Young Performers Competition
Monday, March 3, 2008
Official Rules and Regulations
1. The competition is open to student musicians enrolled in an
educational institution or studying music with a professional teacher in
the following counties and who have not previously been awarded the
Grand Prize. (The Grand Prize is the opportunity to perform with
the orchestra.) The School Age Division students must reside in
one of the following counties: Benton, Sherburne, Wright, Meeker,
Kandiyohi, Pope, Douglas, Todd, Morrison and Stearns, and College Age
Division contestants must be enrolled in an institution located within
these counties.
2. There are two divisions. The School Age Division: for
candidates who are 12-17 years of age. The College Age Division:
for candidates age 18-25.
3. Contestants will be judged in two categories:
Category I – Keyboard
Category II -- Brass, Woodwind,
String, Percussion and Vocal.
4. Winners will be announced in the following
categories:
School Age Piano
School Age
Non-Piano
College Age Piano
College Age Non-Piano
5. Each winner will receive a $500 scholarship to be applied to
tuition or the further study of music.
6. All applications and fees must be received by February 11,
2008.
7. An impartial panel of judges will be selected and approved by
Music Director William Schrickel. The panel of judges will select
the students who will receive the scholarships and who will be selected
to perform with the orchestra.
8. The panel of judges will be instructed to recommend the best
overall musical performance or performances. A maximum of one
winner in each category will be chosen.
9. The music director may select one or more Grand Prize winner(s)
who will be invited to perform their winning composition with the
orchestra.
10. Any exceptions to the rules will be made by the Music
Director. The music director’s decisions are final.
11. All movements submitted as an entry (including cadenzas) must be
prepared in their entirety
12. Each contestant will audition with a composition or portion of a
composition that they are prepared to perform with the St. Cloud
Symphony Orchestra. The concerto movement to be performed shall
not exceed 15 minutes.
13. Orchestral instrumentation MUST be available for any audition
selection. The Music Director must approve all compositions
entered.
14. All contestants (including pianists) must provide an accompanist
at their own expense and shall audition with said accompanist. Two
pianos will be provided at the audition site.
15. All contestants must provide the panel of judges with 3 extra
copies of music scores of the prepared concerto movement.
16. Competition auditions shall be limited to 8 minutes.
Necessary cuts should be made carefully so that the judges have the
opportunity to evaluate the most important segments. Students
should consult their teachers in making the best possible cuts for their
audition. If the entry represents two movements, both movements
must be represented in the audition. Performances will be stopped
at 8 minutes.
17. Memorization is strongly recommended but not required.
18. The following works will be ineligible for this year’s
competition:
Violin
Felix Mendelssohn Concerto in E
Minor, Op.
64
Movement I-Allegro
molto appassionato
Piano
Francois Poulenc Concerto for
Piano and Orchestra
1949
Movement
II-Andante con
moto
Movement
III-Rondeau a la francaise
19. The competition will be open to the public and winner(s)
announced at the end of the competition.
20. Honors Concert. The St. Cloud Symphony presents a formal honors
concert at the Paramount for a selected group of competitors. The
honors concert receives billing as part of our concert series; we
advertise the program in our season brochure. The selected
competitors have an opportunity to display their musicianship in a
formal concert atmosphere. The concert is well attended. The
judges determine the participants in the honors concert by selecting
participants whose musicianship displays a readiness for the formal
concert setting. The participants in the honors concert are not
ranked, they are selected because the judges have decided that their
performances merit the honor of the concert setting. This year,
participants selected for the honors concert will perform at the Ruth
Gant Recital Hall, April 2, 2008 at 7:00 PM.
21. May--St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra Concert The Grand Prize
winner(s), if any, must be available to perform in concert on May 3,
2008 at 7:30 PM and attend rehearsals: on April 28, 2008 from 7:00 PM -
9: 30 PM and May 3, 2008 from 9:30 AM - 12: 30 PM; and other rehearsals
as agreed upon between the winner and the Music Director William
Schrickel.
