Youth Conservatory

Piano Festival 2012

It is a pleasure to invite you to the 41st Annual USU Piano Festival on Saturday April 14, 2012 in the Chase Fine Arts Center.  The festival will feature the Music Carnival, performance adjudications, and the USU Piano Festival Competition.

We will offer 18 different competitions this year.  All students, including previous winners, may enter one or more of the competitions as long as they meet the age and repertoire requirements and play a different piece in each competition entered.  All competition participants should be prepared to play in the morning as well as in the afternoon, if scheduling requires this.  This year the Method Book Artist will have only two divisions, ages 9 and under and ages 10-13.  Students must play any two memorized pieces in a method book.  A composer such as Schumann may be used as long as the piece is in a method book.  Contestants must bring the method book(s) to show eligibility.  The Mini Artist Competition will be divided into three divisions: ages 9 and under, ages 10-13, and ages 14-18.  The entry fee for all competitions will be $20 each.

Students who  choose NOT to compete can perform before a festival adjudicator and receive written comments.  One or two pieces may be played in the non-competition division, not to exceed 6 minutes playing time.  The fee for non-competition adjudication is $15.

The Festival fee entitles each student and his/her teacher to attend all the events, including the Piano Festival Competitions & Finals, any adjudicated performances, and the Music Carnival.

Special requests for non-competition students, (schedule before noon, after 1 p.m., etc.) will result in an additional $5 fee.  If the festival is unable to honor a special request, the $5 special request fee will be refunded.  Applications with special requests that do not have the appropriate fee included will not be processed.  Because of the many divisions in the Piano Festival Competitions, special requests will not be accepted for competition students.

Register by completing and returning the appropriate application form postmarked by March 14, 2012.  Please note that there are separate forms for non-competition students.  Both forms are found as pdf documents below.  A complete schedule of the day's activities will be sent to teachers at a later date, and teachers are asked to share schedule information with their students.  Please make checks payable to USU PIANO FESTIVAL and send the completed application forms to:

USU Piano Festival

Music Department

4015 Old Main Hill

Logan, UT 84322-4015

We hope you will join us this spring for a special day of music making and fun at the 41st Annual USU piano festival.  Please do not hesitate to call our Youth Conservatory office at (435) 707-3018 should you require additional information.  You are also welcome to  contact gary.amano@usu.edu for additional information.  See you soon!

41st Annual USU Piano Festival & Competition

All ages are determined by student's age on march 14, 2012

A student may enter as many competitions as he likes, as long as a different piece is played in each competition.  

PREVIOUS WINNERS MAY ENTER AGAIN.

METHOD BOOK ARTIST

Entry fee $20

Any two memorized pieces from a method book.  A piece by Schumann or Bartok, for example, WOULD be allowed as long as contestants bring the method book to show eligibility

          1. Ages 9 and under          2. Ages 10-13

MINI ARTIST

Entry fee $20

One piece under 2 minutes in duration.  No cuts allowed

          3. Ages 9 and under          4. Ages 10-13          5. Ages 14-18

SONATINA

Entry fee $20

One or more movements from any sonatina, any period

          6. Ages 9 and under          7. Ages 10-13

JUNIOR ARTIST

Entry fee $20

Any piece, any length

          8. Ages 11 and under

BAROQUE/CLASSIC SOLO

Entry fee $20

One piece from either the Baroque or Classic Period

          9. Ages 14 and under          10. Ages 15-18

ROMANTIC SOLO

Entry fee $20

One piece from the romantic period

          11. Ages 14 and under          12. Ages 15-18

IMPRESSIONIST/20TH CENTURY SOLO

$20

One piece in the impressionist or 20th Century style-POP, JAZZ, OR ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS ALLOWED

          13. Ages 14 and under          14. Ages 15-18

ALL PERIODS SOLO

Entry fee $20

One piece, any period

          15. Ages 14 and under          16. Ages 15-18

CONCERTO DIVISION

Entry fee $20

One movement from a concerto, no accompaniment

          17. Ages 14 and under          18. Ages 15-18

AWARDS:

*A prize of $50 to $100 will be awarded in Divisions 8 through 18 depending on enrollment.  2nd and 3rd prizes will also be based on enrollment.

*Prizes of $40-$50 will be awarded to top performers in Method Book Artist 1 and 2 and Mini Artist 3, 4, 5 and Sonatina 6 and 7.

*Top performers will be invited to perform in a Winner's Recital in the USU Performance Hall at a later date.

CLICK HERE to print application forms