FMMC HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION
Stubbs-Henbest-Davis High School Piano Competition
Information
List of Past Winners
- Stubbs-Henbest-Davis High School Piano CompetitionCongratulations to the winners of the 2022 Competition! Details regarding the 2023 Competition will be posted in September 2022.
Application Deadline - Deadline for Application: April 15, 2022 at 11:59pm
- Competition Date: May 7, 2022 (Beginning at 9am)
- LocationCalvary Baptist Church
755 8th St. NW, Washington DC 20001
FeesA $35 non-refundable application fee is required by the deadline. Online only applications require this to be paid via credit card.
EligibilityPiano students who are currently enrolled in grades 9-12, 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.
- Any questions regarding repertoire should be sent to the competition chair.
- All decisions made by the judges are final.
- No changes in repertoire may be made after the application deadline.
- Students must 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.
- ContactChen-Li Tzeng
Piano Competition Chair
highschoolpiano@fmmc.org
If you experience technical difficulties, need to make a change to your application, or realize you’ve made an error, please email Chen-Li, as well as FMMC Managing Director, Jennie Weyman, at manage@fmmc.org.
2022 Competition Winners - First Prize/The George Manos Piano Prize: Thomas Kim
- Second Prize: Michael Chen
- Third Prize: Jude Giddens
- Honorable Mention: Johnathan Sun
- Application Opens: March 15, 2022
- Deadline for Application: April 15, 2022 at 11:59pm
- Competition Date: May 7, 2022 (Beginning at 9am)
755 8th St. NW, Washington DC 20001
EligibilityPiano students who are currently enrolled in grades 9-12, 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
Repertoire
- All selections must be performed from memory.
- Any questions regarding repertoire should be sent to the competition chair.
- All decisions made by the judges are final.
- No changes in repertoire may be made after the application deadline.
- Students must 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.
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2021 Competition Winners
George Manos Piano Prize/1st Prize: Madelyn Dwyer
2nd Prize: James Bennett, Lee Studio 3rd Prize: Tan Nguyen, Lee Studio Honorable Mentions: Harrison Benford Trung Nguyen, Lee Studio |
2020 Competition Cancelled due to Covid
2019 Competition Winners
- Honorable Mention: Tan Nguyen
2018 Competition Winners
- George Manos Piano Prize ($1000): Eric Lin, Lee Studio
- 2nd Prize ($700): Angela Wu
- 3rd Prize ($500): Ethan Hsiao
- Honorable Mention: Grace Wang, Lee Studio
2017 Competition Winners
- The George Manos Piano Prize ($1000): Evan Hu, Lee Studio
- 2nd Prize ($700): Eric Lin, Lee Studio
- 3rd Prize ($500): Kevin Xu
- Honorable Mention: Emily Quan; Jeffery Yu, Lee Studio; Angela He
2016 Competition Winners
- First Prize/The George Manos Piano Prize: Alexander Tsereteli, 10th, Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS
- Second Prize: Brian Le, 12th, Montgomery Blair HS
- Third Prize: Eric Lin, 10th, Thomas Jefferson HS, Lee Studio
- Honorable Mention: Claire Dantzlerward, 11th, Home School
- Honorable Mention: Samuel Ong, 11th, Briar Woods HS
2015 Competition Winners
- 1st Prize (tied): Keiju Takehara; Micah Tsoi
- 2nd Prize: Not awarded
- 3rd Prize: Eric Lin, Lee Studio
- Honorable Mention: Kevin Zhang; Katie Bode, Lee Studio
2014 Competition Winners
2013 Competition Winners
- 3rd Prize: Luke Ratcliffe, Lee Studio
- Honorable Mention: Kevin Zhang, Lee Studio
2012 Competition Winners
- 1st Prize: Ryo Kaneko, Lee Studio
- 3rd Prize: Bryan Ho & Richard Shin, Lee Studio
2011 Competition Winners
no records at this time
no records at this time
2010 Competition Winners
- 1st Prize: Kimberly Hou, Lee Studio
2009 Competition Winners
- 1st Prize: Risa Kaneko, Lee Studio
2008 Competition Wiiners
- 1st Prize: Fifi Zhang, Lee Studio
- 2nd Prize: Rebecca Zhang, Lee Studio
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2007 Competition Winners
1st Prize: George Fu 2nd Prize: Risa Kaneko, Lee Studio 3rd Prize: Alexander Stabile |
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2003 Competition Winners
1999 Competition Winners
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1998 Competition Winners
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1997 Competition Winners
- 1st Prize: Jessica Osborne, Lee Studio
- 2nd Prize: Esther Shaw, Lee Studio
COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS & INFORMATION
Stubbs-Henbest-Davis High School Piano Competition
Application Deadline Application Opens: March 25, 2021
Deadline: April 16, 2021 at 11:59pm
Location Virtual. Submit YouTube videos as outlined below.
Fees A $35 non-refundable application fee is required by the deadline.
Online only applications require this to be paid via credit card.
Eligibility
Piano students who are currently enrolled in grades 9-12, 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. All selections should be performed in their entirety. Any questions regarding repertoire should be sent to the competition chair.
All decisions made by the judges are final.
No changes in repertoire may be made after the application deadline.
Students must 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.
Video Requirements:
Upload each selection as a separate unlisted YouTube link (meaning you will have four links to submit in the application). List the title of the piece and the composer as the title of your video.
Do not put your name or any identifying information in or on your media submission, including in the YouTube channel name.
Please do not do any of the following as it may disqualify you:
Do not edit within a piece.
Do not use special effects, dissolves, fades or wipes.
Do not submit pre-recorded live performances, such as recitals, concerts, or competitions.
Guidelines for Recording your Audition:
Use a fixed point of view for your camera with you being the main focus.
Shoot straight on, leaving the camera in one location.
Do not pan or move the camera.
Camera should be no closer than waist up.
Ensure recording captures good quality image that is in focus.
Ensure recording equipment has the ability to capture good sound quality.
Make sure there is 1-3 seconds of silence before the beginning of the piece.
No sound enhancements or editing is allowed.
Hands and fingers must be visible.
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