Chair: Lisa Szu Huang
**The registration process for entering students in the Branch Keyboard Bach/Baroque Festival changed last year. You will go through a portal to register your students.
Questions? Contact Bach Keyboard Chair: Lisa Huang
The Whittier Branch Bach/Baroque Festival is open to all keyboard (piano, organ) students who perform a work by a Baroque composer. Judges will select Winners and Honorable Mentions.
It is held in conjunction with the Southern California Junior Bach Festival (SCJBF). The aim of the SCJBF is to "cultivate knowledge and understanding of Bach’s music as well as to celebrate it through festivals, lectures, master classes, recitals, and concerts” (from the www.scjbf.org website).
Students are presented in short recitals of approximately 1 hour in length. A panel of three judges will write evaluations of each performer. Teachers will receive the evaluation sheets. The judges will select with a combined score of 270 or more to play at the Regional Festival. The length of each student’s performance shall be limited to 5 minutes. Multiple pieces must be from the same work or as categorized on the Complete Works Audition (CWA) list.
Complete Works Audition: This highly competitive adjudication is for students who have been selected in the top 45% at the Regional Festival. These students perform a complete work from the Official List of Bach’s works selected for Audition. The Official List is a 3-year rotating list and is distributed annually. See the scjbf.org website for more complete information.