1st time competitor? any opinions?

[amelialw]

Hi everyone,
I'm going to take part in the Richmond Fest. This will be my 1st competition that i've ever been in. Any advice? or tips? opinions?
I'm going to participate in 2 categorys, 1 competitive and 1 non-competitive. For the competitive, I'll be participating in an Open Concert Group which requires 1 Bach Concerto Piece, 1 Classical Sonata and 1 Concert Etude. For the non-competive i'll be participating in a recital class which requires any 3 contrasting works.

Open Concerto Group
Bach- Partita No. 2 in C minor (Sinfonia)
Haydn- Sonata in E flat major HVI Hob/49;L/59 (1st and 3rd movement)
Chopin- Etude in F major Op.10 No.8

Recital Class
Bach- Partita No. 2 in C minor (Sinfonia)
Beethoven- Sonata in A major Op.2 No.2 (1st and 3rd movement)
Rachmaninoff- Prelude in G sharp minor Op.32 No.12


What do all of you think? My teacher decided on this because she wants to give me a chance to compete with my Chopin Etude and motivate my to learn my New Beethoven Sonata fast and see how well it turns out. Besides that, she will be gone for 6 weeks during the summer hol so i'll have to do this on my own besides my other pieces.
Amelia

[burstroman]

Best of luck to you!  You always have good comments and posts.

[ramseytheii]

My teacher used to say before going on stage, "Don't throw up on stage.  And if you do, don't start crying."

Walter Ramsey

[amelialw]

haha...I never do that

[ramseytheii]

haha...I never do that

Don't start!

Walter Ramsey

[imbetter]

why not play the entire haydn sonata? or the entire beethoven?

[amelialw]

I would but the competitive recital round only asks for 2 movements of a sonata and you have to stick to the rules so...
For the beethoven, I just started learning it and the competition's in early nov. I've already been rushing like crazy to finish the 1st and 3rd movement asap so when my teacher gets back we can focus on the final touch. I've been learning it for just 4 weeks I think and finished both movements,memorized...

[amelialw]

and besides that, my teacher said that she does'nt want to stress me up to much as i have to prep repertoire for the competition early next year, my concerto for the concerto concert and I have a whole lot of repertoire to practise for my exam too...