A hot and sultry Monday afternoon (6 July 2026) is perhaps not the best time to be in Central London unless, of course, one is there for something very special. And very special it proved to be in the unmissable Finals of the WordSong Patricia Routledge English Song...
23 November 2025 | Recital Room, Tonbridge School. Contributions from James Gilchrist and Brian Parsons A wonderful concert was held in Tonbridge School on Sunday 23 November 2025. This was the final of the Dorothy Richardson English Song Prize 2025. Five talented...
A huge thank you to everyone who took part ...and I mean everyone. Two tutors attended the Finals Day, and their presence was much appreciated, by their students and by me. It was excellent finding out what they think of the competition, and to hear their questions...
On Friday afternoon (10 April 2026), I joined the WordSong team at the Concert Artistes’ Association in London to support the final of the CAA Actors’ Prize. As luck would have it, I was also able to observe some of the preliminary round during the previous day, so I...
Requirements for the Unaccompanied Song. The song should be from one of these categories: please note: pop songs, or musical theatre songs are not acceptable. A song from a Shakespeare play (examples: 'The Willow Song' from Othello, 'What shall he have who killed the...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the forthcoming CAA Actors’ Competition for the website. It is all now done and dusted (apart from my feedback for the Finalists), so here is an account of what happened on the two glorious days. In the first paragraph of that piece, I...
Actors' Prize Finals: 10 April 2026 (with Semi Finals 9 April 2026) | Venue: CAA, Bedford Street, London This year, for the first time, all entrants were invited to submit a "Self Tape" video, and the Semi-Finalists were welcomed in person on 9 April in London....
The Catherine Lambert English Song Prize took place this year at St. Paul’s Girls’ School in Hammersmith, London on 8 March 2026. In the final we had four very imaginatively conceived programmes, and some excellent performances in both speech and singing. First Prize...
The results for the songwriting prize are as follows: 1st prize to Dimitris Androniadis for 'Travel' 2nd prize to Max Knight for 'Velvet Shoes' 3rd prize jointly to Thomas Eeckhout for 'Eldorado' and...
For the second year running one of the winners of our song competitions has won the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier award. Last year (2025) it was mezzo-soprano Lily Mo Browne, and this year it is baritone Hector Bloggs, who won our 'Courtney Kenny' (now the 'Dorothy...
Objectives and aims This year I was in charge of the judging procedure for The Concert Artistes' Association Speech Prize for Actors. Being in such a position forces one to think hard about the stated aim of the competition, which is “to encourage the communication of...
"The whole experience was a joy really. What made the thing interesting is that I had no idea what I was competing against, so all I could do was go in and hope for the best. After the first round I received some really helpful feedback from the panel that I tried to...
I had in fact, not been singing for long when my teacher suggested I enter for the Patricia Routledge prize. [1st Prize winner 2014]. I was studying privately alongside my doctoral work. I was unsure as to which path to take - singing or research - and my experience...
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Summary of 2024 Competition The 2024 Competition final was held on Sunday, November 24th from 2.00pm in the Recital Hall of Tonbridge School, Kent. The preliminary round took place on Sunday, November 17th at Taggs Yard, Barnes during the day. 1st Prize: Archie Inns...
Summary of 2025 Competition Contributions from James Gilchrist & Brian Parsons The 2025 Dorothy Richardson Prize final was held on Sunday, 23 November from 2.00pm in the Recital Hall of Tonbridge School, Kent. 1st Prize: Molly Baker2nd Prize: Cuán Durkin3rd Prize:...
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Dame Patricia Routledge died on 3 October 2025. She has rightly had many obituaries in the press, and it's wonderful to see how she was respected and loved. We've lost a National Treasure. Dame Patricia has taken an active interest in our association for years now,...
A Northumbrian by birth, Dorothy Richardson moved to London after winning many music festivals in the north of England. There she won a major London County Scholarship which allowed her to study singing for four years at the Royal Academy of Music with the famous...
