Beginner Piano Composition Competition

So, I'm taking piano in college now AND I would like to have pieces that help me build up on various skills. What better chance to start a new competition!

GUIDELINES:

1. Work must be technically accessible for a beginning piano student

2. Work must be structurally cohesive and artistically strong

3. Work can not be over 10 mins in length.

4. Work can be multiple movements as long as maximum length does not exceed 10 mins for the whole.

5. Submissions must be posted via the network with a score and audio realization. Links to the work must be posted in this thread.

PRIZE:

Recording of work!

Judges:

1. johnbucket

2. JohnPaxMulligan

3. Impresario

Entrants:

1. SergeofArniVillage

2. Alex

3. last life

4. Ian

5. JaredTC

6. Tokkemon

7. melodicsmiley

8. AppleCharlie

9. royreintjes

10. Hecklephone

11. Jesusfreak

12. Silva

13. JeremyL

14. bkho

15. TheWannabeChopin

NEED JUDGES GUYS!!!

Deadline:

August 31st, 2010

Cool! I'll take a stab at it :)

I would love to take part. Deadlines really motivate me to finish a piece. :lol:

I'm doin' it! What does "structurally cohesive and artistically strong" mean? No pauses and conveying something muscular?

I'm doin' it! What does "structurally cohesive and artistically strong" mean? No pauses and conveying something muscular?

Well, by structurally cohesive I mean that your ideas have to be used in ways that fit with your overall piece. So for instance, if you doing a sonata form.. I expect it to adhere in some semblance to sonata-allegro form. If your doing a ternary form, I'd expect it to have 3 sections (ABA) etc. If you have a piece with 3000 ideas that are just jammed together... then well, thats not structurally cohesive. As for artistically strong, that's a rather lose term. I want pieces that are fit for performance.

Oh! Let me join!

Finally a competition I can join. The only thing I can actually compose for is the piano.

Oh sorry, but what exactly is accessible for a "beginner". Maybe you could name a few well-known pieces that would be accepted as such.

Well, lets see...

My piano teacher chooses stuff from this site: http://www.gmajormusictheory.org/Freebies/freebies.html

What style are you after Jason? I may participate, if not I'll happily judge :)

What style are you after Jason? I may participate, if not I'll happily judge :)

HAHA you edited your post as I was editing the list... well, any aesthetic will do - as long as its not to difficult.

Well, lets see...

My piano teacher chooses stuff from this site: http://www.gmajormusictheory.org/Freebies/freebies.html

the range of difficulty is quite large in that site. I goes from pieces suitable for a child who has just begun playing the piano to Beethovens Pathétique Sonata.

Sorry that I'm the only one that seems to be confused by this.

No, I'm confused too. But that's generally the case so...

Any difficulty up to the types of music listed on that site in the Intermediate 2 category.

Any difficulty up to the types of music listed on that site in the Intermediate 2 category.

So intermediate 2 is the maximum difficulty? Just making sure lol.

I'll get started on the piece now.

So intermediate 2 is the maximum difficulty? Just making sure lol.

I'll get started on the piece now.

Sorry about that, I should've stated that from the get go :S

Any difficulty up to the types of music listed on that site in the Intermediate 2 category.

Yay you answered my query from last night. Bit late, but nevermind xd.

(Thank you^^)

Edit: Probably this morning for you.

HAHA you edited your post as I was editing the list... well, any aesthetic will do - as long as its not to difficult.

Haha, yer sorry about that mate, had a thought :P

I'll help judge. :)

I don't think it'll be good to have someone both judging and participating, just an opinion.

I agree. If the judges want to make something for me to play and not have it be part of the competition, I'll give it a go anyways.

I would love to take part in this challenge! Count me in.

I'll write something.

Okay, got you both on the list!

I'll make something.

Ok here is my piece!! It is Entitled "Festive Rondo" This piece should roughly be in the intermediate area of piano talent. There are two difficult parts where there is a melody and harmony switch between the right and left hands and there is a canon in there, too. Please Enjoy my piece! (Plaese note: the Mp3 is not a recoding, it is a sample rendering. And Sorry about the reverb I'll fix it soon.)

Jared

Score: FestiveRondo.pdf

Garritan Sample Rendering (Mp3): Festive Rondo.mp3

Jason -

Very interested in doing this. A few more question if you don't mind.

1) What is the MINIMUM length?

2) Can you submit a collection of pieces?

3) Intermediate 2 covers a wide range of technical abilities - from repeated notes, playing chord inversion without unduly stretching the fingers and alternating articulations to fast alberti bass, repeated thirds and quick scalar runs with finger crossing as in the Clemente and for the Chopin, supple wrist to play octaves and voicing inner voices in thick chord in the right hand as well as getting the top voices and ability to play chords at piano and forte

Of the above what are your most pressing technical needs?

1. Work must be technically accessible for a beginning piano student

2. Work must be structurally cohesive and artistically strong

3. Work can not be over 10 mins in length.

4. Work can be multiple movements as long as maximum length does not exceed 10 mins for the whole.

5. Submissions must be posted via the network with a score and audio realization. Links to the work must be posted in this thread.

I posted a link a few posts ago that my teachers gathers works from. Its a free website (check some of my previous posts here for link). I'm looking for something a little bit challenging. I need to work on coordinating playing with two hands. I can do 1 hand fine - but when I get two together... it fumbles.