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The 2008 auditions will be held on Saturday, April 26, 2008
in the First Parish
Unitarian-Universalist Church which is in the center of Arlington, MA
at the intersection of Massachusetts
Avenue and Pleasant Street (Rte. 60). It is
reachable by MBTA bus.
If
you decide to compete, you must submit an application. The application form
is available HERE, however it must be printed out
and mailed to the address below. When your application is accepted, you will
be given an appointment for your audition, which will be approximately
fifteen minutes in length. We will try to schedule your audition
according to any requests noted on your application. You will be asked to
perform, with an accompanist of your choice, works or portions of works you
have prepared as indicated on your application. These works must be solos (for
your instrument or voice) with orchestral and/or choral accompaniment.
The
framework for this year's competition:
- The
competition is open to individual musicians who will be 29 years of age
or under at the time of the audition, i.e., those born after April
26, 1978.
- Each entrant
must provide the contest committee with biographical information as
requested on the application form. The application form is available HERE or by request to the address below; please
include an email address, or if not available, a postal address.
- A
non-refundable application fee of $25 must accompany each application
form.
(Make check payable to Philharmonic Society of Arlington.)
- Applications are
due on or before April 1, 2008. When all audition time blocks
have been filled, no more applications will be accepted. Send
applications to:
PSA Young Artist Competition
c/o Chris Kergaravat
94 Williams Street
Stoneham, MA
02180-2022
- Contestants
are expected to play or sing works as indicated in advance on their
applications. At the time of the audition the contestant---not the
judges---will select which works to perform.
- All
contestants must provide their own accompanists. A list of known local
accompanists is available upon request.
- All
contestants will be judged upon musicianship and quality of
performance---not on age.
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Prize winners will be selected in each of two categories:
a. The Peter Tannenwald Performance Award winner will receive a
prize of $1000 upon performing with a Philharmonic Society performing
organization during its 2007-2008 season. A $650 Second prize and a $350 Third
prize will also be awarded in the principal competition.
b. The Leonard D. Wood Award winner, a young contestant 18
years of age or younger, will receive a prize of $500 and, at the discretion
of the Society's musical directors, may be asked to perform with the
orchestra or chorus. Second and Third Prizes of $350 and $150 will also be
awarded in the 18 and under category.
- The limited
number of audition periods will be assigned in order of receipt
of applications.
- The
competition committee will return application fees if the audition
schedule is filled, or if, in its judgment, the applicant has not had
sufficient experience to be auditioned.
- Contestants
will NOT have access to the audition site prior to the day of the
auditions.
- Contestants
will be notified of the judges' decisions not later than one week after
the auditions.
The application
form is available HERE.
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