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Date: December 7, 2024
Deadline: November 8, 2024
Location: O'Neill's Music House, 10689 Perkins Road #C, Baton Rouge
Repertoire: Any piece written by a Baroque or Classical composer
Fee: $20 per entry ($40 if entering both categories) $25 per non-members

Chair: Clara Guilbeau, kurara.guilbeau@gmail.com

 

 

​​​Enter the piece duration without the decimal and round up to the nearest whole number. Ex: 1:45 should be entered as 2 minutes.  No time requests will be honored this year. No changes to the repertoire or assigned time will be made after the schedule is made, and the registration fee is non-refundable. If you have any questions about the level of difficulty for a piece, please email kurara.guilbeau@gmail.com or text (225) 270-4140 before the registration deadline.

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Teachers entering students are required to work 8:15 am - 4:30 pm. If unable to work, the teachers will pay the substitute fee at the time of registration to avoid disqualification of students or provide a substitute worker(s). If you are entering less than 5 students, you may not have to work that day. It depends on how many teachers are participating in this event. 

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2-3 winners will be chosen per group with one cash award per group. Judges may award honorable mention. Winners of each group will be announced online as soon as the group is finished. Teachers may pick up their students' comment sheets and certificates at the end of the competition at O'Neill's Music House.

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​The five levels of difficulty for each period are as follows:

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Baroque

A - Limited to 5th grade or below. Easiest selections from Baroque composers other than JS Bach. Composers such as Lully, Telemann, Graupner, and Speer

Examples:

Clark - King William's March

Rameau - Menuet en Rondeau

Handel - Gavotte

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B - Selections from Anna Magdalena Notebook, and pieces of similar difficulty

Examples:

J.S. Bach - Prelude in C Major WTC I, BWV 846

C.P.E. Bach - March in Dmajor

Kreiger - Minuet in A Minor

Scarlatti - Sonata in C Major K. 73b, L. 217

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C - Two-and Three-part inventions, preludes, and pieces of similar difficulty

Examples:

J.S. Bach - Courante from French Suite No. 5

Daquin - Le Coucou

Telemann - Fantasy

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D1 - Scarlatti sonatas

Examples:

Sonata K. 64, L. 58

Sonata K. 9 L. 413

Sonata in C Major K 159 L. 104

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D2 - Most Preludes and Fugues from WTC by J.S. Bach and pieces of similar difficulty, including any movement of the Italian Concerto

Examples:

Handel - Harmonious Blacksmith

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Classical

  A - Limited to 5th grade or below. Easiest selections from Classical composers, such as Carr and Reinagle

Examples:

Diabelli - Waltz in C Major

Duncombe - Sonatina in C Major

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B - Easy Sonatina movements by composers such as Attwood, Latour, and Beethoven

Examples:

Haydn - Scherzo in F Major, Hob. XVI:9, 3rd movement

Clementi - Sonatina in C Major Op. 36 No.1, 1st movement

C.P.E. Bach - Solfegietto

Diabelli Op. 151 No. 1

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C - Difficult Sonatina movements by composers such as Clementi, Kuhlau, Diabelli

Examples:

Beethoven - Fur Elise

Cimarosa sonatas

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​D1 - Some sonata movements by composers such as Mozart, (early) Haydn, and Beethoven

Examples:

Mozart Sonata in C Major K. 545 (1st movement)

Mozart Sonata in A Major K. 331 (3rd movement)

Mozart Fantasy K. 397

Haydn Sonatas Hob. XVI/4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 35

Beethoven Sonata Op. 49 Nos. 1 or 2

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D2 - Other difficult sonata movements by composers such as Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven

Mozart Sonata in A Major K. 331 (1st movement)

Mozart Sonata in B-flat Major K. 333

Beethoven Sonata Op. 13, Op. 31, and Op. 109

Haydn Sonata Hob. 16, 34, and 37

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