices Years 8 & 9 
1st Prize: Gilda Melling
2nd Prize: Florence Lee
3rd Prize: Rosalind Ireland
7.50pm | Class 25 | Solo Voices Years 10 & 11 
1st Prize: Lexi Pygott
2nd Prize: Clementine Melling
3rd Prize: Phoebe Hollinson & Jess Gledhill
8.30pm | Class 26 | Solo Voices Years 12 & 13 
1st Prize: Poppy Ferguson – Outstanding
2nd Prize: Sofia Bograd & Isla Jones
3rd Prize: Molly Gray
9.30pm | Class 27 | Junior Rose Bowl Challenge 
Winner: Poppy Ferguson

Saturday 18th October – Main Hall

9.00am | Class 28 | Music Theatre Year 8 & Under 
1st Prize: Pixie Pettigrew
2nd Prize: Annie Hutton
3rd Prize: Harry Breen
11.30am | Class 39 | Light Opera  
Winner: Richard Buxton
11.51am | Class 41 | Music Theatre 
1st Prize: Damien Stirling
2nd Prize: Richard Buxton
3rd Prize: Alex Walker & Martin Haigh 
12.45pm | Class 40 | Folk Song  
Winner: Alex Walker
2.00pm | Class 34 | Solo Voice English Art Song Adult Voices
1st Prize: Damien Stirling – Outstanding
2nd Prize: Colin Shires – Outstanding
3rd Prize: Richard Buxton 
2.45pm | Class 35 | Operatic Solo Adult Voices 
1st Prize: Richard Buxton
2nd Prize: Damien Stirling
3.25pm | Class 36 | Oratorio Solo Adult Voices 
Winner: Colin Shires
3.50pm | Class 37 | German Lieder or French Melodie Adult Voices 
1st Prize: Richard Buxton
2nd Prize: Colin Shires  
4.20pm | Class 38 | Rose Bowl Competition Adult Voices
Winner: Damien Stirling 
4.40pm | Class 42 | Songs from Walt Disney Adult Voices 
Winner: Damien Stirling
6.00pm | Class 29 | Music Theatre | Years 9 – 13 
1st Prize: Aurelia Grundy – Outstanding
2nd Prize: Florence Lee
3rd Prize: Gabriella Hoyle, Mia Tebb & Sophia Taylor

Saturday 18th October – Upper Hall

9.00am | Class 30 | Songs from Walt Disney Year 7 & under 
1st Prize: Millie Sanderson – Outstanding
2nd Prize: Annie Hutton – Outstanding
3rd Prize: Pixie Pettigrew & Poppy Greenwood – Outstanding
10.45am | Class 31 | Songs from Walt Disney Years 8 – 10 
1st Prize: Florence Lee – Outstanding
2nd Prize: Sienna Hinson – Outstanding
3rd Prize: Clementine Melling – Outstanding
2.00pm | Class 1 | Solo Instruments Year 8 & under 
1st Prize: Sophia Watkins (Violin)
2nd Prize: Gabriel Voldman (Violin)
3rd Prize: Jun Rong Wang (Bb Cornet)
6.00pm | Class 2 | Solo Instruments Year 10 & under 
1st Prize: Mirth Tat (Violin) – Outstanding
2nd Prize: Emily Clegg (Trombone)
3rd Prize: Kye Chen (Trombone)
6.55pm | Class 3 | Solo Instruments Age 18 & under 
Joint 1st Prize:
Lucy Hanson (Violin) – Outstanding
Triele Tat (Cello) – Outstanding
7.20pm | Class 33 | Pop Ballad Years 9 -13 
1st Prize: Aurelia Grundy Exceptional Performance – the highest mark of the Festival
2nd Prize: Poppy Ferguson – Outstanding
3rd Prize: Eleanor Hanson – Outstanding

Special Awards

Outstanding Vocalist – Kendall Green Trophy
Damien Stirling

Most Promising Young Singer & Highest Mark in the Festival – Louise Hinchcliffe Trophy
Aurelia Grundy

Congratulations to you all!