Forum Music Teachers AssociationThis is a piano solo performance event by students at seven different levels, to be judged individually on a number basis from 1+ to 4. Students perform individually. Forum Auditions is an event that requires a high standard of preparation and performance from the student in order to achieve a superior rating. Judging standards are consistently high in order to challenge the student and teacher to work towards their musical potential.
| CHAIRMAN: | Sarah Kuo Irina Kuo |
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| DATE: | Saturday, December 14th, 2024 | |
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| FEE: | $30.00 per student.
Pay for your student’s registration:
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Due Wed. Oct. 02, 2024 – Student enrollment estimates. All teachers who intend to enroll their students in this event must email their estimated number of participating students to the chairperson. This is to secure the appropriate number of judges for the event. Email estimates to Sarah Kuo at sarahHkuo@gmail.com Due Wed. Nov. 6th, 2024 – Entry form and check. Please submit the online entry form and email the entry form as an attachment to irina.y.kuo@gmail.com. The additional email is to ensure that the chairpersons receive the entry form since technology can be unreliable. Mail the check to: Irina Kuo, 5123 Hawthorne Springs Ln., Sugar Land, TX 77479
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| RATINGS: | 1+ = Medal 1 = blue ribbon 2 = red ribbon 3 = white ribbon 4 = green ribbon | |
| TROPHIES: | Students who have participated in Forum Auditions for three years (need not be consecutive years), and whose ratings average 2 or higher, will be awarded a trophy. |
REGISTRATION STEPS:
- Gather all of the student information and complete the entry form.
- To access the entry form online, go to the Forum Auditions dashboard (click on the dashboard tab at the right-hand corner of the page or scroll to the bottom of this webpage). The entry form looks like this:
| Teacher Name (Last, First) | Student Name (Last, First) Alphabetized by Level | Level | Composition Selection 1: Title | Selection 1: Composer | Selection 2: Title | Selection 2: Composer | (Optional) Selection 3: Title | (Optional) Selection 3: Composer |
- At the bottom of the form, click the green “Download” tab to save the form onto your computer. Then, click the blue “Email to Admin” tab.
- Technology is unreliable, so please also email the entry form to irina.y.kuo@gmail.com as an attachment by Nov. 6th, 2024.
- Mail one check (made out to FORUM) for all your students ($30 x total number of student entries) to the following address: Irina Kuo, 5123 Hawthorne Springs Ln., Sugar Land, TX 77479
You may also give the chairperson your check on or before the deadline. - Note that the number of pieces and technical requirements under “Performance Requirements” are based on the student’s level. The list of repertoire pieces, however, are recommendations to be referred to as guidelines, not requirements.
- Teachers are responsible for filling out their students’ critique sheets. The critique sheets can be downloaded from the Forum Auditions tab on the Teacher Dashboard. Be sure each student brings a completed critique sheet on the day of the audition.
PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
REPERTOIRE (please see repertoire guidelines):
| Level 1-3: | 3 pieces of two contrasting periods, plus technical requirements. |
| Levels 4-7: | 2 pieces of contrasting periods, plus technical requirements. |
TIME ALLOTMENTS:
| Level 1 & 2: | 7 minutes per student |
| Level 3 & 4: | 10 minutes per student |
| Level 5 & 6: | 12 minutes per student |
| Level 7: | 14 minutes per student |
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Students must play the technical requirement of their respective level or a higher level. Grading of the scales will be judged as being satisfactory or unsatisfactory. A grade of unsatisfactory will result in lowering the rating by one increment. (For example a 1+ will be lowered to a 1, 1 to a 1-)
Scale Groups: A: C, F, B B: G, B-Flat, E C: A, F-Sharp, E-Flat D: D, C-Sharp, A-Flat
| Level 1: | No scale requirement. |
| Level 2: | Scale group A, B, C, or D. Majors only.
2 octaves in 8ths, MM quarter note = 60 Contrary or parallel motion, hands alone or together. |
| Level 3: | Scale group A, B, C, or D. Majors only.
3 octaves in triplets, MM quarter note = 60 Parallel motion hands together. |
| Level 4: | Scale group A, B, C, or D. Majors and relative harmonic minors.
4 octaves in 16ths, MM quarter note = 60 Parallel motion, hands together. |
| Level 5: | Scale group A, B, C, or D. Majors, relative harmonic and melodic minors.
4 octaves in 16ths, MM quarter note = 80 Parallel motion hands together. |
| Level 6: | Same as level 5, except for MM quarter note = 100 |
| Level 7: | Same as level 5, except for MM quarter note = 120 |
FORUM AUDITIONS REPERTOIRE GUIDELINES
LEVEL 1
| Dello Joio | Suite for the Young Little Sister, Mountain Melody |
| Kabalevsky | 24 Pieces for Children, Op. 39: A Little Dance, Playing, A Little Joke |
| Jane Bastien | Sonatinas |
| Faber | Shout Boo! Once Upon A Rainbow, Book 1 and 2 |
| Gillock | Accent on Solos Book 1 and 2 Accent on Majors |
| Duncombe | Sonatina |
| Rebikoff | The Bear |
LEVEL 2
| Bach | Minuet in G Major 1 and 2, Minuet in G Minor, Mussette in D Major, March in D Major |
| Clementi | Sonatina Op. 36, No. 1 and 2 |
| Beethoven | Sonatina in G Major |
| Mozart | Minuet in F Major |
| Schumann | First Loss, Wild Horseman, The Merry Farmer, Soldiers March |
| Gillock | Accent on Rhythm and Style, Accent on Solos Book 3, Fanfare (collection of pieces) |
| Dello Joio | Suite for the Young, Little Brother, Invention, A Sad Tale, Small Fry |
| Bartok | For Children, Play Time, Jest |
| Biehl | Sonatina |
| Latour | Sonatina |
LEVEL 3
| Bach | Short Preludes – No. 1 in C Major – S.U. 924, No. 2 in C Major – S.U. 939 No. 2 in D Minor – S.U. 926, No. 8 in F Major |
| Clementi | Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No. 3 (Mvts. 1 & 2)
Sonatina in F Major, Op. 36, No. 4 |
| Kuhlau | Sonatina in C Major, Op. 55, No. 1
Sonatina in C Major, Op. 55, No. 3 (2nd. Mvt.) Sonatina in C Major, Op. 20, No. 1 (1st Mvt.) |
| Beethoven | Sonatina in F Major |
| Grieg | Elfin Dance, Sailor Song |
| Schumann | Album for the Young: Chorale, The Reaper’s Song, Rustic Song, Little Romance |
| R.Starer | Sketches in Color – Set I – Bright Orange, Pink, Shades of Blue, Purple |
| Bartok | Ten Easy Pieces: Bear Dance, Evening in the Country |
| Prokofiev | Music for Children, Op. 65: Tarantella, March, Regrets, Evening |
| Gillock | Lyric Preludes, Accent on Black Keys |
LEVEL 4
| Bach | Invention in C Major
18 Short Preludes (Alfred) No. 4 in D Major p. 12 No. 5 in E Major p. 42 No. 6 in D Minor p. 16 No. 11 in G Minor p. 25 |
| Beethoven | Sonatas, Op. 49, Nos. 1 & 2 |
| Clementi | Sonatina in D Major, Op. 36, No. 6 (1st Mvmt.) |
| Kuhlau | Sonatina in A Minor, Op. 88 No. 3 (3rd. Mvmt.) Sonatina in F Major, Op. 20, No. 3 (1st Mvmt.) Sonatina in C Major, Op. 55, No. 3 (1st Mvmt.) |
| Haydn | Sonatina in D Major, Hob. XVI:4 Sonatina in C Major, Hob. XVI:10 |
| Chopin | Preludes in B Minor, C Minor, E Minor |
| Schumann | Knecht Ruprecht from “Album for the Young” |
| Grieg | Puck, Op. 71, No. 3 |
| Debussy | Le Petit Negre, Children’s Corner: Jumbo’s Lullaby, The little Shepherd |
LEVEL 5
| Bach | Inventions: A Minor, B-flat Major, F Major, E Major |
| Mozart | Sonata in C Major, K. 545 |
| Haydn | Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI:35 Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:37 Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI:27 |
| Mendelssohn | Song Without Words: Venetian Boat Song, Op. 19, No. 6 |
| Grieg | Nocturne |
| Chopin | Waltz in A Minor, Op. Posthumous, Mazurka, Op. 17, No. 1 |
| lbert | The Little White Donkey |
| Poulenc | Mouvements Perpetuels |
| Kabalevsky | Sonatina in C Major, Op. 13, No. 1 |
LEVEL 6
| Bach | French Suites, Nos. 5 & 6 |
| Beethoven | Sonatas, Op. 79; Op. 14, Nos. 1 & 2; Op. 10, No. 1; Op. 2, No. 1 |
| Mozart | Sonatas, K. 283, 330, 332, 570 |
| Schubert | Impromptu Op. 90, Nos. 3 & 4; Op. 142, No.2 |
| Schumann | Romance in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 2 |
| Chopin | Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1; Op. 15, No. 3, Waltz, Op. 64, No.2 |
| Debussy | Arabesque, Nos. 1 & 2, Sarabande from “Suite pour le piano” |
| Copland | The Cat and the Mouse |
| Bartok | Allegro Barbaro |
| Muczynski | Six Preludes |
| Khachaturian | Toccata |
| Ginastera | Rondo on Argentine Children’s Folk Tunes. |
LEVEL 7
| Bach | Partitas; Toccatas; Preludes and Fugues |
| Beethoven | Sonatas, Op. 2, No.3; Op. 22; Op. 10, No. 2 and 3; Op. 31, Op. 81a |
| Brahms | Rhapsody, Op 79, No. 1 |
| Haydn | Hob. XVI:52; XVI:50 |
| Mozart | Sonatas, K. 281, 284, 310, 333, 576 |
| Liszt | Two Concert Etudes; Three Concert Etudes |
| Schumann | Papillons; Fantasiestucke |
| Chopin | Etudes, Ballades, Scherzi |
| Prokofiev | Sonatas |
| Ravel | J’deau; Sonatine; Gaspard de la nuit |
| Debussy | Suite Bergamasque; Pour le Piano; Estampes |