OIMC Hawaii 2025 Instruction Section 1

[Section 1]

Eligibility

• Piano/Strings (excluding Harp): Level I – VI
• Wind/Vocal Music (excluding Musical Course): Age III – VI
• Harp/Musical Course: III – VI

Age Categories

(Competition Levels are determined by the Entrant’s age on September 1^st of this year)

Level	Age
Level I	Ages 7-8
Level II	Ages 9-10
Level III	Ages 11-12
Level IV	Ages 13-15
Level V	Ages 16-18
Level VI	Ages 19 over

Piano

Notes for Semi-Finals: A set piece must be performed in order (① + ②)

Level	Preliminaries *No time limit	Semi-Finals	Duration (① + ②)
Level I ・ II	A piece chosen by contestant	① A piece by J.S. Bach or an Etude ② A piece chosen by contestant	4 min
Level III ・ IV	A piece chosen by contestant	① A piece by J.S. Bach or an Etude ② A piece chosen by contestant	5 min
Level V	A piece chosen by contestant	① A Fugue from J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, II or an Etude by Chopin (Op. 10, Op. 25) ② A piece chosen by contestant	7 min
Level VI	A piece chosen by contestant	① A Fugue from J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book I, II or an Etude by Chopin, Debussy, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev or Liszt ② A piece chosen by contestant	10 min

For the second piece (②), the same opus number piece as piece (①) is Not permissible.

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Vocal Music

Preliminaries *No time limit	Semi-Finals	Duration
Level III ・ IV ・ V A piece chosen by contestant	A piece chosen by contestant	5 min
Level VI – Opera Course An aria chosen by contestant	An aria chosen by contestant	5 min
Level VI – Art Song Course An art song composed in and after 1765	An art song composed in and after 1765	5 min

Notes: Level VI candidates are required to choose the opera or art song course.
Title of the opera should be clearly noted on the application form.

Musical

Preliminaries *No time limit	Semi-Finals	Duration
Level III ・ IV ・ V A musical song chosen by contestant	A musical song chosen by contestant	5 min
Level VI A musical song chosen by contestant	A musical song chosen by contestant	5 min

Notes: Title of the musical should be clearly noted on the application form.

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String Instruments

Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Guitar

Preliminaries *No time limit	Semi-Finals	Duration
Level I ・ II A piece chosen by contestant	Piece(s) chosen by contestant	5 min
Level III ・ IV A piece chosen by contestant	Piece(s) chosen by contestant	6 min
Level V A piece chosen by contestant	Piece(s) chosen by contestant	7 min
Level VI – Vn. Va. Vc. A piece chosen by contestant	① A piece from J.S. Bach’s Sonata, Partita or Suite ② A piece chosen by contestant (except J.S. Bach)	10 min
Level VI – Guitar A piece chosen by contestant	Piece(s) chosen by contestant	8 min
Level VI – Cb. A piece chosen by contestant	Piece(s) chosen by contestant	8 min

Notes: A set piece must be performed in order ①＋②.
Guitar candidates are required to bring their own instrument and footrest.
Cello and Contrabass candidates are required to bring an endpin rest.

Harp*Limited to the Pedal Harp

Preliminaries *No time limit	Semi-Finals	Duration
Level III ・ IV ・ V A piece chosen by contestant	Piece(s) chosen by contestant	6 min
Level VI A piece chosen by contestant	Piece(s) chosen by contestant	8 min

Notes: Contestants are required to bring their own instrument including Harp.

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Wind Instruments

Level VI: Woodwind Instruments and Brass will be judged individually

Preliminaries	Semi-Finals	Duration
Repertoire *No time limit	Piece chosen by contestant	5 min
A piece chosen by contestant	Piece chosen by contestant	7 min

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