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Student/Collegiate Awards
and Competitions
College
groups, music schools, music departments of colleges and
universities in the 16-26 age bracket may become a federated
Student/Collegiate Associate club with mass enrollment.
Membership entitles enrolled collegiate students access to
numerous NFMC/IFMC monetary awards. Here are just a few to
concentrate on for composition. Most encompass ages 19-25.
Take note
and mark your calendars! The Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
(IFMC) will hold its State Biennial Student/Collegiate
Auditions in 2011. This competition includes thirteen
classifications of performance: piano, organ, harp,
classical guitar, man's voice, woman's voice, violin, viola, violincello, double bass, orchestral woodwinds (flute, oboe,
bassoon, saxophone, clarinet), orchestral brass (French
horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba), and percussion. The IFMC
Student Auditions will be held by CD between February 19 and
March 10.
To be
eligible a student must be an NFMC member by either studying
at a Federated College or by being an Individual Student
Special Member. Age requirements for instrumentalists and
voice entrants are ages 19 through 26. The competition fee
is $30 for each category. There will be no refunds and the
postmark deadline for application is January 19, 2009. In
addition to receiving $1,000, first place state winners in
each category will be eligible to compete at the regional
level. First place winners at the regional level may go on
to compete at the national level ($1,500 for the national
winner in each category). The application, repertoire
requirements, Student Fact Sheet (including instructions for
auditioning by CD) and Certification Letter, are available
online at
www.nfmc-music.org.
For information and forms on
the following NFMC awards and competitions, plus many more
opportunities visit
www.nfmc-music.org
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Young
Composers (6 named awards annually): instrumental
sonata, chorus, solo piano, accompanied solo voice
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· Victor
Herbert/ASCAP Awards
$1200 and $900
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· Hatz
Recognition Award 2 @
$100
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· Nadworney
Awards (for accompanied solo voice)
$350
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Richter American Music Composition Award
$1250
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Lynn
Freeman Olson Composition Award (in odd years) -
$1,500
To find
out more about the thousands of dollars NFMC offers
collegiate students in Music Therapy, Music Education and
Performance awards visit
www.nfmc-music.org or
contact Judy Hyland at
hylands4@mchsi.com.
Junior Awards and Competitions
The 2010 NFMC Jr.
Compositions Competition
is open to
all members of NFMC in good standing, as either Active
Junior Club members or an Individual Junior Special Member.
The
competition includes four age categories (as of March 1,
2009):
Level I: 9 years and under;
Level II: 10-12;
Level III: 13-15; and
Level IV: 16-18.
Original
compositions will be judged at the state level, with all
composers receiving constructive comments from a qualified
judge. First and second place winners in each level will
receive a cash prize of $20.00 and $15.00. First and second
place compositions will be sent on to the Regional
Competition.
There will
be a scholarship, up to $300, awarded to a participant
between the ages of 14 and 18 as of March 1, 2009, to attend
the Jr. Composers Institute at Northwestern College,
Roseville, MN in July, 2009. If you are eligible and wish to
be considered for this scholarship, please indicate this on
the back of your entry form.
The
entry
deadline for
compositions to be received by the State Chair at the
address below is
on or before Tuesday, January 20, 2010.
Please
send:
1. CURRENT
ENTRY FORM (#JR 7-2)
2. Original
composition (hand-written or computer generated by
composer);
3. $1.25
NFMC Fee and the $5.25 State Fee (Total:
$6.50 per entry),
with
all
checks
made out to IFMC;
4. Self
addressed stamped envelope for each entry; and
5. tape
or CD recording of composition. This is highly recommended
for Levels 1 and II, and required for Levels III and IV as
well as for compositions for multiple instruments at any
level.
NFMC Essay Contest
Attention students grade 7 - 12! Write an essay for the
NFMC Essay Contest.
A $50.00
cash award is given to the winning entry in EACH state.
Essay must be written on the NFMC National Music Week theme
for 2011.
Entry
deadline is February 1, 2011.
Information and entry form can be found on the web at
www.nfmc-music.org
IFMC Essay Contest
IFMC Juniors grades 3-6, don’t miss the IFMC state essay
contest!
Essay
must be written on the NFMC National Music Week theme for
2011.
Entry deadline is February 16, 2011.
One $50 award will be given to a junior for the essay with
the best use of the theme.
Sharpen
those pencils and begin NOW so this award will not be “lost”
because of no entries!
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