CAPMT Orange County Piano Etudes Competition Rules and Guidelines

Rules and Guidelines
  1. CAPMT members submitting an application must have paid State, National and Orange County Chapter dues before the application deadline.
  2. It is the responsibility of the teacher to abide by these guidelines. Failure to do so will result in disqualification of the applicant.
  3. Applicants’ age category is determined by their age at the event date.
  4. All applicants under the age of 18 must have a Parent/Legal Guardian sign a consent waiver. Parents will be e-mail a consent waiver to sing and return.
  5. Communications regarding the program should be between teachers and the event chair. Parents should not contact the event chair directly unless instructed to do so by the chair regarding the waiver.
  6. Decisions of the adjudicators are final.
  7. Teacher, parent/guardians and applicants may not converse or have any contact with the adjudicators before, during or after the competition.
  8. Fees for the application must be paid in full before the application deadline. ​Application deadline will be enforced. Late application forms will not be accepted.
  9. No repertoire changes are permitted once the application has been submitted.
  10. There are no refunds of the application fees in the event of non-participation.
  11. All repertoire must be memorized and only original printed music must be submitted for the judges. No photocopies allowed.
  12. Previous First Place winners may NOT compete again in the same category in succeeding competitions.
  13. Student may NOT repeat any repertoire in subsequent years, even if they have not placed.
  14. Teachers should consider the time limit per category when selecting the repertoire. All pieces must be played in full. Performers will be stopped when the maximum allocated time is reached.

Categories, Repertoire and Time limit:
Participants must select a minimum of two etudes from the corresponding age category. The etudes are expected to be performed at the indicated tempo and the style and interpretation according to the composer’s style. The etudes selected must be of contrasting technical difficulties. All etudes must be performed by memory and with all the repeats indicated in the score. The etudes should be performed with artistry mastering the technical and musical challenges presented in the work.
 
Category A: ages 8 and under. Time limit 10 minutes
Participants will select a minimum of two etudes from the following repertoire list:
  • Bertini op.101
  • Czerny op. 139 etudes 1-50
  • Czerny op. 453 etudes 1-50
  • Czerny op. 481
  • Czerny op. 599
  • Czerny op. 777
  • Czerny op. 823 Book 1 etudes 23-44
  • Duvernoy op. 176
  • Gurlitt op. 141
  • Köhler op. 157
  • Köhler op. 189
  • Le Couppey op. 20
  • Le Couppey op. 26
  • Lemoine op. 37 Book 1
  • Schytte op. 68
  • Streabbog op. 63
  
Category B: 9-10 years old. Time limit 10 minutes
Participants will select a minimum of two etudes from the following repertoire list:
  • Bertini op. 29 etudes 1-20
  • Bertini op. 100
  • Burgmüller op. 100
  • Concone op. 24
  • Concone op. 30
  • Czerny op. 139 etudes 51-100
  • Czerny op. 453 etudes 51-100
  • Czerny op. 748
  • Czerny op. 823 Book 2
  • Czerny op. 849
  • Duvernoy op. 120
  • Heller op. 47
  • Lemoine op. 37 Book 2
  • Streabbog op. 64
  
Category C: 11-12 years old. Time limit 12 minutes
Participants will select a minimum of two etudes from the following repertoire list:
  • Bertini op. 29 etudes 21-24
  • Bertini op. 32
  • Burgmüller op. 109
  • Concone op. 25
  • Czerny op. 299
  • Czerny op. 335
  • Czerny op. 636
  • Czerny op. 718
  • Heller op. 16
  • Heller op. 45
  • Heller op. 46
  
Category D: 13-15 years old. Time limit 12 minutes
Participants will select a minimum of two etudes from the following repertoire list:
  • Berger 12 etudes op. 12
  • Burgmüller op. 105
  • Chaminade 6 etudes de concert op. 35
  • Chopin op. 10
  • Chopin op. 25
  • Chopin 3 etudes
  • Concone op. 31
  • Czerny op. 740
  • Czerny op. 749
  • Debussy Book 1
  • Liszt Paganini Etudes
  • Mendelssohn 3 etudes op. 104
  • Moszkowski op. 72
  • Moszkowski op. 91
  • Prokofieff 4 etudes op. 2
  • Saint Saënz 6 etudes op. 52
  • Stravinsky 4 etudes op. 7
 
Category E: 16-18 years old. Time limit 15 minutes
Participants will select a minimum of two etudes from the following repertoire list:
  • Bartók Etude for the left hand
  • Chopin op. 10
  • Czerny op. 553
  • Debussy Book 2
  • Liszt Concert Etudes
  • Liszt Transcendental Etudes
  • Rachmaninoff Etudes Tableaux op. 33
  • Rachmaninoff Etudes Tableaux op. 39
  • Saint Saënz 6 etudes op. 111
  • Scriabin 8 etudes op. 42
 
Category F: 19-25 years old. Time limit 15 minutes
Participants will select a minimum of two etudes from the following repertoire list:
  • Bartók 3 etudes op. 18
  • Ligeti Etudes
  • Liszt Transcendental Etudes
  • Rachmaninoff Etudes Tableaux op. 33
  • Rachmaninoff Etudes Tableaux op. 39
  • Scriabin 12 etudes op. 8
  • Scriabin 3 etudes op. 65
  • Szymanowski 12 etudes op. 33
 
Application fees:
Category A: $30
Category B: $30
Category C: $35
Category D: $35
Category E: $40
Category F: $40
 
If the teacher is a member of CAPMT, but not a member of Orange County Chapter, there will be a $10 surcharge per application.
 
If the teacher is a not member of CAPMT, there will be a $50 surcharge per application.

​There will be NO REFUNDS of the application fees in the event of non-participation.