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Christina Thomson LRAM ARCM GRSM PGCA

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Christina Thomson studied horn, piano and singing at the Royal Academy of Music, London. She then had a fascinating playing and teaching career in Bavaria for 11 years before returning to London. Now she is much in demand as an adjudicator, examiner and teacher, based in North Yorkshire.

Margaret J Smith LRAM GRSM

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Born and brought up in Skipton, and an enthusiastic participant in local festivals from a very young age, Margaret studied the piano, initially with Dame Fanny Waterman, and then at the Royal Academy of Music, with the violin as an additional first study.

She spent many years in musical eduction with both singers and instrumentalists as Director of Music at one of the most prestigious girls' schools in Yorkshire, where pupils won many prizes in national and local music competitions. Her many associations with choral societies have resulted in performances of oratorio, cantatas and concert versions of opera, working with both adults and children.

Her enthusiasm for the festival movement and its value in musical education has resulted in an ever-increasing number of invitations to adjudicate at festivals throughout the UK, including the Channel Islands and Northern Ireland.

In addition to a busy musical life she enjoys walking, reading, concert- and theatre-going, and is also an enthusiastic equestrian and a follower of English cricket and rugby union!

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