Adjudicators
Woodwind & Recorders
Liz Childs GRSM (Hons), LRAM
Liz studied Flute with Gareth Morris and Piano with Graeme Humphrey at the RAM and has performed all over the world. Her varied life includes performing with Quintessimo, adjudicating at home and abroad, teaching at home, at the University of East Anglia and as Flute Tutor to the National Children’s Wind Orchestra of GB. She is part of the management and teaching team of ‘Musicale’ in Harpenden. Liz thoroughly enjoys her work as an adjudicator regarding it a real privilege to be able to encourage and inspire performers. She believes that a positive experience at a BIFF Festival can change a performer’s life for ever.
Vocal, Strings & Piano
Jeffrey Wynn Davies ARCM, LTCL, Cert Ed.
Jeffrey trained at the City of Leicester College of Education and has sung extensively throughout the UK as an oratorio soloist and recitalist. He has been Music Adviser for Bury Metropolitan Borough, Managing Director for Bury Music Service Ltd and is, or has been, Music Director of Canzonetta, Harrogate Choral Society, Manchester Boys Choir, Manchester Chorale and the South of England Festival Chorus. He has been Artistic Director of the Association of British Choral Directors International Convention, a member of the BBC Central Music Advisory Council and is an Examiner for Trinity Guildhall.