*Includes some new classes

NOVICE applies to performers who have had less than two years’ tuition on 1st January 2024. 

ADULT applies to performers who are 18 years and over.

The number which appears in brackets at the end of each Own Choice class is the number of minutes which must not be exceeded in that class. 

No piece may be played in more than one class. 

In all groups of age-related classes (eg Pianoforte Set Piece Classes 1-5, and Pianoforte Own Choice Classes 6-11) competitors may enter only one of the classes within each group.

PIANOFORTE (SOLO)

Class 1 Set Piece Romance from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 

from First Classics Easiest Piano Course by John Thompson, 8 years & under

Class 2 Set Piece Blues, from Rhythm and Rag by Haughton 10 years & under

Class 3 Set Piece Alvedans (Dance of the Elves) No.4, from Lyric Pieces Op.12 by Grieg

12 years & under

Class 4 Set Piece Dance from 4 Rondos Op.60, by Kabalevsky (Sikoroski-Boosey & Hawkes)

14 years & under

Class 5 Set Piece Footsteps in the Snow Prelude, by Debussy 16 years & under

Class 6 Own Choice 8 years & under (2)

Class 7 Own Choice 10 years & under (3)

Class 8 Own Choice 12 years & under (4)

Class 9 Own Choice 14 years & under (4)

Class 10 Own Choice 16 years & under (5)

Class 11 Own Choice 18 years & under (5)

Class 12 Own Choice Any age (6)

Class 13 Own Choice Novice (2) 12 years & under

Class 14 Own Choice Novice (3) Any age

Class 15 Own Choice One Movement from Sonatina (5) 12 years & under

Class 16 Own Choice One Movement from Sonatina (5) 15 years & under

Class 17 Own Choice One Movement from Sonata (7) 15 years & under

Class 18 Own Choice One Movement from Sonata (7) 18 years & under

Class 19 Own Choice One Movement from Sonata (7) Any age

Class 20 Own Choice Baroque, One Movement (7) Any age

Class 21 Own Choice Romantic, One Movement (7) Any age

Class 22 Own Choice Post-Romantic, One Movement (7) Any age

NEW CLASSES

You may make only one entry from the following four classes

Class 23 Own Choice One piece entitled etude or study (4) 12 years & under

Class 24 Own Choice One piece entitled etude or study (6) 16 years & under

Class 25 Own Choice One piece entitled etude or study (7) Any Age

Class 26 Own Choice Impressionist: Any music by Claude Debussy or Maurice Ravel (7)

Any Age

PIANOFORTE (DUET)

 Class 27 Set Piece Punch & Judy by Jessie Blake, from 8 duets for beginners, Boosey & Hawkes

  8 years & under

Class 28 Set Piece Soldier, Soldier & Hush-a-bye baby, from Two at a Time by Yvonne Enoch, Fraser-Enoch Publications 10 years & under

Class 29 Set Piece Spanish Dance No.1 Op.12 by Moszwoski  12 years & under

Class 30 Set Piece Le Jardin de Dolly from the Dolly Suite by Faure  14 years & under

Class 31 Set Piece Cortege from Petit Suite by Debussy 16 years & under

Class 32     Set Piece Prelude from Sonata a quatre Mains (Duet Sonata, NOT the two-piano version) by Francis Poulenc 18 years & under

Class 33 Own Choice 8 years & under (2)

Class 34 Own Choice 10 years & under (3)

Class 35 Own Choice 12 years & under (3)

Class 36 Own Choice 14 years & under (4)

Class 37 Own Choice 16 years & under (4)

Class 38 Own Choice 18 years & under (4)

Class 39 Own Choice Any age (4)

PIANOFORTE (TRIO)

Class 40 Own Choice 15 years & under (4)

Class 41 Own Choice Any age (5)