For
ages 17 - 35 years
Download Application
Important Dates To Remember
Preliminary Tape
Deadline
Tuesday, February 1, 2007
Final Competition
Saturday, March 8, 2007
Winner to perform
with the
Kankakee Valley Symphony
Orchestra
Saturday, April 21, 2007
THIS COMPETITION IS AN AREA COMPETITION.
STATES INCLUDED: ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN, IOWA, MISSOURI,
TENNESEE, KENTUCKY, INDIANA AND MICHIGAN.
Allan Dennis - Music
Director/Conductor
For more information,
you may contact Ken Bade at
musicman10@ameritech.net
Reasons
for the Competition
1.
To help launch the career of worthy young performing artists.
2.
To broaden the awareness of and increase interest in the activities
of the Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra Association.
3.
This competition is known as an "area" competition. This means
that piano instructors in colleges and universities in the states of
Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and
Michigan will be sent this form for their student's consideration.
4.
If a prospective entrant is studying piano in another state but is a
resident of one of the above-mentioned states, that person is eligible.
Rules Governing the Preliminary Competition
1.
Contestants must be seventeen (17) through thirty-five (35) years of
age, inclusive.
2.
Contestants may choose a piano concerto from the following suggested
composers. (Contact chairman if there is a question regarding a composer.)
Beethoven
Brahms
Chopin
Gershwin
Grieg
Kabalevsky |
Liszt
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Prokofieff
Rachmaninoff
Ravel Saint-Saens |
Schumann
Shostakovich
Tschaikovsky
Weber |
(The above are suggestions)
3.
Contestants must submit a contestant's application blank accompanied
by a $20.00 entrance fee made payable to Kankakee Valley Symphony
Orchestra Association.
This
application and fee must be sent to:
Mr.
Kenneth Bade
Competition Chairman
P.O. Box 52
Kankakee, Illinois 60901
All applications, entrance fees, and tape recorded performances must
be received no later than February 1, 2007. CDs received without
proper application and entrance fees will not be judged. (Orchestra
part may be played on second piano). All concerto movements are to be
included in the CD presentation.
4. Contestants must include in their application the name of the concerto
which they will play at the competition.
5.
Contestants are to make a CD recording of their concerto. It is of great
advantage to the contestant if the recording is done well. CDs poorly
done do not leave a positive impression on adjudicators. (It is suggested
that the pianos be tuned before recording.)
The
recording must contain no speaking by anyone.
Please check microphone location for second piano.
6.
The contestants CD recording accompanied by the Confirmation of Recorded
Performance, properly signed, must be sent to the address given in paragraph
three.
All
CDs must be recorded no earlier than January 1, 2007.
7.
Contestants are required to include with their application a glossy
photograph of themselves, suitable for publicity
purposes, NO LARGER THAN 5” X 7”, AND
A DETAILED BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH DESCRIBING MUSICAL TRAINING, ETC.
Biographical sketch must be in “story form”.
This
is the most important!!
If these are not included the CD will not be judged!
8. CDs submitted will be judged by a panel of musicians, and no more
than five (5) finalists will be chosen to compete at Olivet Nazarene
University, Bourbonnais, Illinois on Saturday, March 17, 2007 beginning
at 11 a.m. Judges of the preliminary and final competition will not
be informed of the performers' identities until the judging has been
completed.
9.
The judges reserve the right to declare no winner in the preliminary
contest.
10.
CDs will be ranked in numerical order. FINALISTS(ONLY) WILL BE NOTIFIED
OF THEIR ELIGIBILITY immediately following the preliminary competition.
If any finalist should choose not to participate in the final competition,
the next ranking contestant will be eligible to compete in the finals.
11.
Pictures and CDs WILL NOT be returned unless indicated by
checking this box. Please check boxes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
before mailing tape entry!
THIS
IS VERY IMPORTANT!!
12.
The finalists chosen in the preliminary competition will be notified
by telephone no later than February 10, 2007 that they are eligible
for the final competition.
13.
Finalists will compete on Saturday, March 17, 2007 beginning at 11 a.m.
at the Olivet Nazarene University Campus, Bourbonnais, Illinois. Each
finalist will perform the concerto included on his/her preliminary competition
CD recording. (A pianist for the orchestra will be provided
by the contestant). There will be at least three(3)
judges.
14.
Finalists must have their concerto memorized and all movements
are to be played.
15.
The winner of the March 17, 2007, final competition will be presented
in the Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra season concert on Saturday,
April 21, 2007. Presentation of the $1,500 Grace B. Small Award will
be made following the concert. Motel accommodations for two nights will
be provided for the performer only! No mileage allowed.
16.
If the winner or runner-up is unable to fulfill the April concert requirements,
he/she automatically forfeits all honors, awards and prize money.
17.
The runner-up will be awarded $525, to be mailed immediately following
the finals competition. Remaining finalists will be sent checks for
$275 and travel expenses to Kankakee. Reimbursement will be paid at
the rate of forty cents per mile with a $110 maximum. Mileage estimates
will be those published by AAA.
18.
The winner of the finals may be requested to prepare program
notes.
19.
ENTRY FORM IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE KVSOA WEBSITE. If a form is needed,
please email musicman10@ameritech.net.
20.
The winner of the finals may not compete the following year.
