Pianopalooza

On Monday, I titled my blog entry "Fotopalooza". Two days later, I got an email announcement from NJPAC about "Pianopalooza".

Announcing NJSO Pianopalooza, an unprecedented interactive event in anticipation of the Orchestra’s Art of the Piano month. We invite you to create and submit videos featuring your own piano performance to the NJSO’s group page on Vimeo.com. Everyone who submits will have the opportunity to receive prizes—including a chance to attend an exclusive rehearsal with the NJSO and a guest pianist—based on public voting.

Not quite the concert pianist? Don’t worry, you’ve still got a shot at online fame! With the Most Creative Video category, the sky is the limit. Have you mastered the art of chopsticks on your iPhone keyboard? Can you take "Heart and Soul" to a new level? Show us!
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For your chance to win a Viewers’ Choice Award, enter your video in one of three voting categories:

 Most Creative Video

 Most Moving Performance

 Most Virtuosic Performance

Everyone who submits a video to NJSO Pianopalooza will receive a buy-one-get-one coupon redeemable for tickets to any concert in the Art of the Piano month.

Next, encourage your family, friends and fellow piano lovers to check out your video and vote for it! For NJSO Pianopalooza, voters are winners too: everyone who votes will receive a 20% off coupon for an Art of the Piano performance.

So what makes Art of the Piano month so special? In a span of three concert programs from October 8 through November 8, the NJSO presents incredible piano works performed by dazzling guest artists. * * *

And with NJSO Pianopalooza, you can be a part of it. But hurry—the deadline for video submissions and voting is October 2.

You can view the full announcement, with clickable links to more information, here.