
Each year, St. Cecilia Music Center holds its Piano Concerto Competition for students in grades 6-12. The winner of the competition will play the required piano concerto with SCMC’s top youth orchestra, Philharmonic, at its winter concert on Saturday, January 15, 2022.
This year’s concerto is: Haydn Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVIII/11, Movements 1 & 3
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
COMPETITION DATE: Saturday, December 4, 2021 | 9am-12pm
CONTESTANTS MUST:
- be in grades 6-12.
- not be a previous winner.
- provide their own second piano accompanist for the competition.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- The concerto must be memorized.
- Cadenzas other than the one in the specified edition will be considered.
- Auditions are closed. Parents and teachers will not be permitted in the audition room. Exception: a parent or teacher may play the piano reduction of the orchestral part for the soloist.
- Tape recorders are prohibited in the audition room and adjoining areas.