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The Raleigh Piano Teachers Association
Scholarship Auditions
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The Raleigh Piano Teachers Association offers two scholarships to older students. Auditions will be held during the second school semester, and the winners will perform in a special Scholarship Recital on the following Sunday. One scholarship is given in memory of Marion Cable, a charter of RPTA. Each year the second scholarship is named in honor or memory of a member of RPTA. In 2011 this scholarship will honor Bonnie Walker.
• Application Procedure
a) Applicants must be students of active members of RPTA for the current school year.
b) Age of applicants: 15-18 as of January 1, 2011 (Copy of birth certificate, or other
official document showing student‘s birth date, required with application.)
c) A former winner may not compete again
d) Entry fee: $30.00
• One or two judges, preferably from out of town, shall be procured. The honorarium for the judges will be
determined yearly and based on the hours involved. The fee for 2011 will be $40.00 per hour, plus mileage.
• The winners‘ scholarship checks shall be paid directly to the winning students. Each winner will be awarded
$300.00.
• A teacher may enter more than one student in these auditions.
REQUIREMENTS
Repertoire: Maximum time = 20 minutes total. (This time limit is new and is necessary due to the rising number of entrants. For comparison, 15 min. is the time limit allowed for NCMTA Sr.B level).
Students shall perform three solo pieces (no concerti; no original student compositions) of contrasting styles, chosen from the following stylistic periods: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, and Twentieth Century (A piece from Young Artist I or II is acceptable in this category.) However, one piece must be chosen from the Baroque or Classical periods. It is permissible to perform one piece from both periods, if the student wishes.
Teachers are encouraged to choose pieces that represent the highest qualities of each period. Suggested minimum levels of difficulty for music to be performed are:
-One movement from a Bach or Handel Suite
-One movement from a sonata by Haydn (other than Hob. HVI/1-10)
-Mozart (other than K545) or Beethoven (other than Op. 49)
The judge will use numerical ratings to decide the winners. Judges will give some comment on each piece and also must indicate the grade % earned on each section of the audition. (Ex: Repertoire grade – 36% of the 40% total allowed for repertoire.)
40 minutes will be scheduled for each student‘s audition. This will include 20 minutes maximum for repertoire and 20 minutes for form/history/style, keyboard skills, and sight reading.
Repertoire = 40% of the total numerical grade; form/history/style = 20%; keyboard skills = 20%; sight-reading = 20%.
• Form, History, Style:
- The judge will ask the student to discuss an understanding of the form, history and
style of the repertoire performed.
• Keyboard Skills:
- Scales: All major + harmonic minor, hands together, four octaves, parallel motion
- Arpeggi: All major and tonic minor, three positions, hands together, four octaves
- Cadence chords: I, IV, I, V, V7, I chords in all major and minor keys, three positions, hands together
• Sight-Reading:
- Three short pieces on an upper intermediate level from the five stylistic periods listed under the
repertoire requirements, representing three contrasting styles and three different composers.
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