Solo Performance Competition
Solo Performance Competitions
SOLO PERFORMANCE COMPETITIONS (Coordinating Chairperson: Arnel Montgomery) are held in four categories based on age levels and students must perform both solo pieces from memory:
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EARLY ELEMENTARY: up to age 9
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ELEMENTARY: up to age 11
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EARLY INTERMEDIATE: up to age 13
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INTERMEDIATE: up to age 15
A First and Second place award will be given for each level.
The First place winner in each level will perform 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 meeting’s 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).
Deadline for applications in all levels is a postmark date of March 15, 2027.
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.
Audition times are specific and final the day of the event and latecomers cannot be accommodated.
Only one entrant per level per teacher will be allowed. Age is determined by January 1 of the competition year.
Teachers of winning solo 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.
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
Cell: 412-860-7093
Email: ilovethepiano2003@yahoo.com
Category Chairpersons
Send completed applications for performance competitions to individual chairpersons listed below.
Early Elementary: up to age 9
PYCO School of Music Recital Hall
Saturday morning, April 24, 2027
Inna July
AWARDS:
1st Place $50.00
2nd Place $40.00
ENTRY FEE:
$20.00
A Faded Letter by Eugenie Rocherolle Treasures
Seven Pieces for Piano Solo
Published by Hal Leonard
Allegretto from Sonatina in C Major by Theodore Latour
Selected Sonatinas Book 1 by Keith Snell and published by Kjos
Elementary: up to age 11
PYCO School of Music Recital Hall
Saturday afternoon, April 10, 2027
Raelene Bluhm
AWARDS:
1st Place $75.00
2nd Place $50.00
ENTRY FEE:
$20.00
Chasing Butterflies by Steabbog
12 Easy and Melodious Studies Op. 63 (edited by Keith Snell) published by Kjos
Aylesford Piece by Handel
Keys to Stylistic Mastery Bk. 1 by Clarfield/Alexander and published by Alfred
(take all repeats)
Early Intermediate: up to age 13
PYCO School of Music Recital Hall
Saturday afternoon, April 24, 2027
Andrea Doyle
AWARDS:
1st Place $125.00
2nd Place $75.00
ENTRY FEE:
$20.00
Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 by Chopin
available on IMSLP, or any standard edition (suggested edition, Polish National Edition, Jan Ekier, editor)
Running for the Bus by Alexina Louie
Available in the RCM (Royal Conservatory of Music) Celebration Series, Level 6 Repertoire or from the Canadian Music Center, online
Intermediate: up to age 15
PYCO School of Music Recital Hall
Saturday morning, April 10, 2027
Arnel Montgomery
Cell: 412-860-7093
Home: 412-795-7947
AWARDS:
1st Place $150.00
2nd Place $100.00
ENTRY FEE:
$20.00
The Sapin (The Spruce) Op. 75, No. 5 by Jean Sibelius
Available on IMSLP, or any standard edition
Improvisations No. 12 "Hommage à Schubert" by Francis Poulenc
Available on IMSLP, or any standard edition