PREPARATION
The SPC provides students with a tangible goal to incorporate musical artistry, technical ability, and performance skill during their practice and preparation.
ABOUT the SPC
Since 2013 the Spokane Piano Competition is an event that offers students and teachers a unique opportunity to perform, compete, learn and improve.
The SPC provides a platform for piano students to practice, perform and receive feedback about their overall musical ability.
The SPC scorecards provide immediate feedback. Scores are received within minutes of the performance and can be utilized for prompt evaluation goal-setting and advancement.
A written score explanation may also be purchased!
The competition gives each student three avenues for success.
OUR MISSION
Providing a platform for pianists to advance their musical study and achieve artistic growth.
RULES & CATEGORIES
Ensemble Competition
- Senior Division: Ages 15 – 18 $42
- Junior Division: Ages 11 – 14 $37
- Youth Division: Ages 7 – 10 $32
Solo Competition
- Senior Division: Ages 15 – 18 $37
- Junior Division: Ages 11 – 14 $32
- Youth Division: Ages 7 – 10 $27
Music Categories
- Baroque/Classical (Youth only)
- Baroque (Junior & Senior Division)
- Classical (Junior & Senior Division)
- Romantic
- Impressionist/Modern
- Open/Non-Competitive – Adults & Students
- Ensemble Competition
SCORING CRITERIA
THE SPC USES A NUMERIC SCORING SYSTEM
5
Superior
4
Excellent
3
Good
2
Fair
1
Poor
SCORING DEFINITIONS:
November 1 – 3, 2018
Entry Deadline: Monday, October 1, 2018
Students Compete within these age categories:
- Youth: Ages 7 – 10
- Junior: Ages 11 – 14
- Senior: Ages 15 – 18
JUDGE: Dr. David Hyun-su Kim
Hailed by Malcolm Bilson as a musician “who will doubtless make an important contribution to the musical life of this country,” pianist and fortepianist David Hyun-su Kim holds degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Cornell Universities, and a doctorate from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
Committed to music education, David has presented piano and fortepiano performance masterclasses and lectures at the Universities of Michigan, Wyoming, Ohio University, Colby College (ME), Connecticut College (CT), Bowdoin College, and the University of New Hampshire. He has been guest lecturer on 18th- and 19th-century notation, and the New England Conservatory Department of Music History recently invited him to lecture on improvisation. David has taught ear-training, history, theory, composition and keyboard skills at Harvard and Yale, and has maintained private teaching studios in Ithaca, New Haven, Boston, and Cambridge. In the fall of 2013, David left Boston and began a new post as a Professor of Piano at Whitman College in Walla Walla.
Contact Us
509-995-5676
info@spokanepianocompetition.com
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