Fife Festival of Music

Alumni

In celebration of the Silver Anniversary of The Fife Festival of Music in 2005 we thought it would be fun to build up a list of people who have appeared in the Festival over the last quarter of a century and find out where they are now.

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Entrant Festival History Where Now Update
Victoria Barclay Piano solo and duet classes, Cello solo classes and various school categories. Just graduated from RSAMD and now a probationer music teacher at St. Columba's High in Dunfermline 10th January 2007
Roy Bell c1984 - Flute Class Winner Lives London and is prinicpal Flute with the Haydn Chamber orchestra.
Also with the Salomon Symphony Orchestra, The Westminster Philharmonic,
The Lambeth Orchestra and Chelsea Opera Group.
Orchestra manager for Midsummer Opera and been designing opera
in Denmark for last 6 years.
Currently Head of Department on an animation feature for 20th Century Fox.		 11th July 2008
Isobel Clarke 2005 - Concerto Class Winner First year at Royal College of Music studying recorder and violin 4th February 2006
Hannah Craib

 2002 - Viola Open winner Final year student at Royal College of Music, London 4th February 2006
Fiona Howe (Tayport) 1998 - 2004: Piano & String (violin/viola) competitor Birmingham Conservatoire (1st study piano) 5th February 2005
Anne Macdonald (now Law) Late eighties: Winner of Open Oboe and Concerto Class Playing professionally with the Royal Philharmonic, Glyndebourne Touring Opera, English National Opera and most other orchestras in the UK. Also teaching at Eton College not to mention married with two children aged 3 and 22 months!! 28th February 2005
Lesley McBain (now McIntosh) Mid 80s: Won the Nancy Paul Shield and the Hamish G Munro Cup for piano and competed in piano duet/trio & Violin classes Much older, not much wiser, but still playing piano. Enjoying it much more now the pressure is off! Daughter Rhona(10) competing in Elementary Cello class 1st February 2005
Jenna McGuire 2002 - Woodwind Open winner (Flute) and many school groups (Inverkeithing HS) from 1997-2002 Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Final year of B. Ed. (Music) studying flute, piano and voice 16th January 2006
Gillian McLean Appeared in the first festival (previously competed in Perth). From memory entered in the woodwind (oboe), piano and female vocal categories. Can't remember if I won but I do remember getting a certificate. A great and memorable learning experience - thank you! Living in Edinburgh and alas not involved with music actively any more although I retain my love of it. Considering picking it up again though. 21st February 2005
Kay McManus Won Hugh Ferguson and Gavin Forrester trophies for viola. Last year of participation 1992. Working for British Geological Survey in Keyworth. Playing with Nottingham Symphony Orchestra. 4th February 2006
Neil McManus Winner of a few 'cello classes until 1990 Computer Scientist with Centre for Medical Education, Dundee. Keeps cello tuned regularly!! 4th February 2006
Alexander Mathewson (13) Piano classes -
2002 - Intermediate runner-up
2003 - Advanced winner
2004 - Pre-open runner-up 		Pupil at the town music school in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 5th January 2006
Shelagh Walker (now Heath) Concerto Class, Open Cello class and others Living in Hong Kong and playing in Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Teaching cello privately and having a baby in May 2005. 22nd April 2005
Martha Ann Wilson (now Brookes) Competed from 1981 (the First Festival) to 1984. Played in over a dozen classes and won the Seafield Colliery Cup for Brass playing in 1981,82 & 83 and the Charles Duncan Trophy, for Accordion playing, in 1982 & 1984. Studied at the RSAMD Junior Academy (thanks to advice from the Festival adjudicator). Now principal trombone for "Viva" orchestra (Derby) and for Birmingham Opera Company as well as freelancing and teaching in 5 schools. 9th March 2006