112th Festival Update

The 2024 Festival is now well advanced with most events planned and in place.

The Festival will start on Friday 8th March 2024 with the Jazz Festival Night, this year to be held at Chipping Norton Theatre, followed by Junior Choirs the next morning. The Festival will end 2 weeks later with the Festival Concert on Saturday 23rd March.

After a successful launch in 2023, The Shauni McGregor Young Performer's Recital will return on Sunday 17th March and there are two Adderbury concerts(final details to be confirmed) on Sunday 10th and Thursday 21st March.

The Schools Workshop will be run by Ben Goodall and will be on the 19th March at the Town Hall or Chipping Norton School (subject to availability and numbers).

There are still more items to be finalised but we are trying to ensure that schools and teachers have as much advance notice of the forthcoming events.

Already in the planning are Bursary grants to encourage youngsters to perform against a background of rising living costs, to apply for one of these in confidence simply email entries@cnmf.org.uk

All key confirmed dates are showing in the panel on this page to the right, but are subject to change.

Please check regularly for updates.

A Copy of the 2023 Syllabus is attached here and the 2024 version will be available in autumn of this year.

Syllabus 2023 vers 4 Jan 13

"I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you and the rest of the committee for all the amazing work you put into organising the CNMF. Both my children have played in the festival this year and last and it's just been great for them to get the chance to perform in a non-threatening environment. The adjudicators this year (Nadia and the chap who did the piano classes on Saturday) were fantastic, just the right balance between being encouraging but giving great pointers of things to work on. Last year's adjudicators were great too but I can't remember their names! Thanks again, you are doing an amazing thing putting the festival on every year. Many thanks."

Janet Hayes

Our enormous gratitude also goes to the team of volunteers, official accompanists, Friends,people, and businesses in the town who support us as well as the parents and teachers who support and encourage our participants. If you would like to support or get involved in the Festival in some capacity, or have any feedback on what we offer, do please contact any committee member.