Timing and conduct of events
Every effort has been made to timetable events accurately.  All timings given are, however, approximate and you should be ready to perform at least fifteen minutes before the advertised time of the class.  Glasgow Music Festival is an annual event in which people of all ages participate.  The organisers make no provision for the supervision of children.  It is the responsibility of parents/guardians/carers to ensure that children under 18, attending the festival in any capacity, are accompanied and supervised by responsible adults at all times.  Click here for the full text of the Child Protection Policy.

Own choice test pieces
If you are performing an own choice piece, the details of your selection are shown on your Registration Slip.  Please check these carefully and advise the Secretary immediately of any changes or corrections.  Remember that if you are performing part of a work then the information must include specific details of the movement(s) or extract to be performed.

If you change an own choice test piece after the typesetting of the programme has been completed, you may still take part provided the duration of the work you will perform is similar to that detailed on the entry form.  Where the piece performed is not as published in the programme, you will receive a full adjudication but no mark will be awarded for the performance.

A copy of your own choice piece (a score in ensemble classes) must be provided for the use of the adjudicator and given to the Registration Steward before the start of the class.  Where applicable, copies should be collected from the Registration Steward at the end of the class.  This applies in both the speech and music sections.

Official Accompanist
The official accompanist will be available to performers who made the request on the Entry Form.  Official accompanists attend only Festival sessions for which their services have been specifically requested.  Copies of any own choice music for use by the official accompanist should have been submitted by Friday 8 December 2007.

Choirs
Due to the large numbers of choirs performing at the Festival, please take extra care to ensure that you arrive in good time for your event.  Where a school or youth choir arrives as a group, it would be helpful if a supervising adult would advise the steward of the number of performers in the group for seating and other arrangements.

Wherever possible, choirs should be seated in the hall during the event and will be invited to leave the hall and assemble in the foyer just prior to the start of the performance by the preceding choir.  Choirs should return to the hall to hear the remaining performers in the class and the adjudication.

Setting up orchestras, bands and ensembles
It is important that groups know their requirements for chairs and stands and how these should be set out.  A seating plan showing both chairs and stands may be useful.  A small team from each band or orchestra should be on hand to set up the platform in good time for the start of a session or immediately after the previous event or performer has finished.  Festival stewards will assist with getting the platform ready but they must be directed by a member of the performing group.  Please note that main tuning should be done before the group takes the platform.

Instruments & equipment available for groups
We are keen to ensure that performers do not require to transport instruments and equipment unnecessarily.  In The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and Woodside Halls the following instruments and equipment will be available on the platform for the use of performers:

Equipment:
45 music stands
60 performers chairs (if more chairs are required, please advise Laura McEwan)
1 conductor's stand

Instruments:
1 grand piano
3 timpani
1 bass drum
1 xylophone
1 standard five piece drum kit

Microphones for the public address system are also available but, if these are required, please advise Laura McEwan in advance of the Festival.  In Renfield St Stephen's Church a grand piano, music stands and conductor's stand will be available.

Marks
Marks will be withheld if a performance exceeds the time limit stated in the Syllabus. In addition to making a technical and artistic assessment of the performance, the adjudicator will take account of the participant's platform manner and general appearance.  All performers will receive a Performance Certificate.  Performers attaining the first three places in a class will be awarded certificates according to the following scale of marks:
                    Honours -  90% and more of the possible mark
                    First Class -  85% to 89% of the possible mark
                    Merit -  80% to 84% of the possible mark
Where a trophy, award or prize is available, it may be awarded provided 85% or more of the possible mark has been gained.  In any class, performers may elect to receive an adjudication without marks.  If this is required, please advise the Secretary in advance.  Festival results will be published in The Herald.