Future Lorain County Solo & Ensemble Contest Dates:
Saturday, February 23, 2013 at Firelands High School
Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Midview High School
2012 Lorain County Solo & Ensemble Contest
Our Lorain County Solo & Ensemble Contest event took place on Saturday, February 11th at Nord High School in Amherst. Students performed in front of adjudicators with their singing voice or their instrument and received some very helpful feedback from the adjudicators. Even though we had our only snow storm of the season, almost every student attended as planned.
On Wednesday, February 8th, our Virtual Recital event was held at the ESC recording studio. The students “Skyped” with teacher, Sean Schulze, at the Cleveland Institute of Music. They played their piece and then the teacher critiqued it to help them play the piece better.
Madeleine Hapanowicz perfoming and listening to Sean’s suggestions.
She performed “Fur Elise” and Sean gave her some excellent advice.
Madeleine attends Avon Middle
Both Rachel and Madeleine study at Cox Music Studio.
Rachel Hapanowicz
performing her piece,
“Allegro Scherzando” for Sean.
When she completed her piece he gave her advice on how to improve it.
Rachel attends Avon Heritage North
We encourage all students to try this, it will give them insight on how to make their performance better. It is a great tool for those who want to excel with their music!
Contest Performance Schedule - all 2012 Student Musicians performed on Saturday, February 11, at Amherst Steele HS.
Virtual Recital Performance Schedule - all 2012 Student Musicians performed on Wednesday, February 8, at the Educational Service Center, TV Studio, located at 1885 Lake Ave., Elyria.
The Lorain County Solo & Ensemble Contest date was February 11, 2012, at Amherst Steele High School, with Virtual Recitals was held Feb. 8, 2012. Any student, any school, any county may participate in this event; anyone may enter a student for contest. Sponsors (including teachers, studio personnel, administrators, parents or others) may enter students by selecting the appropriate application, filling it out on the computer, and either printing it out to be submitted by fax or postal mail, or submitting the application on-line and forwarding payment through the US mail as we have no way of taking payment on-line at this time. We encourage schools to use Purchase Orders but checks & cash are acceptable (payment should accompany the application(s).
Standard (typical/traditional/the usual) Solos & Ensembles (2 – 24 students), Barbershop Quartets, Jazz Solos or Jazz Ensembles, Piano Duo (4-hands piano) all use the Standard Application Form. Sponsors who are submitting more than one application must also submit a Summary Form which tells us how many applications you are sending and gives you a total cost for your payment due.
For submitting a Virtual Recital application, please use the Virtual Recital Application. Please note that you will be scheduled for two performances.
The Virtual Recital performance will be held at the Educational Service Center
TV-Studio at 1885 Lake Ave., Elyria 44035 on February 8th, between 3pm – 7pm, linking to the Cleveland Institute of Music through interactive video connection, and will be scheduled separate from (but in addition to) the Contest Performance, held Saturday Feb. 11, 2012, at Amherst Steele High School in Amherst, Ohio.
For submitting an Original Composition/Arrangement application, please use the Original Composition Application. Original Compositions or Arrangements will be performed in the regular schedule of Saturday performances. The only
difference is that the music (itself) is critiqued instead of the performance of the music.
For questions, more information or if you would like a contest packet sent to you, this can be done by contacting Jim Hartline, ESCLC Solo & Ensemble Contest Administrator at hartline@esclc.org 440-324-3178 ext. 1138 Fax 440-324-3179.
Contest Helps:
Building map- Performance Rooms at Amherst Steele HS
Solo & Ensemble Contest Letter.
Contest Resources:
Private Lessons
