In this podcast of the programme first broadcast on Friday 2nd May you can hear :

Announcement of RUTH TICKLE as winner of the Cleveland Medal 2025 - singing one of her two test pieces - "Will there really be a morning" a poem by Emily Dickinson set to music by Ricky Ian Gordon. Ruth's accompanist is Graham Kirkland

Peel Clothworkers School - winners of the Open Choirs Class years 3 - 6 singing "Enjoy The Storm" and "Count On Me"

Deborah Taubman recites from the poems of T.E. Brown - taking first place in the class, with an extract from Betsy Lee

Skeealyn Vannin - conducted by Kristene Mary Wilson - winners of the Gaelic Choir class (up to year 13) singing two pieces - Ushag Veg Ruy - traditional, arranged by Frank Woolley and Ta'n Grine Veg Oarn composed by Katie Lawrence

"Losing my mind" - from Follies - sung by Maia Haddock - winner of Songs from the Musicals & Light Opera

Richard Corlett singing 'A Friend Like Me' from Disney's Aladdin - winner of the Most Entertaining Performance in Songs from the Musicals class

Rhiannon Mellor sings "Still Hurting" from the film The Last Five Years - second place in the Songs from the Musicals & Light Opera

Neil Taverner - winner of the Operatic Solo Class sings "Starbuck's Soliloquy" from Moby Dick by Jake Heggie - accompanied by Madeline Kelly. Neil also won the William Curphey Memorial Challenge Cup for the best baritone in this class.

In this podcast of results and winning performances broadcast on Thursday 1st May you can hear :

Boys Treble Class for school years 5 to 6 - winner Parker Kissack accompanied by Madeline Kelly singing "I'm learning to write" (Sheffield Plate finalist)

Lucy Morris - accompanied by Madeline Kelly - winner of the Girls Solo voice class for School years 7 and 8 singing "The Path to the Moon" (Sheffield Plate finalist)

Daniel Tickle accompanied by Madeline Kelly sings "Ching A Ring Ching" - winner of Boys Treble Solo for School years 7 to 9 (Sheffield Plate finalist)

Penny Lavery - winner of Girls Solo class for school years 9 & 10 - sings "Down By The Salley Gardens" accompanied by Madeline Kelly (Sheffield Plate finalist)

Enid Stubbs recites Bed In Summer by Robert Louis Stevenson - winner of Spoken Word class for 7 year olds

Orry Wilson - Winner of the Boys Solo Class for 15 to 18 year olds - sings The Woodcutters Song by Vaughan Williams - accompanied by Judith Christian

Kasia Ashton and Lowenna Joughin - winners of the Duet Class for school years 7 to 13 - singing "Flight" by Craig Carnelia

Myla Quaye - winner of Class R1 - playing "Smuggler's Lullaby" on the whistle (up to Year 6)

Winner of Adult Pop Song Class - Maia Haddock - "Creep" by Radiohead - accompanied by David Holland

More performances of distinction (ie 90 marks or more) from the Songs from the Musicals class for School Years 9 - 13 :

Emma Hill sings "Home" from The Wiz

Kendra Maddox sings "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime

Rosie Bullough sings "When It All Falls Down" from Chaplin the Musical

Amelie McCraith playing the Celtic Harp - winner of Class SC2c

Cara Rowles playing Violin - winner of Class SC2a

Another bite-sized Breakfast Show report from the 2025 Manx Music, Speech and Dance Festival 2025 - heading for the big one - the Cleveland Medal test is tonight!

In this podcast of TODAY AT THE GUILD, first broadcast on Wednesday 30 April, you can hear

Lon Dhoo Male Voice Choir (ensemble) "There is nothing like a dame" 2nd place in Vocal Ensemble class

Kiare (Manx for 4!) Winners of Quartet class for any combination of voices, singing "Pokarekare Ana" (Chris and Ellen Sullivan, Tom Shirtliff and Angela Stewart)

Debbie Gooding singing "Roses of Picardy" - winner of Victorian or Edwardian Ballad

Poems from Dahlia Swann and Rosa Dalton

The Shimmerelles singing "Hushabye Mountain" - winners of the Any Voice Trio class (Jane Corkill, Ruth Tickle and Naomi Cole)

SEVEN performances were given marks of 90 or more, in Class JS11 - Songs from the Musicals - Ages 14 - 18

Four are included in this podcast - the other three can be found in the podcast of Today at the Guild, Thursday 1 May

Eva McCaulay (class winner) singing "Gimme Gimme" from Thoroughly Modern Millie

William Shooter singing "This is the moment" from Jekyll and Hyde

Eve Puzzar singing "With You" from Ghost The Musical

Kasia Ashton singing "By The Sea" from Sweeney Todd

Coraaghyn Vannin Ensemble conducted by Angela Stewart singing "Hush Little Darling" Manx traditional, arranged by Harry Pickard.

Nicola O'Connor and Graham Crowe singing "I arise from dreams of thee" (winners of the George Davison, Wendy McDowell and Arthur Cowley Trophy for the most entertaining duet from all duet classes SG1 - SG4

Another bite-sized Breakfast Show report from the 2025 Manx Music, Speech and Dance Festival 2025 - kazoos at the ready if you'd like to join in with this one!

In this podcast, broadcast at 9pm on Tuesday 29 April, you can hear :

Chloe Woolley and Jo Callister playing the Overture from The Fairy Island - winners of adult piano duet class

Jane Corkill and Paul Costain - winners of the Mixed Voice Duet class

Lorcan O'Mahony and Simon Fletcher - winners of the Male Voice Duet class

Debbie Gooding and Jane Murray - winners of the Ladies Duet Class

(the above 3 couples will sing again for the Billown Rose Bowl, on Friday night

Ella-Rose Crellin - winner of the Girls Vocal Solo class school years 3 & 4 (qualifies for the Sheffield Plate competition on Saturday night) accommpanied by Wendy McDowell

Evie Traynor - winner of the Girls Vocal Solo class school years 5 & 6 (qualifies for the Sheffield Plate competition on Saturday night) accompanied by Wendy McDowell

Cleveland Medal qualifiers : note - the podcast includes these complete songs :-

Ruth Tickle - (Will there really be a morning? by Ricky Ian Gordon)

Matthew Quinn - (Black Max - W. Bolcom)

Christine Edmundson - (Man - from Monkey Music)

Karen Eliott (Laudamus Te - Mozart)

Graham Crowe - (Stars from Les Miserables)

Terence Qualtrough (Tell My Father from Civil Wars by Frank Wildhorn)

Another bite-sized report - including the names of the qualifiers for this year's Cleveland Medal test - and Graham Crowe explains why his song choice is particularly important to him.

Another quick round up of results from classes on Monday 28 April - and Trixie Landels is a little ray of sunshine!