YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION, March 24-25, 2023
First place winner $1,000
Second place winner $500
Third place winner $300

Meet the winners of the 2021 competition here.


YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION: March 24-25, 2023

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

Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 30 on March 24, 2023. 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 2023 Mid-South Flute Festival at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. 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. Adolphus Hailstork, Yuhwa for solo flute
  2. Georg Phillipp Telemann, Fantasia No. 5 

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: January 1, 2023

Rules for Final Round:
All participants will be notified of their status by January 20, 2023 and finalists must confirm attendance to the final round by January 25, 2023. 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 24, 2023 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. Samuel Zyman, Cansión de Cuna for flute and piano
  2. One piece for solo flute to be chosen by the applicant (5-10 minutes in length)
Please send any questions to:
Deanna Little
Professor of Flute, Middle Tennessee State University

YAcompetition@midsouthflute.org
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