2008 APPLICATION FORM

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REMEMBER: Application cannot be fully accepted until photo and application fee of $50 (US currency) are received.

Complete application includes 1) application fee, 2) online application and
3) photo.

Application fees are $50 and NON-REFUNDABLE (unless student cannot be
accepted into the festival). Please make check or money order, payable to
Mesa State College Department of Music. IMPORTANT: Please indicate "piano festival" in
the memo portion of checks.

PHOTOS: All students must submit a head photo of themselves.  Photos may be
sent as jpg or via regular mail.

Submit application form online (not via regular mail, please). Application fee
should be made out to Mesa State College Department of Music as indicated above and sent through the regular mail to:

Dr. Arthur Houle
Piano festival application
Mesa State College Music Department (MPAC #130)
1221 N. 12th St.
Grand Junction, CO 81501

Please also read application page before completing this application.
Contestant's full name:
Parent(s) or guardian(s):
Phone number(s):
 
Home email (IMPORTANT):
Address:
street address
city state or province zip or post code
country
Is your legal residence in Mesa County, Colorado as of 3/21/08? Yes No (See special prize.)
Indicate age as of 3/21/08 (we may request verifying documentation):
Birthdate:
/ /
(month / day / year)
Grade in school (or home-schooled equivalent) as of 3/21/08:
Name and location of school attending (or indicate if home-schooled):
Principal piano teacher:
Piano teacher's address:
street address
city state or province zip or post code
country
Phone number(s) of principal piano teacher:
Email of principal piano teacher:

VERY IMPORTANT!
Other significant past or present piano/theory/composition teachers? Yes No
If yes, list names, address(es), phones & e-mails of each. Also include what subjects each teacher taught (e.g., composition, jazz, general piano, etc.).  Please also list most recent past teacher(s), if applicable (and dates of study):
 

REPERTORY

There is no minimum repertory requirement.

15-minute limit - anything goes:

Students may play as few or as many selections as desired (in any style[s]), providing the repertory does not exceed 15 minutes.

We would advise against cuts in music (except in the "orchestra" 2nd piano reduction of concerto movements). If concerto movement(s) are played, contestants are responsible for securing their own accompanist(s) to play the 2nd piano orchestral reduction part(s). The accompanist(s) can be any person or persons of the contestant's choice.

Repeats are discretionary, but recommended for demonstrating creative variants.

At least one copy of all the music to be played must be provided for the judge(s). Please, no photocopies unless music is original, unpublished and/or uncopyrighted.

Measures should be numbered in all copies of the music. Contestants may perform with or without music (judges are instructed that memory is not by itself a factor in evaluations).

- Movements of piano solo sonatas or suites are permitted (for applicable prizes).

- If one or more transcriptions or arrangements are listed, please indicate what the pieces were in their original form, along with names of the original composers and arrangers/transcribers (e.g., "Symphony No. X, Hobgoblin No. 32 in Q-Flat; 1st movement, Allegro crisco corn bread-o, by Elrod Schmutz, transcribed for piano solo by Fiduciary Blimp").

- If concerto movements are listed, please indicate (if applicable) who has written (or will improvise) any lead-in(s) and/or cadenza(s) -- the contestant? contestant's teacher? both? the composer? an editor?

- Students who have played in previous creative piano festivals (1996-2004) cannot perform the same repertory that they played in any of those festivals. Exception: If the work is in a significantly different form (a different version, different arrangement, student is now adding embellishments/improvisations/variants, etc.), then it may be allowed. If there are questions, please contact Dr. Houle.

- IMPORTANT: Please indicate playing time of each selection in minutes, along with the TOTAL playing time where indicated (at bottom).

CONTESTANT'S REPERTORY -- max. 15 minutes:

Contestants who wish to make changes in their festival program after submitting applications should notify Dr. Houle as soon as possible.
  • In the space below please include FULL and ACCURATE listing of composers (FULL names) and titles.
  • Please include opus #'s, K., D., Hob., or other number(s); keys; movements; subtitles; etc. if applicable.
  • Please indicate full names and birth/death dates of composers whenever possible (e.g., Frederic Chopin, 1810-1849). If the composer is alive, you may simply indicate "contemporary composer."
  • IMPORTANT: Please highlight female composers by using all capital letters, especially if the gender is not obvious (e.g., ALEX SHAPIRO, contemporary composer). It is not necessary to indicate the prizes for which you are vying; the judges will determine the prizes for which you may qualify.
  • REMINDER: All students must attend the March 21st, 7:30 P.M. program and the Winners Recital/Awards Ceremony on March 22nd, 7:30 P.M.

Indicated as accurately as possible the total playing time of the repertory (must not exceed 15 minutes):  

Name(s) of accompanist(s) for concerto movement(s), if applicable: