Competitions Calendar 2003-2004
If you have any questions, please email amduhamel@hotmail.com or call 320-202-5169 to leave a message for Ann in the teacher voicemail box at CMMS. Have a musically productive year!
| September | |
| September 4, (Thursday) |
Postmark
Deadline -- MTNA Young Artist form and
$100/SYA; $70/JYA fee due. For information/application, www.mtna.org |
| September 12, (Friday) |
Postmark Deadline – MMTA theory test,
TC-Bethel (Nov 1 test) |
| September 19, (Friday) |
Postmark Deadline -- WAMSO
form and $65 fee due For information, email: wamso@mnorch.org or webpage: www.wamso.org or phone: 612-371-5654 Postmark Deadline – Minnetonka Young Artist competition form and $15 due. For information, email: mamoffice@musicassociation.org or phone: 952-401-5954 |
| September 22, (Monday) |
Postmark Deadline –
International Piano-E-Competition, $100 |
| September 26, (Friday) |
Postmark Deadline –
MMTA theory test, CSB (Nov 15 test) Postmark Deadline – Arts Recognition and Talent Search application, $40 for information/application, www.ARTSawards.org or 1-800-970-ARTS (2787) |
| October | |
| October 1-15, (Wednesday) |
Postmark
Deadline - only these days
for Missouri Western State College Piano Competition
for students in grades 9 – 12, $20 For information/application see www.mwsc.edu/music/piano-festival.html or email Anderson@mwsc.edu or 816-271-4431 |
| October 4, (Saturday) |
TC Musicales, 2pm and 3:30 p.m, Salon se léve, 8 p.m., Metropolitan Piano Gallery, Oakdale |
| October 8, (Wednesday) |
Postmark Deadline –
SPPTA concerto competition |
| October
10, (Friday) |
Postmark Deadline - WAMSO tape due |
| October
11 (Saturday) |
St. Cloud Musicales, 10:30 a.m. |
| October
20, (Monday) |
Postmark Deadline -- Arts Recognition and Talent Search, packet due |
| October 25, (Saturday) |
MTNA Young Artist Competition, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth |
| November | |
| This Month........ |
Minnetonka Young Artist
Competition (11th and 12th grades, must live in TC) |
| November 1, (Saturday) |
Postmark Deadline
– Thursday Musical Student Membership, $30 MMTA Theory test, TC - Bethel
College |
| November 3, (Monday) |
Postmark Deadline
– YPSCA Application, $40 |
| November 8 (Saturday) |
Missouri
Western
State College Piano Competition, St Joseph, MO
St. Cloud Musicales, 2pm |
| November 14, (Friday) |
Postmark Deadline – National Federation of Music Clubs Festival CMMS Submit to Ann by this date your completed form and $15 check payable to Dr. Paul Wirth. Click here for Federation registration form. Postmark Deadline –
MMTA Contest (Twin Cities) |
| November 15, (Saturday) |
TC musicales 2pm and 3:30pm, Salon se léve, 8 p.m., Metropolitan Piano Gallery, Oakdale MMTA Theory test, College of
St. Benedict |
| November 17, (Monday) |
Postmark Deadline – Midwest Young Artists Concerto Competition, $50 For information/application see www.mya.org/competit.html or 847-926-9898 |
| November 22 (Saturday) |
SPPTA Concerto Competition,
St Paul Conservatory of Music, 29 E Exchange Street, St Paul |
| November 25, (Tuesday) |
Postmark Deadline for repertoire substitutions, MMTA Young Artist |
| November 28, (Friday) |
Postmark Deadline –
MMTA theory test, TC-Bethel (Jan 24 test) NOTE: If you are competing in MMTA Int. A and above, or the Young Artist competition you MUST pass the appropriate theory level BEFORE the registration deadline for your contest. Submit to Ann by this date your completed form and check payable to Dr. Paul Wirth. (I - $12; II - $14; III - $16; IV - $18; V - $20; VI - $22) Click here for a MMTA Theory registration form. |
| December | |
| December 1, (Monday) |
Postmark Deadline – St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra Young Performers Competition. For information/application, www.stcloudsymphony.com or phone: 257-3114 |
| December 3, (Wednesday) |
Postmark Deadline –
MMTA Contest (out-state) |
| December 13, (Saturday) |
St. Cloud Musicales by candlelight, 7 & 8 pm. |
| December 20 (Saturday) |
Postmark Deadline – SPPTA formal recital (Jan 18) |
| December 26, (Friday) |
Postmark Deadline -- The
World Piano Competition, Cincinnati |
| December 31, (Wednesday) |
Postmark Deadline -- Missouri Southern International Piano Competition, Joplin, MO, $50. For information, www.mssc.edu/msipc/ or 417-625-9755 |
| January | |
| January 2, (Friday) |
Postmark deadline
– Northwestern Piano Festival. |
| January 3, (Saturday) |
TC musicales 2pm and 3:30pm, Salon se léve, 8 p.m., Metropolitan Piano Gallery, Oakdale |
| January 3-4, (Saturday-Sunday) |
MYA Concerto Competition, Evanston, Illinois |
| January 7, (Wednesday) |
Postmark deadline –
MMTA Young Artist Competition. Submit to Ann by this date your completed form and $25 check payable to Dr. Paul Wirth. *NOTE:* Jr. Young Artist must pass Theory II; Sr. Young Artist, Theory III before this date. |
| January 9, (Friday) |
Postmark Deadline – Schubert Club Application, $45 For information/application see, www.schubert.org or 651-292-3268 St. Cloud Musicales by candlelight, 6:30 pm. |
| January 10, (Saturday) |
Jonathan Biss, piano Sponsored by the Chamber Music Society of St. Cloud, 7:30 p.m. |
| January 15, (Thursday) |
St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra Young Performers Competition, SJU. |
| January 16-18, (Friday-Sunday) |
MTNA, West Central Division, U of Colorado, Boulder |
| January 17, (Saturday) |
Postmark Deadline - SPPTA formal recital (Feb 15) YPSCA Preliminaries, College of St. Catherine January recitals, CMMS |
| January 18, (Sunday) |
SPPTA Formal Recital, Schmitt Music |
| January
19, (Monday) |
Postmark Deadline – Gina Bachauer International Junior Piano Competition for pianists ages 11 – 13. For information/application see, www.bachauer.com or 801-297-4250 |
| January 20, (Tuesday) |
January Recitals, CMMS |
| January 24, (Saturday) |
MMTA Theory test, TC - Bethel College |
| January 24-25, (Saturday-Sunday) |
WAMSO Competition, Macalester College and Orchestra Hall Thursday Musical Recitals |
| January 30, (Friday) |
Postmark Deadline –
MMTA theory test, CSB (Mar 20 test). |
| January 31, (Saturday) |
MMTA contest (out-state), College of St. Benedict Thursday Musical Recitals |
| February | |
| This Month.......... | National Federation of Music Clubs Festival, CMMS |
| February 1, (Sunday) |
YPSCA finals, Orchestra
Hall, 1 pm
Thursday Musical Recitals |
| February 2, (Monday) |
Postmark Deadline -- St. Paul Conservatory Piano Competition, $30 for students ages 6–13. For information/ application call 651-224-2205, ext. 11 Postmark deadline
– Northwestern Piano Concerto Competition |
| February 7-8, (Saturday-Sunday) |
MMTA contest (Twin Cities),
Bethel College
Thursday Musical Recitals |
| February 14, (Saturday) |
TC musicales 2pm and 3:30pm, Salon se léve, 8 p.m., Metropolitan Piano Gallery, Oakdale |
| February 15, (Sunday) |
SPPTA Formal Recital, Schmitt Music |
| February 28, (Saturday) |
Postmark Deadline - SPPTA Formal Recital (March 28) |
| March | |
| This Month........ | Northwestern Piano Festival |
| March 4, (Thursday) |
St. Cloud Musicales, 7:30 pm. |
| March
6, (Saturday) |
MMTA Young Artist
Competition, preliminary round, Bethel College
Thursday Musical Competition, College of St. Catherine Postmark Deadline - SPPTA Formal Recital (April 4) |
| March 7, (Sunday) |
MMTA Young Artist Call-backs, Schmitt’s, Roseville |
| March 12, (Friday) |
Postmark Deadline –
MMTA theory test, TC-Bethel (May 1 test) |
| March 13, (Saturday) |
MMTA Young Artist Winners Recital, St. Paul St Paul Conservatory Piano Competition |
| March 13-14, (Saturday-Sunday) |
MMTA Contest Finals, Bethel College |
| March 15, (Monday) |
Postmark Deadline –
SPPTA Honors and Awards Program |
| March 18, (Thursday) |
Thursday Musical Winners' Concert, Temple Israel, 10:30am |
| March 20, (Saturday) |
MMTA Theory testing, CSB
Postmark Deadline – Virginia Waring International Piano Competition For information/application, www.vwipc.com or 760-773-2575 |
| March 27, (Saturday) |
TC musicales 2pm and 3:30pm, Salon se léve, 8 p.m., Metropolitan Piano Gallery, Oakdale |
| March 27-31, (Saturday-Wednesday) |
MTNA National Finals, Kansas City, MO |
| March 28, (Sunday) |
SPPTA Formal Recital, Schmitt Music |
| April | |
| This Month........ |
Northwestern Piano Concerto Competition WAMMA Scholarship competition, MacPhail (must live in TC) |
| April 3, (Saturday) |
Schubert Club preliminaries |
| April 4, (Sunday) |
SPPTA Formal Recital, Schmitt Music |
| April 17, (Saturday) |
St. Cloud Musicales, 7:30 pm. Schubert Club Finals |
| April
20-24 (Tuesday-Saturday) |
Missouri Southern International Piano Competition, Joplin, Missouri |
| April 24, (Saturday) |
TC musicales 2pm and 3:30pm, Salon se léve, 8 p.m., Metropolitan Piano Gallery, Oakdale SPPTA Honors and Awards Auditions MMTA Honors Concert Rehearsal |
| April 25 (Sunday) |
SPPTA Honors and Awards
Concert, 2:00 pm, St Paul Conservatory of Music |
| May | |
| This Month........ | Grace Welsh Prize for Piano,
Chicago For information, www.gracewelsh.org or 630-323-1299 |
| May 1, (Saturday) |
MMTA Theory testing, Bethel |
| May 8, (Saturday) |
MMTA Honors concert rehearsal |
| May 22, (Saturday) |
Benefit concert for Salon se léve, 8 p.m., Metropolitan Piano Gallery, Oakdale MMTA Honors concert rehearsal |
| May 25 - June 5 | International Piano-E-Competition, Minneapolis |
| June | |
| This Month.... |
J. Earl Lee Biennial Piano Competition Gina Bachauer Int’l Piano Foundation Artists Competition, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| June
5, (Saturday) |
MMTA Honors Concert, Northrup Auditorium |
| June
7-8, (Monday-Tuesday) |
Christopher O’Riley Recital and Masterclass, in conjunction with MMTA Convention, Maranatha Hall, Northwestern College. |
| July | |
| This Month..... | The World Piano Competition, Cincinnati, OH |
| July 10-18 OR July 17-25 |
Young Artists Piano Camp, University of MN, Duluth |
| 2005 | |
| Jan 10-14 |
Virginia Waring International Piano Competition, CA, through age 12 |
| Jan 10-15 |
Virginia Waring International Piano Competition, CA, ages 13–17 |
| Jan 17-Feb 5 | Virginia Waring International Piano Competition, CA, ages 18 - 35 |