Will Hay

Tag: piano competitions

  • Competitive Music Festivals 2011

    Some of my pupils have taken part in competitive music festivals in past years. It is always a challenging yet rewarding experience taking part in a competition even if you don’t win!

    Wirral Festival of Music, Speech & Drama
    8th and 9th April, 2011 at Birkenhead High School Academy

    Pianoforte classes in which you may be interested:

    Class 100 – 8 yrs and under – £4.75
    The Jolly Clown by Martha Mier (sheet music)

    Class 101 – 8 yrs and under – £4.75
    Own choice

    Class 102 – 9 yrs and under – £4.75
    The Bare Necessities by Terry Gilkyson (sheet music)

    Class 103 – 9 yrs and under – £4.75
    Own choice

    Class 104 – 10 years and under – £4.75
    Clowns and Tumblers by Stephen Heller (sheet music)

    Class 105 – 10 years and under – £4.75
    Own choice

    Class 106 – 12 years and under – £4.75
    Brandenburg Gate by Dave Brubeck (sheet music)

    Class 107 – 12 years and under – £4.75
    Own choice

    Class 108 – 14 years and under – £5.00
    “Sonnenschein in flur und hain” by F. Kirchner (sheet music)

    Class 109 – 14 years and under- £5.00
    Own choice

    Class 110 – 16 years and under- £5.00
    “Route 66” by Bobby Troup (sheet music)

    Class 111 – 16 years and under- £5.00
    Own choice

    More demo tracks will be posted as they become available, please check back!

    There are also a range of vocal and instrumental classes which may also be of interest. New this year is “Battle of the Bands: Rock ‘n Roll to Rap” , “Pop Idol Solo” and “Cabaret Solo”. Download the full music syllabus or the speech syllabus. Online entry opens from 1st January, 2011 or you can download an entry form to enter in the traditional way by 31st January, 2011

    Liverpool Performing Arts Festival

    28th Feb – 3rd March at St. George’s Hall, Liverpool
    Closing Date 10th December 2010

    Class 42 – Year 4 and Under – £3.75
    Any piece from Chester’s Piano Starters Bk 2

    Class 43 – Year 5 & 6 – £3.75
    Any piece from A Keyboard Anthology Series 1 Book 1

    More classes to follow

    Newcastle Under Lyme Festival of Music, Speech & Drama
    18th and 19th March, 2011

    Syllabus information to follow

    Chester Competitive Festival of Performing Arts
    Saturday, 14th May 2011 at King’s School, Chester

    Syllabus information not yet available


  • Chester Competitive Festival of Performing Arts 2009

    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

  • Wirral Festival 2009 – Pianoforte Competition

    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.