Solo Division

Yelena Mamonova, Chairperson

 

Participation Fees

 

Code [S]	Application Fee & Preliminary Round:	$40.00
	Final Round:	$40.00
	Winner s Recital:	$100.00 (which includes 6 concert tickets)
		$15.00 each additional ticket

 

Dates:

 

Application deadline:	(Post Marked by)	April 5, 2010
Preliminary Round:	RVCC	May 2, 2010
Final Round:	RVCC	May 16, 2010
Winners Recital:	Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall	June 5, 2010

 

DIVISION CODES:

 

 

Gold Winners will receive cash awards. All prizewinners will perform in a Festival Recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

 

This Competition will consist of two rounds of auditions. In the case of a time conflict for the preliminary round, the Competition Committee will accept and review a properly labeled VHS tape or DVD, accompanied by a copy of the working score of the piece, which must be submitted one week prior to the Preliminary Round accompanied by a written reason for not attending live auditions. (YPCNJ will only excuse those students who have either academic obligations (i.e. SAT tests) or recitals. Other conflicts will not be accepted!)

 

No time changes will be allowed in the schedule for ANY reason.

 

Winners will be determined by the scores from the FINAL ROUND only.

 

IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL MEMBERS:  TEACHERS OR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS

 

Applicant must list both pieces, even though for the preliminary round, the competitors are required to perform only one piece {either a Classical or a Baroque work}.   Incomplete applications will be returned unprocessed, and a late fee will have to be paid.

 

A letter of instructions is sent before each round to either a teacher member or individual member.  You must read the letter VERY carefully and follow the instructions, which are described in great detail.  This information pertains to the repertoire requirements and copies of the scores, etc.  Those who fail to comply with our instructions will be disqualified.

 

REPERTOIRE REQUIREMENTS:

 

A program of two stylistically contrasting works. These works must be original compositions. Pieces from method books will not be accepted. (No repertoire changes are permitted between rounds)

 

Preliminary Round	ONLY ONE PIECE:	Either classical or baroque style. The Classical work must be either a Sonata, Sonatina, Rondo, or Variation form. (Please exclude Fur Elise, the First Movement of the Moonlight Sonata, the Second Movement of the Pathetique Sonata, and Bagatelles of Beethoven, as well as the D Minor Fantasy and A la Turk of Mozart). No slow movements of Classical Sonatas of Sonatinas will be allowed).
Final Round	TWO PIECES:	Either classical or baroque work (performed in preliminary Round) Work of any other style.

 

Suggested Syllabus for Solo Division

(Minimum level of difficulty)

 

Group	Age and Time Limit	Repertoire	Composer
S-I	Age 4 - 6 Time: 5 minutes or less	Any selection from Anna Magdalena Note Book Pieces, Op. 24	Bach Kabalevsky
S-II	Age 7 - 8 Time: 5 minutes	Any Short Preludes Sonatina Op. 36, #1 & 2 Album for the Young Op. 39 - Kamarinskaya, Polka, Waltz	Bach Clementi Tchaikovsky
S-III	Age 9 - 10 Time: 7 minutes	Any Two-Part Invention Waltz in A minor & E minor, Op. 12 Polonaise in G minor (posthumous)	Bach Grieg Chopin
S-IV	Age 11 - 12 Time: 10 minutes	Sonata Op. 49, #1 & #2 (any movement) Any two-part or three-part Invention Song Without Words (F# minor, G minor) Nocturne in C# minor (posthumous), E flat major, Op. 9, #2	Beethoven Bach Mendelssohn Chopin
S-V	Age 13 - 14 Time: 12 minutes	Any three part Invention j Fast movement of any Sonata or Variations   Impromptu Op. 142, No. 2	Bach Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven Schubert
S-VI	Age 15 - 16 Time: 15 minutes	jj Advanced Piano Repertoire
S-VII	Age 17-18 Time: 15 minutes	jj Advanced Piano Repertoire

 

j      Choose just one movement from Sonata or a Sonatina.

jj     If playing from the Well Tempered Clavier (at any age), the complete Prelude & Fugue is required.

 

Audio (Cassette or CD), DVD & VHS Labeling Information

 

Each cassette submitted to the competition must be labeled as follows:

 

1. Performer's name, age and membership number (if applicable)
2. Teacher's name and membership number
3. Division name and code number
4. Composition name, Opus numbers, key, etc.
5. Composer's name
6. Performance time

 

Improperly labeled recordings will not be accepted.