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Young Artist Competition for
Pre-College Pianists and Organists
Junior Piano Division
Prizes and additional rules
Prizes
- First Prize: $500.00 The Jefferson Prize *
- Second Prize: $300.00 The Lalik Prize **
- Third Prize: $200.00 The Chauncey Prize ***
- Special Prize: $150 The American Music Prize, for the best performance of a composition by
an American composer ****
- Keyboard Alumni Prize for 2010: the Chopin Prize of $100 for the best performance by a
Junior Division contestant of a composition by Chopin, in celebration of the two-hundreth
anniversary of his birth (1810). *****
Additional Rules for Junior Piano Division
- Contestants should prepare three solo selections, to be played from memory, chosen using the following guidelines:
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- one selection by Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, or Beethoven
- one selection by Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Grieg, or Brahms
- one selection by any composer who lived during either the twentieth or twenty-first century. (To be eligible for the American Music Prize, contestants must select a qualifying work for this category.)
- Total time for the three selections should not exceed twelve minutes (no minimum; contestants will be stopped after 12 minutes).
- Contestants must supply one clean copy of each selection for the judge (No Xeroxes will be allowed).
- The competition will be open to the public and contestants will be judged on stage presence as well as the musical and technical aspects of their performance.
- Each contestant will receive the judge’s written comments and evaluation at the conclusion of the day. The judge’s decision will be final.
- Completed application form and non-refundable entry fee of $25.00 must be received by February 12, 2010. Applicants will be informed of their acceptance by February 19, 2010. Make checks out to "The East Carolina University Piano and Organ Competition".
* donated by Jefferson Florist, Inc. of Greenville, NC
** donated by Mrs. Anne Marie Lalik of Greenville, NC
*** donated by Ms. Bea Chauncey, Greenville, NC
**** donated by The Greenville Piano Teachers Association, awarded for the best performance of an American work
***** Donated by Keyboard Alumni of the ECU School of Music
