HOW TO APPLY
The application must contain the following:
1) Competition’s Registration Form
Ensembles’ members need to submit a registration form individually.
2) YouTube recordings
3) Application Fee

APPLICATIONS DEADLINE
Application Deadline: February 15, 2023
Applicants will be notified via email of their results no later than March 7, 2023.

AUDITION
YouTube auditions are open to instrumentalists (piano, strings, winds), vocalists, and chamber ensembles all nationalities and are divided into the age categories between 5 and 26: Group A (Age 5 – 6), Group B (Age 7 – 8), Group C (Age 9 – 10), Group D (Age 11 – 12), Group E (Age 13-14), Group F (Age 14 – 15), Group G (Age 16 – 18), Group H (Age 18-26). Recorded performances need to be sent as a link to YouTube

REPERTOIRE
Competition participants need to perform one piece (an additional selection of 2nd piece is optional) from a standard concert’s repertory from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or Modern Era and performed from memory. Sonata/Sonatina movement or a part of another cyclic form (Suite, Prelude & Fugue, etc.) is also acceptable.

Soloists must perform selections from memory. Ensembles and duet groups may use the score.

REPERTOIRE’s TIME LIMIT: 6 min

VIDEO RECORDS (Submission Quality Guidelines)
* YouTube recordings should be fair representations of the Applicant’s abilities.
* The recordings are not required to be of professional quality.
* All applicants must perform from memory (except Ensemble) and no-repeat
* The recording must be clearly labeled with your name.
* The recording must be free of background noise and distortion