YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION: March 22-23, 2019

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


YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION: March 22-23, 2019

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 31, 2019. 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 Mid-South Flute Festival 2019 at the University of Memphis, in Tennessee. The finalists will perform in the gala recital playing one of the three final round pieces, chosen by the judges. Pieces that require accompaniment must be recorded with accompaniment. Smartmusic©
may be used.

Preliminary Round Required Repertoire:
  1. Fantaisie for flute and piano by George Hue (Buillaudot)
  2. Image for solo flute by Eugene Bozza (Alphonse Leduc)

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. smithballade.mp3 and smithfantasie.mp3).
  5. Upload both files into a Dropbox folder and label that folder with your application number only.
  6. Share your Dropbox folder with the following email address: midsouthyoungartist@gmail.com

Recordings must be unedited or the entry will be disqualified. 
Besides the application number in the file and folder, any other form of identification will result in disqualification.
Preliminary Round upload due date: December 19, 2018

Rules for Final Round:
All participants will be notified of their status by January 8, 2018 and finalists must confirm attendance to the final round in January 2019. Finalists communicate with the competition coordinator about rehearsal with the piano collaborator. Mid-South Flute Society. Finalists are invited to perform their solo selection at the gala concert on March 23, 2019. All finalists will receive written comments from the competition jury. The jury's decision is final.

Final Round Required Repertoire:
  1. Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando by Phillippe Gaubert (Internatnoal)
  2. Duo for flute and piano by Aaron Copland (Boosey and Hawkes)
  3. ​Piece for solo flute chosen by the applicant (5 to 10 minutes in length)



Please send any questions to:
Dr. Whitney O’Neal
Assistant Professor of Flute
University of North Alabama
(256) 765-4707
whitneykarlin@gmail.com