Mildred Freiberg Piano Festival

How To Apply

Applications for the 2025 Mildred Freiberg Piano Festival are now closed – we hope to see you next year!

If your student is NOT a registered Powers Music School piano student and you have not paid your application fee yet, please click the Pay Application Fee arrow below to complete the $35 application fee payment.

Pay Application Fee

2025 Festival schedule

Friday:

• 7:00 p.m. Adult Concert

Saturday:

• 12:00 p.m. Recitals in Tracy Powers Concert Hall and Cabot Room
• 1:30 p.m. Recitals in Tracy Powers Concert Hall and Cabot Room
• 3:00 p.m. Recitals in Tracy Powers Concert Hall and Cabot Room
• 4:30 p.m. Recitals in Tracy Powers Concert Hall and Cabot Room
• 6:00 p.m. Recital in Tracy Powers Concert Hall
• 7:30 p.m. Advanced Recital in Tracy Powers Concert Hall

Sunday:

• 12:00 p.m. Recitals in Tracy Powers Concert Hall and Cabot Room
• 1:30 p.m. Recitals in Tracy Powers Concert Hall and Cabot Room
• 3:00 p.m. Recitals in Tracy Powers Concert Hall and Cabot Room
• 5:00 p.m. Recital in Tracy Powers Concert Hall

2025 Festival Guidelines

Registration and repertoire:

• All applications should be completed by you, the piano teacher. When submitting piece information, please be sure to submit thorough and detailed information for the program such as opus number, BWV number, composer’s full name and dates, etc.
• The fee for the festival is $35 per student. Powers students participate for free. We offer fee waivers for any low-moderate income households.
• The application will become available online on Thursday, January 2nd. The deadline for submissions will be Friday, February 21st. Performance slots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The festival may fill before the application deadline, so early submissions are encouraged!
• Total playing time must not exceed 5 minutes for beginner students, 7 minutes for intermediate students, and 10 minutes for advanced students. Students may play up to two individual pieces or two movements of a multi-movement work, within the time limit. Please note that Bach’s Prelude and Fugues are considered two movements. Repertoire that is submitted over the time or movement limit will need to be cut.
• Repertoire should come from the standard recital repertoire (no method books).
• Memorization is a requirement for the Mildred Freiberg Piano Festival (but optional for the Adult Concert).

Scheduling:

• The festival schedule will be sent to all participating students and their teachers by Friday, March 21st.
• We will have two performance spaces: the large Concert Hall and the more intimate Cabot Room. Students will be assigned their performance space based on age. Students up through age 10 will perform in the Cabot Room, and students ages 11 and older will perform in the Concert Hall.
• The 7:30pm concerts on both Saturday and Sunday nights are reserved for the most advanced students. Placement on these concerts is by teacher recommendation. If you have a student(s) playing at a very high level, please be sure to nominate them for these special concerts on the application form.
• The application will ask for a student’s preferred performance date. While specific times cannot be requested, we will do our best to give each student their requested day. Please note that students should be prepared to accept any performance time for that day. No exceptions can be made for extracurriculars, sports, etc.
• If you have questions, please contact Dr. Meghan Miller, Associate Director, at 617-484-4696 ext. 3 or mmiller@powersmusic.org.