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AUDITION PROGRAM

  • Each applicant must submit one DVD and three CD recordings of the same program. The selections do not have to all be recorded at the same time, but the DVD recording must be made at the same time as the CD recording. The name of the applicant must not appear on the CD label.

  • The Audition Program must be no less than 45 minutes and no more than 50 minutes. Complete works are not required. The program must include representative works from the following periods/styles:
    1. Baroque
    2. Classical
    3. Romantic
    4. 20th-21st Century

  • All works must be performed from memory.

  • The DVDs will only be used by SAIPC for verification of the identity of the applicants and to confirm that the Audition Program was performed from memory. The Audition Judges will not receive or view the DVDs.

  • SAIPC will assign a number to each applicant, which will be placed on each CD submitted by that applicant. Each of the applicant's CDs will then be sent to the three respective Audition Judges. Thus, the name of the performer on each CD will remain anonymous to the Audition Judges.

  • The Audition Judges will collectively select twelve Competitors to be invited to participate in the Competition, as well as six applicants to serve as Alternates in the event any of the Competitors are unable to attend.


THE COMPETITION

General Information

  • Notification of results of the Audition Round will be sent to all applicants no later than June 1, 2012.

  • Each of the twelve Competitors, as well as the six Alternates, must submit the programs she or he intends to perform in each round no later than August 15, 2012 (email is encouraged).

  • The duration of each program must be within the minimum and maximum time limits listed for each Competition Round (see below). Time limits include times between movements and times between works. Failure to adhere to these time limitations may result in disqualification at the discretion of the Jury.

  • The SAIPC Artistic Committee will have final approval of programs submitted for each round. If the Competitor has questions regarding acceptability of a particular musical selection, she or he should email Terence Frazor, Chair of the Artistic Committee, at the following address:

    frazort@gmail.com

  • All works must be performed from memory (to be verified by the DVD recording).

  • No work performed in one Competition Round may be repeated in another round. However, works performed on the Audition Program (the CD and DVD) may be repeated in the Competition Rounds.

  • Any Medalist or winner of a Best Performance Award must remain in San Antonio and perform in the Winners Recital in order to receive his or her monetary prize. Other Competitors who do not advance to subsequent rounds are welcome but not required to stay through the remainder of the Competition.

Preliminary Round (October 16-17):

  • Each Competitor in the Preliminary Round will perform a program of 40-45 minutes. The program must be comprised of a combination of works from the following periods/styles:
    • Baroque
    • Romantic

  • At the end of the Preliminary Round, the Jury will announce the names of eight Semifinalists to proceed to the Semifinal Round.

  • At the end of the Preliminary Round, the Jury will also announce the winners of the following awards:
    • Best Performance of a Work by a Baroque Composer
    • Best Performance of a Work by a Romantic Composer

Semifinal Round (October 18-19):

  • Each Semifinalist will perform a program of 40-45 minutes. The program must be comprised of a combination of the following :
    • One complete Sonata by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven or Schubert
    • Work(s) by an Impressionist, Spanish or Latin American composer

  • At the end of the Semifinal Round, the Jury will announce the names of the five Finalists to proceed to the Final Round.

  • At the end of the Semifinal Round, the Jury will also announce the winners of the following awards:
    • Best Performance of a Work by a Classical Composer
    • Best Performance of a Work by a Spanish or Latin American Composer

Final Round (October 20):

  • Each Finalist will perform a program of 45-50 minutes. The program must be comprised of a combination of the following :
    • Commissioned Work
    • 20th and 21st Century work(s)

  • Note: A Romantic-style work composed during the 20th Century, such as by Rachmaninoff or Scriabin, may be performed in either the Preliminary Round (Romantic category) or the Final Round (20th Century category). If the Competitor chooses to perform such a work during the Final Round, the program should also include a more contemporary-style 20th Century work.

  • At the end of the Final Round, the Jury will announce the names of the three medalists and the winner of the Best Performance of a 20th or 21st-century Work.

  • At the end of the Final Round, composer Paul Moravec will announce the winner of the award for Best Performance of the Commissioned Work.


WINNERS RECITAL (October 21)

  • All monetary prizes will be presented during the Winners Recital.

  • All medalists and winners of Best Performance Awards will perform at the Winners Recital.

  • Choice of repertoire for the three medalists will be determined in consultation with the Jury and the Chairman of the SAIPC Artistic Committee in order to ensure a balanced program. Each winner of a Best Performance Award will perform the work(s) upon which the award was based, except that the Jury and the Chair of the SAIPC Artistic Committee may limit the performance to a single piece or movement in order to ensure a balanced program.