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HEDDY KILIAN EMPIRE STATE COMPETITION

THE HEDDY KILIAN EMPIRE STATE COMPETITION 2022-2023
Junior High, High School and Collegiate Competitions in piano, voice and instrumental
 
The Heddy Kilian Empire State Competition is going VIRTUAL this year! Participate by sending a video recording of your performance.

Registration Deadline: 3:00 P.M. Eastern Time, September 7, 2022

Video Upload Deadline: 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time, October 14, 2022 

The New York State Music Teachers Association encourages member and non-member teachers to consider entering their accomplished students in the Heddy Kilian Empire State Competition (HKESC). It takes place this year virtually in 2022. Competition levels include junior high school, high school and collegiate, with separate categories within each level for piano, voice and instrumental participants. 

ELIGIBILITY

  1. All entrants must be New York State residents or a resident student attending a school in New York State.

  2. A student may not enter both the MTNA and Heddy Kilian Empire State Competition in the same performance medium in the same year.

  3. Previous first place winners of a category may not compete in the Heddy Kilian Empire State Competition until reaching the minimum age for the next category. 
     

APPLICATION

  1. Online Application only

  2. Applications will open in August and close at 3:00 PM on September 7, 2022.

  3. Registration is confirmed with an auto-reply email sent to the address used to register.
    Please allow several minutes to receive this email. Be sure to check the primary email
    address and secondarily your junk mail. DO NOT CLICK THE PAYMENT LINK MORE THAN ONCE to prevent multiple payments. DO NOT REFRESH SCREEN OR NAVIGATE BACK.  DOING SO WILL RESULT IN MULTIPLE PAYMENTS

  4. Click here for information regarding submission of videos to YouTube. Note that participants will submit url links to performance videos they’ve uploaded to YouTube.

  5. Click here for information about preparation of videos. Once you have registered, you may submit video links here.  Please download the attached video prep guidelines.

  6. Application fee: Students of NYSMTA members: $35; Students of non-NYSMTA members: $50. By submitting an application, participants acknowledge that application fees are non-refundable.

  7. In the event there is only one entrant in HKESC, there will be no competition for that
    category. The application fee in this case will be refunded, and the applicant will have the option to participate in the MTNA competition instead with the appropriate application and fees.

  8. Every attempt will be made to announce results with winners posted online in early November, 2022. Results will be communicated to the email address used to register. Please check your primary and junk mail.

REPERTOIRE REQUIREMENTS

One composition or movement in each category fulfills the requirements. Several very short selections by the same composer may also be grouped together to form one category. Competition repertoire must demonstrate sustained, lyrical playing as well as technical agility.

TIME LIMITS
The "audition time" listed in each category indicates the amount of time adjudicators will listen.  If the total duration of repertoire submitted is less than the audition time limit , all selections will be heard in their entirety.  If the total duration exceeds the audition time limit, judges will listen for the amount of time allotted (i.e. audition time), dividing listening among portions of each work submitted.  EX.  Performer submits 4 selections totaling 20 minutes.  Audition time for performer's category is 10 minutes.  Adjudicators will listen for 10 minutes, hearing portions of each of the 4 selections.

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PIANO

  1. Grades 7 through 9 as of the competition year

  2. Audition time: 10 minutes

  3. Select from at least 3 of the 5 following style categories; a work from category 4 or 5 is required. (1) Baroque (2) Classical (3) Romantic (4) Impressionist/Early 20th-Century (5) 20th & 21st-Century post-tonal and neo-tonal.

  4. Concertos are not allowed.    

  5. All music must be performed by memory. 

  6. Repertoire for prepared piano or repertoire requiring additional equipment for its performance will not be accepted.

  7. Award: The Eleanor MacDougal Prize in Junior High School Piano $200


JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL

  1. Grades 7 through 9 as of the competition year

  2. Audition time: 10 minutes.

  3. Select from 2 of the 5 following style categories; a work from category 4 or 5 is required. (1) Baroque (2) Classical (3) Romantic (4) Impressionist/Early 20th-Century (5) 20th & 21st-Century post-tonal and neo-tonal.

  4. Concertos are allowed.

  5. Memorization is not required in this category except for those works which are originally for solo and orchestra.

  6. Award: NYSMTA Junior High School Instrumental Prize $200
     

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PIANO

  1. Grades 10 through 12 as of of the competition year

  2. Audition time: 15 minutes

  3. Select from 3 of the 5 following style categories; a work from category 4 or 5 is required. (1) Baroque (2) Classical (3) Romantic (4) Impressionist/Early 20th-Century (5) 20th & 21st-Century post-tonal and neo-tonal.

  4. Concertos are not allowed.      

  5. All music must be performed by memory.  

  6. Repertoire for prepared piano or repertoire requiring additional equipment for its performance will not be accepted.

  7. Works composed by the entrant are not allowed as competition repertoire.

  8. Award: The Heddy Kilian Prize in High School Piano $350 
     

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL VOICE

  1. Grades 10 through 12 as of the competition year

  2. Audition time: 15 minutes

  3. 4 selections, which must include: (1) an Italian art song, (2) an American art song (in English), (3) an art song in a language other than Italian or English, (4) an opera or oratorio aria, or another art song of the contestant’s choice.      

  4. All music must be performed by memory. 

  5. Music theater songs and works written by the entrant are not allowed.  

  6. Award: The Heddy Kilian Prize in High School Voice $350
     

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL

  1. Grades 10 through 12 as of the competition year

  2. Audition time: 15 minutes

  3. Select from 2 of the 5 following style categories; a work from category 4 or 5 is required. (1) Baroque (2) Classical (3) Romantic (4) Impressionist/Early 20th-Century (5) 20th & 21st-Century post-tonal and neo-tonal.

  4. Concertos are allowed.

  5. Memorization is not required in this category except for those works which are originally for solo and orchestra.

  6. Award: NYSMTA Past-Presidents’ High School Instrumental Prize $350
     

COLLEGIATE PIANO 

  1. 26 years of age or younger as of October 1, 2022

  2. Audition time: 20 minutes

  3. Select from 3 of the 5 following style categories; a work from category 5 is required. (1) Baroque (2) Classical (3) Romantic (4) Impressionist/Early 20th-Century (5) 20th & 21st-Century post-tonal and neo-tonal.

  4. Concertos are not allowed.

  5. Repertoire for prepared piano or repertoire requiring additional equipment for its performance will not be accepted.

  6. Memorization is required.

  7. Award: The Hadassah Sahr Prize in Collegiate Piano $500

COLLEGIATE VOICE

  1. 26 years of age or younger as of October 1, 2022

  2. Audition time: 20 minutes

  3. 6 selections in total. 4 selections (art song) in contrasting styles and in a minimum of 3 languages, one of which must be English. In addition, 2 arias: one opera and one oratorio.

  4. All selections must be memorized.

  5. Music theater songs and works written by the entrant are not allowed. 

  6. Award: NYSMTA Prize in Collegiate Voice $500  

 

COLLEGIATE INSTRUMENTAL 

  1. 26 years of age or younger as of October 1, 2022

  2. Audition time: 20 minutes

  3. Select from 3 of the 5 following style categories; a work from category 5 is required. (1) Baroque (2) Classical (3) Romantic (4) Impressionist/Early 20th-Century (5) 20th & 21st-Century post-tonal and neo-tonal.

  4. Concertos are allowed.

  5. Memorization is not required in this category except for those works which are originally for solo and orchestra. 

  6. Award: NYSMTA Prize in Collegiate Instrumental $500

Any Questions?

Competition Team
Vice-President for  Competitions 

Tracy Lipke-Perry 
315-267-2441 | lipkeptd@potsdam.edu

TRANSCRIPTIONS AND ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS

  1. This competition allows transcriptions of period works to suit repertoire requirements for instrument classifications where actual original repertoire may not be available. The transcription should remain faithful to the style period of the original. The date of the original composition determines the style period requirement satisfied by the transcription.

  2. Original scores composed by competition entrants are allowed in all divisions with the exception of the High School Piano and Voice. Scores composed by the entrant must be submitted as a pdf by the application deadline. No handwritten scores will be accepted. Competitors will be notified within one week of the application deadline regarding acceptability. Any score not deemed acceptable may be substituted with a more suitable work.  
     

REPERTOIRE SCORES

  1. Original scores must be provided for the judges. The Heddy Kilian Empire State Competition expects all entrants and accompanists to abide by the Federal Copyright Law. Works in the public domain which are available online may be used.  

  2. No photocopies of scores under current copyright will be allowed unless accompanied by a letter from the publisher or the composer. Further information about Copyright Law in the United States.
     

ADJUDICATION

  1. Judges may elect to declare no winner if competition performance standards are not met.

  2. Judges’ decisions are final.

  3. Due to time constraints, entrants may be stopped by the adjudicators during the performance of any work.

 

ACCOMPANISTS

  1. Entrants are responsible for providing their own accompanist.

 

TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATIONS (not applicable in 2022)

  1. Directions, parking and hotel information will be included with the competition schedule information, which will be mailed in late September.

  2. Contestants are responsible for their own travel and hotel arrangements

 

 

COMPETITION WINNERS 2022

 

HKESC Collegiate Instrumental 

Winner: Bethany Bobbs, Teacher: Astrid Schween

Runner-up: Matt Hrinda, Teacher: Chien-Kwan Lin

HKESC Collegiate Piano 

Winner: Vincent Li, Teacher: Joseph Rackers 

Runner-up: Atsuo Chiu, Teacher: Kevin Lee Sun

HKESC Senior High School Voice 

Winner: Marudhini Murugaveri, Teacher: Tammy Hensrud

Runner-up: Aoife Douglas, Teacher: Neva Pilgrim

HKESC Junior High School Piano
Winner: Mayu Kanai, Teacher: Irina Morozova

Runner-up: Brian Sun, Teacher: Young Kim

COMPETITION WINNERS 2021

HKESC Collegiate Instrumental 
Winner: Joseph Moruzzi, Teacher: Chien-Kwan Lin

Runner-up: Ian Briffa, Teacher: Chien-Kwan Lin

Honorable Mention: Matthew Hrinda, Teacher: Chien-Kwan Lin

 

HKESC Collegiate Piano 

Winner: Jenna Tu, Teacher: Joseph Rackers

Runner-up: Haniel Anugerah, Teacher: Joseph Rackers

HKESC Collegiate Voice 
Winner: Sofia Scattareggia, Teacher: Nicole Cabell

HKESC Senior High School Instrumental
Winner: Luke Pisani, Teacher: Shannon Nance

Runner-up: Edward Wu, Teacher: Anne Kunkle

HKESC Senior High School Voice 

Winner: Dora Ammerman, Teacher: Neva Pilgrim

Alternate:: Ruth Scordo, Teacher: Luanne Crosby

Honorable Mention: Aubree Smith, Teacher: Irina Popov

Honorable Mention: Andreia Krantz, Teacher: Lisa Miller

HKESC Junior High School Instrumental
Winner: Isabel Metz, Teacher: Augusto Diemecke

Runner-up: Jeremy Lee, Teacher: Wilfredo Degláns

COMPETITION WINNERS 2020

HKESC Collegiate Instrumental 
Winner: Siobhan Plouffe, Teacher: Chien-Kwan Lin

Alternate: Trevor Chu, Teacher: Chien-Kwan Lin

Honorable Mention: Weichen Zhang, Teacher: Ann Kunkle

Honorable Mention: Joseph Moruzzi, Teacher: Chien-Kwan Lin

HKESC Collegiate Voice 
Winner: Nathan Conlon, Teacher: Neva Pilgrim

HKESC Senior High School Instrumental
Winner: Spencer Rubin, Teacher: Yousun Chung

Alternate: Luke Pisani, Teacher: Shannon Nance

Honorable Mention: Connor Tsui

HKESC Senior High School Voice 

Winner: Dora Ammerman, Teacher: Neva Pilgrim

Alternate:: Ruth Scordo, Teacher: Luanne Crosby

Honorable Mention: Aubree Smith, Teacher: Irina Popov

Honorable Mention: Andreia Krantz, Teacher: Lisa Miller

HKESC Senior High School Piano
Winner: Amy Feng, Teacher: Elier Suarez

Alternate: Christian Brann, Teacher: Mary Handley

Alternate: Zachary Slade, Teacher: Sar-Shalom Strong

HKESC Junior High School Instrumental
Winner: Tiffany Tsui,

Alternate: Edward Wu, Teacher: Anne Kunkle

Honorable Mention: Peyton Crony, Teacher: Roberta Zalkind

HKESC Junior High School Piano
Winner: Jefferson Zhou, Teacher: Tomoko Uchino 

Alternate: Gabriella Kuliesius, Teacher: Irina Popov

Honorable Mention: Keshav Gopal, Teacher: Shari Weisz

COMPETITION WINNERS 2019
HKESC Collegiate Piano

Alternate: Diyorakhon Tursunova, Teacher: Steven Heyman 
Honorable Mention Jigeng Zhang, Teacher: Dahao Guo 

HKESC Collegiate Instrumental
Winner: Uday Singh, Teacher: Chien-Kwan Lin

Alternate: Robert Sanders, Teacher: Renée Jolles

Honorable Mention: Siobhan Plouffe, Teacher: Chien-Kwan Lin

HKESC Junior High School Piano
Winner: Rebecca Lee, Teacher: Jacob Ertl

HKESC Senior High School Piano
Winner: Xinyi Zhang, Teacher: Dahao Guo 

Alternate: Amy Feng, Teacher: Elier Suarez

Honorable Mention: Maxwell Sun, Teacher: Elier Suarez

Honorable Mention: Lingfei Zhang, Teacher: Dahao Guo 

Honorable Mention: Ge Shi, Teacher: Dahao Guo 

HKESC Junior High School Instrumental
Winner: Luke Pisani, Teacher: Shannon Nance

Alternate: Jonathan Yi, Teacher: Keiko Ying

HKESC Senior High School Instrumental
Winner: Noah Lee, Teacher: Renee Jolles

Alternate: Pratham Bhamare, Teacher: Drew Robertson

Honorable Mention: Maxwell Sun, Teacher: Jim Tiller

COMPETITION WINNERS 2018
HKESC Collegiate Piano 
Winner: Chanyeong Yang, Teacher: Alan Chow, Eastman School of Music

HKESC Collegiate Instrumental
Winner: Clancy Ellis, Teacher: Chien-Kwan Lin, Eastman School of Music

HKESC High School Piano
Winner: Jonathan Indajang, Teacher, Young Kim

HKESC Junior High School Piano
Winner: David Su, Teacher, Violeta Arakelova

HKESC High School Voice
Winner: Dora Ammerman, Teacher, Neva Pilgrim

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