PHOENIX YOUTH SYMPHONY’S 52nd ANNUAL YOUNG MUSICIANS COMPETITION SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS RULES and REGULATIONS
Eligibility
Competitors from the Young Musicians Competition (YMC) on Saturday are only eligible to be a Scholarship Audition contestant on Sunday if they (1) placed within their instrument category and (2) completed the scholarship portion of
their application upon submission. The number of eligible scholarship contestants from each category is based on equal proportions of each category’s total competitors to the total number of Saturday YMC senior division
competitors. {For example: 22 category A competitors out of a total of 76 YMC senior division competitors = 4 eligible category A scholarship contestants out of a total 15 scholarship contestants. 6 category B competitors out of a total of 76 YMC senior division competitors = 1 eligible category B scholarship contestant out of the total 15 scholarship contestants.} The number of contestants competing on Sunday may vary from 10-15.
Requirements for All Instruments
1. Submission of completed Scholarship Application Form
2. Placed within their category in the YMC Senior Division, based on the equal proportions described above.
3. Two solos = 1) the concerto played in the Young Musicians Competition; and 2) a contrasting* piece.
4. Three copies of both solos with all measures numbered and cuts marked.
5. No changes may be made to scholarship repertoire after November 23, 2011.
6. Each contestant will have 15 minutes of playing time which includes the concerto, followed by the contrasting piece.
The judges will determine what portion of your contrasting piece they will hear. Selections that are written with accompaniment must be performed that way, and students must provide their own accompanist.
CONTRASTING*
In addition to performing the memorized concerto played for the Young Musicians Competition on Saturday, the contestant will need to play a contrasting piece that demonstrates BOTH:
• a contrasting style, that is, fast and technical versus something slow and lyrical AND
• is from a different period (Example: Romantic if memorized concerto is Baroque or Classical)
The contrasting piece does NOT have to be memorized, nor does it have to be on the repertoire listing.
PERCUSSION*:
Percussionists, for their contrasting piece, will need to play a solo that demonstrates skill on one of the remaining percussion instruments – timpani, mallet keyboard, snare or multiple percussion. [Example: If the concerto is played on a mallet instrument the remaining solo must be played on either timpani, snare drum or multiple percussion.]
Awards
Contestants are ranked by judges as to overall musical talent and preparedness for performing their concerto with The Phoenix Symphony. After the last performance on Sunday and judge’s deliberation, the following awards will be announced: Grand Prize; Clotilde Otranto Prize; and Camp Scholarship Awards.
Grand Prize and Clotilde Otranto Prize
Prizes are awarded based on consideration of the following criteria:
• Highest ranked contestant who has not previously received the Grand Prize or Clotilde Otranto Prize.
• To be eligible for the Clotilde Otranto Prize, the contestant must be a current member of the Phoenix Youth Symphony Orchestral Training Program.
• The Grand Prize and Clotilde Otranto Prize cannot be awarded to the same contestant in the same year.
• No contestant can win the Grand Prize or the Clotilde Otranto Prize more than once.
• Contestants will perform their concerto with The Phoenix Symphony on March 4, 2012.
• Contestants will also perform at the Competition Winner’s Luncheon on February 21, 2012.
Camp Scholarship Awards: The Camp Scholarships are offered to contestants in order of rank resulting from the Scholarship Auditions. The total number of scholarships offered depends on the camps selected and funds available. There is no guarantee that all Sunday contestants will be offered camp scholarships. No contestant may attend a camp more than twice. Contestants who have been offered a scholarship, must accept or decline their scholarship by January 18, 2012.
Decision of the Scholarship Audition judges is final.
Camps
Scholarships are usually available to us from the following music camps (at estimated values based on summer 2009):
Adamant Music School (Piano), Adamant, Vermont $1500
Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Lenox, Massachusetts $5700
Brevard Music Center, Brevard, North Carolina $4900
Conservatory Music in the Mountains, Durango, Colorado $1900
Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro, North Carolina $4546
Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California $2350
Interlochen Arts Camp, Interlochen, Michigan $6796
Lamont Summer Music Academy, Denver, Colorado $1350
Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory, Steamboat Springs, Colorado $4640
String Quartet Camp and Bass Workshop, Mesa, Arizona $ 250
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