Stubbs-Henbest-Davis High School Piano Competition

Application Deadline

The application deadline for our 2019 competition has passed.

Date & Time

Check back soon for 2020 details.

Location

National Presbyterian Church
4101 Nebraska Avenue NW
Washington, DC

Fees

A $35 non-refundable application fee is required by the deadline. Apply online using a credit card. If paying by check, remit payment to “Friday Morning Music Club” and mail with your application form.

Eligibility

Piano students who are currently enrolled in grades 9 through 12, living within a 50-mile radius of Washington, DC.
*First-place winners from previous years are ineligible.

Awards

• First Prize: $1,500
• Second Prize: $1,000
• Third Prize: $700

Winners will be presented at a student concert later in the season. All winners, including honorable mention, receive a one-year Student Membership in the Friday Morning Music Club.

Repertoire

• All selections must be performed from memory.
• Repertoire must be approved by the competition chair.
• Entrants must provide music for the judges. If the music is photocopied, the entrant will be disqualified.
• All decisions made by the judges are final.
• No changes in repertoire may be made after the application deadline.
• Students must be prepared to play works from each of the following four categories:
  • A prelude and fugue from either volume of the Well Tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach, or two other comparable pieces from the Baroque Period
  • The first movement of a sonata by Beethoven (excluding Op. 49), Mozart (excluding K 545), Haydn (excluding early Divertimenti), or Schubert
  • A substantial work from the Romantic Period
  • An impressionist work or a work from the 20th or 21st century

Contact

Chen-Li Tzeng
Piano Competition Chair
highschoolpiano@fmmc.org

2018 Competition Winners

• First Prize/The George Manos Piano Prize: Eric Lin, 12th, Thomas Jefferson HS
• Second Prize: Angela Wu, 11th, Wootton HS
• Third Prize: Ethan Hsiao, 10th, BASIS Independent McLean
• Honorable Mention: Grace Wang, 12th, Richard Montgomery HS