Organ Regional Festival
Organ Co-Chair
David Ball
(314) 737-2737 • Email
Organ Co-Chair
Dr. Emma Whitten
Email
Harpsichord Regional Festival
Harpsichord Chair
Dr. Deborah H. How
(310) 968-3377 • Email
Registration Questions? Please Email: scjbf@evensteps.com
Eligibility
The Southern California Junior Bach Festival (SCJBF) is open to all students who wish to perform original works by J.S. Bach.
- Harpsichord students perform in a COMBINED (one round) All-Branch Regional Festival and Complete Works Auditions.
- Harpsichord students will not have reached their 19th birthday by April 1st of the Festival year.
- Harpsichord students may participate in Bach Branch (Keyboard) Festivals; however, they are not eligible to be selected as Branch Winners but may receive Honorable Mention Awards.
- If a Harpsichord student is also participating in a Bach Regional Keyboard (Piano) Festival, they may not perform the same repertoire, and they may not perform any repertoire that would complete the Keyboard (Piano) Category at the Complete Works Audition.
- For example, if piano student is playing the Allemande and Courante from the French Suite #6 in E Major, BWV 817 (Category VII) at a Regional Keyboard (Piano) Festival, they may not also perform the Allemande, Courante, and/or the Sarabande, Gigue from the French Suite #6 in E Major, BWV 817 at the Harpsichord Regional Festival.
- However, they may perform the Polonaise, Menuet, and/or Bourrée from the French Suite #6 in E Major, BWV 817 (Category II) at the Harpsichord Regional Festival.
- Eligible Regional Repertoire
- Thematic Index of Miscellaneous Eligible Works • Category 0
- Thematic Index of Short Preludes & Fugues • Category 1
- Complete Works Audition 3-Year Cyclical Repertoire List
- Eligible Complete Works Audition Repertoire
- Complete Works Audition 3-Year Cyclical Repertoire List
- https://scjbf.org/complete-works-audition/
- Must be performed completed as indicated on the CWA Repertoire List.
- Complete Works Audition 3-Year Cyclical Repertoire List
Harpsichord Regional Festival
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Westside Music Conservatory
12424 Wilshire Blvd Ste 100
West Los Angeles (Brentwood) 90025
https://westsidemusicconservatory.com/location-directions-parking/
- Registration Opens: April 15, 2026
- Registration Closes: May 5, 2026
The Harpsichord Festival format for 2026 is as follows:
- Harpsichord students perform in an All-Branch Regional Festival.
- The All-Branch Harpsichord Regional Festival will be in person this year in an OPEN recital format with audience at the Region IV Keyboard (Piano) Festival.
- A panel of three judges will write comments about each performance and will select up to 45% of the students in each division as Regional Medalists. The panel of judges will also select Complete Works Audition (CWA) gold (1st-place), silver (2nd-place), and bronze (3rd-place) medalists if any Harpsichord students present an eligible complete CWA program.
- Please keep in mind that if you wish for your students to be considered for CWA medals, the repertoire performed at the All-Branch Regional Festival must be chosen from the official CWA list (available here) and performed complete as indicated on the list.
- All other Rules and Teacher Guidelines of the SCJBF apply.
- 2026 SCJBF Regional Festival Student Registration Fees are:
- $65 per solo performer
- $50 per double concerto performer
- 2026 SCJBF CWA Student Registration Fees are:
- $75 per solo performer
- $60 per double concerto performer
