Lucy Palermo Weed String Competition

August 22-23, 2014 • Yankton, South Dakota

GeneRAL inFoRMATionThe fourteenth biennial Lucy Weed String Com-

petition will be held Friday and Saturday, August 22-23, 2014, at United Church of Christ (Congrega-tional) in Yankton, SD.

The competition includes violin, viola, cello, and string bass categories.

Contestants are encouraged to bring their own accompanists. If that is not possible, qualified ac-companists are available for a fee to be worked out directly with the accompanist. Accompanists’ names will be supplied to interested parties.

The finalists’ recital will be held Saturday eve-ning, August 23, 2014, and will feature the first prize winner in each instrument category.DeADLineS AnD DATeSWednesday, July 30, 2014:

Registration form and $45.00 fee must have been received by competition chair.

Friday & Saturday, August 22-23, 2014: Live Competition at United Church of Christ (Congregational) 210 W 5th Street, Yankton, SD.

AppLicATionSDownload an application online, or contact the

Competition Chair.pRizeS

The competition awards the following prizes in each of the four instrument categories: $500 First prize $300 Second prize $200 Third prize

coMpeTiTion WebSiTeSDStringTeachers.org/Lucy

coMpeTiTion chAiR Kathryn Reimler605-660-1683502 W. 9th St.Yankton, SD 57078Lucy@SDStringTeachers.org

ReqUiReD RepeRToiReViolin

Any movement from the Solo Sonatas & Partitas J.S. Bach Danse Espagnole (4’) de Falla/Kreisler Any piece of the contestant’s choice

Viola

Any movement from the Solo Cello Suites (or the violin Sonatas & Partitas) J.S. Bach

Concerto, first movement, with cadenza (7’) C. F. Zelter Any piece of the contestant’s choice

Cello Any movement from the Solo Cello Suites J.S. Bach Hungarian Rhapsody, op. 68 (8’) D. Popper Any piece of the contestant’s choice

Double bass Any movement from the Solo Cello Suites J.S. Bach Concerto, First Movement (~6’) S. Koussevitsky Any piece of the contestant’s choice

Lucy Palermo Weed

Kathryn Reimler, Competition Chair 502 W. 9th St., Yankton, SD 57078Lucy@SDStringTeachers.org605-660-1683

Sponsored by the South Dakota String Teachers Association

Lucy palermo Weed Violin and Viola Awards

Leona pratt Marek cello and bass Awards

CoMPETiTion CoMMiTTEE:Kathryn Reimler, Chair;

Lelia Elder; Linda Haar; Jim Reimler; Steve Pier; Becky Tasa; Juli Wilcox;

Marian Casey, President, SDSTA

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coMpeTiTion RULeS AnD GUiDeLineSParticipants in The Lucy, or their current

teachers, must hold an active membership in either the SD or NE chapter of ASTA.

Previous Lucy Weed Competition winners are eligible to enter again if they still meet the age requirement.

The Competition is open to musicians under the age of 19 as of March 20, 2015 (born on or after March 20, 1996).

All repertoire must be performed from memory, including the Bach.

If an accompanist is requested, piano scores for all choice repertoire should be sent with the registration. Piano scores for the required repertoire will be provided by the competition committee.

The Lucy is no longer an official preliminary for the ASTA national competition, but remains an excellent preparation for it.

Application forms are available on line, or by contacting the competition chair.

In addition to the required works, entrants must present another work of their choice, which should contrast in both period and style. Both unaccompanied works and works with piano accompaniment (original or or-chestral reductions) are acceptable. Complete works or complete single movements from works are required. No composer may be represented more than once in each entrant’s program. Entrants may not use required-repertoire composers for free choice. Multiple movements of the same work are permitted, but three composers MUST be represented.

Suggested total playing time is 12-20 min-utes. Audition times will be scheduled to ac-commodate lengths shown on the application, but performances exceeding 20 minutes may be stopped without penalty. Cuts in lengthy piano tutti sections are strongly encouraged.

Three copies of all choice performance rep-ertoire and Bach solos must be provided by the contestant for the judges’ use. Please number measures. Copies of the other required piece will be provided by the competition committee.

Lucy palermo WeedBorn: October 17, 1913, New York City, NYDied: May 20, 1986, Yankton, SD

Leona pratt MarekBorn: February 15, 1917, Black River Falls, WI Died: May 11, 1997, Vermillion, SD

The Lucy palermo Weed String competition memorializes an outstanding artist, pioneer in music education and beloved wife.

A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music in violin, Lucy studied with Harold Eisenberg, Emanuel Ondricek and Hugo Kortshak. She was later named to the Manhattan faculty, and was a candidate for the Leventritt Award in 1935.

Marriage to J. Laiten Weed brought her to SD, where she was widely recognized for her violin virtuosity as a member of the Sioux City Symphony for 35 years, the South Dakota Symphony for 25 years, and as a recitalist.

Lucy Weed is remembered by her colleagues and fellow music educators as an exceptional string teacher. Dedicating 25 years to the string program in the Yankton Public School District, 1956-1981, she produced many fine students.

In recognition of her enthusiasm, energy and pursuit of artistic excellence, Lucy Weed was named Yankton Co-citizen of the Year in 1981, and was co-recipient of the Governor’s Award in the Arts in 1982, along with her husband Laiten.

The Lucy was established in 1986-87 through the efforts of J. Laiten Weed and the South Dakota String Teachers Association.

Leona Marek was one of South Dakota’s most honored musicians. She was cited twice by the South Dakota Music Educators; she received the Gold Staff Recognition Award in 1984, followed by the Distinguished Service to Music Award in 1985.

As a private cello and bass teacher with a home base in Vermillion, South Dakota, from 1958 on, Leona Marek had cello and bass students from both states represented in the Lucy Weed Competition. She was on the faculty of Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, and was Assistant Professor of Music at Yankton College.

Mrs. Marek was a member of the Sioux City and South Dakota Symphonies for many years. Perhaps she is best remembered for her performances as a cellist with the Yankton College Faculty Trio; J. Laiten Weed, violin, and Lewis Hamvas, piano.

Mrs. Marek received her undergraduate degree from Kansas State Teachers College at emporia, Kansas, and her M.M. degree from the University of South Dakota. She was a private student of Marie Strassen at the Wisconsin Conservatory, and of Luigi Silva at the Eastman School of Music.