Fall Piano Festival

Chairpersons:
Tatyana Eldridge
Camille Conforti

Registration

Registration Deadline: October 4, 2024

Register online or download and print the registration form. See 2024 Fall Piano Festival Participation Requirements for teacher information.
Note: Online registration must be completed by the teacher, not by parents or students.
[Teachers: Please make every effort to submit only one online registration, registering all your students at once. Also, please be sure any check or credit card you use identifies you by name.]

Student information may be accessed at Student/Parent Info. Please share this link with parents.

Non-Refundable Registration Fees

• Elementary I and II: $25.00
• Intermediate I and II: $30.00
• Advanced: $35.00

Eligibility

• Teachers entering participants must be active members in good standing of PMTA.
• Teachers and students must abide by the Student Responsibilities and Guidelines, located at the top of the printable registration form.
• Students entered must have studied with the current teacher at least three (3) months before the registration deadline.
• Teachers may enter any number of students. Chairperson(s) may enter students.

Divisions

• Elementary I (grades K-3) – minimum level 1
• Elementary II (grades 4-5) – minimum level 3
• Intermediate I (grades 6-7) – minimum level 5
• Intermediate II (grades 8-9) – minimum level 7
• Advanced (grades 10-12) – minimum level 9

Categories

• Category A: Student must perform two selections, memorized. Students will be awarded either a gold, silver or bronze medal, or participant ribbon. All gold medal winners are expected to perform in the Gold Medal Recital.
• Category B: Student performs two selections for evaluation only – memory optional. Students of any age may register in Category B. No medals can be awarded – participation ribbon only.

Repertoire

Elementary II, Intermediate I & II, and Advanced:
Each student is to perform two pieces:

• Any piece of your choice from the Baroque or Classical period.
• A waltz, a nocturne, or a mazurka from the Romantic or Modern period.

Elementary I: Each student is to perform two contrasting pieces (Beyer’s exercises are not acceptable).

Only original compositions by composers of renown are acceptable. Arrangements/simplified versions are not allowed. Jazz, Ragtime and Blues are not acceptable. WTC Preludes and Fugues by J.S. Bach must be considered as one piece (they cannot be played separately). One movement of a sonatina/sonata will be considered as one piece.

For reference purposes, teachers may consult the Arizona Study Program Teachers Reference Guide 2016 (available from ASP).