2008 Composition Competition for High School Students

Award

A $40,000* undergraduate scholarship from Indiana University ($10,000 per year for four years) for a major in composition at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. * A $20,000 scholarship ($5,000 per year for four years) will be awarded if the competition winner is an Indiana resident.

Eligibility

• Entrants must be currently enrolled in an accredited public or private high school in North America, graduating in 2009. There is no restriction concerning citizenship.
• Composers entering the competition should be prepared to enter college or university in the fall of 2009.
• To be eligible to receive the award, the winner of the competition must be accepted into an undergraduate degree program of the Indiana University School of Music Composition Department.* Composers entering the competition need not apply for admission to Indiana University at this time.

Submissions

• Composers are invited to submit legible scores for up to two (2) works, of any instrumentation and duration. Your music should be reproduced and bound; do not send original manuscripts. An audio CD of the music of one or both of the scores may be submitted as supplemental material. These recordings may be MIDI realizations, but please do not send data CD's of MIDI files. If you wish to have your materials returned, enclose a self-addressed envelope with proper postage; scores submitted without return postage will become the property of the School of Music. Though every precaution will be taken, Indiana University does not assume liability for loss or damage to materials.
• Students entering the competition should complete the competition entry form.

Click here for on-line entry form.

Judging

The competition will be judged by the Indiana University School of Music composition faculty; the decision of the judges is final. If in their opinion no submitted works are worthy of the award, none will be made.

Address and deadline

Scores and completed competition entry forms should be sent to:

High School Composition Competition
Composition Department
School of Music
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405

Submissions must be postmarked by December 1, 2008.

Notification

• Finalists will be notified by January 20, 2009
• The winning composer will be notified by March 15, 2009

Previous Winners 

* Among the determinants for admission to Indiana University and the School of Music are an audition in at least one area of performance, the evaluation of scores by the composition faculty, and an examination in the basic knowledge of music theory. For full details on admission, please contact:

Music Admissions and Financial Aid
Indiana University School of Music
Bloomington IN 47405
(812) 855-7998
School of Music Admissions Website  
e-mail: musicadm@indiana.edu