Pianoforte Classes

1st and 2nd March 2008

 

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Adjudicator: Anthony Froggatt Mus B  ARCO  GRSM  ARMCM

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  • A stamped addressed envelope must be included with your entry for you to receive the timetable.

 
  Own Choice Classes  
  Classes C1 - C9 you may play one or two pieces Time Limit Fee Award  
  C1 Age 7 & under - Grades 1 - 4 2 minutes £3.50 Medals  
  C2 Age 8 & under - Grades 1 - 4 2 minutes £3.50 Medals  
  C3 Age 9 & under - Grades 1 - 4 3 minutes £4.00 Medals  
  C4 Age 10 & 11 4 minutes £5.00 Medals  
  C5 Age 8 - 11   Grade 5 and above 5 minutes £6.00 Medals  
  C6

Age 12 & 13

4 minutes £5.00 Medals  
  C7 Age 14 - 16 5 minutes £6.00 Certificates  
  C8 Kabalevsky or Bartok Class  14 & under 3 minutes £4.00 Medals  
  C9 Jazz, Ragtime and Blues  16 & under 5 minutes £6.00 Certificates  
  C10 Junior Recital  14 & under
Two contrasting pieces Grade 6 and above
8 minutes £7.00 Medals  
  C11

Sonatina Class  Any Sonatina movement  14 & under

One movement only to be performed

4 minutes £5.00 Medals  

 

C12

Sonata  16 and under

Any Sonata movement

5 minutes

£6.00

Certificates

 

  C13 Jean Merlow Memorial Scholarship
Age 19 & under

Two contrasting pieces Grade 8 standard or above.
12 minutes £8.50 £50 prize  

 

C14

Sonata  Open

Any Sonata movement

8 minutes

£7.00

Certificates

 

  C15 Baroque - Open
Any piece by J. S. Bach, Handel or a composer in this category
8 minutes £7.00 Certificates  
  C16

Romantic Composers - Open
Any piece or pieces by a composer accepted
to be in this category

8 minutes £7.00 Certificates  
C17 Senior Recital - Open
Three pieces to form a varied programme
15 minutes £9.00 Certificates
  C18

20th Century - Open                                                          Any piece or pieces composed since 1900 in a post-romantic idiom.

8 minutes £7.00 Certificates  
  Classes C19 - C23 one or two pieces        
  C19 Duet or Trio 10 years & under 4 minutes £6.50 Medals  
  C20 Duet or Trio 13 years & under 5 minutes £7.50 Medals  
  C21 Duet or Trio 16 years & under 8 minutes  £8.50 Certificates  
  C22 Duet or Trio Open 10 minutes £9.50 Certificates  
  C23 Duet or Trio  Family 5 minutes £7.50 Certificates  
  C24 Concerto - 16 years & under
Any piano concerto movement; 
orchestral accompaniment on second piano.
See special note iii
  £7.50 Certificates  
  C25 Concerto - Open
First movement of any piano Concerto;
orchestral accompaniment on second piano.
See special note iii
  £8.50 Certificates  
             
 

Special Notes

  1. There are no restrictions applying to multiple entries, other than the age limits specified, but competitors are not allowed to present any one piece in more than one class.

  2. The competitor who is adjudged the most outstanding performer in the 2008 classes may be invited to enter for the Emanuel Trophy competition at the 2008 North London Music Festival. The invitation will be issued by the section secretary on the recommendation of the adjudicator.

  3. In classes C24 and C25 (Piano Concerto), competitors must provide their own accompanists.

  4. The attention of entrants in own choice classes is drawn to No. 2 of the Regulations and General Information. This rule will be strictly applied.

 
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