The object is not to defeat a rival, but to pace each other on the road to excellence
H. Walford Davies
Eligibility to the Festival Weekend and to the appropriate classes will be determined by the performer’s age on 31 January 2025. Performers will receive further and more specific details of the timetable, procedures etc., after the final date of the receipt of the Entry Form. Winners of classes in the 2024 Festival are not eligible to enter the SAME class in 2025 unless moving to a different age category. Performers in the Singers’ Platform are not eligible to enter this part of the Festival. Similarly, any 1st study singer aged either between 19 and 28 years studying at conservatoire or university, or between 14 and 19 years at a specialist music school or junior conservatoire, will only be eligible for the Singers’ Platform section of the Festival.
Venues for The Festival
6th, 7th and 8th February 2026 | Dore and Totley United Reformed Church, Totley Brook Road, Sheffield, S17 3QS
and
8th February Evening| Tapton Hall, Shore Lane, Sheffield, S10 3BU
RUNNING ORDER 2026
FRIDAY 6TH FEBRUARY 2026 (Dore and Totley United Reform Church, Totley Brook Rd, S17 3QS)
Time | Class Number | Class Title | No. of singers in class | Official Accompanist |
5.00pm | 13 | Vocal Solo (age 7-8years) | 3 | Nigel Gyte |
5.20pm | 14* | Vocal Solo (age 9-11 years) | 19 | Nigel Gyte |
6.10pm | 15* | Vocal Solo: Songs from the Shows (age 9-11 years) | 10 | Nigel Gyte |
7.00pm |
| BREAK |
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7.20pm | 22 | French or German Song (age 15 years and under) | 6 | Nigel Gyte |
7.55pm | 25 | World Song (any age) | 8 | Nigel Gyte |
8.45pm End of Day
SATURDAY 7TH FEBRUARY 2026 (Dore and Totley United Reform Church, Totley Brook Rd, S17 3QS)
Time | Class Number | Class Title | No. in class | Official Accompanist |
9.30am | 16* | British Song (age 12-15 years) | 14 | Alan Eost |
10.20am | 9 | Preparatory Recital (age 12-13 years) | 5 | Alan Eost |
11.15am | 10* | Junior Recital (age 14-15 years) | 2 | Alan Eost |
11.45am | 11 | Intermediate Recital (16-18 years) | 3 | Alan Eost |
12.30pm |
| LUNCH |
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1.30pm | 27a | Songs from the Shows, Films and Musicals pre 1960 (age 12-15years) | 10 | Philip Collin |
2.30pm | 27b | Songs from the Shows, Films and Musicals post 1960 (age 12-15years) | 12 | Philip Collin |
3.20pm | 30 | Ensemble Class (any age) | 6 | Philip Collin |
4.05pm | 26 | Songs with Words by Shakespeare (any age) | 2 | Philip Collin |
4.30pm |
| TEA |
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5.00pm | 28a | Songs from the Shows, Films and Musicals pre 1960 (age 16-18 years) | 11 | Nigel Gyte |
6.00pm | 28b | Songs from the Shows, Films and Musicals post 1960 (age 16-18 years) | 10 | Nigel Gyte |
7.00pm | 17 | British Song (age 16-18 years) | 8 | Nigel Gyte |
7.40pm | 19 | Oratorio or Sacred Song/Light Opera (age 16-18 years) | 6 | Nigel Gyte |
8.30pm End of Day
DAVID CLOVER FESTIVAL WEEKEND CLASS RUNNING ORDER 2026 cont.
SUNDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 2026 (Tapton Hall, Shore lane, S10 3 BU)
Time | Class Number | Class Title | No. of singers in class | Official Accompanist |
10.00am | 29a | Songs from the Shows, Films and Musicals pre 1960 (age 19 years and over) | 4 | Alan Eost |
10.30am | 29b | Songs from the Shows, Films and Musicals post 1960 (age 19 years and over) | 3 | Alan Eost |
11.00am | 20 | Oratorio or Sacred Song (age 19 years and over) | 4 | Alan Eost |
11.40am | 12 | Open Recital (age 19 years and over) | 4 | Alan Eost |
12.50pm |
| LUNCH |
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2.00pm | 24 | Lieder (age 16 years and over) | 7 | Philip Collin |
2.40pm | 23 | French Song (age 16 years and over) | 6 | Philip Collin |
3.15pm | 21 | Opera and Light Opera (age 19 and over) | 6 | Philip Collin |
4.05pm | 18 | British Song (age 19 years and over) | 5 | Philip Collin |
4.45pm End of Classes
6.30pm GALA FINALS EVENING BEGINS