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 Elton Joel RW2   2'25
With apologies to them both. A rock piano solo without lyrics.

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 Elegy RW2   2'25
Many, many parts to weave and balance - needs ensemble skills, even though it's for solo piano.

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 Grumpy Trolls RW2   2'25
A contest piece with bite. Storms and stamps all over the piano before the jump-up-and-bow finish.

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 Snowflakes RW2   2'25
A delicate picture piece - how many shades of quiet can you play?

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 MicroWaltz RW2   2'25
Less than a minute long. For early intermediate students.

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 Processional RW2   2'25
A concert opener that quickly breaks out of its initial stately reserve.

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Running a competition          back to magazine homepage

by Philip Johnston

 

Introduction | Hyping the lead-up | Limiting the time | Creating prize categories
Choosing great rewards | Certificates | The "Doubler" factor | Creating leaderboards | Team based competitions | Strategic timing | Interstudio competitions
Creating a Hall of Fame | Turning it into a fundraiser

 

Certificates

Even with lots of prizes on offer, not everyone is going to win, which can leave some hard working students wondering whether they'll bother next time. That's where certificates come to the rescue.

These awards are available not to "winners", but to anybody who fulfils certain criteria during the competition. The students would all know what is required to be awarded certificates, and are guaranteed the award once they've met the requirement.

So what might be worthy of certificates?

Consistency: Anybody who doesn't skip a single day of practice throughout the competition.

Bronze certificate: Anybody who does at least 5 hours of practice in each week of the competition

Silver certificate: Same as Bronze, but with a 7 hour each week requirement

Gold: For serious practicers. A 10 hour requirement, every week, for the life of the competition.

Aggregate targets: For students who perhaps work better in bursts rather than consistently - these certificates would reward certain totals being reached over the lifetime of the competition, without worrying about what happens on individual days.

15 minutes more than last time: Whatever the student's daily average was in the last competition, they'd need to beat it by more than 15 minutes in the this competition to earn one of these.

You'll think of plenty of your own, but the important thing is that all students know exactly what is required before the competition starts, so that they know what they're aiming at.