Janice K. Hodges
Contemporary Piano Competition
***HONORING WOMEN
COMPOSERS***
Saturday, February 7, 2004
Recital Hall, 1604 Campus
The University of Texas at San Antonio
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ELIGIBILITY
Any piano student from grades four
through twelve who is a Texas resident or studies with a Texas-resident
teacher. Teachers are not required to be a member of a music teachers’
organization to enter students.
AWARDS
First, second, and third place
winners from grades 4 through 12 will receive a trophy. Each student will
receive judges’ comments evaluating his or her performance. At the discretion
of the judges, the grade 12 winner will be eligible to receive a renewable
scholarship award of up to $3,000 per year for study as an undergraduate music
major at UTSA. Awards will be announced at the conclusion of each divisional
competition.
ENTRY FEE
A non-refundable entry fee of $15.00
must accompany the entry form. Applications must be postmarked no later than
January 2, 2004. This deadline is firm.
Late applications will not be accepted. The number of entries per teacher
is unlimited. Please make checks payable to:
UTSA Department of Music.
2004
REPERTOIRE
*This year's competition honors the musical contributions
of women composers. Each grade level offers participants the choice of performing
a work written by a woman composer.See
asterisks (*) below. Listed editions are not required; editions are intended
to assist in purchasing music.
Grade 4
A.
Yoshinao
Nakada, No. 15 "The Speedy Car" from
Japanese Festival (Warner Bros.)
B. AndrÈ
Previn, No. 11 "Round Up" from Impressions
for Piano (Warner Bros.)
C.
*Mary Mageau,
No. 4 "Silver Swan," No. 5 "Capering Kangaroo," and No. 6 "Elegant Emu"
from Australia’s Animals (G. Schirmer)
Grade 5
A. Norman
Dello Joio, No. 7 "Bagatelle" and No. 9 "Small Fry" from Suite for the Young (Marks)
B. Lowell
Liebermann, No. 8 "Rainy Day" and No. 4 "Boogieman" from Album for the Young (Theodore Presser)
C. *Wynn-Anne
Rossi, "In Search of Gold" from An
Alaskan Tour (FJH)
Grade 6
A. Norman
Dello Joio, No. 3 "Street Cries" from Lyric
Pieces for the Young (Marks)
B. AndrÈ
Previn, No. 17 "Mimicry" and No. 7 "Trees at Twilight" from Impressions for Piano (Warner Bros.)
C. *Emma Lou
Diemer, Monkey Dance (Yorktown Music
Press)
Grade 7
A. Seymour
Bernstein, "The Hummingbird" and "The Vulture" from Birds (G. Schirmer)
B. Octavio
Pinto, No. 1 "Run, Run!" from Scenas
Infantis (G. Schirmer)
C. *Chen Yi,
No. 1 "Yu Diao" from Two Chinese
Bagatelles (Theodore Presser)
Grade 8
A. Bela
Bartok, I. "Bagpipers" from Sonatina
(Alfred)
B. *Alexina
Louie, "Moonlight Toccata" from Star
Light, Star Bright (Frederick Harris)
C.Sergei
Prokofiev, No. 4 "Tarantella" from Music
for Children, Op. 65 (G. Schirmer)
Grade 9
A. *Judith
Lang Zaimont, "January: Fanfare for the Year" and "July: Holiday" from Calendar Collection (Vivace Press)
B. Dmitri
Shostakovich, I. "Allegretto" from Three
Fantastic Dances, Op. 1 (G. Schirmer). Also published as Op. 5.
C. Joaquin Turina,
No. 5"Sacro-monte" from Danses Gitanes, Op. 55 (Editions
Salabert).
Grade
10
A. *Nora Holt,
Negro Dance, Op. 25, No. 1 (Vivace Press)
B. Wallingford
Riegger, Toccata (Boosey &
Hawkes)
C. Alexander
Tcherepnin, No. 10 "Presto" from Bagatelles—Ten
Pieces for Piano (MCA)
Grade
11
A. Norman
Dello Joio, No. 1 "Moderate" and No. 2 "Bright" from Suite for Piano (G. Schirmer)
B. Federico
Mompou, Cancion y Danza No. 6
(Marks/Hal Leonard)
C. *Zhanna
Kolodub, "Dance" from Dances of the
People:
Piano
Works from Ukraine
(Vivace Press)
Grade
12
A. *Gwyneth
Walker, No. 2 "Caper" from Cantos for the
End of Summer (ECS Publishing)
B. Alberto
Ginastera, "Danza del Gaucho Matrero" from Danzas
Argentinas (Durand)
C. Kent
Kennan, No. 3 "Allegro con fuoco" from Three
Preludes (G. Schirmer)
GENERAL RULES
1.
The
grade level indicated on the repertoire list is equivalent to the grade level
in school. Students are allowed to compete only at their school grade level.
Participants will be disqualified if they are entered in an incorrect grade
level.
2.
Decisions
of the judges are final and may not be questioned by participants, parents, or
teachers. Judges will reserve the right not to select a first-place winner or
to allow ties for any place. Judges’ comment sheets will be mailed directly to
teachers no later than February 11, 2004.
3.
Students
from the same teaching studio will not be scheduled to follow each other in the
competition.
4.
Teachers
will be notified by mail of audition times. All participating SAMTA teachers
must assist with the competition either on the competition day or before.
5.
Repertoire
must be selected from the list provided in this brochure and must be performed
from memory. Each contestant must provide the judges an original copy of the
music with the measures numbered. Judges will not accept photocopied music.
6.
Note
that the 2004 Repertoire list contains 3 choices of works (A, B, or C) for each grade level. Students must select only one
complete option, A, B, or C, listed for the grade level. Where two
or more compositions are listed within an option, the works may be performed in
any order.
Please send registration form and $15 entry fee to:
Janice K. Hodges Contemporary Piano Competition
Department of Music
University of Texas at San Antonio
6900 North Loop 1604 West
San Antonio, TX
78249-0641
Janice K. Hodges Contemporary Piano Competition
Saturday, February 7, 2004
Registration Form
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