PIANO CATEGORIES

Select entries from the following list of categories.

Music selection: See GENERAL RULES AND INFORMATION

Da capo signs should be observed. Repeat signs should ordinarily be ignored, but at

the discretion of the teacher and student, may be observed where deemed

appropriate.

JUNIOR/INTERMEDIATE PIANO

Pre Grade 1 – 7

SENIOR PIANO

Grades 8 – ARCT

NONCOMPETITIVE PRE-GRADE 1 CONCERT GROUP

Two or three contrasting selections listed in the Royal Conservatory of Music Syllabus

Preparatory A, Preparatory B, Introductory Level, or Conservatory Canada Pre-Grade

1 book. This class may be entered two years in a row.

ADDITIONAL REPERTOIRE

Refers to additional repertoire that participants wish to perform in a category in which

they are already entered - for example, a second Baroque or Romantic piece, or a

‘popular list study’. These are to be entered at the same grade level as other

repertoire entered.

BACH, J.S.

A selection composed by J. S. Bach only.

BAROQUE/ EARLY KEYBOARD

Music of the Baroque period (up to 1750) as represented by the music of Telemann,

Scarlatti, Handel, Rameau, Couperin, etc. (excluding J. S. Bach)

.

CANADIAN

Works by recognized Canadian composers - many composers are listed on the CMC

website at www.musiccentre.ca

CLASSICAL

Music of the Classical period (circa 1750-1825) - Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, etc. or

pieces written in a definite Classical style by later composers. The number of

movements to be played should be as listed in the syllabus for that grade.

CONCERT PROGRAM

Two or three contrasting selections - one of the selections may be one grade higher.

(one mark is given for the overall performance)

FRENCH

Late 19th century composers: Debussy, Ravel, Dukas, Roussel, Faure, Ibert, etc.

NON-COMPETITIVE

Classes will be scheduled separately from competitive classes. Participants will

receive a verbal and written critique of their performance(s). Any class may be entered

non-competitively.

ORIGINAL COMPOSITION

An original composition must be written and either performed or arranged to be

performed by the participant. A copy of the score must be mailed to the Festival office

ROMANTIC

Music of the Romantic period (circa1825-1910) as represented by the music of

Brahms, Chopin, Grieg, Liszt, Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, etc. - or pieces

written in a definite Romantic style by later composers.

20TH-21ST CENTURY

Work of a recognized 20th-21st Century composer such as Kabalevsky, Prokofiev,

Gretchaninoff, Bartok, Khatchaturian, etc. (excluding Canadian composers).

MINI-CONCERTO

Up to Grade 7

Orchestral part to be played on a second piano - accompanist to be arranged by the

performer.

CONCERTO CLASS

Grade 8 and over

One movement - orchestral part to be played on a second piano - accompanist to be