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About the adjudicators . . .
Jeffrey Wynn Davies trained professionally as a singer with Lyndon Van der Pump at Cambridge and with Ellis Keeler at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Choosing to pursue a career in music education, he taught music in high schools, before spending a long period as Music Adviser in Greater Manchester, establishing and developing instrumental music support services, youth orchestras, choirs and Music Centres.
In 1994, Jeffrey decided to devote more time to his work as choral conductor and trainer. He has won the BBC Sainsbury's Choir of the Year Competition with his choir, Canzonetta, and he directs the Manchester Boys Choir and also the North of England Festival Chorus. He regularly guest conducts (both in the UK and in Europe) and is heavily involved in leading choral workshops and training days for all the major British choral organisations. In addition, Jeffrey is a popular festival adjudicator and has worked at numerous festivals around the world.
Havilland Willshire studied piano, violin and singing at the Royal Northern College of Music and pursued an active concert career as a soloist and chamber musician. He is currently Head of the Junior Academy of Music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and has worked extensively with young people in bands, orchestras, choirs and chamber music.
Patricia Hay was born in Ayr and educated at Ayr Academy. She graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and made her operatic debut as Cherubino in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro with Scottish Opera. In her career to date, spanning some twenty-five years, she has performed over thirty principal roles. She has sung in concerts throughout Great Britain and Europe, and has broadcast extensively for the BBC and ITV both classically and in light entertainment. Patricia is currently a senior vocal tutor at the RSAMD and regularly acts as external examiner at other conservatories. She has also undertaken consultancy to young professional opera singers.
Charlotte Petersen is one of Scotland's most talented composers and arrangers of traditional music for the clàrsach. She studied clàrsach with Savourna Stevenson before taking her degree in harp performance at the RSAMD. Charlotte's compositions have delighted audiences from Stornoway to Switzerland and have been recorded by the BBC as soundtracks for several radio plays. Her warm stage presence and skilful communication have made her a sought after performer and a very popular teacher both in Scotland and abroad.
Timothy McCarthy studied Speech & Drama at the Cork School of Music, where he took both Teachers' and Performers' Diplomas. After a period working as a teacher of economics and business studies, he decided to pursue a career in speech and drama. He directs his own studio, teaching all aspects of the subject from preliminary to diploma level, including courses for adults in voice training and presentation skills. For ten years he has directed a drama company specialising in one act play productions.
Timothy has taught and examined in many parts of the world. He is a member of the examiners panel in Speech, Drama and Communications at the Trinity Guildhall Examination Board and an adjudicator member of the British and International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance and Speech. He is the Director of Feis Maitiú in Cork and has adjudicated at Festivals in Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
Louise White is an award winning journalist and presenter of Scotland Today on Scottish TV. Her career began with the BBC after returning from the United States, where she had studied on a scholarship. Louise became a trainee with BBC Scotland before moving into presentation on programmes such as Good Morning Scotland and Newsdrive. Since joining Scottish TV, she has covered major events including the G8 Summit, the General Election and the opening of the Scottish Parliament, as well as documentary film making.
Alex Gray is currently the Convenor of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society's Education & Training Committee and a member of the South Wales Branch of the Society. He has experience of teaching branch classes, and has also taught all levels of ability at the Society's annual Summer School in St Andrews. Alex has been invited to teach at countless weekend and day schools, in the UK and overseas, giving him a truly worldwide experience of dancing. He is also an approved adjudicator, and qualified highland dance teacher.
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