Westside Music Foundation: Robert Turner Piano Concerto Competition

ANNOUNCING the
2008 Westside Music Foundation
Robert Turner Piano Concerto Competition

formerly the
MTAC-WLA Robert Turner
Piano Concerto Competition

Auditions:
February 10, 2008 (Sunday, afternoon)
Pierre's Fine Pianos, WLA

Winners Concert with the
Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra:
March 9, 2008 (Sunday, afternoon) date & time tentative
Culver City Veterans' Memorial Auditorium

Junior Division: ages 13 & under
(as of February 1, 2008)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271

Senior Division: ages 18 & under
(as of February 1, 2008)
Grieg: Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 16

Audition Rules:
The Westside Music Foundation Robert Turner Piano Concerto Competition is open only to
students who live in the West Los Angeles area, who study with a teacher who lives in the
West Los Angeles area, or who is a member of the West Los Angeles Branch of the Music
Teachers’ Association of California (MTAC-WLA). Entering students must have studied
with his/her current teacher for at least six months prior to the competition. Previous
winners of the Senior Category are ineligible. Previous winners of the Junior Category may
enter the Senior Category.

Age eligibility is based on the student’s age as of February 1, 2008.
Students must be in grade 12 or lower.

Each student must prepare one, and only one, movement of his/her selected concerto. The
concerto movement (and, if applicable, cadenza) must be memorized. Teachers may enter
as many students as they wish in either or both categories, but may only enter students in
two of the three movements for each concerto. For each category, one winner will be
selected for each of the three movements, and the winners will perform in a showcase
concert with the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra, under the musical direction of
Dr. Ivan Shulman. (www.ladso.org)

The Westside Music Foundation will provide the accompanist on the day of the
competition; students may not use their own accompanists. Although it is not required,
the Westside Music Foundation encourages each student to rehearse with the
accompanist prior to the competition. However, if a student chooses to rehearse with the
accompanist in advance, the student/teacher will need to make and pay for those
arrangements separately. The name and contact information for the accompanist(s) will be
made available from the Concerto Competition Chair upon receipt of application form and
entry fee check.

Winners will have at least three rehearsals with full orchestra (dates & times to be
announced).

A $45 non-refundable entry fee (payable to WESTSIDE MUSIC FOUNDATION) and a
photocopy of a proof-of-age document (birth certificate, student I.D. (with birth date),
passport, or driver’s license) for each applicant must be sent to the Concerto Competition
by the application form deadline, postmarked on or before January 12, 2008.

ONLINE APPLICATION FORM

For further information, please contact:

Deborah H. How
President, Westside Music Foundation
(310) 828-5130
dhhow@musette.org