Piano Festival
November 3 – 5, 2023 | Goodrich Chapel
The Albion College Piano Festival was established in the fall of 2008. It was inspired by the memory of Vera Reed, an Albion resident and piano teacher who taught well into her nineties and played on even later in her life.
While there is a competition element, and students can compete for cash prizes, it is our hope that students will find this festival to be more about opportunities for performance, meeting and hearing other piano students, and taking lessons and/or master classes from Albion piano faculty and guest artists. In other words, we view this festival as educational first and foremost.
Registration fee is $50 per entrant. This includes lunch for the day of competition, participation in master classes and lessons, and a t-shirt.
Registration deadline is Friday, October 20, 2023. Late entries will be based on availability.
Please contact Hope Anderson, competition coordinator by email at hbanderson@albion.edu for further information.
Guest Artists and Adjudicators
Lynn Worcester Jones
Associate Professor, Keyboard Area Coordinator
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Dr. Lynn Worcester Jones is a versatile artist who maintains an active solo and collaborative performance career.
Thomas Lanners
Pianist
Thomas Lanners has appeared as a solo and collaborative pianist and clinician throughout the U.S. and abroad, presenting his New York solo debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2004.
Schedule of Events
Friday, Nov. 3
7:30 p.m. | Opening recital at Goodrich Chapel
Performers:
- Dr. Lynn Worcester Jones
- Dr. Thomas Lanners
Saturday, Nov. 4 & Sunday, Nov. 5
Festival Competition and Master classes
Categories Offered:
- Junior High students
- Senior High students
All competition events, lessons, master classes and concerts are free and open to the public. Please come support your students and listen to their competitors, we only ask that each performer is treated with respect.
Standard Concert etiquette is expected at all events.
Memory is encouraged for the competition, but not required and will not be held against the performer. Students should bring up to two selections of contrasting styles for the competition. Students may use these selections for use in the master class or private lesson but are encouraged to bring other pieces that are “in progress” or not yet in polished ready-to perform state. Please bring printed scores of your selections for the adjudicators.
Disclaimer: Videotaping/recording of your child/student is allowed. Videotaping/recording of any other participant is prohibited unless written consent is given.