YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION, March 12-13, 2021
First place winner $1,000
Second place winner $500
Third place winner $300


YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION: March 12-13, 2021

First place winner $1,000
Second place winner $500
Third place winner $300

Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 30 on Feb. 28, 2021. Previous Mid-South first place winners are ineligible. Three finalists will be selected on the basis of recorded auditions to compete live in the final round at the 2021 Mid-South Flute Festival at Ouchita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, AR. The finalists will perform in the gala recital playing one of the three final round pieces, chosen by the judges. 

Preliminary Round Required Repertoire:
  1. Danza de la Marisposa by Valerie Coleman (Presser)
  2. Partita in a minor, Mvmt III Sarabane (no repeats) for solo flute by J.S. Bach (Barenreiter)

Instructions for the Preliminary Round:
  1. Pay the online entry fee.
  2. Complete the application form.
  3. Record each required 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. smithconcertino.mp3 and smithsonata.mp3).
  5. Upload both files into a Dropbox folder and label that folder with your name.
  6. Share your Dropbox folder with the following email address: YAcompetition@midsouthflute.org

Recordings must be unedited or the entry will be disqualified. 
Besides the application, name of file, and name of folder, any other form of identification will result in disqualification.
Preliminary Round upload due date: December 7, 2020

Rules for Final Round:
All participants will be notified of their status by January 15, 2021 and finalists must confirm attendance to the final round by January 20, 2021. The Mid-South Flute Society will provide a collaborative pianist for the final round repertoire. Finalists will perform one of the final round repertoire pieces at the gala concert on March 13, 2020 as decided by the competition jury. All finalists will receive written comments from the competition jury. The jury's decision is final.

Final Round Required Repertoire:
  1. Inspirations by David Baker
  2. ​​Piece for solo flute chosen by the applicant (5 to 10 minutes in length)





Please send any questions to:
Mary Matthews
585-319-8005
YAcompetition@midsouthflute.org
Tennessee Tech University
1150 N. Dixie Avenue 
Bryan Fine Arts 306
Cookeville, TN 38505​