CSN Piano Concerto Competition

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CSN Department of Fine Arts Music Program

announces as part of the

Annual CSN Spring Piano Festival 2009

The Tenth Piano Concerto Competition
scheduled March 28 has been canceled for 2009

Further information about the 2010 competition will be posted as soon as it becomes available. Please check this website for updates. We regret any inconvenience, and look forward to seeing you next year. Thank You.

Young Pianists from any country are invited to compete in three divisions,
choosing the first movement of a concerto from the following list:

Junior 6 to 10 years of age	Intermediate 11 to 15 years of age	Senior 16 to 21 years of age
1. Concertino in C major Hob.XIV:11 Joseph Haydn 2. Concertino in C major Hob.XIV:12 Joseph Haydn 3. Concertino in C major Hob.XIV:13 Joseph Haydn 4. Concertino in C major "Divertimento" Joseph Haydn 5. Concerto in A minor Jean Williams	1. Concerto in F major No.11 K413 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2. Concerto in D major K175 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 3. Concerto in F minor Johann Sebastian Bach 4. Concerto in D major Joseph Haydn 5. Concerto in G major Joseph Haydn	1. Concerto in D minor Johann Sebastian Bach 2. Concerto No. 17 in G major K453 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 3. Concerto No. 21 in C major K467 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 4. Concerto No. 23 in A major K488 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 5. Concerto in G minor Op.25 Felix Mendelssohn

Competition Prizes
Junior (6 to 10 years of age)
First prize      $ 100
Second prize   $ 50

Intermediate (11 to 15 years of age)
First prize      $ 200
Second prize   $ 100

Senior (l6 to 21 years of age)
First prize      $ 300
Second prize   $ 150

All prize winners will receive cash prizes and will perform the first movement
of their selected concerto at the Winners' Concert with the Nevada Chamber Symphony.

Senior Division winners will also receive scholarship credits
for music studies at the CSN Music Program.

Competition Guidelines

The competition will consist of one round audition with the first movement of a concerto, including the cadenza.
All the music is to be performed by memory and in their entirety from the selected list of concertos.
Application to the competition constitutes acceptance of the contestant and their teachers of all rules and regulations.
All decisions of the jury will be final and irrevocable.
The winners are expected to perform at the Award Concert on May 17, 2009 at the Horn Theater,
CSN Cheyenne Campus, with the same concerto and movement with which they auditioned.
Any performer who is awarded with a prize forfeits its rights by not showing at the Winners' Concert.
Financial responsibility for travel to the competition and final concert must be assumed by the contestant.
The order of appearance of contestants will be determined by a drawing. All contestants must be present for the drawing.
Contestants are responsible for their accompanist. Teachers are not allowed to accompany their own students.
Each contestant will be notified by mail of their acceptance with a competition schedule.
CSN will provide contestants with practice facilities for warm-up during the competition.
Competition will be open to the public, although seating is limited.
No substitutions will be accepted on the Concerto Competition's repertoire.
First prize winners of the previous year can only compete in the following age level.

Competition Entry Fee
Application fee: $50.00 Check or Money Order should be made payable to:

Board of Regents

Application deadline: to be announced

For a printable Competition Entry Form
Please see:

Competition Judges
A distinguished panel of international judges has been invited for the competition.

Competition Co-Sponsors:
Southern Nevada Music Steinway & Sons web site
Nevada Public Radio KCNV web site
Las Vegas Music Teachers Association web site
Music World web site
Janice & Edward Hohman
Vincent & Anne Capizzi
Dr. & Mrs. Ed Miller
William Conley

Previous Year's Competition Winners

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

For more information and entry forms contact:

Dr. Victor Hugo Alvarez, Competition Director, CSN Music Program

Phone: (702) 651-4659
Email: victor.alvarez@csn.edu

All information is as current and correct as possible.
We reserve the right to make any changes and/or corrections as necessary.