2024 Important Competition Information
All applications and payments are now to be completed online. No paper submissions or checks will be accepted.
Online payments will not incur any extra processing fees.
Online Applications Open: Saturday, February 17 2024
Online Application Deadline: Friday, March 8 2024
Application Fee (per category): $50
Competition Date: Saturday, April 6 2024 (between 9am - 6pm)
Competition Location: Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 285 Lyons Plain Rd, Weston CT
Winners Concert Date: Saturday, April 13 2024 (between 6 - 9pm)
Winners Concert Location: Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 285 Lyons Plain Rd, Weston CT
The Awards Competition offers dedicated and highly advanced piano students the opportunity to perform and receive a monetary prize. Students have the ability to participate in a maximum of three out of the total four competition categories in his/her respective age group:
- Baroque
- Romantic
- French Impressionist/21st Century
- Contemporary Idiom non-French
Students are expected to perform one piece for each category. Below is a list of recommended composers for each competition category:
- Baroque: J. S. Bach, Scarlatti, Rameau, Soler, Telemann
- Romantic: Brahms, Chopin, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tchaikovsky
- French Impressionist/21st Century: Debussy, Ibert, Poulenc, Ravel
- Contemporary Idiom non-French: Bernstein, Copland, Kabalevsky, Shostakovich
NOTE: Teachers who want to enter works by composers not on this list must contact Donald Charlamb at [email protected].
Students also have the ability to participate in the Schubert Club Achievement Award additional to the competition categories. Eligibility criteria can be found below.
The age groups (calculated as per the day of the performance) and time limits are listed below:
PRIMARY GROUP
11 years of age and under
6 minutes (maximum)
JUNIOR GROUP
12 - 14 years of age
8 minutes (maximum)
SENIOR GROUP
15 years and over
11 minutes (maximum)
SCHUBERT CLUB ACHIEVEMENT AWARD GROUP
High School Senior
30 minutes (maximum)
RULES
- Applications are to be completed ONLY by teachers who are current members of the Schubert Club of Fairfield County.
- Students may compete in a maximum of three of the four categories in their appropriate age group.
- Students who have previously won First Prize in an Awards competition may not compete in the same category (Baroque, Romantic, etc.) at the same age level in the current year.
- To be eligible to compete for the Schubert Club Achievement Award, a student must have participated in Schubert Club sponsored events (Schubert Club Juniors Recitals, Schubert Club Awards Competition and/or Young Musicians Festival) for three out of four high school years.
MUSIC
- Each entrant must provide a copy of the score(s) for the judges at the time of their performance. Photocopies are not allowed. However, entrants may use computer-generated copies from reliable sources such as PianoStreet.com and IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project) or the Petrucci Music Library, (consent note included). Entrants may use transcriptions that are considered standard repertoire (i.e., Bach’s transcriptions of Baroque concerti, transcriptions by other composers e.g. Busoni, Liszt, Rachmaninoff). Other arrangements and transcriptions are not allowed.
- Repeats are permitted only at Primary level.
- Students should remain in the audition hall or the adjacent room for the entire event(s) that they are performing in.
RESULTS
- Winners will be announced immediately after each event.
- All judges’ decisions are final.
- The judges may award Honorable Mention at their discretion.
- The Schubert Club will scan and email Adjudication Sheets critiquing the performances to the teachers.
- All First Prize winners of Baroque, Romantic, French and Contemporary competition awards and the Schubert Club Achievement Award Recipient are expected to perform at the Winner's Concert, which will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 7:00 pm at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 285 Lyons Plain Road, Weston. The concert is free and open to the public. Winners of all events, including Honorable Mention recipients, will be given their prizes and certificates at the concert. A reception follows.
- We urge teachers to stay within these limits in order that our events proceed smoothly and fairly.
PRIZES
LEVEL | Primary | Junior | Senior | Schubert Club Achievement Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Place | $60 | $80 | $100 | $500 |
2nd Place | $40 | $60 | $80 |
Any questions? Please contact Donald Charlamb at [email protected]
