2024 STATE CONFERENCE

INTERMEDIATE MASTER CLASS

with GUEST ARTIST

KEVIN CHANCE

Saturday, November 16, 2024, 9:15-11:00 am

The NJMTA Intermediate Piano Master Class is NOT an auditioned event. The clinician will select student performers anonymously, based only on their repertoire and age. Selected students will perform during the 2024 NJMTA conference . Kevin Chance will be the clinician for this year's master class.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Each teacher may submit a maximum of two students to play in the Master Class. Students who have played in the 2022 and 2023 master class will not be considered.

2. Teachers are invited to submit early to late intermediate piano pieces such as Baroque Minuets/Dances, Bach Short Preludes & Fugues, Inventions and Sinfonias, Sonatinas by Clementi, Sonatas Op. 49 by Beethoven or early Haydn Sonatas, Chopin’s easier Waltzes, easier Songs Without Words by Mendelssohn, Schumann or Tchaikovsky's Albums for the Young, Kabalevsky's Children's Pieces, etc.

3. No piece should exceed 5 minutes in length. Pieces should be memorized and well prepared.

4. The deadline for application submission is Monday, October 21, 2024.

5. After all applications are submitted, Dr. Chance will make the selection of 4–6 students to perform at the master class. The names of students who have been selected by the artist will be posted on NJMTA’s website, and the teachers of those students will also be notified via email or phone. Students are not allowed to change the selection of pieces once selected.

Go to application form

Please send all inquiries to Dr. Chiu-Ling Lin at linchiuling70@gmail.com

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