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ADM Concerto Competition Rules

Arthur D. Montzka 2011 Young Artists Concerto Competition

Open to instrumentalists who are 18 years of age and younger as of January 2, 2011 and who are residents of Illinois.

The winner of the competition will perform with the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra at the Northern Illinois University Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, DeKalb, Illinois, on Saturday, March 5, 2011, 3:00 pm.

The winner of the competition will receive $350 for the performance.

Repertoire requirements: one or more movements of a solo concerto or an appropriate one-movement composition with orchestral accompaniment, the total performance time not to exceed twenty minutes.

Each contestant's application must include:

  1. An audio cassette or CD recording of the contestant's performance with accompaniment of the selected work.
  2. A 5x7 publicity photograph
  3. A biography (no resumes)
  4. A non-refundable $35.00 entry fee. Make check payable to the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
  5. Application form with the endorsement of a music teacher, preferably a private music teacher, familiar with the applicant's performance ability.
  6. Application materials will be returned only if a self-addressed stamped envelope is included with the application.

The selected work should not be a piece which has been played in the last five years (see below):

2010
Ryan Murphy: Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D Minor, Op. 47
Nathan Noh: Tchaikosvsky: Concerto No. 1 for Piano in Bb Minor, Op 23.

2009
Kevin Hu: Vieuxtemps: Concerto No. 5 for Violin in A Minor, Op. 37

2008:
Mindy Park:  Shostakovich:  Concerto No. 1 for Cello in Eb Major, Op. 107
Vincent Meklis:  Ravel:  Tzigane for Violin

2007:
Benjamin Lash:  Hindemith:  Concerto for Cello, 1940
Christine, Murphy:  Bizet:  Carmen Fantasy for Flute

2006:
Kevin Korda: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Useful information:

The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1976, is a non-profit institution under the statutes of the state of Illinois. Its programs are enhanced by nationally known guest conductors and soloists from the Sycamore-DeKalb area. The orchestra’s concerts and policies are administered through the efforts of its Music Director, Linc Smelser, the Orchestra Players Committee, and a fifteen-member Board of Directors composed of citizens from the community.

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