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2007 Robert Turner Piano Concerto Competition

Junior Category (ages 13 & under)--Mozart: Piano Concerto in C Major, K. 415
Senior Category (ages 18 & under)--Mozart: Piano Concerto in d minor, K. 466

Auditions: February 11, 2007 (Sunday afternoon)
Pierre's Fine Pianos
11039 W. Pico Boulevard
West Los Angeles  90064

Showcase Concert: March 11, 2007 (Sunday afternoon)
Culver City Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium

APPLICATION FORM
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 13, 2007 (online)
ENTRY FEES and PROOF-OF-AGE DOCUMENT DEADLINE: January 13, 2007 (postmark)

Audition Rules:

The Westside Music Foundation/MTAC-WLA Robert Turner Piano Concerto Competition is open only to students of MTAC-WLA Branch members, and entering students must have studied with his/her current teacher for at least six months prior to the competition. Previous winners of the Senior Category are ineligible. Previous winners of the Junior Category may enter the Senior Category. Age eligibility is based on the student’s age as of February 1, 2007.  Students must be in grade 12 or lower.

Each student must prepare one, and only one, movement of his/her selected concerto. The concerto movement (and, if applicable, cadenza) must be memorized. Teachers may enter as many students as they wish in either or both categories, but may only enter students in two of the three movements for each concerto. For each category, one winner will be selected for each of the three movements, and the winners will perform in a showcase concert with the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra, under the musical direction of Dr. Ivan Shulman.

MTAC-WLA will provide the accompanist on the day of the competition; students may not use their own accompanists. Although it is not required, MTAC-WLA encourages each student to rehearse with the accompanist prior to the competition. However, if a student chooses to rehearse with the accompanist in advance, the student/teacher will need to make and pay for those arrangements separately. The name and contact information for the accompanist(s) are available from the Concerto Competition Chair.

Winners will have at least three rehearsals with full orchestra (dates & times to be announced):

A $38 non-refundable entry fee (payable to WESTSIDE MUSIC FOUNDATION) and a photocopy of a proof-of-age document (birth certificate, student I.D. (with birth date), passport, or driver’s license) for each applicant must be sent to Deborah H. How, postmarked by January 13, 2007.

For further information, please contact:

Deborah H. How, MTAC-WLA Concerto/Solo Competitions Chair
(310) 828-6677
dhhow@musette.org

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