Thank you for participating in the 2025 Sonata Contest!
Please check out our News page for our 2025 winners. 
We look forward to seeing you again next year. 
The Sonata Contest was created by members of the Sante Fe Music Teachers Association for students in Santa Fe and Los Alamos. There are 10 levels that students can enter, and all sonatas and sonatinas are set for each level. This competition is open to all pianists whose teachers are a member of LAMTA/SFMTA. Students of non-members can enter for an extra fee.
2025 Contest Information
Date: February 8th, 2025, exact times will be announced after registration closes.
Location: Held at the studio of Dr. Patti Wood, Santa Fe, NM. (Address provided after registration)
Registration: opens Dec 15th, 2024, and closes January 5th, 2025, found at the button below. Please submit one form PER student!
​Registration fee: $30 per student of member teachers/$50 per student of non-member teachers
Payment information: 
  • Teachers will consolidate all of their student registration fees into one check and write it out to SFMTA.
  • Please send the check to: Lauryn Bomse, 924 Dunlap, Santa Fe NM, 87501
  • The check must arrive by (not postmarked) January 12th, 2025. 
Judges: Dr. Jacquelyn Helin and Terry Reck
Winners Recital: All 1st place winners of each level will be invited to play as guest artists in the LAMTA February Musicale at Fuller Lodge, on Sunday February 23rd, 2025. 
We prefer to accept online registration forms through the link above. However, if you have any issues or need paper registration forms, please contact Haewon Yang.
Rules
  • Students of teachers who are members in good standing of State and Local (Los Alamos and Santa Fe) chapters of the Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico (PMTNM) are eligible to enter.
    • Students of teachers who are not a part of the local or state chapters may enter for an extra fee, please above for more details.
  • The contest is intended for pre-college piano students.
  • Each student may only enter one level.
  • First place winners of a level must advance to the next level the following year.
  • All music must be memorized and performed without repeats.
  • All entrants must bring a score for the judges. Photocopies are not allowed and students will be disqualified.
    • If you have purchased a score online and have printed it at home, you must sign a MTNA waiver.
  • Any edition of the music set for each level may be used.
  • All entrants will receive a Certificate of Participation. 
  • We will be following the PMTNM rules for Competitions.
  • Winners of  each category will be invited to perform as guest artists in the LAMTA Musicale. It is the discretion of the Sonata Contest committee to invite 2nd place winners to perform if time permits. More information will come soon.
2025 Repertoire

The following list includes a youtube link for teachers to double check that they have the correct piece, as well as a suggestion for where you can purchase this score (if it is a piece that is not easily available).

Click here for a file that you can print out.

​Level 1: Keith Snell - Classic Sonatina in C major
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXfg8Avs9W0
Score: KJOS

Level 2: William Gillock - Sonatina in Classic Style (from Accent on Rhythm & Style), C major, 1st mvmt (Allegro Moderato)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm0XomCQxlY
Score: Amazon

Level 3: Albert Biehl - Sonatina in A Minor op 94 no 4, 1st mvmt (Allegro Moderato)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suGCeV77w6A
Score: Ficks Music, or Groth Music

Level 4: Fritz Spindler Sonatina op. 157 n. 4 2nd mvmt (Presto)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZgBpcGvGmU
Score: Alfred Music

Level 5: Erik Satie - Sonatine Bureaucratique, 1st mvmt (Allegro)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kME63-dByPQ
Score: Sheet Music Plus

Level 6: W. A. Mozart – Piano Sonata K. 545, 3rd mvmt (Allegretto)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eMKxZWyyZM

Level 7: Dmitri Kabalevsky - Sonatine in C major, Op. 13 no. 1, 1st mvmt (Allegro assai e lusingando)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgzb48DFwzs
Score: Sheet Music Plus

Level 8: F. J. Haydn – Sonata in G major, Hob XVI 39, 1st mvmt (Allegro con brio)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63R7758uWdg

Level 9: L. V. Beethoven – Piano Sonata op. 13, "Pathetique", 3rd mvmt (Rondo. Allegro)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifj8dwuAzAQ

Level 10: W. A. Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 8 in a minor, KV 310, 1st mvmt (Allegro Maestoso)
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8VSmkFmMSQ