The entries for our February 2017 Music Contest, in which Stone Soup readers recorded their performances of Anna Steiger’s childhood composition La Valse des Fleurs (Flower Walz), were so good we decided to choose three winners instead of just one. Each of them receive the prize of a $15.00 Amazon gift certificate, with our congratulations. You can see and hear all of their performances here. Jahanara Akhund, 12, Huntington, New York [youtube url=”https://youtu.be/6bMWtmcl5Kg” autoplay=”no”] Talia Finckel, 11, New York, New York [youtube url=”https://youtu.be/ac30VIcYi5o” autoplay=”no”] Charles Gibb, 8, Arlington, Virginia [youtube url=”https://youtu.be/5_xKivBthM0″ autoplay=”no”]
Contests
Contest! Record this piano piece and win fifteen dollars! February 15, 2017 Deadline.
La Vale des Fleurs, by Anna Steiger, age 8. Written circa 1972. Anna Steiger is an opera singer. When she was a child in London she took piano lessons from Carola Grindea. Ms. Grindea was a remarkable teacher. She felt that children had something to say musically so she included composition as part of her lessons. This piece, “La Valse des Fleurs” (Flowers Waltz) was written by Anna Steiger when she was 8 years old. The best recording of this piece received by February 15, 2015 will receive a $15 gift certificate Amazon.com. Pianists age 14 and younger are eligible. Please post your recording (and you may also post a video of you playing the music) under the category Music: Young Composers and Musicians. A PDF of the music that can print out: Anna Steiger Waltz
Selfie Contest Winners, Fall 2016
Nathaniel Canon, 7, California Self Portraits These are the winners of our first Selfie Contest. Never in history have so many people taken so many photographs of themselves as we are doing now. I think many of us think of “selfies” as self-indulgent throw-away pictures. But that is not what you sent me. What you sent in were thoughtful photographs. I want to thank everyone who participated in this contest. There wasn’t a single entry that did show an effort being made to use the humble selfie as a venue for meaningful self-expression. There is clearly lots more that can be done with selfies. I will run this contest again. Special thanks to the parents who worked with their children to help them realize their visions. As with a lot of great art — pieces that may look spontaneous, were not. I could write about these pictures for hours! Enjoy! And, again, thank you for participating. The winners are: Katie Sohacki, 13; Oliver Girouard, 13; Annie Melkote, 11; Lucy Humble, 11; Peyton Jacobe, 11; Darrius Canon, 11; Sophia Lee Bartolini, 11, Nathaniel Canon, 7. Each of the prize winners receives $10, our thanks for participating, and our congratulations for a job well done. “Bohemian,” Katie Sohacki, 13, North Carolina “Slipping on a Banana Peal,” Oliver Girouard, 13, Washington “Rise,” Annie Melkote, 11, New Jersey “Me in a Tree With Jazz Hands,” Lucy Humble, 11, New York “Halloween Night,” Peyton Jacobe, 11, Texas Untitled, Darrius Canon, 11, California “100 Me’s,” Sophia Lee Bartolini, 11, New York Untitled, Nathaniel Canon, 7, California
