2013 Young Artist Competition

Eligibility: The competition is open to all clarinetists who shall not have reached the age of 27 by January 1, 2014 (i.e., born on or after January 1, 1987) and are not currently under major artist management.
Application: Please submit the ONLINE APPLICATION and mail a print-out of the confirmation page along with your other application materials. Send materials postmarked no later than Friday, April 5, 2013 to:

Maxine Ramey, ICA President-Elect
School of Music
32 Campus Drive
Music Building, Room 101
The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana 59812
e-mail: maxinerameyica@gmail.com
phone: 406-243-4518

CONTEST RULES

Application fee: $50 US. All applicants must be members of the ICA and submit the Competition Application. Please mail the print-out of the confirmation page as this will serve as proof of ICA membership and payment of application fee. Non-members wishing to apply may join the ICA by including the appropriate membership fee with their contest application fee. If you choose the option to pay by check or money order in the online application process, please be sure to include appropriate payment with your application materials. The application fee is non-refundable.
Recording Instructions: Please provide a high quality recording on compact disk (CD-R) containing the following repertoire in the exact order listed. Repertoire must be recorded with accompaniment when appropriate. Any published edition is acceptable. Each selection/movement should be ID coded as tracks. Audiocassettes will not be accepted. Please be aware that the quality of the recording will influence the judges. Recordings should not be edited and only continuous performances of entire works or movements are allowed.
A photocopy of the contestant's driver's license, passport or birth certificate as proof of age.
Both the private teacher, if any, and the contestant attest in a separate written and signed statement that the recording is the playing of the contestant and has not been edited.
A summer mailing address, telephone number and email address should be provided. Email is the preferred means of communication. Please check your email regularly as this is how you will be contacted.

Click here for our online Competition Application.

JUDGING

Judging of recordings will be conducted with no knowledge of the contestant. Do not include any identification on the CD-R or box. There should be no speaking on the recording such as announcing of compositions.

Preliminary judging will be by recorded audition. Semi-finalists will be chosen by committee. Notification will be sent by Monday, May 6, 2013. Semi-final and final rounds will be held at the ClarinetFest® 2013, to be held in Assisi, Italy, July 24-28, 2013. Semi-finalists will receive a waiver of registration fees for ClarinetFest® 2013. Travel and other expenses will be the responsibility of the contestant. Visa and travel arrangements are solely the responsibility of the contestant.

Repertoire for the semi-final and final rounds of competition will consist of selections from the works listed above. A pianist will be provided for competitors in the semi-final and final rounds. Memorization is not required. All contestants will accept the decision of the judges as final. Past first-prize winners are not eligible to compete.

All recordings will become the property of the ICA and will not be returned.

PRIZES

First prize - $4,000 U.S. and a professional clarinet
Second prize - $2000 U.S.
Third prize - $1,000 U.S.

The Young Artist Competition is generously sponsored in part by The Buffet Group, Leblanc (Conn-Selmer), Rico, L. Rossi Clarinets, Henri Selmer Paris, and Yamaha.

The I.C.A. assumes no tax liability that competition winners may incur through receiving prize money. Individuals are responsible for investigating applicable tax laws and reporting prize winnings to requisite government agencies.