Competition Ensemble

In February, 2011, students from our studio will be given the opportunity to participate in the AFMC festival piano competition. For this competition, students play 2 pieces of music from memory before 2 judges who are piano teachers from the Birmingham area. The teacher's will comment on the students performance and give them a score. Students are scored based on age, length of study and level. Students have the opportunity to earn a gold cup trophy after several years of superior performance. Each student who participates gets a certificate as well.

This is a great opportunity for kids to challenge themselves, receive feedback from another teacher, and to be rewarded for hard work. Only students who have earned a total of 325 points by October 1 will be able to begin work towards the competition if they are interested. Students who have at least one year of experience are eligible.

I have been adding up points from lessons and classes. In classes, points have been given as a group for participation and cooperation. For lessons and classes, points are given for participation in the practice marathons, recital performance, as well as for each minute of practice recorded. Class attendance, class projects, composer reports, compositions and completion of books also earn points.

Our classes have also been competing with each other. Points are given for each class activity. The more they prepare for class at home and the more the cooperate during class, the more activities we are able to complete. It was close, but we have a class winner. The winning class will have a treat in class this week. Each individual from the winning class will also receive individual points for being a part of the winning class.