Youth Performance Competition
Eligibility
- Contestants must be younger than 19 years of age as of June 18th, 2011.
- Contestants must not be high school graduates who are enrolled in a post-secondary institution such as a college, university or post-secondary conservatory as of June 19th, 2011.
- Contestants cannot hold a post-secondary degree of any kind.
Prizes
1st prize: $ 750
2nd prize: $ 500
3rd prize: $ 250
Required Piece
One piece from an Italian Composer from the 19th or 20th century (This includes, but is not limited to works by Carulli, Sor, Castelnuovo-Tadesco, Giuliani and/or others)
Competition Rounds
- Preliminary round: 8-12 minutes of playing time, including required piece
- Final round: 15-20 minutes of playing time. Free choice. Preliminary round pieces may be repeated. The required piece from the Preliminary round may also be repeated.
- Individual movements from major works are acceptable.
- No concertos or chamber music will be permitted.
Requirements that apply to both Adult and Youth Competitions
- All pieces must be performed on a nylon-string, classical guitar.
- All works must be performed from memory.
- If possible, contestants should bring one copy of each score to present to the jury upon request.
- The judges’ decisions are final. The judges reserve the right to hear all or part of the prepared works and may stop competitors at any point. Time on stage before and between pieces is generally not counted towards the total time limit except when deemed as excessive by the judges. Performances going over the time limit may be stopped at no penalty to the contestant.
- All applications will be acknowledged upon receipt.
- Boston GuitarFest has the right to limit the number of participants based on a first come, first serve basis.
- Performance times will be determined by a random drawing. Special requests cannot be accommodated.
- Failure to appear at the appointed time will result in disqualification.
