USU PianoFest

Saturday, March 22, 2025

The USU Piano area and Youth Conservatory are excited to announce this year's PianoFest, an educational and competitive event designed to give piano students the opportunity to set repertoire goals, to receive constructive feedback for their performances, and earn opportunities for prizes and other awards.

The event is open to pre-college students of all ages and abilities living in the Intermountain Area. In each division, students will play their piece for judges. Following the performance, students will receive written feedback. Students can register to compete in one or more divisions, and will be grouped into categories by age. This is an open competition, anybody is welcome to listen to students perform.

At 1:00 pm families will gather in the Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall for an Award Ceremony where a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prize will be awarded and 1st place winners perform. The registration deadline is March 1. All applicants will receive their room and time assignment one week before the event.

Registration deadline: March 1

Division	Registration Fee	Information
Method Book	$15	Ages 12 and under, piece should be selected from method books like Faber, Alfred, Bastien, etc. Suzuki books and other collections featuring classical repertoire does not qualify.
Baroque	$15	Piece composed between 1600-1750
Classical	$15	Piece composed between 1750-1830
Romantic/Impressionistic	$15	Piece composed between 1830-1925
Contemporary Classical	$15	Classical piece composed between 1925-present
Contemporary Non-Classical	$15	This can be an arrangement or original work by composers such as Vandall, Bober, Schmidt, Alexander, etc.

Rules

• Memorization encouraged but not required
• Students must bring original music for the adjudicators, if student is reading from the score an additional copy must be provided for the judge. 
• Measures must be numbered
• Copies downloaded from sites like IMSLP.org should have the name of the website written on the copy
• Within each Division, students will be grouped by age. Playing times and room numbers will be sent by email 1 week before the event.
• No refunds

All applications are due March 1

Registration Information

Registration Fee

Registration fee is $15 per division. Payment is due March 1. No refunds.

Pay Registration Fee

Registration Form

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*Student NameFirst and last, as to appear on certificate

*Student AgeAs of March 25

*Parent or Student EmailEvent information will be sent here

*Teacher NameFirst and last

*Teacher EmailEvent information will be sent here

*Select Division(s)

Method Book

Baroque

Classical

Romantic/Impressionistic

Contemporary Classical

Contemporary Non-Classical

*The YC is granted permission to take photos/videos of students to be used on websites, posters, social media, and other promotional materials created by the YC.

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Provide the piece title & composer for each division the participant is registering for. Please be as specific as possible.

Method BookComplete Piece Title, Composer

Method Book Performance DurationExample - 3:30 (3 minutes 30 seconds)

BaroqueComplete Piece Title, Composer

Baroque Performance DurationExample - 3:30 (3 minutes 30 seconds)

ClassicalComplete Piece Title, Composer

Classical Performance DurationExample - 3:30 (3 minutes 30 seconds)

Romantic/ImpressionisticComplete Piece Title, Composer

Romantic/Impressionistic Performance DurationExample - 3:30 (3 minutes 30 seconds)

Contemporary ClassicalComplete Piece Title, Composer

Contemporary Classical Performance DurationExample - 3:30 (3 minutes 30 seconds)

Contemporary Non-ClassicalComplete Piece Title, Composer

Contemporary Non-Classical Performance DurationExample - 3:30 (3 minutes 30 seconds)

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