Greater Bridgeport Symphony Carlson Horn Competition for Young Instrumentalists

2012 Greater Bridgeport Symphony Carlson Horn Competition

for Young Instrumentalists

PRIZES:
1^st Prize: 
$1000 and 
a performance with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony 
on the June 16, 2012 Side-by-Side Concert at the Klein at 4pm
2^nd Prize: 
$500
3^rd Prize: 
$250

All remaining Finalists will receive certificates of Honorable Mention

All Finalists must also perform on the GBS Carlson Horn Finalist Recital on 
March 4, 2012 at 3:00 pm at the Steinway Gallery of Westport.

The Application Deadline has passed.  Please come to the Finals on Sunday, January 22 at 1PM.

 ELIGIBILITY:
The Competition is open to all instrumentalists who are residents of or study in Fairfield or New Haven County, Connecticut, and are thirteen (13) through eighteen (18) years of age. Applicants must have reached their thirteenth birthday, but not have reached their nineteenth birthday by the date of the Preliminary Competition, January 21, 2012.  First Prize winners are not eligible to compete in subsequent competitions. All Finalists will receive an award certificate.

MUSIC SELECTION:
Contestants must be prepared to perform a movement of a concerto plus a work of a contrasting composer, period, style and tempo. The Concerto movement must be no more than 20 minutes and the solo piece may be no more than 8 minutes.  The total combined amount of music must be at least 15 minutes.  All repertoire is subject to approval by the GBS Music Director and GBS Executive Director.

All performances must be by memory.

ACCOMPANISTS:
Each competitor must be accompanied and must bring his or her own accompanist.  The GBS may be able to recommend an accompanist, if necessary.

COMPETITION SCHEDULE:
PRELIMINARY ROUND:
Saturday, January 21, 2012. Contestants will be notified of his/her exact time of performance and efforts will be made to accommodate competitors and accompanists’ schedules.  All contestants must audition in person.  The Preliminary Competition is not open to the public.
FINAL ROUND:
Sunday, January 22, 2012 beginning at 1:00 pm and is free and open to the public.  There will be 5-8 Finalists chosen from the competitors in the Preliminary Round.  Order of Finalists will be determined by lots after the Preliminary Round, and Finalists will be notified of performance and warm up time on Saturday night via email.  The same music performed for the Preliminary Round must be performed for the Final Round as well.

COMPETITION LOCATION:
Both the Preliminary and the Final Rounds will be held at the Arnold Bernhard Arts & Humanities Center, University of Bridgeport, 84 Iranistan Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut.

RECOMMENDED ATTIRE:
Women: long dress or skirt
Men: suit or sport jacket, dress shirt and tie

AWARD DECISIONS:
The Greater Bridgeport Symphony and a committee of qualified judges will be the jury for the competition and have complete discretion of the jury to award any prizes, including First Prize. All decisions are final.

RECORDING:
No individual recording of any kind of any Carlson Horn event is allowed.

APPLICATION DEADLINE and ENTRY FEE:
Applications must be submitted online by January 4, 2012 at
ONLINE GBS-CH APPLICATION FORM 

$40 Application fee may be paid in any of the three following ways:

1. by credit card online at the competition page listed above
2. by credit card by phone – call the GBS office (203) 576-0263
3. by check made payable to “GBS” and mailed to GBS, 446 University Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604

The application will not be considered complete until the application fee is paid. 

RELEASE:
All applicants must agree to:

1. adhere to all stipulations stated above;
2. allow audio and video taping and broadcast of all Carlson Horn activities for non-commercial and general promotional use by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony; and,
3. perform on the March 4, 2012 Finalist Recital and the June 16, 2012 GBS/GBYO Side-by-Side Concert if required by the stipulations of the prize.  If these conditions are not met, the applicant may forfeit his or her prize and it will be up to the discretion of the GBS Carlson Horn Committee, GBS Music Director and/or GBS Executive Director to determine if the prize will be awarded to another competitor. 

DOWNLOAD COMPETITION RULES

FOR INFORMATION, CALL: (203) 576-0263 or email GBSED@GBS.org

Also all High School Seniors should also consider applying to the
Stamford Symphony Instrumental Scholarship Competition.