Concordia Keyboard Day, 2025- Piano Scholarship competition

  • March 15, 2025 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Borland-Manske Center Charlie and Ling Zhang Orchestra Hall

    1530 Concordia West
    Irvine, California 92612
Ticket Price $60.00-$80.00 Register Now
Description

2025 Concordia Keyboard Day Scholarship Competition

Program Director. Dr.Hyunjoo Choi 

For the past Ten years, Concordia Keyboard Day has supported and celebrated the musical achievements of young pianists from across Southern California. This year, we are pleased to announce the return of this event on Saturday, March 15, in the format of a piano competition.  

All competition participants will receive adjudication notes from our outstanding adjudicators and awards,  aiming to encourage young pianists in their piano studies. Additionally, the first winner of each division will receive a small cash scholarship to support their private music study and will have the opportunity to perform at the Winner’s Concert scheduled on Sunday, 3/16. We offer various age categories for solo piano and piano ensemble performance divisions as well. 

Schedule 

Registration due : Monday, February 24, 2025

Competition: Saturday, March 15, 2025

Winner’s Concert: Sunday, March 16, 2025

Location

The Borland-Manske Center at Concordia University Irvine

Categories and Performance Time Limits

Piano Solo Categories

(Age cut-off date: 3/15/2025)

DivisionAgeTime limits
16 & under2 minutes
27 & under3 minutes
38 & under3 minutes
49 & under4 minutes
510 & under4 minutes
611 & under5 minutes
712 & under5 minutes
813 & under6 minutes
914 & under6 minutes
1015 & under8 minutes
1116 & under8 minutes
1217 & under8 minutes
1318 & under8 minutes

Piano Ensemble Category : 

Age cut applied for the performer who is older.

Division AgeTime Limits
1Age 7 & 84 minutes
2Age 9 & 105 minutes
3Age 11&126 minutes
Age 13 & 158 minutes
Age 16 & 1810 minutes

Repertoire :

Piano Solo Categories: Any one composition written or arranged for piano solo performance in classical style, including Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods of music history. Memorization is required.

Piano Ensemble Categories: Any one composition written or arranged for piano ensemble performance in classical style including 4 hands and 6 hands on one piano. Memorization is not required. 

Awards : 

The first winner : receive trophy

                            opportunity to perform at the winner’s recital on Sunday, 3/16 

                            in  the Zhang Orchestra hall, 

                            cash reward

                            $300 of scholarship for the Concordia Summer Piano Music Festival 2025

The second winner : receive medal 

                                $200 of scholarship for the Concordia Summer Piano Music Festival, 2025

The third winner : receive Medal

                            $100 scholarship for the Concordia Summer Piano Music Festival, 2025

Honorable mention : receive certification

All results will be announced immediately after each division.

Application Fees :

Solo Category: $60

Piano Ensemble Category: $80 per group.

***The competition schedule will be sent out to you a two weeks before the competition. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact :

The Program Director

Dr.Hyunjoo Choi

Hyunjoo.Choi@cui.edu

Date & Time

Sat, Mar 15, 2025 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Venue Details

Borland-Manske Center Charlie and Ling Zhang Orchestra Hall

1530 Concordia West
Irvine, California 92612 Borland-Manske Center Charlie and Ling Zhang Orchestra Hall
Concordia University Irvine

Mission Statement

Concordia University Irvine, a comprehensive Lutheran Christian university guided by Christ's Great Commission, develops wise, honorable, and cultivated citizens to serve society and the church.

About Concordia
 

Concordia University Irvine, part of the Concordia University System, is a private, nonprofit Christian university that is proud to be one of the founding institutions of higher education in Irvine, California. For nearly 50 years, we have prepared students to be wise, honorable, and cultivated citizens through a distinctive Lutheran education.

Today, we educate nearly 5,000 students on campus and online, and our alumni network has grown to over 25,000 worldwide. Ranked nationally among the “Top Performers on Social Mobility” universities by U.S. News & World Report. Once you become a Golden Eagle, you’ll be part of a close, caring community that’s committed to helping you grow personally, professionally, and spiritually.

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