Prizes
First place: $10,000
Second place: $5,000
Third place: $3,000

Awards
Audience Communication: $500
Wisconsin Contestant: $750
Best Performance of a Duo: $500

Scholarship
International Keyboard Institute and Festival at Mannes College of Music in New York City in July 2011

Guest Artist Performances

Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
Artist Series of Sarasota

Green Lake Festival of Music

Finalists, who receive awards as PianoArts Fellows, perform programs in Milwaukee area schools, churches, private homes and recital halls. Residencies are from five days to three weeks and include training on "Engaging Audiences" and "Building Programs for Diverse Audiences."

More Opportunities

More prizes and performance opportunities will be listed as they become available.

REPERTORY LIST

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MEMORY
Contestants must perform from memory, with the exception of the violin/piano or cello/piano duos, which should be performed with the score.

DVD PRELIMINARY ROUND

Repertory Requirements:

1. Solo of the contestant's choice -- entire composition or movement(s)

2. First movement of selected concerto from the Repertory List for Concertos:

• The same concerto must be performed in the Semifinal Recital.
• The second pianist must not be visible on the DVD.
• Contestants may submit concerto performances with orchestra, provided the concerto is the same that the contestant will perform in this competition.
• See Rules/Guidelines regarding the DVD recording.

SEMIFINAL ROUND RECITALS

• Contestants will perform two programs in the Semifinal Round: a SOLO RECITAL PROGRAM and a COLLABORATIVE RECITAL PROGRAM
• PianoArts will provide all collaborative musicians for contestants performing in the Semifinal Rounds. There will be no extra cost to the contestants.
• At least one composition performed during the Semifinal Rounds (the concerto or another work) must be from the Classical period.

Program and repertory requirements are listed below.

SOLO SEMIFINAL RECITAL PROGRAM
Repertory Requirements

1.  One virtuoso étude

2.  Solo of the contestant’s choice (may be the same or different from DVD solo)   

  -- entire work or movement(s)

3.  Any nocturne by FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN

4.  North American composition written after 1940 -- entire work or movement(s)

The recital will last 40 minutes and will include 5 minutes devoted to:

• brief comments about why the performer selected the contestant's choice solo
• speaking about and performing examples from the North American work

COLLABORATIVE SEMIFINAL RECITAL PROGRAM

Repertory Requirements

1.  Solo of the contestant's choice (different from that in the Solo Semifinal Recital)

-- entire composition or movement(s)

2.  Violin/piano or cello/piano duo, without repeats, from Repertory List for Duos

3.  First movement of the selected concerto from Repertory List for Concertos

The recital will last 40 minutes. Please take these timings into consideration when planning your program:

• 10 minutes (maximum) will be devoted to speaking about and performing examples from the concerto.
• The second pianist performing the orchestral reduction will play an introduction of approximately 8 measures.

FINAL ROUND & AWARDS CONCERT
All movements of the selected concerto will be performed with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

REPERTORY LIST FOR CONCERTOS & DUOS

Concertos

All movements of the concerto are required and will be performed during the Concerto Master Class and Final Round & Awards Concert. Only the first movement is required for the DVD Preliminary Round and the Collaborative Semifinal Recital. Contestants must choose the same concerto for all rounds.

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

• Any concerto with the exceptions of Kochel 37, 39, 40, 41

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

• Concerto no. 1 in C major, Opus 15
• Concerto no. 2 in B–flat major, Opus 19
• Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Opus 37

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

• Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Opus 25
• Concerto no. 2 in D minor, Opus 40

ROBERT SCHUMANN

• Concerto in A minor, Opus 54

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN

• Concerto no. 2 in F minor, Opus 21

Duos

Contestants may choose one of the following:

Violin and Piano:

          WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

• Sonata in A major, Kochel 305 – any movement

          FRANZ SCHUBERT

• Sonatina no. 1 in D major, Opus posthumous 137/1 (D. 384) – any movement
• Sonatina no. 2 in A minor, Opus posthumous 137/2 (D. 385) – any movement

         LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

• Sonata in D major, Opus 12/1 – first or second movement
• Sonata in A major, Opus 12/2 – first movement
• Sonata in A minor, Opus 23 – first movement
• Sonata in C minor, Opus 30/2 – first movement

          JOHANNES BRAHMS

• Sonata in A major, Opus 100 – first movement

Cello and Piano:

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

• Twelve Variations on Handel’s Judas Maccabeus, WoO 45
• Seven Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen”from Mozart’s Magic Flute, WoO 46

          JOHANNES BRAHMS

• Sonata in E minor, Opus 38 – first movement

After submitting the application, the contestant may not change his or her concerto. Other changes in repertory must be approved no later than April 27, 2010 by contacting the PianoArts office by phone or Email.