Beethoven's Festival
Celebrating Beethoven's 250th Anniversary
Eligibility
Open to all pre-college piano students
Divisions
Elementary up to 10 years old
Junior 10-14 years old
Senior 14-18 years old
Application and Submission Rules
All registrations should be sent to-
Olga Ulitsky at [email protected]
Application submission deadline November 1, 2020
Recording submissions deadline December 1, 2020
Note: The Yearbook incorrectly lists the Registration and Video Deadline dates.
Application fee:
$25 for NWSMTA members
$45 for non members
Payments:
Teachers should send 1 check for all students to -
Olga Ulitsky
1478 Pinehurst Drive
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
To Register
Send email to Olga Ulitsky at [email protected] with the following information:
-Teacher Name
-Teacher Email
-Teacher Phone Number
-Student Name
-Student Age
-Division and Piece
To Submit Video Recording Link
The video recording should be stored on a sharable drive such as GoogleDrive, OneDrive, DropBox, YouTube, etc.
Make the video viewable by anyone with the link.
Click on the button at the bottom of this page to go to the Video Submission form.
Repertoire Requirements
All students must perform one piece from the required repertoire list.
If the piece that you choose to play belongs to the more advanced group, register in that group.
Performance Adjudication
Judging forms will be distributed online to the judges with embedded video links for comments.
Judges have about 2 weeks to finish judging entries and after that the results and scores will be sent to teachers.
Awards
Score of 96-100 Gold medal
Score of 90-95 Silver medal
Score of 85-89 Bronze medal
The students with score 98-100 will be offered to upload their video recordings on YouTube
Elementary Division
6 ecossaises WoO 83, choose any 3
6 German Dances, WoO 42, choose any 3
Sonatina in G major, Anh 5, mvt 1 and 2
Sonatina in F major WoO, Anh 5, any movements
Minuet in G major, WoO 10, No 2
Happy and Sad, WoO 54
Fur Elise
Waltz in Eb major WoO 84
Six variations on a Swiss Song WoO 64
Junior Division
Scherzando in D major, WoO 47, No 3
Sonata op 49, No 1, any mvt
Sonata op 49 No 2, any mvt
Sonata op 79, mvt 1 or 3
Sonata op 2, No 1, 1st mvt
Sonata op 10 No1, mvt 1 or 3
Rondo in C major op 51, No 1
6 variations on Original theme, WoO 77
6 variations on the duet from La Molinara, WoO 70
Six Variations on the theme of the Turkish March, op 76
Bagatelles op 33, op. 119, choose any 2 bagatelles
Moonlight Sonata, op 27, no 2, mvt 1 or 2
Senior Division
Choose one movement from any Sonata ( preferably Sonata allegro), except those listed in the Junior Division
Rondo a Capriccio, op 129
Andante in F major, WoO 57
Rondo in G major, op 51, no 2
Open to all pre-college piano students
Divisions
Elementary up to 10 years old
Junior 10-14 years old
Senior 14-18 years old
Application and Submission Rules
All registrations should be sent to-
Olga Ulitsky at [email protected]
Application submission deadline November 1, 2020
Recording submissions deadline December 1, 2020
Note: The Yearbook incorrectly lists the Registration and Video Deadline dates.
Application fee:
$25 for NWSMTA members
$45 for non members
Payments:
Teachers should send 1 check for all students to -
Olga Ulitsky
1478 Pinehurst Drive
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
To Register
Send email to Olga Ulitsky at [email protected] with the following information:
-Teacher Name
-Teacher Email
-Teacher Phone Number
-Student Name
-Student Age
-Division and Piece
To Submit Video Recording Link
The video recording should be stored on a sharable drive such as GoogleDrive, OneDrive, DropBox, YouTube, etc.
Make the video viewable by anyone with the link.
Click on the button at the bottom of this page to go to the Video Submission form.
Repertoire Requirements
All students must perform one piece from the required repertoire list.
If the piece that you choose to play belongs to the more advanced group, register in that group.
Performance Adjudication
Judging forms will be distributed online to the judges with embedded video links for comments.
Judges have about 2 weeks to finish judging entries and after that the results and scores will be sent to teachers.
Awards
Score of 96-100 Gold medal
Score of 90-95 Silver medal
Score of 85-89 Bronze medal
The students with score 98-100 will be offered to upload their video recordings on YouTube
Elementary Division
6 ecossaises WoO 83, choose any 3
6 German Dances, WoO 42, choose any 3
Sonatina in G major, Anh 5, mvt 1 and 2
Sonatina in F major WoO, Anh 5, any movements
Minuet in G major, WoO 10, No 2
Happy and Sad, WoO 54
Fur Elise
Waltz in Eb major WoO 84
Six variations on a Swiss Song WoO 64
Junior Division
Scherzando in D major, WoO 47, No 3
Sonata op 49, No 1, any mvt
Sonata op 49 No 2, any mvt
Sonata op 79, mvt 1 or 3
Sonata op 2, No 1, 1st mvt
Sonata op 10 No1, mvt 1 or 3
Rondo in C major op 51, No 1
6 variations on Original theme, WoO 77
6 variations on the duet from La Molinara, WoO 70
Six Variations on the theme of the Turkish March, op 76
Bagatelles op 33, op. 119, choose any 2 bagatelles
Moonlight Sonata, op 27, no 2, mvt 1 or 2
Senior Division
Choose one movement from any Sonata ( preferably Sonata allegro), except those listed in the Junior Division
Rondo a Capriccio, op 129
Andante in F major, WoO 57
Rondo in G major, op 51, no 2