Seattle International Piano Competition

APPLICATION DEADLINE
All preliminary round submission and applications must be postmarked by June 30, 2011.

YOUTH, AGES 10-13
Participant must be of qualifying age on May 15, 2011.
The first of two rounds consists of a recording of the participant performing a piece(s) of his/her choice.
The recording need not be longer than 12 minutes in length.
Participants must submit:

1) a completed Application Form

2) a Compact Disc recording of the participant’s performance
3) a $100 nonrefundable application fee in a Money Order in US funds or a US bank account check;

The 2011 piano competition consists of two rounds*: (1) a preliminary round based on recordings submitted by the participant; and (2) a final live competition round in Seattle, Washington, on October 22 and 23, 2011.

There are no program requirements of solo classical repertoire in any category, with the exception that no works requiring any sort of preparation or amplification of the piano will be admitted for either the preliminary or final round. No jazz, new age, free improvisation, or pop music of any kind is acceptable. Works performed must be complete movements.

• RECORDING
It is to the participant’s benefit to provide a recording of high quality. Recordings with too much background noise or distortion make it difficult for adjudicators to render a fair judgment of technical and artistic qualities. However, recordings need not be professionally edited. Audio recordings may only be submitted in Compact Disc format. No audio tape, MiniDisc, video tape, DVD, DAT tape, or any other format will be accepted.

Lastly, each CD submitted must be free of any marks or writing. No track list or description of contents should be included in or on the recording or jewel case.

Selected finalists will be notified shortly after July 15, 2011. At that time, these selected participants must declare their intent to continue to the live final round in Seattle in October, 2011.

 YOUTH, AGES 10-13
Up to 6 finalists will be chosen to compete live at Benaroya Hall on the morning of October 22, 2011.
Each participant’s program must be 10 minutes or less in length

International Russian Music Piano Competition

The application form must be postmarked by April 1, 2011.

6 – 9	Young Musicians	$60
10 – 13	Junior	$70
14 – 17	Intermediate	$80

Repertoire Requirements Young Musicians One Round Only    No more than 10 minutes Two contrasting pieces from any time period One piece must be by a Russian Composer Junior Category One Round Only    No more than 15 minutes First Piece: One Etude of contestant’s choice Second Piece: Any movement of a Classical Sonata Third Piece:    One piece by any Russian Composer (no Concertos)   Intermediate Category Two Rounds Round One: (no more than 15 minutes) First Piece:    J. S. Bach – One prelude and Fugue from Well-Tempered Clavier, Volume I or II Second Piece:    One Etude (Arensky, Chopin, Clementi, Liszt, MacDowell, Mosheles, Moszcowski, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin) Third Piece:    One piece by a Russian Composer (no Concertos) Final Round: (no more than 15 minutes) First Piece:    1st Movement from a Classical Sonata – no repeats Second Piece: One piece by a Russian Composer (no Concertos)

Bellflower Concerto Competition for Young Artists

Repertoire: One standard movement from a Concerto with orchestral accompaniment, from Vivaldi (1678), Haydn, Mozart, Weber, Beethoven to Saint Saens(1921), Time: Maxiam of SEVEN minutes;

Groups: Junior <13, Intermediate: 14-17, Senior: 18-22;

Application deadline: Jan. 29, 2011;

Audition fee: $50;

Audition time: Feb. 19, 2011.

at: William and Jane Bristol Civic Auditorium, 16600 Civic Center Dr., Bellflower, CA, 90707.

Winners will be announced by letter dated Feb. 21, 2011.

Winners of each group and 2nd from junior and intermediate will play with Bellflower Symphony Orchestra on April 16.

Contact: PO. Box 256, Bellflower, CA 90707

Phone: (562)867-4871

AADGT International Young Musician Festival

Passion of Music 2011.
DEADLINE: Applications and audition DVD (YouTube links) February 1, 2011
NOTIFICATION: Contesants will be notified by March 1, 2011 by e-mail
RECITALS: Weill Recital Hall at the Carnegie Hall * April 17, 2011 (Gold and Silver’s Recipients)

Group A (Age 5 – 6); Group B (Age 7 – 8); Group C (Age 9 – 10); Group D (Age 11 – 12);
Group E (Age 13-14); Group F (Age 14 – 15); Group G (Age 16 – 18); Group H (Age 18-24)

Audition performance time limits: GROUPS A, B, C – 4 minutes, GROUPS D,E,F – 6 minutes, GROUPS G, H – 8 minutes.

Homepage:http://www.aadgt.org

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!