UVMTA Piano Festival Self Evaluation Checklist

This simple checklist is a great way to help beginning piano students evaluate their own preparedness  for piano festival. 

I encourage them to have a family member video record them playing their piece so they can watch the recording and rate their preparedness on each of these questions using this form.

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• Are you stopping/starting or pausing in the middle?   
• Is your song confidently memorized?
• Are you playing with a steady appropriate tempo (speed) with accurate rhythms?
• Can you hear different dynamics in your piece (p, f, accents, etc.)?
• Did you play the melody louder than the harmony or accompaniment?
• Are you playing with a flexible wrists, firm fingers, and relaxed weight transfer?
• Can you hear the difference between legato and staccato?
• Is your heel on the floor while pedaling? Do you press and release the pedal at the right time?
• Do you follow the slur marks by floating off at the end of phrases?
• Does your playing reflect the style of your piece?