Fairfax-Loudoun Piano Ensemble Festival
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The Piano Ensemble Festival is a concert presented annually by Fairfax-Loudoun Music Fellowship in the winter season.  Students learn duet or trio music and rehearse with a partner.  12-18 students perform the duets or trios in ensemble fashion on 6 grand pianos (provided by The Piano Company of Leesburg) at a local high school. The concert generally has around 200 participating students and 15-20 participating teachers.  Frank Conlon of Washington DC conducts the concert and sectional rehearsals the day of the concert.  Teachers conduct sectional rehearsals 2-3 weeks prior to concert day at local music stores. Teachers are responsible for teaching, conducting, rehearsing and other assigned duties related to the production of this huge event.  All teachers are expected to help if they have participating students.  Fee for students to enter is $30.  Music selections are made by a music selection committee (any interested and willing teachers!) around 9 months prior to the event.  Music is ordered and made available to participating teachers at the time of the festival registration period in the fall.

Ensemble Festival Contacts:

For more information on The Ensemble Festival, e-mail festival chairwoman Beverly Teague or call Jane Webb at 703-729-1544.
Concert Date:   January 23, 2010 at 7:00 at Potomac Falls High School in Cascades (Sterling)

Concert Snow Date:  January 30, 2010 at Freedom High School in South Riding

Sectional Rehearsals:   January 9, 2010
at The Piano Company in Leesburg
Click here to see the schedule

Sectional Rehearsals Snow Date:
January 17, 2010 at Jordan Kitts in
Sterling

Registration Period: Oct. 8-12


Fee: $30 per student

Teachers Registering for 2010 Festival:  DO NOT REGISTER BEFORE 8:00 AM Oct. 8!
Click here to register    online.

Or you may download the registration form below, and
email the completed form to Sandy Isaacs at s8t8kez@cox.net




2010 Piano Ensemble Festival
Click below for a list of 2010 Ensemble Festival Music!
2010 Ensemble Festival Music

2 metronome markings are listed for each piece: 1) practice tempo 2) performance   tempo

1) Ode to Joy  Q=92  Q=104  Merry Widow Waltz   Q=104  Q=132
   Five Star Classical Duets book  Dennis Alexander

2) Hall of the Mountain King Q=96  Q=108  Polovetzian Dances Q=76 Q=96
   Five Star Classical Duets book  Dennis Alexander

2-B) March of the Torreadors  Q=80  Q=112  Bacchanale  Q=80 Q=160
       Five Star Classical Duets book  Dennis Alexander

3) Eine Kleine Nacht Musik  Q=88  Q=104  Swing Low Sweet Chariot  Q=69 Q=80
   Piano for Two Book 3 Carol Matz

3-B) Sleeping Beauty  Q=96  Q=126  Hungarian Dance #5  Q=92  Q=116
       Piano for Two Book 3 Carol Matz

4) Round ‘n’ Round  Q=138  Q=180 sheet  Lynn Freeman Olson
   Gala Dance dotted Q=69 dotted Q=84 sheet  Ruth Perdew

5) Hiking Song Q=92 Q=120  sheet  Robert Vandall
    Rock on Plymouth Q=96 Q=116  sheet   Joyce Grill

6) Pink Panther Q=88 Q=104 New York New York Q=96 Q=104
   Famous and Fun Pop Duets Book 4 Carol Matz

7) The Winds of Time Q=84 Q=104 sheet  Jendrusik/Miller

8) The All-American Hometown Band Q=84 Q=100 sheet  Noona
 
9) Embraceable You Q=80 Q=92  I Got Rhythm  Q=120  Q= half note=80 or Q=160
   Gershwin for Two book  Arr. John Brimhall

10) If I Loved You Q= 72 Q=80 There’s No Business Like Show Business half note=69 half note=108  (use singers)
     Broadway for Two  book  Hal Leonard

11) Walnut River Rag Q=116 Q=138 sheet  Melody Bober   DELETED
      Presto  Q=96 Q=112 sheet Mary Elizabeth Clark

12) Sedona Sun Q=84 Q=100 Majestic Grand Canyon Q=100 Q=120
     Southwest Landscapes Suite  Melody Bober

13) Prairie Stomp half note=72 half note=80 (can convert to quarter note if needed for teaching purposes)
     Minnesota Morning Q=66 Q=80 (can convert to eighth note=132 if needed for teaching purposes)
     The Northern Prairie Suite  Melody Bober

14) Maple Leaf Rag Q=112 Q=132  Theme from 40th Symphony half note=72 half note=84
    Piano for Two  book 5  Arr. Carol Matz

15) Allegro Moderato Q=100 Q=120 Schubert    DELETED
     44 Original Piano Duets  Haydn to Stravinsky book

16) Stars and Stripes half note=76 half note=88  sheet  Weekley/Arganbright TRIO

17) Espana Cani  Q=72 Q=88 sheet William Gillock

18) The Cascades Q=104 Q=116 The Funeral March dotted half note=60 dotted half note=72  DELETED
     Piano for Two  book 6  Arr. Carol Matz

Teacher piece: The Scarlet Cape Q= 104 Q=120 sheet  Ralph Federer  
(Microsoft Word Document)
Please Note:  This year, registrations will be online or by emailing the registration form.  Applications will be processed in the order they are received.

Click here to listen to MIDI recordings of the 2010 Ensemble Festival Music