TO ENCOURAGE, FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION OF THE

PERFORMING ARTS IN NEW ZEALAND

76th HAMILTON COMPETITIONS

2018 PIANOFORTE SYLLABUS

Friday 13th July Lady Goodfellow Chapel

University of Waikato

Saturday 14th July Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts

University of Waikato

Pianoforte Convenor | Peter Gillies Peterandbryan6@gmail.com - 07 854 6807

Online entries only Please visit www.hamiltoncompetitions.co.nz

Entries close 5pm Friday 25 May 2018

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Our Team The Hamilton Competitions Society is led by the following team of amazing people who

generously donate their time and expertise to run the competitions

Hamilton Competitions Society Committee and Contact Numbers

Patron John Haughie 07 855 2631

President John Drummond 07 823 1371

Treasurer Katy Cockerton 021 023 14675

Convenors

Dance Katy Cockerton 021 023 14675

Pianoforte Peter Gillies 07 854 6807

Speech & Drama Jenni Nelson 027 471 5216

Strings, Chamber Music & Ensembles

Mary Allan 07 853 9132

Children & Young Adults with Special Needs

Antoinette Neeve 027 284 7016

Vocal Coryn Knapper 07 856 9867

Mary Jones 07 854 9310

Life Members

John Haughie Beryl Bowler Rose Kerin

Maryla Endert Rae Knell Michele Wahrlich

Ena Were Leigh Krippner Trudy Dutton

Marion Francis

Advisors

Accounts Reviewer Stephen Gajzago

MAJOR SPONSORS

The Hamilton Competitions Society is grateful for the generous financial support received from:

Norah Howell Charitable Trust

Creative Waikato – CNZ Creative Communities Scheme Wilson Home Trust

Evans Chung

Corinne Schuitemaker

And we are thankful for the support from

St Peter’s School, Cambridge

The Link Centre, St Andrew’s Church, Hamilton

Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato

Hillcrest High School

Riverlea Theatre

and

All individual general and class sponsors

A Welcome from our President

Welcome to the 2018 Hamilton Competitions. This syllabus provides an outline of the classes available in a particular discipline. As well as this discipline, there will be competitions available for other performing arts. Please check our website or contact a convenor for information about other competitions. You are very welcome to come to classes in any discipline and watch, listen and enjoy. In July 2018, our 76th festival will host the following art forms: dance, piano, vocal, speech & drama, strings & orchestral instruments and special needs. The competitions are held over 10 days at a range of venues in Hamilton and Cambridge. Performers will come from a range of communities throughout the upper North Island and from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. They will range in age from little pre-schoolers to adults completing tertiary study and vying for the big prizes in the Vocal and Piano competitions. The main prize money from the Norah Howell Awards will be used to fund further study and launch performance careers. You can enjoy the Norah Howell Awards at the University of Waikato, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts over the weekend of: 14th & 15th July 2018. In selected disciplines, young people will compete for the opportunity to represent the Waikato at the National Young Performer of the Year Awards (PACANZ). These awards will be held from 19th – 21st October in Palmerston North and will bring together the finest young talents to compete for prize money and the recognition associated with being the best in their discipline. The 2018 PACANZ disciplines are: Ballet, Tap, Vocal and Pianoforte for Soloists and the Troupe/Group Dance Award Another special part of the competitions is the morning event, held just before the end of Term 2 for Children & Young Adults with Special Needs. This is a delightful event and we would love you to come and enjoy their special time on Thursday, 5th July at The Link, St Andrew’s Church, River Road, Hamilton. Your involvement and support of the Hamilton Competitions is a key to our success. Please come along, bring your friends and family. We trust you will enjoy the experience and provide gracious support for those participating. Standing up to perform is a challenge, and everyone who has the courage to do so is entitled to our respect and applause. If you have the opportunity to thank the Convenors and their helpers, please do. They are all volunteers and perform a great role organising and running the events for you. Best wishes to all competitors. John Drummond President PS – If you are interested in helping either beforehand or on the day, please contact any of our committee members to offer your assistance. Thank you.

Dates and Locations of all Competitions

Date Discipline Venue

5 July Special Needs The Link, River Rd

7-9 July Speech and Drama Waikato Dio, River Rd

7 July Strings and Chamber Ensembles

Hillcrest High

7-10 July Dance St Peter’s School, Main High Way, Cambridge

13-14 July Pianoforte Lady Goodfellow Chapel/ Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts

15-17 July Vocal Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts/ Riverlea Theatre

GENERAL RULES & GUIDELINES

1 Competitors These competitions are for amateurs. Professionals receiving remuneration for expertise in their art are limited only to OPEN classes where offered.

2 Age Limit

Age of competitor is to be taken as at 1st June in the year of the competition. Proof of age must be provided if requested.

3 Entries and Payment

3.1 Only one entry per person per class. All forms (online or paper) are to be correctly and completely filled out. Entries are to be lodged with the Competition Convenor before or on the closing date of the Competition. Participants must indicate if they have entered other sections.

3.2 The Hamilton Competitions’ Society Committee reserves the

right to cancel a class if there are insufficient entries. Refunds will be given in this instance.

3.3 Entries will only be processed after payment has been

confirmed. We accept posted cheques and bank transfer. 3.4 If you are paying by direct credit, the Hamilton Competitions

Society Inc. bank account details are: Bank Westpac Account No. 03 1555 0063819 00

Please include the information below with your payment. Payments with no information cannot be traced! Entries with no record of payment may not be accepted.

Particulars Code Reference

Competitor’s Last name First name Discipline For example Smith Anna Strings

4 Late Entries Late entries will not be accepted. 5 Adjudicator

5.1 No competitor who has been coached or taught by the adjudicator during the year preceding the competitions will be allowed to compete.

5.2 There must be no communication with the adjudicator by a competitor until the competition has been completed and the results received of ALL classes announced/published or disqualification may result.

5.3 A substitute adjudicator may be appointed in the event of the announced adjudicator having to withdraw.

6 Performance

6.1 Order of Performance - Competitors will perform in the order shown in the programme unless approved otherwise by the convenor.

6.2 Standards of Performance - If the competitor’s performance is not of sufficient standard, the adjudicator has the right not to award a placing.

6.3 Staging – No unauthorised person will be permitted back-stage. The adjudicator or their appointee only may give prompting or other assistance when necessary.

7 Restricted Classes

Restricted classes are for competitors who, at the date of the competitions, have never won first prize in this or any other Competitions’ Festival in the particular discipline in New Zealand. See section syllabus for specific requirements for the various classes.

8 Protests

Any protest must be lodged in writing to the Secretary, Hamilton Competitions’ Society within 12 hours of its occurrence and accompanied by a $10 non-refundable fee. The decision of the Protest Committee shall be final.

9 Trophies and Cups

9.1 Engraving - Winners of trophies and cups may have the year and their name professionally engraved on their trophies and cups at their cost.

9.2 Return of Trophies and Cups - Trophies and cups awarded in one

year must be returned to the convenors no later than 1st June of the following year, and in the same condition in which they were awarded. The winner is also accountable for any damage incurred whilst these items are in their care. Should repairs be necessary then consultation with the convenor is required prior to repairs being carried out.

10 Video recording (audio and/or visual) and photography

Photographing with or without flash is prohibited during a performance. Video filming can be undertaken if permission of the performer and convenor has been obtained in advance. Please inform the convenor of the relevant section before undertaking any video recording.

11 General

The Hamilton Competitions’ Society reserves the rights of applying and interpreting the rules of the Society. Decisions made by the Hamilton Competitions’ Society Committee are final.

12 Health & Safety

Competitors and competition attendees must abide by the Health & Safety rules of the competition and the competition venue.

ADDITIONAL RULES FOR PIANOFORTE PIECES Competitors may not perform the same item in more than one class, nor perform a piece with which they have previously won at these competitions. ORIGINAL SCORES, not photocopies, must be used for performance. ADJUDICATOR’S COPIES If playing from memory, the original score must be made available to the adjudicator.

If playing from an original score, a photocopy of the edition being used must be made available for the adjudicator.

Original scores and photocopies must be clearly marked with the class number, competitor’s name and number and handed in prior to the commencement of the class.

Please number bars at the beginning of each line.

In accordance with copyright regulations, photocopies given to the adjudicator will be retained by the convenor and destroyed after the competition ends.

COMPOSER DATES & PERIODS Baroque Composer born 1600 – 1700 incl Classical Composer born 1701 – 1799 incl Romantic Composer born 1800 – 1879 incl 20th – 21st Century Composer born 1880 +

Flavio Villani Pianoforte adjudicator 2018

Flavio Villani is an Italian-born New Zealand citizen living in Auckland. He completed a Bachelor of Piano Performance with Matteo Napoli at the Conservatory ‘G.Martucci’ in conjunction with a Bachelor of IT in Salerno, Italy in 2007. After working in IT in Barcelona he was given the opportunity of coming to New Zealand to pursue a career in music. He moved to New Zealand in 2008 to follow his dream and in 2012 he completed a Master in Piano Performance at the University of Auckland with first class honours under the guidance of pianist Stephen De Pledge.

The journey towards his first solo performance with an orchestra was documented in the feature length film ‘Crossing Rachmaninoff’. The film followed his preparations for, and performance of, Rachmaninoff Concerto n.2 in Calabria in 2015. After that performance he subsequently took different soloist opportunities performing Rachmaninoff Concerto n.2, Tchaikovsky Concerto n.1 and the Warsaw Concerto with the Orchestra of CalArts in Los Angeles, the New Plymouth Orchestra, the Taranaki Symphony, the Bay of Plenty Symphonia and the Auckland Symphony Orchestra.

He was absolute winner of the Northland Society Piano Competition in 2008 as well as winning first prize in the Llewelyn Piano Competition in both 2011 and 2012. He has performed many recitals as a soloist as well as in different chamber formations in California, Italy, Spain and New Zealand. The festivals were he performed include the Venice Biennale (2011) for the exhibition and installation of the New Zealand pavilion, ‘Lamezia Festival’ and 'Pianino Festival' in the Chopin cell in Mallorca.

He is founder and member of the Villani Piano Quartet which debuted in Auckland in late 2015 and toured extensively throughout the country with Chamber Music New Zealand in 2016. He is Director of the St Heliers Music Centre in Auckland where he organises music lessons for different instruments, masterclasses and events. He was adjudicator of the IRMT Competition in 2017 and has given public Masterclasses at the Bangkok University, Conservatorio di Lamezia Terme and the Victoria University in Wellington.

2018 PIANOFORTE CLASSES SCHOLARSHIP CLASSES $10 per class. Time limit 8 min. Anyone can enter a scholarship class, however, to be eligible for the scholarship and cup you must enter all the classes listed under each age category.

Cup/ Scholarship Class No.

Description

IM KING CUP – Under 7 years 32 Own Selection

33 20th-21st Century

NZ 1990 CUP – 7 years 34 Own Selection

35 20th-21st Century

GWYNNETH MARQUAND CUP – 8 years

36 Baroque

37 Own Selection

38 20th-21st Century

GARNER CUP – 9 years 39 Baroque

40 Own Selection

41 20th-21st Century

OW ROWE CUP – 10 years 42 Baroque

43 Own Selection

44 20th-21st Century

JAN KITCHEN TROPHY – 11 years 45 Baroque

46 Own Selection

47 20th-21st Century

BETTY DUNBAR CUP – 12 & under 14 years

48 Baroque

49 Own Selection

50 20th-21st Century

NETTA BARBER CUP – 14 & under 16 years

51 Baroque

52 Own Selection

53 20th-21st Century

CHALLENGE CUP – 16 & under 18 years

54 Baroque

55 Own Selection

56 20th-21st Century

BARBARA REDFERN CUP – 18 years & over

57 Baroque

58 Own Selection

59 20th-21st Century

EXAMINATION SYLLABUS CLASSES $8 per class. No age restriction. Competitors must perform TWO contrasting pieces from a current syllabus for ABRSM, Trinity College London or NZMEB (please state specific syllabus). Competitors may enter only one Examination Class.

Class No. Grade

60 1

61 2

62 3

63 4

64 5

65 6

66 7

67 8

RESTRICTED CLASSES $8 per class. Time limit 8 min. Restricted classes are for competitors who, at the date of the competitions, have never won first prize in this or any other Competitions’ Festival in the particular discipline in New Zealand. Competitors may perform a work of their own selection.

Class No. Age

68 6 & under

69 7 & under 9 years

70 9 & under 11 years

71 11 & under 13 years

72 13 & under 15 years

73 15 years & over

NON-SCHOLARSHIP CLASSES

$8 per class. Duet classes are $5 per person. Time limit 8 min unless otherwise stated.

Class Description Requirements

74 Beginner’s Class Open to students who have been playing for 1 year or less

75 BONNIE SCOTT MEMORIAL CUP

Sonatina – 1st movement

Under 13 years

76 Sonata – 1st movement No age restriction. Time limit 10 min.

Not Baroque

77 SOVOS CUP

Schubert Piano Solo

No age restriction.

78 SOVOS CUP MK II

Chopin Piano Solo

No age restriction.

79 Piano Accompaniment 14 years & under

80 Piano Accompaniment 15 & under 18 years

81 GILMOUR TROPHY

Light Popular

Under 13 years

82 WEIRS PIANO & ORGAN TROPHY

Light Popular

13 years & over

83 Piano Duet Under 11 years

84 Piano Duet Under 13 years

85 Piano Duet Under 18 years

86 Open Duet – Fun Class One partner must be a parent or grandparent

87 Own Composition for Piano Solo

Primary & Secondary school students or equivalent level home school students. A copy of the music must be available for the adjudicator.

88 Open – Romantic No age restriction. Time limit: 10 Minutes

Prize $30

89 Open – 20th Century to present

No age restriction. Time limit: 10 Minutes

Prize $30

SOUNZ PERFORMANCE AWARD CLASSES

$8 per class. Time limit 8 min

Based in Wellington, SOUNZ offers a range of New Zealand contemporary music for sale as well as many recordings by leading New Zealand artists. Candidates must perform a work written by a New Zealand composer. Student compositions are not eligible. The winners of each section will win a SOUNZ voucher.

Class No. Age

90 11 & under

91 12 & over

TEST PIECE CLASSES

$8 per class Competitors will be emailed the music two weeks before the competition. The music for each class is selected by the adjudicator. The goal of the Test Piece class is to offer competitors the same amount of time to prepare the same piece of music. NB: Competitors in Test Piece classes are allowed to perform from copies of the music sent through the email and do not need to provide the adjudicator with a copy of the music.

93 12 & under 14 years

94 14 & under 16 years

95 16 & under 18 years

96 18 & over

Class 100 - JOSEPHINE BURRY CONCERTO PRIZE 2018

Entry fee is $25 Time limit 15 min The Josephine Burry Concerto Prize was created to encourage piano students to study and perform a movement from a piano concerto. The prize money of $750 is kindly donated by Drs Corinne Law and Martin Schuitemaker RULES: Competitors may perform any movement of a Concerto from any time period. Competitors must provide their own accompanist. Competitors must be under 24 years of age as of 1st June 2018.

Class 101 – NORAH HOWELL RECITAL AWARD

Entry fee $35

Time limit 20 min

PRIZE MONEY

1st $1500 2nd $400 3rd $100

RULES

Performers must be 15 and under 24 Years of age as at 1st June 2018.

Performers shall perform a free choice programme with a maximum time of 20 minutes.

The programme must consist of at least 3 contrasting pieces from 3 different periods of history. i.e. Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century or Contemporary. Please consult the piano rules for the cut-off dates for composer births for each musical period.

Performers who received first place in this class in previous years are not eligible to re-enter.

Each year the Hamilton Competitions Society receives a significant sum of money from the Norah Howell Trust. This money is used for the Norah Howell Awards which are granted to outstanding performances in special classes in the Vocal and Piano competitions.

Norah Howell was born in Hamilton in 1906 and died in 1989. She had a lifelong interest in music and gardening and a strong social conscience. Norah grew up in the Waikato and Auckland and attended the Sydney Conservatorium where she studied violin and piano.

Norah’s husband, Cedric, was killed during WWII and Norah then used her musical gifts to support herself and her two sons. She performed as a soloist and employed her superb accompanying skills to support vocalists and instrumentalists.

In her later years she established the Norah Howell Trust which has provided financial support to a number of tertiary students at different Universities and to the Hamilton Competitions Society. We greatly appreciate the trustees’ on-going support of our young performers. Thank you, Norah Howell.

TROPIES, AWARDS AND PRIZE MONEY

Classes 1st 2nd 3rd

11 years & under Place Badges

Class 100 Josephine Burry award $750.00 - -

Class 101 Norah Howell recital award

$1500.00 $400 100

Cash and/or music vouchers to the same value. Prize money can be exchanged for badges

CUPS, TROPHIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

AGE CLASSES VALUE

I M KING CUP

Under 7 years 32, 33 $30

NEW ZEALAND 1990 CUP

7 years 34, 35 $30

GWYNNETH MARQUAND CUP

8 years 36, 37, 38 $30

GARNER CUP

9 years 39, 40, 41 $30

O W ROWE CUP

10 years 42, 43, 44 $30

JAN KITCHEN TROPHY

11 years 45, 46, 47 $50

BETTY DUNBAR CUP

12 & 13 years 48, 49, 50, 93

$50

NETTA BARBER CUP

14 & 15 years 51, 52, 53, 94

$50

CHALLENGE CUP

16 & 17 years 54, 55, 56, 95

$50

BARBARA REDFERN CUP

18 years & over 57, 58, 59, 96

$100

EXAMINATION SYLLABUS CUPS Grades 1-8

No age restriction 60 – 67

HAMILTON COMPETITIONS PIANO CONVENORS CUP Most Promising Pianist

Under 11 years $40

HAMILTON COMPETITIONS SOCIETY CUP Most Promising Pianist

11 & under 16 years $100

MICHELE WAHRLICH CUP Most Promising Pianist

16 years & over $120

BONNIE SCOTT MEMORIAL CUP Sonatina – 1st mvt

Under 13 years 75 $15

CONSTANCE WELLINGTON CUP Sonata – 1st mvt

No age restriction 76 $30

SOVOS CUP – Schubert Piano Solo No age restriction 77 $30

SOVOS CUP MK II - Chopin Piano Solo No age restriction 78 $30

PULLON FAMILY CUP Best Performance – Piano Accompaniment

79, 80

GILMOUR TROPHY Light Popular

Under 13 years 81 $10

WEIRS PIANO & ORGAN TROPHY Light Popular

13 years & over 82 $15

RHEE FAMILY CUP Best Performance – Piano Duet

83, 84, 85

BUCHAN CUP Best Performance

Under 10 years $15

Hamilton Competitions Society P O Box 243 Hamilton

Dear supporters of the Hamilton piano competitions, The 2018 Hamilton piano competitions are nearly upon us. As you are aware we offer a number of scholarships to our young pianists that are awarded along with a trophy which has been donated by a family or supporter of the competition. We would greatly appreciate your support in sponsoring one or more of these scholarships under your name. Below is a list of the trophies that need a sponsor. Please indicate which cup(s) you would like to sponsor. You are welcome to partially or completely sponsor a scholarship. Please email (to the convenor) or post this form back by 1 May 2018. You can post a cheque or pay by direct credit listed in the form below to the Hamilton Competitions Society. Please make sure you reference your name and award sponsored. Your continued support will enable us to encourage and challenge our young pianists in the Waikato and beyond. Please feel free to get in touch with any questions that you may have. We sincerely thank you for supporting the Hamilton Competitions. Yours sincerely Peter Gillies Pianoforte Convenor Email: peterandbryan6@gmail.com Post cheques to: Hamilton Competitions Society P O Box 243 Hamilton Direct Credit: Hamilton Competitions’ Society Westpac 03-1555-0063819-00 Reference: Sponsor Surname. Code: Piano

Name: ………………………………………………. Phone: …………………………. Email: …………………………….... Yes, I would like to sponsor $.................................. for the …………..…………………….. Cup/Trophy. Signed………………………………………..

Scholarships/cups in need of sponsors

Prize money

I M King Cup – Under 7 Years $30

New Zealand 1990 Cup – 7 Years $30

Gwynneth Marquand Cup – 8 Years $30

Garner Cup – 9 Years

$30

O W Rowe Cup – 10 Years $30

Jan Kitchen Trophy – 11 Years

$50

Netta Barber Cup – 14 & 15 Years $50

Challenge Cup – 16 & 17 Years $50

Buchan Cup – Best Performance – Under 10 Years

$15

Bonnie Scott Memorial Cup – Sonatina 1st mvt – Under 13 Years

$15

Constance Wellington Cup – Sonata 1st mvt

$30

Sovos Cup – Schubert Piano Solo

$30

Sovos Cup Mk II – Chopin Piano Solo $30

Hamilton Competitions Piano Convenors Cup – Most Promising Pianist – Under 11 Years

$40

Hamilton Competitions Society Cup – Most Promising Pianist – 11 & Under 16 Years

$100

Michele Wahrlich Cup – Most Promising Pianist – 16 Years & Over

$120