Past Winners
Here are the Past Winners of The Burton on Trent Competitive Vocal Festival…
Festival 14: 2017
| Class 1 | 10 years of age and under |
| Megan Hambleton | I Know Things Now |
| Sam Evans | UFO Blues |
| Camille Smith | The Skylark |
| Class 2 | 11 to 14 years. Show Song |
| Sam Horton | A Brown Bird Singing |
| Naomi King | Close Thine Eyes |
| Laili Khan | Path to the Moon |
| Class 3 10 years of age and under Show Song | |
| Camille Smith | We’re Off to see the Wizard |
| Tara Marashi | Truly Scrumptious |
| Megan Hambleton | Naughty |
| Class 4 11 to 14 years Show Song | |
| Sam Horton | Les Poissons |
| Naomi King | My House |
| Grace Hull | Castle on a Cloud |
| Class 5 15 to 16 years Show Song | |
| Megan Reed | I Have Dreamed |
| Molly Chambers | Hello Young Lovers |
| Class 6. 15 years of age and under Classical Song | |
| Nadia Potter | Rune of Hospitality |
| Stephanie Addison | Where’er You Walk |
| Molly Chambers | Spring & Sorrow |
| Class 7. 15 to 18 years Classical Song | |
| Alisha Khan | Young Love Lies Sleeping |
| Sophie Benfield | Quella fiamma che m’accende |
| Ewan Bourne | Linden Lea |
| Class 8. Folk Song. Traditional. Unaccompanied | |
| Ewan Bourne | Down by the Salley Gardens |
| Sam Horton | Skye Boat Song |
| Megan Reed | The Water of Tyne |
| Class 9. Foreign Language Open | |
| Alisha Khan | Still wie die Nacht |
| Annabelle Pepper | Verborgenheit |
| Gillian Von Fragstein | Air Champetre. No 2 Air Chantes |
| Class 10. 17 years of age and over Show Song | |
| Alexandra Beason | I have confidence |
| Ewan Bourne | Proud of Your Baby |
| Sharon Plummer | I Never Knew His Name |
| Class 11. Open Classical including Operatic or Oratorio Aria | |
| Alice Chambers | Ah! Belinda |
| Annabelle Pepper | Nobles seigneurs salut! |
| Gillian Von Fragstein | Tecum Principium |
| Class 12. Gilbert and Sullivan Own Choice | |
| Annabelle Pepper | I’m Called Little Buttercup |
| Katie Wood | Were I Thy Bride |
| Alisha Khan | Poor Wandering One |
| Class 13. Recital Class Open | |
| Annabelle Pepper | Pur dicesti o’bocca bella |
| The Sky Above the Roof | |
| O mio Fernando | |
| Alexandra Beason | Che faro senza Euridice |
| Du Ring an meinem finger | |
| It was a lover | |
| Nadia Potter | Amarilli, mia bella |
| Du bist die Ruh | |
| I Got Rhythm | |
| Class 14. Duet 18yrs. and under Own Choice | |
| A & L Khan | Chim Chim Cher-ee |
| S Bailey & A Frost | What a Wonderful World |
| E Cook & A Middleton | Drunken Sailor |
| Class 15 Duet Open Own Choice | |
| C Mott & A Glover | Over the Rainbow |
| A Pepper & S Plummer | Barcarolle |
| G Hair & E Arnoux | For Good |
| Class 16 Junior Ensemble Own Choice | |
| Cantabile | The Lily and the Rose |
| Voce Jnr | Bring him Home |
| Vocalise | I’m Goin’ up a Yonder |
| Class 17 Open Ensemble Own Choice | |
| St Wystans Sch. Staff & Parent Choir | California Dreaming |
| Cantabile | Wherever You Are |
| Dolce | Dreamer |
| Class 18 Jazz Solo Open | |
| Annabelle Pepper | Nice Work If You Can Get It |
| Sharon Plummer | If You Love Me |
| Rachael Histed | Stormy Weather |
| Class 19 Contempory Commercial Music Own Choice | |
| Amy Glover | Can’t Help Falling in Love |
| Emilie Arnoux | I Wanna Dance With Somebody |
| Lilly Prince | I, Who Have Nothing |
| Class 20 Age 60 yrs and over Own Choice | |
| Jean Edwards | I Dreamed a Dream |
| Jeff Hurd | The Cloths of Heaven |
| Festival 13 | 2016 | |
| Overall Junior Award | Sam Horton | |
| Overall Senior Award | Alexandra Beason | |
| Mabel Millin Award | Wil Pearson | |
| Marilyn Baker Award | Amy van Walsum | |
| Duet Over 19 years | Sharon Plummer & Jo Cresswell | |
| Duet Under 19 years | Wil Pearson & Ollie Last | |
| Junior Ensemble Under 19 years | Cantabile | |
| Senior Ensemble | Burton Musical Theatre Co. | |
| Gilbert & Sullivan Open | Jean Edwards | |
| Jazz Solo Open | Sharon Plummer | |
| Foreign Language Open | Alexandra Beason | |
| Classical Open | Alexandra Beason | |
| Open Recital | Alexandra Beason | |
| Show Song Under 11 years | Anna Milne | |
| Show Song 12-16 years | Anya Prabhakar | |
| Show Song 12-16years | Sam Horton | |
| Over 17 Show Song | Alexandra Beason | |
| Folk Open | Stephanie Addison | |
| 11-12years Own Choice | Isabelle Jones | |
| 15-21 Classical Song | Alexandra Beason | |
| Under 15 Classical Song | Sam Horton | |
| Under 11 years | George Moore | |
| CCM open | Emilie Arnoux |
| Festival 12 | 2015 | |
| Overall Jun | Vocalise | |
| Overall Sen | Will Pearson | |
| Marylin Baker award | Alisha Khan | |
| Mabel Millen award | Georgia Hair | |
| Duet | Clair Mott & Amy Glover |
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| Duet – under 19 | Shannon Robinson & Emma Carter | |
| Ensemble | OCHO | |
| G&S | Alisha Khan |
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| Jazz solo | Will Pearson |
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| Jun Ensemble | Vocalise |
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| Language | Natella Atkins |
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| Open Opera or Oratorio | Sharon Plummer |
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| Recital | Annabelle Pepper | |
| Show Song 11 years and Under | Megan Hambleton | |
| Show Song 12-16 years | Georgia Hair |
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| Show Song Over 17 | Amy Glover |
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| Trad unaccompanied folk Song | Ewan Bourne |
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| Under 12 | Sam Horton | |
| Under 21 Classical | Sam Horton |
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| Contemporary Commercial Music |
Laura Prince |
| Festival 11 | 2014 | |
| Overall Jun | Sam Horton | |
| Overall Sen | Sharon Plummer | |
| Marylin Baker award | Alisha Khan | |
| Mabel Millen award | Wil Pearson | |
| Duet | Clair Mott & Laura Prince | Over the Rainbow |
| Duet – under 19 | Emma Cook & Lilly Prince | Humpty Dumpty |
| Ensemble | All That JASS | For Now |
| G&S | Georgia Dennis | Sir Rupert Murgatroyd |
| Jazz solo | Sharon Plummer | Love For Sale |
| Jun Ensemble | Mini Mellows | When I Grow up |
| Language | Annabelle Pepper | Ganymed |
| Open Opera or Oratorio | Anna Rose | The Cloths of Heaven |
| Recital | Annabelle Pepper | |
| Show Song 11 years and Under | Megan Hambleton | Maybe |
| Show Song 12-16 years | Wil Pearson | Jack’s Lament |
| Show Song Over 17 | Jack Hawkins | When Words Fail |
| Trad unaccompanied folk Song | Gillian von Fragstein | The Cuckoo |
| Under 12 | Sam Horton | Danny Boy |
| Under 21 Classical | Alisha Khan | Gathering Daffodils |
| Festival 10 | 2013 | |
| Overall Jun | Ed Robinson | |
| Overall Sen | Lee Smith | |
| Marylin Baker award | Ruth Dews | |
| Mabel Millen award | ??? | |
| Duet | Sharon Plummer & Andy Last | Something |
| Duet – under 19 | Pearson Bros | Trail of Lonesome Pine |
| Ensemble | All That Jass | Scarborough Fair |
| G&S | Laura Prince | Sir Rupert Murgatroyd |
| Jazz solo | Sharon Plummer | Someday my Prince |
| Jnr Show 14 – 18 yrs | Ed Robinson | If I Can’t Love Her |
| Jnr Show under 14 yrs | Wil Pearson | One More Angel in Heaven |
| Jun Ensemble | CGS Teens | Seasons of Love |
| Language | Annabelle Pepper | Les berceaux |
| Open Opera or Oratorio | Annabelle Pepper | Stride la vampa |
| Recital | Sharon Plummer | |
| Show Senior | Lee Smith | That Face |
| Under 12 | Alisha Khan | She’s Like the Swallow |
| Under 21 Classical | Emma Cook | The Owls |
| Festival 9 | 2012 | |
| Overall Jun | J Taylor Barbershop | |
| Overall Sen | Sharon Plummer & Jo Cresswell | |
| Mabel Millen award | Ed Robinson | |
| Duet | Sharon Plummer & Jo Cresswell | Some Things are meant |
| Duet – under 19 | J Hawkins & E. Robinson | Lily’s Eyes |
| Ensemble | Friday’s Friends | Clare Benediction |
| G&S | Anais Seagar | O Goddess Wise |
| Jnr Show 14 – 18 yrs | Jack Hawkins | Music of the Night |
| Jnr Show under 14 yrs | Wil Pearson | Butterfly |
| Jun Ensemble | J Taylor Barbershop | Coney Island Baby |
| Language | Kirsten Lloyd Leach | Ganymede |
| Novice Folk | Sophie Towns | Fidgety Bairn |
| Open Opera or Oratorio | Annabelle Pepper | Lascia |
| Recital | Sharon Plummer | |
| Show Senior | Andy Last | Til I Hear You Sing |
| Under 12 | Ewan Bourne | Danny Boy |
| Under 21 Classical | Jack Hawkins | Flow My Tears |
| Festival 8 | 2011 | |
| Overall Jun | Overall Jun | Kirsten Lloyd Leach |
| Overall Sen | Overall Sen | Fridays Friends |
| Duet | Sharon Plummer & Andy Last | Send in the Clowns |
| Duet – under 19 | Josie & Katie | For Good |
| Ensemble | Jass meets 3’s Company | Autumn Leaves |
| G&S | Kirsten Lloyd Leach | Poor Wandering One |
| Jnr Show 14 – 18 yrs | Kirsten Lloyd Leach | Romance |
| Jnr Show under 14 yrs | Ewan Bourne | Electricity |
| Jun Ensemble | HKHMS | Matchmaker |
| Language | Maisy Hepburn | Quella fiamma |
| M. Millen | Jack Hawkins | |
| Novice Folk | Helena Stone | Shenandoah |
| Open Opera or Oratorio | Kirsten Lloyd Leach | Farewell ye limpid |
| Recital | Sharon Plummer | |
| Show Senior | Sharon Plummer | Summer in Ohio |
| Under 12 | Francess Talbot | I Feel Pretty |
| Under 21 Classical | Ed Robinson | O Mistress Mine |
| Festival 7 | 2010 | |
| Overall Jun | Ed Robinson | |
| Overall Sen | Sharon Plummer & Andy Last | |
| Duet | Sharon Plummer & Andy Last | Dangerous Game |
| Duet – under 19 | Katie Leadbetter & Josie | What is This Feeling |
| Ensemble | Dolce | Music of the Night |
| G&S | Stephanie Pattison | Tis done I am a bride |
| Jnr Show 14 – 18 yrs | Georgina Jones | Someone Elses Story |
| Jnr Show under 14 yrs | Sam Pearson | This is the Moment |
| Jun Ensemble | Grant’s Gang | You Can’t Stop the Beat |
| Language | Stephanie Pattison | Apres une Reve |
| Novice Folk | Ed Robinson | The Water is Wide |
| Open Opera or Oratorio | Debbie Lamley | With Plaintive Notes |
| Recital | Debbie Lamley | |
| Show Senior | Lee Smith | Close Every Door To Me |
| Under 12 | Alisha Khan | Do Re Mi |
| Under 21 Classical | Aiko Miyomoto | Quando men vo |
| Festival 6 | 2009 | |
| Overall Jun | Josh Andrews | |
| Overall Sen | Burton Operatic Society | |
| Duet | Andy Last & Steve Foster | You’re Nothing Without Me |
| Ensemble | Burton Operatic Society | Hallelujah |
| G&S | Harriet Eyley | Tis Done |
| Jnr Show 14 – 18 yrs | Josh Andrews | Larger Than Life |
| Jnr Show under 14 yrs | Wesley Eyley | Leaning on a lamppost |
| Jun Ensemble | Weir Lads | There is Nothing Like a dame |
| Language | Eleanor Gill | Jeune fillettes |
| Novice Folk | Ewan Bourne | Home on the Range |
| Open Opera or Oratorio | Harriet Eyley | Una donna |
| Recital | Jean Mason | |
| Show Senior | Sharon Plummer | Loose Ends |
| Under 12 | Kathryn Monteiro | Mr Mouse |
| Under 21 Classical | Harriet Eyley | Her Song |
| Festival 5 | 2008 | |
| Overall | Sharon Plummer | |
| Duet | Sharon Plummer & Andy Last | Come What May |
| Ensemble | All That Jass | Bohemian Rhapsody |
| G&S | Jean Mason | The hours Creep on |
| Jnr Show 14 – 18 yrs | Jesse Giuliani | I Got Plenty o Nuttin |
| Jnr Show under 14 yrs | Natalie Brown | Typically English |
| Jun Ensemble | The Wallences | Strange Adventure |
| Language | Harriet Eyley | Lascia |
| Novice Folk | Ellen Holmes | Steal Away |
| Open Opera or Oratorio | Jean Mason | Vissi d’arte |
| Recital | Harriet Eyley | |
| Show Senior | Sharon Plummer | As if we Never Said Goodbye |
| Under 12 | Emma Carter | Part of Your World |
| Under 21 Classical | Tim Lawrence | La donna e Mobile |
| Festival 4 | 2007 | |
| Overall | Burton Operatic Society | |
| Duet | Clair Thompson Laura Prince | You’ll Never Walk Alone |
| Ensemble | Burton Operatic Society | On my Own |
| Jnr Show 14 – 18 yrs | Harriet Eyley | How Lovely to be a woman |
| Jnr Show under 14 yrs | Maisy Hepburn | I Feel Pretty |
| Language | Tim Lawrence | Spirito gentil |
| Novice Folk | Chloe Godrich Salt | Johnnie Has Gone For a Soldier |
| Open Opera or Oratorio | Harriet Eyley | Quella fiamma |
| Recital | Tim Lawrence | |
| Show Senior | Lee Smith | Gigi |
| Under 12 | Sian Plummer | Bessie the Black Cat |
| Under 21 Classical | Harriet Eyley | I wandered lonely |
| Festival 3 | 2006 | |
| Overall | Jack Slatter | |
| Duet | Loxton & Rudebeck | Song for St Cecilia |
| Ensemble | Burton Operatic Society | Sit Down You’re |
| Jnr Show 12-16 yrs | Laura Prince | Man Wanted |
| Language | Jill Hatton | None But |
| Novice Folk | Anton Hilton | A Roving |
| Open Opera or Oratorio | Ben Lathbury | Si tra I Ceppi |
| Recital | Marilyn Baker | |
| Show Senior | Jack Slatter | Why God Why |
| Under 12 | Maisy Hepburn | I Could have danced |
| Under 21 Classical | Emma Monteiro | A Green Cornfield |
| Festival 2 | 2005 | |
| Overall | Burton Operatic Society | |
| Duet | ??? | ??? |
| Ensemble | Burton Operatic Society | Bring Him Home |
| Jnr Show 12-16 yrs | Taya Smith | Think of Me |
| Novice Folk | Sian Forbes | Danny Boy |
| Open Opera or Oratorio | Charlotte Derry | O del mio dolce |
| Over 16 Classical | Ruth Leavesley | Si mes Vers |
| Show Senior | Andy Last | This is the Moment |
| Under 12 | Emma Monteiro | Bubble Song |
| Under 21 Classical | Charlotte Derry | Foxgloves |
| Festival 1 | 2004 | |
| Overall | Andy Last | |
| Duet | Sharon Plummer & Jean Mason | Lakme Duet |
| Jnr Show 12-16 yrs | Becky Winfield(Stewart) | Can’t Say No |
| Over 16 Classical | Ruth Leavesley | Pur dicesti |
| Show Senior | Andy last | If I Were a Rich man |
| under 12 | Harriet Eyley | Eriskay Love Lilt |
| Under 21 Classical | Tim Lawrence | Music For A While |
