Adjudicators 2012

Speech & Drama

Susan Mackay ALAM, LLAM, DDA
For 10 years, Susan ran the Fylde Stage School teaching all levels of RAD and ISTD dance and LAMDA before continuing her training at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. After seasons in Repertory Theatre, Touring and TV, she decided that it was time to realise other dreams.
Susan now directs Upstage Drama covering all aspects of speech and drama to LAMDA standards, GCSE Drama and Young People’s Theatre. She also teaches performance skills to all ages.
The teaching and performance of Shakespeare prompts her strongest opinions. This is closely followed by the belief that of all the words spoken and written about speech and drama, fun and enjoyment are the most important.
She sees her rôle as an Adjudicator as a combination of bringing new ideas to text and performance as well as fresh encouragement to every participant. She feels that everyone should leave a Festival with a sense of achievement.

Music

Timothy Barratt ARAM, GRSM, LRAM, ARCM, LMusTCL
Timothy Barratt studied on a Scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, winning many major awards, and completed his studies with Vlado Perlemuter in Paris.
He has toured and broadcast extensively in the UK and abroad as soloist, accompanist and chamber music player. As accompanist he has partnered such artists as Dame Felicity Lott, Ilse Wolf, Stephen Varcoe and Robert White.

He lectured in Principles of Education at the Royal Academy of Music for many years and is currently a piano teacher in the Junior Department, in addition to his role as Head of Keyboard at Dulwich College. He has been an Associated Board examiner, trainer and lecturer since 1991, has co-written the Board’s Teaching Notes on Piano Exam pieces and acts as a Mentor for the Certificate of Teaching.

Professor David Hoult MusB (Hons), MPhil, GRSM, ARMCM, FRCM, FRNCM, FLCM, HonFBC
Professor David Hoult has been a professional horn player, singer and conductor. He was Principal of Leeds College of Music from 1993 until his retirement in 2008. Previously he was Head of Music at University College Salford, and Director of Music at Cheadle Hulme School in Manchester.
As a horn player Professor Hoult performed with many UK orchestras, including Sadlers Wells Opera, the Hallé, and the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra. From 1975 until 1990 he was a member of the BBC Northern Singers, giving countless concerts and broadcasts throughout the UK and Europe, and also in Australia, Hong Kong and South East Asia. He has performed at most of the major British festivals, including the Proms, Edinburgh, Aldeburgh and Cheltenham. He has sung much of the standard concert and oratorio repertoire, as well as a number of operatic baritone roles, including Figaro in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro and Leporello in Don Giovanni. He has also been a regular writer and presenter of music programmes on BBC Radios 3 and 4. He is well known as an adjudicator of music festivals and competitions, appearing at events such as the National Festival of Music for Youth, the Granada Television National School Choirs Competition, the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival, and the Sri Lanka Festival. He currently holds an appointment as an assessor of music performance for Arts Council England.

Maria Jagusz GRNCM
Maria Jagusz trained at the Royal Northern College of Music and the National Opera Studio. Since then she has worked as soloist for most of the leading opera companies in the UK and Europe including The Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, English National Opera, Scottish Opera, Singapore Opera, Opera De Lyon and Opera North.
Earlier this year the Silurian Consort made her their honorary chairman because of her contribution to music in the Cotswolds.
Maria is passionate about creating opportunities for up and coming artists and runs MJUK which helps provide performing and training opportunities. Through this company she has directed La Boheme, Dido and Aeneas, Little Sweep, Les Miserables and Love on the Rocks for Longborough Festival Opera. Other directing credits include Carmen (Swindon Opera) Tom Sawyer, Jesus Christ Superstar, Secret Garden, Chess, West Side Story for MJUK.