ELIGIBILITY
  • Former Silver Medal winners of the Dorothy G. Marsh Piano Competition and students of the adjudicators are ineligible.
  • Competitors must be at least 13 years of age and not older than 18 years of age by the competition date.
  • Competitors must have been a resident for no less than one calendar year from the date of the competition and be a current resident of one of the following Kentucky counties: Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliot, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Wayne, Whitley, and Wolfe.

APPLICATION

  • Completed applications consist of:
    a) An official application form
    b) A verification statement signed by an academic official of the competitor’s current school
    c) A non-refundable application fee of $25
    d) An essay of no more than 500 words, typed, addressing your higher education plans and goals, and how this scholarship award can help you to accomplish them
    e) A repertoire list of works studied during the past 3 years.
     
  • All application materials must be completed and postmarked by December 1, 2007. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
  • Applications must be printed neatly or typed.
  • An appropriate academic official, such as a principal or guidance counselor, must certify verification of age and residency.

REPERTOIRE

General Considerations

  • Repertoire should be chosen to accentuate the strengths of each contestant. Please do not attempt repertoire that is too difficult. This competition seeks a winner based on much more than technical ability or level.
  • All repertoire submissions must be detailed and accurate, including specific movements of works, timings, composers’ birth and death (if applicable) dates, and composition dates.
  • Competitors must play the competition program from memory.
  • Works that require accompaniment, such as concertos, are not acceptable.
  • Competitors will be given 25 minutes of performing time. Repertoire submitted may be greater than 25 minutes but the competitor will be stopped after a period of 25 minutes of performance.
  • The adjudicator(s) reserves the right to stop the competitor during performance due to time limitations.
  • Original scores must be submitted to the adjudicator prior to the performance time with all measures clearly numbered. PHOTOCOPIES ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

Requirements

  • Two contrasting works from the standard classical repertory (i.e. Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century).
  • One additional work of the competitor’s choice. This may include, but is not limited to jazz, original composition, arrangements, or an additional choice from the Classical repertoire.
    *The intention of this open requirement is to give each competitor the opportunity to show his or her personal strengths in playing, regardless of style or musical preference.

AWARDS

  • All decisions made by the adjudicator are final. The adjudicator reserves the right to declare no winner in any or all of the categories.

Silver Medal $2000

Bronze Medal $1000

Additional honorary awards may be given at the discretion of the adjudicator.

CONTACT INFORMATION

For more information please contact:

Jennifer Hughes, Artistic Director
Dorothy G. Marsh Piano Competition
Pikeville College
147 Sycamore Street
Pikeville, KY 41501
Email: jhughes@pc.edu
Phone: 606.218.5786

 

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