Announcement of the 44th Annual
Young Artist's Competition
DATE: January 15, 2005
PLACE: Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (CAC Room 200A)
ELIGIBILITY: Competition limited to full-time junior or senior music majors (those who have completed at least 59 hours as of the end of this Fall Semester) and full-time graduate students in music; students must be currently enrolled and studying applied music with a member of the Division of Music faculty; students must be at performance level 8 ½ or above at the time of the competition. Soloists in last year's Young Artists' Concert are ineligible. Students may only enter once per year. Final approval of students entering the competition will come from the student's Area Coordinator following the December jury.
JUDGES: To be selected; one faculty member will be chosen from each of the following areas: voice, keyboard, strings, woodwinds, brass-percussion, music education, music history, music theory; and possibly Emeritus faculty member.
AWARDS: Solo appearance with accompaniment by large instrumental organization on the Annual Young Artists' Concert to be held in Spring semester.
The purpose of the Young Artists' Competition is to afford outstanding students in the Division of Music the opportunity to compete for an appearance as soloists with a large instrumental organization such as orchestra, band, or variants thereof.
Students contemplating entering the competition should select the music they wish to perform, with the approval of their applied music teacher, with the intent of performing it both for the Competition and the Concert. At least an entire movement must be prepared. Before the students are eligible to compete, they must receive the consent of the conductor of the organization which would play the accompaniment. Students must confirm the availability of the performance material; such availability must be established by each competitor, personally, for a month to six-weeks period by written verification from the firm through which the accompaniment will be secured, INDICATING AVAILABILITY FOR GIVEN DATES AND RENTAL COST. Addresses of such firms are available from the conductors of the organizations.
NOTE: The length of the selection of works is limited to 25 minutes. Winners must perform the movement(s) in their entirety, without cuts (unless traditional, or authorized by the composer). Performers will be limited to 10 minutes with cuts allowed in the competition.
The competition will be open to the public.
Students wishing to enter the competition must submit the entry form to Jodie Lewis in Room 416A of the Division of Music, by 4:00 p.m., December 3, 2004. Forms are available from Jodie Lewis, your teacher or may be downloaded and printed below.
Best wishes to all the participants.
David Bess, Chair
