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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

 

Interstudio Challenge

Teams are one way to create a feeling of common purpose for your Practice Championship entrats, but if you really want to add some zing, consider running the competition in conjunction with another music studio.Your students would be pitted against theirs in a no-holds-barred practice frenzy, with bragging rights going to the studio that prevails.

Doesn't have to be limited to two Ask around at your next MTA meeting—you might find a dozen other teaching studios that are happy to take part. This opens the way to possibly hundreds of participants, and adds a captial "E" to your Practice Event. Grand practice champion of your own studio is one thing, but also being King Practicer out of studios that represent a total of 45 zip codes is something else entirely.

Multiple studios means awesome prizes

With a dozen studios pooling resources, you'll also be able to offer some truly fabulous prizes that would have been well beyond your means if you were running all this alone. How much will students practice, for example, when the prize on offer is a Games Console? If each studio chips in $50, you've got your console with games and peripherals too...brace yourself then, because you're going to see some serious practice once you unveil the prize.

Don't be bound by Geography

There's no reason that the competing studios have to be local. By emailing practice times you could run a competition against a studio in another city, another state......it could even be another continent. Then, with competitors in Denmark, Australia, Canada and Argentina, your practice competition is nothing short of a Practice World Championships.