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Young Artist Competition for
Pre-College Pianists and Organists
Senior Piano Division
Prizes and Additional Rules
Prizes:
First Prize: $750.00 The Hopper Piano Prize
*
Second Prize: $500.00 The Henry Husted Wooten Prize
**
Third Prize: $350.00 The Charles and Joanne Bath/Burrage Music Co. Prize
***
Additional Rules for Senior Piano Division:
1. Contestants should prepare three solo selections, to be played from memory, chosen using the following guidelines:
- one selection by Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, or Beethoven
- one selection by Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Grieg, or Brahms
- one selection by a composer who lived during either the twentieth or twenty-first century
2. Total time for the three selections should not exceed twenty minutes (No minimum, contestants will be stopped after twenty minutes).
3. Contestants must supply one clean copy of each selection for the judge (No Xeroxes will be allowed).
4. 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.
5. Each contestant will receive the judge’s written comments and evaluation at the conclusion of the day. The judge’s decision will be final.
6. Completed application form and non-refundable entry fee of $30.00 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 The Hopper Piano Company, Raleigh, NC
** donated by Mrs. Harriet H. Wooten of Greenville, NC
*** donated by Dr. Charles and Mrs. Joanne Bath of Greenville, NC and Burrage Music Company of Raleigh, NC
