Saturday, May 11, 2013
Adjudicating piano competitions
Kissed the family good bye this morning and spent the day at my college judging a piano competition. It was really fun to get back into the adjudicating side of things, as I hadn't done any judging in a few years. I was paired with A, another pianist/teacher/judge that I had used last week for ASP evaluations, and it was immensely fun. We had a great time conversing, listening to fantastic musicians, and working together to come up with our results. One bonus was that we got to hear chamber music as well as solo piano! Some students were incredibly gifted musicians - it was easy to award them the top prizes in their divisions. Others perplexed me - how can one be so technically gifted but have no musicality in your playing? I know my brother was like this with his piano playing, but he's a robot (LOL)! Do you award them for playing technically perfect, or do you hope that they come back in the future to play more musically? It still bothers me to think about. All in all, I had a fun day and I hope I get to adjudicate more in the near future (not years from now)!
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