20th/21st Century Piano Festival
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Grand Valley State University
This Festival is a celebration of 20th/21st-century piano music with performances throughout the day!
Saturday, October 28, 2023
Haas Center for the Performing Arts
Grand Valley State University
ELIGIBILITY
- Elementary, Middle, High School students
- Each student performs one piece from the 20th or 21st century.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
- No paper registration will be accepted. The registration fee is $14 (payable by card or check). Registration forms are due by Friday, October 6, 2023.
- All pieces must be memorized. An exception may be made in case of playing a work that uses experimental contemporary techniques. Your selection should not exceed 6 minutes.
- All teachers of participants will receive an evaluation of the student’s performance by GVSU faculty.
- All participants will receive a certificate; those who have participated for three or more years will receive a trophy.
- Questions? Please contact Dr. Sookkyung Cho at [email protected].
Check out the videos of commissioned works from the past festivals:
Dr. SunYoung Park, "Around the Corner" (2019)
Commissioned by 2019 GVSU 20th/21st-Century Piano Festival
Live Performance by GVSU students Dana Van Dyke and Becca Hanson
Timothy Brown, Cimmerian Cliffs (2018)
Commissioned by GVSU for its 20th/21st-Century Piano Festival in 2018.
World Premiere - live performance by Sharon Yi-Hsuan Wu and Dr. Helen Marlais (Faculty)
Dr. William Ryan, "Tiny Machines" (2017)
Commissioned by GVSU for its 20th/21st-Century Piano Festival in 2017.
Video recording by Dana Van Dyke (Junior) and Dr. Sookkyung Cho (Faculty)
Premiere given on 10/28/2017 by Rebekah Shomsky and Reese Rehkopf
Ed McLean, Jammin' at the Space Club (2016)
Commissioned by GVSU for its 20th/21st-Century Piano Festival in 2016.
Premiered by Grace Brylinski (sophomore) and Reese Rehkopf (junior)