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    PRIZES

    March 21-22, 2008  

    Prize amounts may increase contingent on fund-raising.

    Piano solo works (movements of sonatas or suites included) or concerto movements are allowed in each category, unless otherwise indicated:

        REPERTORY EXCELLENCE AWARDS 

        CREATIVE PIANIST AWARDS

    • MOST VERSATILE PIANIST
                 Prize: $100       educational and explanatory information
    • BEST DEMONSTRATION OF EMBELLISHING AND/OR IMPROVISING IN A CLASSICAL WORK (an appropriate Baroque, Classic or Romantic period work, or Neo-Classical contemporary work) OR A CONCERTO MOVEMENT FEATURING THE PERFORMER'S OWN ORIGINAL CADENZA(S) AND/OR LEAD-IN(S)
                 Prize: $100 educational and explanatory information
    • BEST DEMONSTRATION OF SPONTANEITY AND/OR IMPROVISATION IN A JAZZ, POP, GOSPEL OR RAG STYLE WORK
                 Prize: $100       educational and explanatory information
    • THE SUSAN TORGRUDE AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE OF AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION  BY THE CONTESTANT
                 Prize: $100       educational and explanatory information
    • BEST PERFORMANCE OF A TASTEFUL TRANSCRIPTION OR ARRANGEMENT (IN ANY STYLE, ORIGINAL OR NOT) FOR PIANO SOLO
                 Prize: $100       educational and explanatory information
    • BEST DEMONSTRATIONS OF PROFICIENCY ON A DIGITAL PIANO (contingent on sponsorship, prizes TBA)


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    Judge(s) have discretion to award more than one prize to the same student or to award no prize in the unlikely event that no one qualifies in certain categories.

    Prizes not already earmarked for Colorado residents may, at the discretion of the judge(s), be split two ways -- half for a Colorado resident and half for a non-Colorado resident.
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    HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS:


    Each category may have one or more HONORABLE MENTION prizes at the discretion of the judges.

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Please note: All terms of this festival are contingent on fund-raising and subject to change.

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