MODERN/CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

You can enter as performer or as a composer

• Art Music by contemporary/modern composers (20th and 21st century compositions).
• Movie themes, arrangements of commercial music, pop music, etc.
• Published or newly composed pieces.

Vocal or Instrumental: solo, choirs, bands, combos, chamber/ensemble music, etc.
Solo, duos, small and large groups (any number of performers).
Your vocals may be on microphone and electronically or digitally enhanced.
Any production method accepted: live, solo with piano or guitar accompaniment, back track, electronic music, etc.
​Your video may have editing.
One piece/composition per entry.

You will compete in age categories
         Young Musicians: age 7 and younger
         Junior 1: age 8 and 9
         Junior 2: ages 10 to 13 
         Senior: ages 14 to 18 
         Collegiate: age 19 to 26
         Open: 27+
         Mixed: mixed age groups 
Your age is calculated as on October 1st.
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• Updated starting October 2022: Competitors compete for Grand Prize 100%, First Prize with Honors, Second and Third prize, Honorable Mention or Merit per age category. All competitors get emailed pdf-certificates and a comment sheet report card with scores.
• Grand Prize (100%), 1st Prize with Honors (98% and 99%), First Prize (95-97%), Second Prize (90-94%), Third Prize (85-89%), Honorable Mention (80-84%), Merit (<80%).

​Sheet Music or Memorized.

​YouTube video link of your performance
Entry October 1-31
Results emailed on or before November 28
Results posted to our website on November 29

​Entry fee USD40 per entry (flat rate, no extra charge for number of players)