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
Printable Rules
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Printable entry forms may be found on our web site in
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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