Alamo City Ques ‘Talent Hunt’ Competition 2025
Eligible instruments: All instruments
Eligible ages: High School (9th grade – 12th grade)
Registration deadline: Application Deadline Feb 9th
Competition date: Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Cost to participate: FREE
Website: https://www.psialphachapter.com/
South Texas Piano Competition (Online)
Eligible instruments: Piano
Eligible ages:
Piano Solo Division I: Grades 11 & 12 ($500 each winner)
Piano Solo Division II: Grades 9 & 10 ($250 each winner)
Piano Solo Division III: Grades 7 & 8 ($100 each winner)
Piano Concerto Division: Grades 10 – 12 ($500 Grand Prize Winner)
Submission deadline: April 1 – April 15, 2025
Competition date: The winners and their teachers will be notified via email by May 1, 2025.
Cost to participate: FREE
Alamo Playful Piano Competition 2025
Eligible instruments: Piano
Eligible ages: Children 18 and under who live in the San Antonio/Austin Metroplex Area and/or its surrounding region (up to 100 miles)
Registration deadline: TBD (typically between August-September)
Online Submission Opens: TBD (typically between September-October first week)
Top 12 announcement: TBD (typically last week of October)
Competition date: TBD (typically first or the second week of November)
Event Location: TBD (typically at Alamo Music Center (Down Town) 425 N Main Ave, San Antonio, TX 78205)
Cost to participate: $30 (non-refundable)
Website: https://www.alamomusic.com/pages/playful-piano-competition
40th Annual Janice Kay Hodges Contemporary Piano Competition
Eligible instruments: Piano
Eligible ages: Any piano student from grades 4 through 12 who is a Texas resident or studies with a Texas-resident teacher (Teachers are not required to be a member of a music teachers’ organization to enter students)
Registration deadline: Online applications and payment are due January 5th (Now closed)
Competition date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Cost to participate: $30 (non-refundable)
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/jkhpianocompetition/home
2025 Petroff Piano Competition
Eligible instruments: Piano
Eligible ages: Any young pianist in grades 1 thru 12 at the time of the competition.
Registration deadline: TBD (typically the second week of February)
Competition date: TBD (typically the first Saturday of March)
Cost to participate: TBD
Event Location: TBD (typically at Dr. Petroff’s home in Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas)
MONTHLY ONLINE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC COMPETITIONS
Eligible instruments: All levels, styles, and genres of music making
Eligible ages: Open to all ages
Categories:
- Young Musicians: age 7 and younger
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Junior 1: age 8 and 9
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Junior II: ages 10 to 13
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Senior: ages 14 to 18
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Collegiate: age 19 to 26
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Open: 27+
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Mixed: Mixed ages
Registration deadline: Competition applications open on the 1st of each month and close at 11:59 PM ET on the last day
Competition date: Results will be posted on the winners’ page by the 28th and emailed by the 26th of the following month.
Cost to participate: $40 per entry (non-refundable)
Website: https://www.internationalyouthmusiccompetitions.org/
Henle Piano Competition
Eligible instruments: Piano
Eligible ages: Ages between 6-11
Categories:
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Age group 1: 6 to 7 years
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Age group 2: 8 to 9 years
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Age group 3: 10 to 11 years
Deadline for Online Submission: 23:59 Central European Summer Time (CEST) on April 28, 2025 (4:59PM Central Daylight Time on April 28, 2025)
Publication of Winners: Approximately three weeks after the closing date (posted on their website henle.com)
Cost to participate: FREE