Duet Performance Competitions (2026)
Duet Performance Competitions
DUET PERFORMANCE COMPETITIONS (Coordinating Chairperson: Arnel Montgomery) are held in three categories based on age levels and students must perform both solo pieces from memory:
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ELEMENTARY: up to age 10
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INTERMEDIATE: up to age 14
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ADVANCED: up to age 19 (Not yet graduated from High School)
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A First and Second place award will be given for each level.
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Duet teams may perform both pieces from memory, however the use of the score is recommended. The First place duet team in each level performs both pieces at the May general meeting. Participation in the winners' recital is a mandatory requirement, so students and their parents must be made aware of the date. The First place winner in each level may compete again in the same level (based on the age criterion) or move to a higher level (again based on the age criterion).
Age level is determined by the older partner as of January 1 of the competition year. If the score is used, page turns must be done by the performers or a page turner (not a parent or teacher).
Deadline for applications in all levels is a postmark date of March 15, 2026.
There will be NO exceptions!
Teachers (not parents or students) must submit the applications, which are available on the website or at the general meetings. See individual descriptions below for required pieces, specific contact person for each level, dates and location of competition, fees, and award amounts. All fees are non-refundable.
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Audition times are specific and final the day of the event and latecomers cannot be accommodated.
An unlimited number of entries per teacher(s) is allowed up to ten teams total per level. Duet partners may come from different PPTA members.
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Teachers of winning duet students will be notified by email the day of the competition. The judges’ decision is final and may not be challenged by teacher, entrants, parents or guardians.
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REMINDER: A teacher must be a paid member of PPTA by September 1, prior to the date of the competition. The students must have worked solely with the PPTA member on all pieces performed or submitted for the competition.
Coordinating Chairperson Contact Information:
Arnel Montgomery
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Cell: 412-860-7093
Home: 412-795-7947
Email: ilovethepiano2003@yahoo.com
Category Chairpersons
Send completed applications for performance competitions to individual chairpersons listed below.
Elementary: up to age 10
PYCO School of Music:
Room 200 and 201
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Saturday afternoon
May 2, 2026
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Therese Engelhardt
AWARDS PER TEAM:
1st Place $70.00
2nd Place $60.00
ENTRY FEE PER TEAM:
$30.00
Venetian Boat Song Op. 19 No. 6 by Felix Mendelssohn, arr. by Carl Czerny
Masterworks Classics Duets Level 5
Published by Alfred
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Katy-dids by Amy Beach
Masterworks Classics Duets Level 4
Published by Alfred
Intermediate: up to age 14
​PYCO School of Music:
Room 200 and 201
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Saturday afternoon
May 2, 2026
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Therese Engelhardt
AWARDS PER TEAM:
1st Place $100.00
2nd Place $80.00
ENTRY FEE PER TEAM:
$30.00
Sonata in D Major Op. 6 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Alfred Masterworks Edition, One piano, Four hands
Le Jardin feerique (The Enchanted Garden) by Maurice Ravel Ma Mewre L’Oye (Mother Goose Suite) published by Kjos Music Company
Advanced: up to age 19*
​PYCO School of Music:
Recital Hall
Saturday morning
May 2, 2026
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Arnel Montgomery
Cell: 412-860-7093
Home: 412-795-7947
AWARDS PER TEAM:
1st Place $200.00
2nd Place $150.00
ENTRY FEE PER TEAM:
$40.00
Slavic Dance Op. 72 No. 2 by Antonin Dvorak
Any Standard Edition also on IMSLP (Take All Repeats)
Le Bal (The Ball) Op. 22 No. 12 from Jeux d’Enfants by Georges Bizet
Any Standard Edition also on IMSLP
*Not yet graduated from High School