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With 2009 now well under way, it is time to look at other local competitions and festivals taking place for pianists.  Chester Competitive Festival of Performing Arts has a number of open choice classes that may be of interest to my students.

The festival will take place at the King’s School, Chester on Saturday 25th April, 2009.

There is an own choice piano class for each year group up to under 16 with a time limit of 3 minutes for under 10s, 4 minutes for under 13s and 5 minutes for under 16s.  The entry fee is £4.90 per class and the closing date is Satuday 28th February, 2009.

Download the syllabus, or the entry form

January 31, 2009 | No comments

This year sees the launch of the Two Rivers Festival, an initiative to create a new festival of music and the arts using many of the beautiful buildings and locations on Wirral.

  • ENTENTE CORDIALE – Jonathan Small, oboe and Ian Buckle, piano
    perform a programme of English and French music of the 20th and 21st Centuries on Friday 6th February at 7.30pm
  • MEDITATIVE MOMENTS – Natalie Clein, cello performs music by Bach and Kodaly on Tuesday 17th March at 7.30pm
  • SOUNDPICTURES – Noriko Ogawa, piano performs music by Mozart, Debussy, Takemitsu, Grieg and Chopin on Friday 24th April at 7.30pm

Tickets priced at £15 or £40 for subscription to all three. Under 21s get in for half price.

Download the brochure for more information or to complete a booking form

January 25, 2009 | No comments

It’s now time to start thinking about competitions and music festival entries for 2009. I will be encouraging many of my students to take part as performance and competition are important ways of sharing as well as developing talent.

I am awaiting details of the Chester festival at the King’s School scheduled for 25th April next year though the Wirral Festival schedule (Friday 27th and Saturday 28th March, 2008) has been published well in advance.

 The Wirral Festival will be taking place at Birkenhead High School, 86 Devonshire Pl
Prenton, CH43 1TY NOT Birkenhead School.

 

WIRRAL FESTIVAL 2009

Classes of particular interest:

101a: Piano Solo (8 years and Under) – Coconut Calypso from Piano Time Jazz 1
101b: Piano Solo (8 years and Under) – Own Choice 
102: Piano Solo (9 years and Under) - In the Hall of the Mountain Bear from More Up Grade 0-1
103: Piano Solo (9 years and Under) - Own Choice 
104: Piano Solo (10 years and Under) - Study in C from Romantic Sketchbook 1
105: Piano Solo (10 years and Under) - Own Choice 
106: Piano Solo (12 years and Under) - Lazy Days from Lazy Days
107: Piano Solo (12 years and Under) - Own Choice 

The entry fee for each class is £4 and the closing date for entries is 31st January, 2009

Demonstration recordings of each of the test pieces listed above have been uploaded to the gallery

Copies of the music for the set pieces can be ordered directly from musicroom.com by following the links above.

January 15, 2008 | No comments