Instructions
If you participated previously, your registration account has been retained here. Once you log in, you will be able to update all information as needed (address, phone number, etc).
If you are new to the Festival, you will be able to select the link in the photo below to register when student registration begins. All registrations must be submitted online.
During the registration period, once an account has been set up, parents or guardians may register students in classes which can be reached by selecting the link in the photo. If you have questions about registering in classes, see the Festival Requirements page. If that information does not resolve your questions, please contact our Registrar or your Division Chair from our Contact page.
Please remember that students must be working with a teacher who is a member of the PAFE Teachers program. If you cannot find your teacher in the list for your class, please do not register. Please ask your teacher to check with our Registrar first.
If your student will be performing with an accompanist, it is important that the accompanist be a member of the PAFE Accompanist program. If you cannot find your accompanist in the list for your class, please do not register and ask your accompanist to check with our Registrar first.
If you are a parent accompanying your child, or have one child accompanying another, please register everyone in your family who will be an accompanist, as all accompanists must register in order to be selected by a student. To check that your teacher and/or accompanist has signed up, select the link in the photo.
During registration, parents must list each piece their child will perform, and must provide complete information about each selection. No substitutions are allowed after a student is registered, so please check with your teacher before you register to ensure that your selected pieces are appropriate for performing at the Festival. Dropping a registered piece is considered a change and is no longer allowed. During the Festival performance, no substitutions will be allowed but pieces can be performed in any order. Students may not perform a piece they have performed in previous Festivals.
Concerto Class
Students registering for a Concerto class must also register for a Solo class and must attend that Solo class to remain eligible for Concerto placement; Concerto performance excerpts must come from a single movement only (Attacca is not permitted), and an accompanist is required—if the registered accompanist does not appear or the student performs alone, the student is not eligible for placement.
Ensembles
Ensemble division: To determine which division to register in, select from the following:
- Piano Division: Ensembles in the piano division consist of two or three student pianists, performing as a Piano Duo, Piano Four hands, or Piano Six Hands.
- String Division: Ensembles in the string division consist of multiple string students, and optionally one piano student or accompanist.
- Woodwind Division: Ensembles in the woodwind division consist of multiple students on instruments other than piano, at least one of which must be a woodwind instrument, and optionally one piano student or accompanist.
Ensemble class: The class that all performers of an ensemble register in is based on the age of the oldest ensemble participant.
Note: All participants of an ensemble must register individually.
Primary and Additional Ensemble Participants: One student for each ensemble is the “Primary” participant. This student registers first, selecting the division, the name of the ensemble and the piece(s) to be performed by the ensemble. After this student receives an email confirming the ensemble registration, the other students may then register in the “Additional Participants” class for the ensemble based on the name given by the primary participant.
If you are unsure how to registrar your ensemble, let the Registrar know the age as of last August 31 and instrument for each participant, and they will help.