Music Success, Feis Results 2017 – Classical Music Section

Enniskillen Royal Grammar School is delighted that the Classical Music Section of the Feis is up and running again after a two-year break. We had a large number of entries across the school in Solo Vocal and Instrumental Classes as well as Ensemble and Senior Choir entries. The Feis provided a positive platform for participating pupils who in many cases won medals and were commended for their performances. The adjudicator, Richard Yarr who is a Senior Producer working in Classical Music for the BBC was most positive with each pupil giving useful tips on how to improve and develop their skills and musicianship. The Senior Choir gave a commanding performance and we celebrated wonderful ensemble performances by both a more established Senior Brass Ensemble as well as a newly formed Junior Woodwind Ensemble. We are especially delighted to have ERGS pupils winning a number of the Overall Best Performer prizes including Best Vocal Soloists in KS3, KS4 and at KS5 Sophie Coalter was named as ‘Young Singer of the Year’. We also had Best Overall Instrumentalists at Grades 3-4 and 5-6 level.

Choral and Ensemble:

Senior Choral:               1^st  ERGS Senior Choir

KS3 Ensemble:             1^st  ERGS Woodwind Ensemble

KS4/5 Ensemble:         1^st  ERGS Senior Brass Ensemble

Instrumental Solo Classes: (Gr = Grade)

Strings Gr 1/2              1^st Casie Stewart

Strings Gr 5/6              1^st Rebecca Egerton

Strings Gr 7/8              1^st Timothy Boomer &  2^nd Ellen Bloomfield

Woodwind Gr 1/2       1^st Charlie Smith

Woodwind Gr 3/4       1^st Sarah Kirke &  2^nd = Ruth Beadle & Luke Paton

Woodwind Gr 5/6       1^st Natalie Honeyman,  2^nd James Bloomfield & 3^rd Rebecca Dickson

Woodwind Gr 7/8       1^st Katherine Dickson

Brass Gr 5/6                 1^st Rachael Fyffe

Brass Gr 7/8                 1^st Chloe Eagleson, 2^nd Stephen Humphreys &  3^rd Katie Bloomfield

Vocal Solo Classes:

KS3 – Art Song (Classical Singing)

1^st           Catherine Graham

2^nd          Kate McGarry

3^rd  =      Alex Kerr & Dylan Thompson

KS4 – Art Song

1^st           Michelle Elliott

2^nd          Jasmine Dooris

3^rd =       Elana Mulligan & Annabel Stewart

KS5 – Art Song

1^st           Alexander Beattie

2^nd          Sarah-Jayne Makhlouf

KS3 – Songs from the Shows

1^st =         Erin Brown

2^nd          Casie Stewart

3^rd           Kate McGarry

KS4 – Songs from the Shows

1st          Annabel Stewart

2^nd          Michelle Elliott

KS5 – Songs from the Shows

1st          Sophie Coalter

2^nd          Alexander Beattie

3^rd           Sam Lindsay

Piano Solo Classes:

Grade 3/4            1^st Calum Smith & 2^nd Kayla Noble

Grade 5/6            1^st Jason Man &  3^rd Usna MacErlane

Grade 7/8            2^nd Milo Wong  &  3^rd Ellen Bloomfield

Diploma               2^nd Katie Bloomfield

Individual Overall Solo Winners:

KS3 Vocal:                                                       Catherine Graham

KS4 Vocal:                                                       Annabel Stewart

Young Singer of the Year:                               Sophie Coalter

Best Overall Grade 3/4 Instrumentalist:        Calum Smith

Best Overall Grade 5/6 Instrumentalist:        Rachael Fyffe