2027 Festival Adjudicators
Luise Horrocks (Vocal)
After studies at Oxford University and the Royal College of Music, Luise’s career as a professional Soprano soloist took her throughout the UK, Europe, America and South Africa.
Luise has held teaching positions in both the Junior and Senior departments of Birmingham Conservatoire and as a visiting lecturer at Birmingham University. She runs an extensive private teaching practice and regularly gives masterclasses, choral workshops, presentations and teacher sessions both at home and abroad. She has worked as a mentor on the CT ABRSM panel and as a vocal coach on residential courses for singers. She has also trained and conducted the Wyre Forest Young Voices Choir. She has recently taken up an appointment as the singing teacher at Keble College, Oxford and has become a Vocal Health First Aider.
For many years as Associate Chief Examiner in music for Trinity College London, Luise has worked on syllabus setting and leading projects for diplomas, examiner training and teacher support. Publications include a series of books on Musical Theatre repertoire and graded songbooks.
Luise is an experienced adjudicating member of the British and International Federation of Festivals.
Rebecca Moseley-Morgan (Vocal)
An award-winning alumna of the Royal College of Music (RCM), Rebecca has enjoyed an extensive professional singing career. She has performed with renowned companies such as Glyndebourne, Welsh National Opera (WNO), and Opera 80, among others. As a soloist, Rebecca has graced stages across the United Kingdom and Europe, earning recognition for her artistry and versatility.
Rebecca was awarded her PhD by University College London in 2023, her work on longevity of the mature female voice represents a significant advancement in a field that has historically seen little research and is especially relevant in light of the growing interest in the health and wellbeing benefits associated with singing.
Rebecca currently serves as Chair of Research and is President Elect of the British Voice Association. She maintains a busy independent voice studio in Oxford working with all levels of individual singers and choirs through one-to-one training, workshops and seminars and supervises PhD candidates at the Voice Study Centre, University of Essex. .
James Kirby (Instrumental)
James is a popular adjudicator for the British and International Federation of Festivals. He has been delighted to work at many Festivals throughout the UK, as well as the Hong Kong Festival on several occasions. When time allows, James is always pleased to incorporate “mini-masterclasses” into his feedback.
He was a member of the Barbican Piano Trio for over thirty years and performed regularly with them at Festivals and important concert series in the UK and throughout Europe and the USA. Highlights included Carnegie Recital Hall and the Complete Beethoven Piano Trios in the Wigmore Hall Master Concert Series. The Trio has a repertoire consisting of over seventy works and an impressive discography.
James is a dedicated teacher and enjoys positions at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Royal Holloway, University of London and Eton College. He is an Honorary Professor of the Rachmaninov Institute in Tambov, Russia, and serves on the juries of many International competitions, most recently in Latvia, China (including Hong Kong) and Korea. He gives many masterclasses in the UK and overseas.
He has been an ABRSM examiner since 1998 and has worked in Singapore, China, and Indonesia and many European countries.
Eva Maria Doroszkowska (Piano)
Eva Maria is a soloist and chamber musician and has performed internationally with festival appearances in the UK and across Europe. She has a wealth of experience in working with contemporary composers, arranging music, and performing with ensembles. Known for her performances of Polish and Eastern European composers, in 2023 she travelled to Estonia for an artistic residency at the Arvo Pärt Centre.
A recording artist, she has been interviewed and featured on South West Klassik Radio, Germany, Estonian and Portuguese Radio as well as on Radio 3. Television appearances include BBC and Polish Television. Eva Maria has been invited to South East Asia and the Middle East to give workshops and masterclasses. Her CD ‘Baltic Tides’, released in 2025, garnered high praise in International Piano and Gramophone Magazine.
Studying initially at the Katowice Szymanowski Academy in Poland, she went on to study in Amsterdam, Holland and completed Soloist Masters Class in Copenhagen. Her undergraduate studies took her to the Royal Northern College of Music, where she received Countess of Munster Trust Grants to complete her postgraduate degree. She holds an Honorary Associate from the Royal Academy of Music where she has taught in the junior department for over 20 years.
Eva Maria is an adjudicator for the British and International Federation of Festivals and has mentored for Young Talents Organisation as part of Help Musicians UK and regularly publishes articles for IP magazine and EPTA.
Alongside her performing, teaching and adjudication work, Eva Maria has worked closely with Alexander Technique for over 20 years.
Richard Haslam (Piano)
Richard studied at Sussex University for a degree in Education, specialising in Music and also at the Royal College of Music where he gained a Diploma in Pianoforte Teaching and a Distinction in Grade 8 singing.
He was Director of Music at Burgess Hill School for Girls for nearly thirty years where he taught to A level as well as running a variety of extra-curricular activities including Chamber groups, Choirs and Orchestras and has now retired from full time teaching.
Richard has taught piano and singing to Diploma standard and has also been a Moderator for GCSE Music and an examiner for A Level Music. He is currently an adjudicator for the British and International Federation of Festivals and a Mentor for Music for Youth. He also examines for the ABRSM and has completed a number of overseas tours. He is an experienced accompanist, conductor and singer and has worked with a number of different groups in the community including Choral and Operatic Societies
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Andrew Padmore (Choral)
Andrew studied with Sidney Harrison, Christopher Robinson and Sir Adrian Boult. He has been Head of Music in a large Grammar School, a Cathedral Organist and Master of Choristers (Cork and Belfast Cathedrals), and a Conductor of Choirs and Choral Societies worldwide.
As well as being an adjudicator for The British and International Federation of Festivals, he is a busy adjudicator/jurist for International Choral Festivals, and was on the panel of examiners for ABRSM for many years latterly as a specialist examiner for their Vocal and Piano diplomas.
Andrew is also a teacher of singing who gives master-classes and workshops for singers and choirs. He was the regular Conductor for Yorkshire Voices, Harrogate Choral Society and Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir and a guest conductor for Orchestras and Choirs internationally. He also regularly accompanies singers in recitals and gives organ recitals.