YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION: March 6-7, 2020

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


YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION: March 6-7, 2020

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, 2020. 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 North Alabama. 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. Concertino by Cecile Chaminade (G. Schirmer)
  2. Sonata in a minor, Mvmt II Allegro (no repeats) for solo flute by C.P.E. Bach  (Henle Verlag)

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 number in the file and folder, any other form of identification will result in disqualification.
Preliminary Round upload due date: December 13, 2019

Rules for Final Round:
All participants will be notified of their status by February 1, 2020 and finalists must confirm attendance to the final round in January 2020. 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 7, 2020. All finalists will receive written comments from the competition jury. The jury's decision is final.

Final Round Required Repertoire:
  1. Sonata, Mvmts I, II by Mel Bonis (Kossack)
  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​