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Details of the test pieces and classes can be downloaded from the links below.  If you would like to enter, please download also an entry form.  These are in Adobe pdf format, which most browsers can read.  If your computer is unable to download them, you may need to install Adobe Reader . 

Note that the Rotary trophy competition is open to young people who reside in the Holmfirth area (see details below for exact definitions), and carries a £250 prize.  Apart from this class, and the choirs class, none of the other classes carry monetary prizes.

• Full syllabus (including regulations, details of all classes, but no entry form) (pdf,328KB)
• Regulations only  (pdf, 240KB)
• Class & Test Piece Details (except Rotary Trophy)  (pdf, 37KB)
• Rotary Trophy Details (pdf, 23KB)
• Entry Form  (pdf, 34KB)
• Entry Form  (Microsoft Word document format, 36KB)

Test pieces may be bought locally from Dolphin in Huddersfield, or online from (amongst others) musicroom.com.

Two of the classes have test pieces which may be difficult to locate.  Editions of these have been specially produced, and can be obtained online via the links below.

• Class 15 Piano Duet "Spanish Dance no.1" (Moszkowski)
• Class 27 Baritone Solo "Revenge Timotheus Cries" (Handel)

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