This year I am hosting a Christmas Composition Competition to get all my students trying their hand at composing. It is open to all my students and you may compose a song with or without words but there must be a Christmas theme.

• The composition must have a suitable title
• There must be a piano part which you can play
• You may use noteflight to produce a score and have other parts playing at the same time.
• Free Manuscript paper is available here to download and print
• The score must be submitted to me (digitally or in print) by the closing date of 27^th November, 2010
• I will showcase the best entries in a gallery on my website
• The winner must be prepared to perform the winning entry at the next concert on 4^th December, 2010 2pm at the Music School, The King’s School

I will try to provide support with your compositions over the next few weeks and can give students a session on noteflight in their lessons to get them up to speed.

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Further details and sample recordings of the piano set pieces for this year’s festival can be found below and sample recordings will be included as soon as they are ready…

Class 101a – Piano Solo (8 Yrs and under) – Air by George Dyson Air
Class 101b – Piano Solo (8 Yrs and under) – Own choice (1 piece not exceeding 3 minutes)
Class 102 – Piano Solo (9 Yrs and under) – Tango Argentina from Piano Time Jazz 2 by Pauline Hall Tango Argentina.

Class 103 – Piano Solo (9 Yrs and under) – Own choice (1 piece not exceeding 3 minutes)
Class 104 – Piano Solo (10 Yrs and under) – Gedike ‘The Moth‘ from Keyboard Anthology 2nd series Bk 1
Class 105 – Piano Solo (10 Yrs and under) – Own choice (1 piece not exceeding 3 minutes)
Class 106 – Piano Solo (12 Yrs and under) -You and Me by Alan Haughton You and Me
Class 107 – Piano Solo (12 Yrs and under) – Own choice (1 piece not exceeding 5 minutes)
Class 108 – Piano Solo (14 Yrs and under) – Gedike Miniature from More Romantic Pieces 3 (Gedike Miniature).
Class 109 – Piano Solo (14 Yrs and under) – Own choice (1 piece not exceeding 5 minutes)
Class 110 – Piano Solo (16 Yrs and under) – Poetic Tone Picture by Grieg Op.3 No.1

The Entry Fee is £4.50 for classes 101-107 and £4.75 for classes 108-110 and the closing date for entries is 31st January, 2010