High School Piano Solo and Duet Competition and Scholarship Audition 2013*
Application Deadline: Monday, March 11, 2013
Competition Performance: Saturday, March 23, 2013 starting @ 9:00 a.m.

You may apply for both the solo and duet competition.

Click here to view previous winners.

Prizes to be awarded
Piano Solo: 1st - $200 and trophy; 2nd - trophy; 3rd - trophy
Piano Duet: One prize of $100

*Music Scholarships will be offered to participants interested in attending Miami Dade College - Kendall Campus.

Competition Guidelines for All Participants:

1. Participants must be enrolled in high school and no more than 18 years of age.
2. Judges will provide written commentary for all participants.
3. All applications are to be made electronically at:
   For solo - www.mdc.edu/kendall/mtd/mtdkeyboardapp.asp
   For duet - www.mdc.edu/kendall/mtd/mtdkeyboardappduet.asp
4. Contestants will be notified of audition times after all entry information forms have been received and scheduling has been completed.
5. Entrants who have not received confirmation by Saturday, March 16, 2013 should notify Wayne Bumpers at 305-237-2392 or email kbumpers@mdc.edu
6. Warm-up rooms will be provided.
7. Not all prizes may be awarded. Miami Dade College reserves the right not to award prizes based on levels of performance.

Competition Rules for Piano Solo:

1. Participants will have a 10-minute period to perform.
2. Contestants must prepare two (only) solo compositions, which clearly contrast in tempo and character (one fast and one slow) that represents different style periods (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, Contemporary). A Sonata or Sonatina movement counts as one composition. Types of compositions include but not limited to: Sonatas, Preludes, Fugues, Scherzos, Ballads, Intermezzos, Toccatas, and Dances, etc.
3. Only original solo piano music may be used. No concertos or chamber works will be allowed.
4. Compositions must be prepared in their entirety, but without repeats (unless required by compositional form). If it is clear that time will run out, judges may ask a student to move to a later juncture in a composition (e.g., to the coda). Monitors will stop performances when time limits have been reached. No penalty is incurred if a performer is excused, due to time constraints, before a piece is completed.
5. Both compositions must be performed from memory.
6. Participants must perform the works listed on the application.
7. One score of each composition (not photocopied) must be brought for the judges.
8. Contestants will be judged on degree of difficulty, tone, rhythm, style, execution, memory, and musicianship.
9. Other than a cushion if needed, no apparatus, furniture, or attachment may be brought into the audition studio.
10. Participant must be present at the Awards Ceremony at the end of the competition to receive their prize.
11. Participants will receive comment sheets by mail after the competition.

Competition Rules for Duet:

1. Duos must prepare one piece for 1 piano / 4 hands, with a duration of 5 minutes or less. Multi-movement works are allowable, as long as all movements fit within the 5-minute time limit.
2. Music written originally for piano duet as well as transcriptions from orchestral or chamber works are allowed. Suggested works include (and are not limited to) movements from any of the following pieces/composers:
   
   Nola by Felix Arndt
   Any duets by Johann Sebastian Bach
   Souvenirs by Samuel Barber
   Any duets by Ludwig van Beethoven
   Jeux d'Enfants by Georges Bizet
   Any duets by Carl Bohm
   Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms
   Liebeslieder Waltzes by Johannes Brahms
   Épigraphes Antiques by Claude Debussy
   Petite Suite by Claude Debussy
   Slavonic Dances by Antonin Dvorak
   Dolly Suite by Gabriel Faure
   Norwegian Dances by Edvard Grieg
   Any duets by W. A. Mozart
   Sonata for Piano 4 Hands by Francis Poulenc
   Mother Goose Suite by Maurice Ravel
   Any duets by Franz Schubert (excluding large single-movement works)
   Bilder aus Osten by Robert Schumann
   Any marches by John Philip Sousa
   Waltzes by Richard Strauss
   The Nutcracker Suite by Peter Ilytch Tchaikovsky
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3. Compositions must be prepared in their entirety, but without repeats (unless required by compositional form). If it is clear that time will run out, judges may ask a student to move to a later juncture in a composition (e.g., to the coda). Monitors will stop performances when time limits have been reached. No penalty is incurred if a performer is excused, due to time constraints, before a piece is completed.
4. Duos can choose to play from memory or with sheet music. No bonuses for memory work or deductions for use of music will be given.
5. Duos must perform the work(s) listed on the application.
6. One score of the performed work(s) (not photocopied) must be brought for the judges. Exceptions can be made in the case of a work that is out of print. Any exception to this rule must be cleared before the date of the competition.
7. Duos will be judged on degree of difficulty, tone, rhythm, style, execution, ensemble work and musicianship.
8. Other than a cushion if needed or any implements for prepared piano, no apparatus, furniture, or attachment may be brought into the audition studio.
9. Duos must be present at the Awards Ceremony at the end of the competition to receive their prize.
10. Prize winning duo(s) further agree to perform their competition piece(s) at Gala For Two Pianos, which will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at the McCarthy Auditorium, room 6120 at 5:00pm at Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus.
11. Participants will receive comment sheets by mail after the competition.