Sonata Sonatina Festival

Sonata-Sonatina Festival is an opportunity for students and Forum Members to perform for a judge as well as their peers in a special recital.

Date: Saturday, November 21, 2020

Location: St. Cecilia Music Center, 24 Ransom NE

Enrollment Deadline: October 9, 2020

Fees:

$10 for students of Forum Members

$12 for students of non-forum members, plus a one-time $15 entry fee

Free for Forum Members

SPECIAL FORMAT FOR 2020

The GRPTF is excited to offer an actual IN PERSON event this November 21st at St Cecilia! We made a plan that follows all of the State and St Cecilia rules as of September. Here is what you need to know about the event before choosing to sign your students up:

We will be having mini-recitals (17-20 minutes) with no more than 18 people in each room. Each recital will have 4-5 performers. Each performer age 16 and above may choose to bring up to 2 people with her/him. Each performer age 15 and under may also bring 2 people but must bring at least 1 as a chaperone. Performer and guests must enter, travel through, and exit the building together.
3 chairs for each performer/guests will be spaced apart in the recital rooms. There will not be any chairs in the waiting area. All chairs will be cleaned between recitals.
There is a FIVE (5) minute time limit for each piece. We will need to stop a performer who goes longer than this.
Music does NOT need to be provided to the judge. Judges will be commenting more on overall musicianship and stage presence this year. Performers will still get written feedback and a ribbon.
We will be using the ballroom, library, Wege (presidents) room and the auditorium this year in order to help spread people out. We will also be using more of the entrances/exits than usual. 2 rooms will start on the half hour and 2 rooms on the quarter hour.
We will be capping the # of entries at 225 performers in the order that entries WITH payment are received. This is all we can handle with the time and space restrictions we have. Entry is still $10 per performer.
Everyone must wear a mask at all times, except for the performer at the piano. The piano will be cleaned between performers of different families.
You may choose on the entry form to schedule siblings in the same recital, or in different rooms concurrently in order for them to hear more unfamiliar performers. Siblings 15 and under in separate rooms must each have their own chaperone with them, however, and parents will not be able to move from room to room. Recording performances is fine.
If you have questions, please contact Joy Holtrop at JoysPiano@gmail.com.

SONATA-SONATINA FESTIVAL RULES

1. In order to be eligible to enter students in the Sonata-Sonatina Festival, a Piano Forum member must be a member in good standing.

2. Any piano student of any age who studies with an eligible member teacher is eligible to participate. Member teachers who teach another instrument (excluding organ) may also register students of that instrument. Accompanists will not be provided by the Forum, although teachers may accompany their own students. Members are encouraged to perform as soloists. Piano students of non-member teachers may participate as long as additional fees are met. Non-member teachers may not enter students of an instrument other than piano.

3. Any one movement of a work with the title "Sonata" or "Sonatina" may be played. This includes works from any musical period, with no restriction to form. Duet or other ensemble works are allowed only if originally written in that form by the composer. Ensemble arrangements of solo works are not acceptable. Movements which are 5 minutes or less are preferred.

4. Compositions must be performed from memory, without repeats. The judge must be supplied with a printed publisher's copy of the edition used by the student, with each measure numbered. No photo copies are to be submitted unless the work is permanently out of print and a permission letter from the publisher accompanies the registration form. Written evaluations of each performance will be mailed to the participating teachers.

5. Non-refundable participation fees are as follows: a. Students of Piano Forum members: $10.00 b. Piano Forum members who are performing: free c. Students of non-Piano Forum members: $12.00 plus a one-time non-member teacher fee of $15.00.

6. Enrollment is all online. A single check from each teacher, made payable to Piano Teachers' Forum of Grand Rapids and covering all applicable fees from that teacher's studio, should be submitted to the Festival Chair by the enrollment deadline.

7. Teachers may register as many students as they wish, but must plan to work on Festival day if submitting 5 or more applications.

8. A list of students' recital times will be emailed to each teacher when scheduling is completed.

9. Students should wear clothing appropriate for a performance of this nature and should be prepared to remain in the room for the entire 40-50 minute recital.

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