PUPILS' SUCCESSES
2008
Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts 2008
CLIVE HOOK
Winner - Talfryn Rees Cup - Men's Solo
LANA ROBINSON with former pupil Sarah Kilmister
Winners - Gold Medal : Vocal Duet or Trio (19 years and under)
LANA ROBINSON
Silver Medal : Boys' or Girls' Solo (17 - 19 years)
SASHA NORTHOVER
Bronze Medal : Folk Song (16 - 18 years)
ISOBEL SAUL
Silver Medal : Girls' Solo (15 - 16 years)
RACHAEL MORRIS
Winner - WA Salisbury Cup : Folk Song (10 - 15 years)
JAMIE HORSEMAN
Silver Medal : Girls' or Boys' Solo (10 years and under)
KELLY REIGER (Nancy) and
JUDY COUCH (Director) on their
* Clive Hook (Baritone)
* Emily Doyle and
* Clive Hook (Baritone) Chalford * Stroud * Cirencester * Gloucester * Cheltenham * Tetbury * Nailsworth * Painswick * Dursley
SHAY POULTON-RICHARDS
Bronze Medal : Songs from the Shows (10 years and under)
Bristol Festival of Music, Speech & Drama 2008
CLIVE HOOK (Baritone)
Winner - Maureen Jones Trophy (Mature singers: Songs from Stage & Film)
OLIVER
spectacular success in OLIVER at the Cotswold Playhouse April 2008.
2007
Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts 2007
* REBECCA GOODISON (Mezzo-Soprano)
Winner - Nesta Lane Challenge Cup (Vocal solo - Ladies)
* SASHA NORTHOVER
Winner - Gold Medal (Songs from the Shows 13 and 14)
* CLIVE HOOK (Baritone)
Winner - Margaret Crawley Challenge Cup (Victorian/Edwardian Song - Any voice)
Bristol Festival of Music, Speech & Drama 2007
* CLIVE HOOK (Baritone)
Winner - Malcolm Williams Memorial Trophy (Light Opera, Open)
Winner - Boosey & Hawkes Trophy (Men's Solo, Open)
Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts 2006
Winner - Somerby Challenge Cup (20th Century class)
* Portia Costanza-Brown
who have both been awarded scholarships to study Music Theatre at
the prestigious LONDON STUDIO CENTRE
WINNER : BEST ACT 14 - 16 : Undiscovered Youth Talent Contest 2006
2005
* Chris Townsend
Finalist in the UK Songwriters Contest 2005
* Carmel Keogh (Pianist)
Silver and Bronze medal winner - Cheltenham Festival 2005
* Rachel Lobley (Singer)
Silver medal winner - Cheltenham Festival 2005
* Sam Johnson (Pianist)
Bronze medal winner - Cheltenham Festival 2005
2 Honours certificates, 1 Distinction
Cheltenham Town Hall
Home of the Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts
* Richard Loftus (Scarecrow) and
Clare Jackson (Wicked Witch) on their
spectacular success in THE WIZARD OF OZ at the Cotswold Playhouse 2005.
(Not forgetting former pupil
Sarah Kilmister, who played DOROTHY.)
* Rhian Weaver
2nd in BEST SINGER category - Undiscovered Youth Talent Contest 2005
1st - Silver cup winner - Cheltenham Festival 2004
(Gilbert & Sullivan class)
* Emma Cooper (Pianist)
1st - Silver cup winner - Cheltenham Festival 2003
