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COLLEGE MASTERCLASS COMPETITION 2021 - Cancelled 
Unfortunately, we are cancelling the festival for 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic.  Any entries that were received for the masterclass competition will be fully refunded and we hope you will consider applying for the 2022 festival.

Application and recording due:
Required Repertoire: one piece not exceeding ten minutes

Applicant must be a full-time undergraduate student enrolled in any college major. Three performers will be selected on the basis of recorded auditions to play for the guest artist at the Mid-South Flute Festival 2021 at Ouchita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. 

Entrants are required to record one piece of their choice not exceeding ten minutes in length. Single movements of multi-movement pieces are acceptable. Unedited recordings may include studio as well as concert performances. Pieces that require accompaniment must be recorded with accompaniment. Smartmusic© or other prerecorded accompaniment may be used. 

Instructions for the Preliminary Round:
   1. Pay the online entry fee.
   2. Complete the application form.
   3. Record your piece in an individual file using either wave or MP3 format.
   4. Label each file with your last name and title of the piece (e.g. smithfaure.mp3 and smithibert.mp3).
   5. Email your recording file to this email address: jbanks@colled.msstate.edu  
   6. If you have issues emailing the recording, you can upload it to Dropbox and share the dropbox files with the email address listed above. Uploading recording file to Dropbox folder.

Recording and application due: Jan. 4, 2021

Dr. Jessica Banks
Masterclass Competition Chair
Email: jessicaleebanks@gmail.com