The Suite Autumn Festival
is a youth music event that features both a competitive, and a non-competitive option.
We invite entries for students ages 7-17.
All auditions will be held in person at our West University Ave studios - mid-November 2026.
Repertoire by female composers is highly encouraged.
Works that were historically published as the Anna Magdalena Bach notebook is high encouraged.
Any suite movement by Gambarini, Handel, Frescobaldi, Couperin, Rameau, Schmidt, Telemann, Purcell, and Seixas is encouraged.
Bach Preludes, Suites, Toccata, Fugues, Inventions, and Sinfonias are high encouraged.
Option A: Competitive Entry for keyboard solo or one-keyboard duet. $36 entry fee.
Perform 2 works from memory - not to exceed 7 minutes duration performance time.
Option B: Non-competitive Entry for keyboard solo or one-keyboard duet. $30 entry fee. Limited to 6 minutes duration performance time. May include one or two pieces, memorized or non-memorized.
FOR our 2026 event, fees must be paid via ZELLE or VENMO only. If this is not possible, please postmark entries via US MAIL to include a paper check made payable to STUDIOSHARE MADISON no later than OCTOBER 10, 2026.
FOR MAILED ENTRIES, please request a MAIL FORM via email thestudio615@gmail.com
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre.
Her Rigaudon appears in “The Baroque Spirit” Volume 2 edited by Nancy Bachus -
Alfred ISBN: 0-7390-0502-2