High School Soloist
Competition


2008 Rules

Cash Prizes for Top Three Places


To be eligible, applicant must be currently enrolled in grades 9-12 (school or home school) and not have a high school diploma. Ten finalists will be selected on the basis of recorded auditions to compete in the live final round at the Flute Festival Mid-South at the University of Memphis. Cash prizes of $200, $100, and $50 will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. The first place winner will perform in the closing gala recital playing his/her audition piece. Previous Mid-South first prize winners are ineligible.

Each entrant will record a piece of their choice, six minutes or less, in length. Single movements of multi-movement pieces are acceptable, and selections may be edited with cuts to fit the time requirement. Pieces that require accompaniment will be recorded with accompaniment. Smartmusic© may be used for accompaniment in the recorded round if desired. TWO recorded copies of the selected pieces must be in the hands of the competition chair NO LATER THAN JANUARY 15, 2008, along with completed application form and fees. Finalists will be notified in February. Finalists will have six minutes in the final round to perform, or if the selection is longer, the performer will be stopped, without penalty, after six minutes.


The recorded audition must be on a CD disk (preferred) or a new, high quality cassette tape. Recordings must be unedited. The recording may include studio as well as concert performances as long as no editing has occurred. The recording device may be stopped between movements in multi-movement works. Recording found to have been edited will result in the applicant's disqualification. There may by NO IDENTIFICATION on the recording or box and NO SPEAKING. The applicant's name, address, and competition entered must appear ONLY on the outer package. Recordings will be coded and sent to the appropriate judging committee with only the code number identification. Failure to follow these requirements will result in disqualification.

 

Remember, deadline January 15

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Dr. Lisa Read-Vanarsdel
Dept. of Music, Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN 37044
Home 931.645.3325
Office 931.648.7684
vanarsdell@apsu.edu