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MostArts Festival “Young Pianist Competition”

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MostArts Festival
July 23-29, 2023

Announcing the 7th Annual Young Pianist Competition ages 13-18

$10,000 Grand Prize
$5,000 Second Prize
$2,500 Third Prize
$1500 in discretionary awards

All Finalists Perform with the MostArts Festival Orchestra and in Solo Recital as part of the 2023 MostArts Festival

Grand Prize Winner will be invited back to solo with the MostArts Festival Orchestra in 2024.​

Winner is eligible to apply to become a Young Steinway Artist

Application Deadline: May 1, 2023

Complete details are on our website

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Piano Teaching Success

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Please join Wendy Bachman, President-Elect of PMTA and Guest RCM Expert Examiner, with Paul Myatt, Director of Education for Forte School of Music and Piano Teaching Success for a 6-week course called Teaching RCM Piano Exams with Whole Body Learning. Over 800 teachers worldwide have participated in Paul’s Whole Body Learning courses in the last two years, and this specific course is designed to use the 2022 Sixth Edition Celebration Series Books from the RCM highlighting engaging teaching strategies that lead to total musicianship and increased examination success. Please see the website for details. This course will be LIVE and recorded starting January 17th with a FREE MASTERCLASS. You will be invited to join a private Facebook group to communicate with the instructors and build community with participating teachers.

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Mansfield Piano Festival

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The mission of the new Mansfield Piano Festival is to encourage music education among motivated students, to provide performance opportunities for developing pianists, and to spread the joy of piano studies in the Mansfield community and beyond. A highly educational event, the Mansfield Piano Festival welcomes pianists of all ages who reside in Pennsylvania and nearby states: New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, West Virginia, Delaware, and Connecticut.
There are two categories pianists can participate in: Festival Recital and Scholarship Audition.
FESTIVAL RECITAL (Open to all ages, including adults) This category is open to pianists of all ages who would like to perform in a recital setting while receiving feedback from professional musicians. Multiple recitals will be scheduled throughout the day, presenting all festival participants. Each pianist may perform one or two compositions in a festival recital. Total performance time for each pianist is limited to 7 minutes, and memorization is required for all pieces. A panel of adjudicators will provide constructive comments for each performer.

SCHOLARSHIP AUDITION (Open to High School Grades 11 and 12) This event is open exclusively for high school pianists in grades 11 and 12. Each student will perform two contrasting pieces from memory, followed by a musicianship test. Mansfield Piano Scholarships totaling $5,000 may be offered to best-qualified students. (Scholarship recipients must be academically admitted by CU-Mansfield, enrolling as a Piano Performance major, piano concentration in Music Education, Music Technology, or Music Business, or a BA Music piano track.)

Total performance time should be between 6 and 12 minutes, and memorization is required for both pieces. Students are to perform two contrasting pieces in the classical style chosen from the following list:

* A contrapuntal work or a dance movement by J.S. Bach, or a sonata movement by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert.

* A piece from Romantic, Impressionistic or Contemporary classical repertory.

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Mansfield Piano Competition for High School Students

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Mansfield Piano Competition for High School Students – click here for more information.

Mansfield University will host its annual High School Piano Competition on Sunday, February 19, 2023 in person on the Mansfield University Campus. The competition welcomes students who reside and attend high schools in Pennsylvania and its neighboring states (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, West Virginia, and Connecticut). There are two categories students can participate in: Junior Competition and Senior Scholarship Audition. The competition day will end with an optional masterclass.

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Seton Hill University Music Department Auditions

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Audition Required

Acceptance as a music major or performance minor requires an audition. This can be done in person, allowing you to see our incredible facilities and meet faculty members and current students. If travel is an issue, a prerecorded or virtual audition can be arranged.

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Visual and Peforming Arts Major for a Day

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What does it take to be an Art, Dance, Music, or Theater Major at Seton Hill? Come find out! You’ll be able to attend classes, tour the Seton Hill Visual and Performing Arts buildings, meet with faculty in your major, and see what current SHU students are doing. Guests will have the opportunity to attend Student Life, Admissions, Financial Aid, and faculty sessions. Auditions and main Campus Tours will be offered at the end of the event. View Poster

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PMTA Conference

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Save the Dates for “Head to Heart: Celebrating the Power of Musical Connections”

Register Now! Early bird registration is available until April 15, 2024.

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