Concerto and Solo Competitions

Concerto Competition 2024

• Who is Eligible: any student who is participating for the entirety of their program
• Cost to Audition: $50 – collaborative artist fee (see below)
• Video Submission Deadline (pre-festival): with application form by 11:59 pm EDT, Monday, April 29, 2024
• Concertos: Select ONE movement from a concerto found in the public domain. All concertos must be approved prior to entry in the competition.  To confirm that a concerto will be approved, please email sharalynn@christianperformingart.org

• First Round: pre-festival
  • A high quality video/audio recording, with accompaniment, must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm EDT, Monday, April 29, 2024.  Recordings must be made in one take, beginning to end with no splicing. Recordings must be uploaded to YouTube and set to allow viewing by the selection committee without additional permission requests.
  • Complete the application. Concerto Competition Application. (Please have all links ready to submit with the form.  Incomplete submissions will not be considered for the pre-hearing round.)
• Finalist Selection:
  • After notification, finalists must submit a $50 registration fee to cover the collaborative artist fee by 11:59 pm EDT, Friday, May 31, 2024.
• Concerto Finals Concert: Thursday, June 20, 2024, 8:15 pm.

• Final Performance with Orchestra: Winners of the Concerto Finals Concert will perform with the Festival Orchestra on the final concert.

Solo Honors Recital 2024

• Eligibility: any student who is participating for the entirety of their program. (Semi-finalists and finalists for the Concerto Competition will not be eligible.  In the event that the Concerto Competition finalists have not been announced, students may enter the Solo Honors Recital with the understanding that they will withdraw if selected for the Concerto finals.)
• Cost: none
• Video Submission Deadline (pre-festival): 11:59 pm EDT, Monday, May 27, 2024.
• Submission Video: high-quality video recording, with accompaniment (if applicable).  Recording must be completed in one take, beginning to end, with no splicing and/or editing. Recordings must be uploaded to YouTube and set to allow viewing by the selection committee without additional permission requests.  Please note that the video must show the actual performance.
• Online Application: (see below)
• Piano accompaniment score (if applicable): must be received at the same time as the video recording.  Incomplete entries will be disqualified.
• Approved Works: 
  • solo (accompanied or unaccompanied) works, excluding concerti
  • single movement of multi-movement works
• Recital Date: third week of the Festival

Note: Repertoire may not be substituted for the recorded repertoire once the application has been submitted.   If selected to perform, the student must plan to play the work with which they auditioned by video submission.