Klarinet Archive - Posting 000442.txt from 1995/02

From: "David B. Niethamer" <NIETHAMER@-----.BITNET>
Subj: ICA Young Artist Competition
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 08:48:49 -0500

Installment 2 - the 1995 Young Artists Competition of the International
Clarinet Association. ** Please note** This is a different competition
from the one posted yesterday. See the **age** and **repertoire**
requirements. I'll post the Composition Contest in the next day or so. For
information about the 1994 YAC contest, see the latest issue of "The
Clarinet".

David Niethamer
Internet Liaison
ICA
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INTERNATIONAL CLARINET ASSOCIATION
1995 YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETITION

Eligibility: Open to all clarinetists who shall not have reached the age of
27 years by January 1,1996.

Application: For all contestants, send materials postmarked no later than
Friday, April 28, 1995 to:

I.C.A. 1995 YAC
Alan Stanek, Coordinator
1352 E. Lewis Street
Pocatello, Idaho 83201 U.S.A.

CONTEST RULES

1. Application fee: $25 U. S. (current I.C.A. members) or $35 U.S. (nonmember)
made payable to I.C.A. in U.S. currency. This fee is nonrefundable.

2. Good quality cassette tape recording containing the following repertoire
in this order:

1. Claude Debussy - Premiere Rhapsodie (Durand)
2. Igor Stravinsky - Three Pieces (2nd & 3rd only) [Chester or IMC]
3. Carl Maria von Weber - Grand Duo Concertante (lst mvt. only)
[Cundy-Bettoney or IMC]

The recording should be made on new tape on one side only with an accompanist
where appropriate. Please be aware that the quality of the recording will
influence the judges.

3. A photocopy of the contestant's driver's license, passport, or birth
certificate as proof of age.

4. A separate written statement, signed by the contestant, attesting that the
recording is the playing of the contestant.

5. A summer address and telephone number should be provided if different from
those used during the academic year

Please note that no application form is required.

JUDGING

Judging of tapes will be conducted with no knowiedge of the contestant. Do not
include any identification on the cassette or on the cassette box. There should
be no speaking on the tape such as the announcing of compositions.

Preliminary judging will be by taped audition. Semifinalists will be chosen by
committee. Letters of notification will be mailed by Monday, May 15, 1995.
Semifinal and final rounds will be held at the 1995 ClarinetFest at Arizona
State University, Tempe from July 12 to 16, with repertoire consisting of the
works listed above.

Past first-prize winners are not eligible to compete. All contestants will
accept the decision of the judges as final. The I.C.A. will provide a pianist
for all semifinalists, and all semifinalists will receive free registration
at ClarFest '95. Travel expenses will be the responsibility of the contestants.

All cassettes will become the property of I.C.A. and will not be returned
unless a stamped, addresses envelope is provided. (Use U. S. postage or an
International Postal Coupon.)

Prizes: first prize - a new clarinet, $1,000, and a performance of the
Debussy Rhapsodie with orchestra; second prize - $750; third prize - $500