entries close Friday 16th May 2025
The Music Eisteddfod is now open for entrants to submit their entry forms.
Don’t forget the Eisteddfod Celebration Concert on Saturday 28th June commencing at 2.00pm and should finish about 4.00 – 4.30pm.
It promises to be a week of musical learning and development of performance skills as well as being highly entertaining for audiences.
Morning sessions commence at 9.30 and afternoon sessions commence at 1.30. We ask the public to come along and support our young musicians and speech and drama students. Entrance fees are $5 for each session and for 3 hours of live music - a bargain.
Ticket entry costs for each Session are: ADULTS- $5.00 CHILDREN- Free. A DAY PASS to 2 or more Sessions on the same day will cost $8.00. You will be issued with an entry ticket for a session even if a child who is free.
A SEASON PASS for the week of the Eisteddfod will cost $25.00
The tickets and Passes are available from the Entry Desk. All Passes are to be shown to the Entry Desk volunteers on entry to the venue for each Session.
The 2025 Lower Clarence Music Eisteddfod has been completed most successfully and enthusiastically received. Just over 2000 people attended, over $5000 in prizes awarded and an outstanding concluding “Celebration Concert” held.
We look forward to presenting to the community the 2026 Lower Clarence Music Eisteddfod to be held in Maclean from Saturday 20th June to Saturday 27th June.
Our Champions for 2025 from left to right: Annabelle Hourigan, Luke Young, Claude Taylor, Riley Smidt, Callum Walraven, our Adjudicator: Ben Oxley, Piper Ramsey.
The Lower Clarence Music Eisteddfod 2025 – a week of fine music making.
On Saturday afternoon 28th June the “Eisteddfod Celebration Concert” wrapped up a week of performances conducted in Maclean. This concert featured some of the best performances from throughout the week and included items from our deserving Champions. It was a wonderful presentation of live music and the skills and talents of eisteddfod entrants
Music and Speech & Drama performances totalled five hundred and fifty-five scheduled presentations from “tiny tots” to mature age musicians. Choirs, ensembles and solo performers gave our adjudicator, Mr Ben Oxley, from Sydney, a lot of hard work in evaluating and determining prizes. Over $5,000 was distributed to prize-winners and approximately 2000+ people came through the doors to either perform or be members of the audience. Our community supports the eisteddfod and gives so much encouragement to our local musicians and others from Coffs Harbour to Brisbane.
The Eisteddfod Association is very appreciative of the support provided by the community, businesses, Clubs and other organisations and particularly the Clarence Valley Council.
Congratulations to our Championship winners and those who were presented with our “Special Awards”.
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Open Instrumental Champion. The Eirwen Pewsey Memorial Award: Luke Young
Junior Instrumental Champion. The Mareeba Aged Care Award: Claude Taylor
Junior Vocal Champion. The Bill & Pat Scales Memorial Award: Annabelle Hourigan
Open Vocal Champion. The Jack Simpson Memorial Award: Piper Ramsey
Junior Piano Champion. The Stuart & Ethel Towner Memorial Award: Callum Walraven
Open Piano Champion. The Kevin Giese Memorial Award: Riley Smidt
Junior Speech & Drama Champion. The Scottish Association Award: Lissadel Harris
Open Speech & Drama Champion. The Scales Family Award: Madison Collins
SPECIAL AWARDS
Outstanding Performance in Stage, Film or Operetta The Judy McDermott Award of Excellence: Aria Scott
Open Choir Section Winner. The Marilyn Donelan Award: Lower Clarence Community Choir
Instrumental Performance Under 12 Years Award of Excellence, The Paul & Connie de Dassel Memorial Award: Claude Taylor
The LCME Adjudicator’s Award for Overall Excellence: Piper Ramsey
Vocal Performance Award of Excellence. The Rotary Club of Maclean: Isla Gray
Vocal Performance Under 12 Years Award of Excellence. The Annemiek Munro Award: Hayley Allomes
Brass or Woodwind Performance Award of Excellence. The Felicity Gallagher Award: Elena Robertson
Senior Vocal Performance Award of Excellence. The Gairns Family Award: Isla Eppis
String Performance Award of Excellence The Gerald Gallagher Award: Julius Taylor
Outstanding Piano Performance Non-Championship Award of Excellence. The Ted & Joy de Roos Award: Callum Walraven
Piano Duet Award of Excellence. The Gwen Berman Award: Tom Burgess & Zak Alexander
School Choirs Support Awards. The Rotary Club of Maclean: Iluka Public School and St James Catholic Primary School
LCME Committee Support Awards: Flynn Crowley and Sofia Bravo
Solo Performance Support Award. The Judy McDermott Support Award: Jasper Parker
The Lower Clarence Music Eisteddfod Committee will continue to work hard in providing this community with an eisteddfod which aims to educate and give a platform for live performance.
We look forward to 2026.