2017 EGSOGL Pre-College Piano Competition
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​Goshen College (Goshen, IN)
​May 20, 2017
Cost: $20 (checks payable to "Edvard Grieg Society of the Great Lakes, Inc.")
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Rieth Recital Hall, Goshen College Music Center. Photo: Brian Yoder Schlabach

Purpose of the Competition

EGSOGL would like to encourage young pianists to explore the wide repertoire of Edvard Grieg, to celebrate his place in the piano literature, and to help spread knowledge of his lesser-known works. The required repertoire for this competition (which is the first of many) coincides with the theme of the 2017 SalzBergen conference: works by Edvard Grieg and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!

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Divisions, Prizes, and Eligibility

Eligibility: Open to pre-college students ages 18 and under. Entrants and their teachers must  reside in the United States. 

Junior Division (ages 13 & under):
  • $300 first prize and performance award*
  • $200 second prize
  • $100 third prize

Senior Division (ages 14-18, pre-college):
  • $500 first prize and performance award*
  • $300 second prize
  • $200 third prize

**Performance Award: First place winners are invited to perform at the final concert of the SalzBergen conference on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 7:30pm.

Adjudicators

  • Njål Sparbo, 2009 Grieg Prize recipient and expert on Grieg interpretation
  • Marvin Blickenstaff, pianist and leading American pedagogue, editor of a volume of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces (published by Carl Fischer)
  • Dr. Beverly Lapp, Chair of the Music Department at Goshen College
  • Dr. Gloria Cook, professor of piano, Rollins College 
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Basic Requirements

Required Repertoire:
  • 1 piece** by Edvard Grieg
  • 1 piece by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A movement of a multi-movement work is considered one piece. All selections must be memorized. Only complete, unabridged, original compositions for solo piano by the composers are allowed. (This includes solo piano arrangements by the composer of his own music, i.e. Grieg’s Op. 41 and Op. 52). No cuts are permitted; Repeats are at the discretion of the applicant/teacher. Special consideration will be shown to contestants who choose lesser-known works of Edvard Grieg (i.e. pieces from Op. 17, Op. 41, Op. 52, Op. 66, Op. 72, and lesser-known Lyric Pieces.)
 
      ** NOTE: Due to the brevity of pieces from Op. 17 and Op. 66, applicants may inquire about offering a small grouping of pieces from either of these two sets in lieu of a longer selection