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IMPORTANT - DUE TO COVID19, THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES TO THE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR. BUT WE ARE STILL RUNNING A PRESTIGIOUS EVENT. PLEASE GO TO "WHAT'S NEW FOR 2020?" AND READ ALL ABOUT IT.

Maidstone Music Festival is an adjudicative music festival, open to amateur performers of all ages and levels of ability.
It provides opportunities to perform individually or in an ensemble to an audience, and to receive educative adjudication from highly qualified musicians.
Performers can choose to enter either competitive or non-competitive classes. All entrants are awarded a certificate and a personal written appraisal of their performance. Medals can be won in the competitive classes. Although most classes are for amateur performers, those classes marked "Open" can be entered by professional musicians.
Maidstone Music Festival also provides exclusive opportunities to qualify for entry into the Maidstone Young Musician of the Year competition, which is organized by Maidstone Dawn Patrol Rotary Club. Details are provided within the Syllabus.

Classes are offered within the following categories:
Piano

Strings, both bowed and plucked

Woodwind, brass, recorders

Singing

Additional instruments

Mixed ensembles

Solo versatility

Contemporary composer

Please read the syllabus for more details.

Maidstone Music Festival is a member of the Maidstone Area Arts Committee and is affiliated to the British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech.
Patron: Her Majesty the Queen.

Outline of class dates
(Not applicable during 2020 because the Festival will be held online)

Piano                                           Saturday 28 November
                                          Sunday 29 November
Strings     Sunday 29 November
Wind     Sunday 29 November
Singing    Saturday 28 November
Sunday 29 November
Additional Instruments        Saturday 28/Sunday 29 November
Mixed Ensembles      Saturday 28/Sunday 29 November
Solo Versatility                         Saturday 28/Sunday 29 November
Contemporary Composer   Saturday 28/Sunday 29 November

Festival Venue
(not applicable in 2020, because the Festival will be held online)

LOCATION
All classes will be held at Invicta Grammar School, Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, ME14 5DR
HOW TO GET THERE:
Invicta Grammar School is situated 1⁄2 mile east of Maidstone's town centre. It is in Huntsman Lane, which leads northwards from A20 Ashford Road. If approaching via the town, look for direction signs indicating 'Bearsted A20'. Once on A20 Ashford Road, turn left into Huntsman Lane about 100 metres after passing beneath a railway bridge.
PARKING:
There is a school car park in front of the main building, with additional parking beside and behind the building via the access road to Valley Park Community School. Some on-street parking is permitted at weekends in parts of Huntsman Lane and Vinters Road. The nearest public car park is about 1⁄4 mile away off Vinters Road.
Please do not contact Invicta Grammar School on matters connected with this Festival. The school is not the organiser of the Festival.

Friends of Maidstone Music Festival

Mr Peter Atkinson & Mrs Monica Atkinson; Mrs Mary Bartlett; Mr Humphry Evatt;
Mrs Margaret Holgate; Mr Graeme Humphrey; Mr Peter Kirby; Mr John Lewis &Mrs Gloria Lewis; Mrs Nancy Litten;
Mrs Ruth Looker; Mr Bob Norris; Mrs Angela Revis; Mrs MaryAnn Mathews

WHY NOT BECOME A FRIEND OF MAIDSTONE MUSIC FESTIVAL? For £20 per year, or £200 for life membership, you can enjoy free entry as audience to the annual music festival, free entry to all concerts given by Maidstone Music Festival, and receive an invitation to join in the annual Maidstone Music Festival meal (which will not be free, but is still a very enjoyable occasion). For details of how to go about this, please contact our secretary, Robert Greenham (see Contacts Page).

Acknowledgments

Maidstone Music Festival gratefully acknowledges the help of its team of volunteers to run the Festival, the material sponsorship by Warner Pianos, and all financial assistance from Friends of MMF and from various parties in the past. The Festival is a member of the Maidstone Area Arts Partnership.
Maidstone Young Musician, in partnership with Maidstone Music Festival, is sponsored by Maidstone Dawn Patrol Rotary Club.