Solo Division

 



 

Yelena Mamonova, Chairperson

Application Form in Word Format 

Preliminary Adjudication Form Word Format   

Final Round Adjudication Form Word Format

 

DATES: 

Application deadline:	(Postmarked by)	April 15, 2020
Preliminary Round:	if by YouTube	May 1, 2020
Preliminary Round Schedule:	Posted by:	April 24, 2020
Preliminary Round:	Raritan Valley Community College	May 2 or 3, 2020
Final Round Schedule:	Posted by:	May 8, 2020
Final Round:	Raritan Valley Community College	May 16 or 17, 2020
Winners Recital:	Weill Recital Hall	June 15, 2020 at 1:00 PM

 

GENERAL INFORMATION:

** A contestant can choose to compete in both rounds in one day (choosing either the date of the Preliminary Round or the Final Round). If you choose this option, please indicate this on our competition application (next to your division choice). A fee for both rounds must be submitted at the time of the application, along with the postage fee. The results will only be announced after the Final Round is completed.  Please indicated this on the application form in the designated field.

This Competition will consist of either two live rounds of auditions or an option to submit a YouTube* recording (no other format will be accepted) for the Preliminary Round. If a contestant prefers to audition live, it is also possible to compete in one day for both rounds**.

* A contestant can compete in the Preliminary Round by a YouTube Video if there is a time conflict or travel time and distance concern. No other format of recording will be accepted.

PARTICIPATION FEES:

Code [S]	Application Fee & Preliminary Round:	$60.00
	OR Compete for both rounds in one day:	$120.00
	Late fee: (if sent 5 days after the deadline)	$30.00
	Final Round:	$60.00
	Winner s Recital:	$150.00 (which includes 6 concert tickets)
		$20.00 each additional ticket

 

Application Fees must be paid by a separate check, and should not include any MEMBERSHIP FEES. If paying application fees for several students, please indicate their names (this can be done on a separate note). Checks that include Membership fees will not be processed and will be returned.

 

REPERTOIRE REQUIREMENTS:

A program of two STYLISTICALLY CONTRASTING works. These works must be original compositions and should be memorized. Pieces from method books will not be accepted. (No repertoire changes are permitted between rounds).

PRELIMINARY ROUND:

If auditioning live: ONLY ONE PIECE from either Classical or Baroque Period. Classical work must be either a Sonata, Sonatina, Rondo, or Variation form. (Please exclude Beethoven’s Fur Elise, the First Movement of the Moonlight Sonata, the Second Movement of the Pathetique Sonata, and Bagatelles,Mozart’s D Minor Fantasy and Rondo A la Turk as well as Pachelbel's Canon). No slow movements of Classical Sonatas of Sonatinas will be allowed.

If auditioning VIA YouTube: ONLY ONE PIECE from either Classical or Baroque Period. Classical work must be a Sonata, Sonatina, Rondo, or Variation form. (Please exclude Beethoven’s Fur Elise, the First Movement of the Moonlight Sonata, the Second Movement of the Pathetique Sonata, and Bagatelles, Mozart’s D Minor Fantasy and Rondo A la Turk as well as Pachelbel's Canon). There will be no written comments on the recording, just Passing or Not Passing Score.

RECORDING REQUIREMENTS: The video must have clear sound quality and be free of any extraneous sounds, ie. Metronome, snapping, clapping, clicking, tapping, singing, and any other background noises. Recordings containing above-mentioned sounds will be immediately disqualified.

The email with the YouTube video link must be accompanied by the following:

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

FINAL ROUND FOR ALL APPLICANTS:

The final round must be in person. TWO PIECES either classical or baroque work (already performed in the preliminary Round) and a work of any other style.

No time changes will be allowed in the schedule for ANY reason. If the student has decided to audition live, he/she MUST be available for the entire weekend.

 

PERFORMANCE TIME AND AWARDS:

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

Gold Winners will receive cash awards. All prizewinners will receive certificates and will be invited to perform at the Festival Recital held at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Please note: When planning your program, the Recital Piece cannot exceed 10 minutes.

If a contestant is a winner, and he/she chooses not to perform at the Winners’ Recital, the recital fee is nonrefundable, and the contestant will not receive his/hers award or certificate.

 

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL MEMBERS:  TEACHERS AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS

The applicant must list both pieces, even though for the preliminary round, the competitors are only required to perform one piece {either a Classical or a Baroque work}.  Incomplete applications cannot be processed, and a late fee will have to be paid.

An email with instructions will be sent before each round to either a teacher member or individual member.  These instructions must be read and followed VERY carefully. This information pertains to the repertoire requirements, copies of the scores, and fees.  Those who fail to comply with our instructions will be disqualified.

 

DIVISION CODES: [S]

 

 

 

 

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 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	Advanced Piano Repertoire★★
S-VII	Age 17-18 Time: 15 minutes	Advanced Piano Repertoire★★

 

^★        Choose just one movement from Sonata or a Sonatina.

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