SCHEDULE OF EVENTS - 2012 FESTIVAL FOR CREATIVE PIANISTS
April 12-14, 2012
Founder & Artistic Director: Arthur Houle
Festival Assistants: Lyn Ross and Evelyn Billberg
Calvin Hofer, Music Department Head
Thursday, April 12, 2012, 7:30 P.M. (attendance at this program, or the Friday evening program, is mandatory for participants)
• Kick-off Concert: Gary Smart,
Piano Solo Recital
Suggested donation: $15 for adults, $10 for seniors & $5 for students; call CMU Box Office (970.248.1604) for advance tickets. Recital Hall, Colorado Mesa University Moss Performing Arts Center.
Friday, April 13, 2012, 9:30 A.M., (optional attendance for festival participants)
• Special workshop by Gary Smart (topic: "Musicality - the Solution to Technical Challenges") for piano students, teachers and the general public.
Free admission. Recital Hall, Colorado Mesa University Moss Performing Arts Center.
Friday, April 13, 2012, 7:30 P.M. (attendance at this program, or the Thursday program, is mandatory for participants)
• Judges and director program.
Suggested donation: $10 for adults, $8 for seniors & $5 for students; call CMU Box Office (970.248.1604) for advance tickets.
Saturday, April 14, 2012, 7:30 P.M. (mandatory attendance by festival participants)
• Winners Recital and Awards Ceremony (see notes below).
Suggested donation: $10 for adults, $8 for seniors & $5 for students; call CMU Box Office (970.248.1604) for advance tickets.
Teachers & Students Please Note:
Prize winners will be announced on Saturday, April 14th, at approximately 4:30 P.M. Each First Prize winner will be asked to perform one or more selections (of the judge's choosing) at the Winners Recital on Saturday, 7:30 P.M.
The Winners Recital will be to HONOR the winners only - it will NOT affect the judge's prize decisions, which will have already been determined. We hope that by doing it this way students will feel a minimum of counterproductive nervous tension for this gala public performance.
IMPORTANT: Students MUST be present at the Awards Ceremony (Saturday, approx. 8:30 P.M.) to receive their First Prize awards, Honorable Mention prizes, and festival participation certificates.
Students not in attendance at the Winners' Recital and Awards Ceremony (or those who failed to attend at least one evening concert on Thursday or Friday) automatically forfeit their prizes, participant certificates and/or other free items that may be given out.
Exception: Some students who could not fulfill these requirements may, at the discretion of the Director, be eligible for Honorable Mention prizes.
All adjudications are open to the general public.
Please do not enter while students and recitalists are performing.
Also please remember to turn off cell phones and pagers and be sensitive in the use of cameras and videos.
Detailed adjudication schedule will be posted approximately one week before the festival.