The Spanish Resource Center, the Latin American Music Center,
and the Office of Latino Affairs
announce
The First Annual Competition
in Performance of Hispano-American Music
The Annual Competition in Performance of Hispano-American Music seeks to promote the knowledge and performance of concert music from Spain and all countries in Latin America, including Brazil.
- The competition is open to students registered in a performance program at the Indiana University School of Music.
- The competitors must present one work by a Spanish composer and one work by a Latin American composer (born in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, or Venezuela). Solo or chamber music entries are acceptable. The total duration of the selections must not exceed 20 minutes.
- The competition has two Prize Categories:
a. Open Interpretation Prizes: to be awarded for the best performances of the set of Spanish and Latin American works, with any instrument or ensemble, except guitar. The first and second prize awards will be of U.S. $500 and $150, respectively.
b. Special Instrumental Focus: This category will rotate every year among voice, the different instrumental families, and chamber ensembles. It rewards extraordinary merit in the execution of the repertoire for the specific instrument. The Special Instrumental Focus of 1997 will be assigned to the guitar. There will be a first and second award of $400 and $150, respectively.
- The competition will involve three stages:
1. Preliminaries:
a. Applicants will submit a cassette with recordings of their performance of one Spanish and one Latin American work, totaling no more than 20 minutes of music in any proportion. The tape should be clearly identified with the name of the applicant and a listing of the works performed, including the composers' countries of origin.
In addition to the tape, applicants should also submit the items listed below:
b. Letter of application which includes the following information:
Name, address, phone and e-mail.
Major instrument or ensemble.
Name of the major teacher or chamber music coach.
Degree program.Listing of the repertoire to be played in the public competition, including the country of origin of the composers and the estimated timings. (Applicants may chose the same or different repertoire for the tape and the public competition.)
c. Letter of recommendation from the applied music teacher or chamber music coach.
The deadline for submission is September 14 , 1997.
The jury will select four semi-finalists for the Open category and four semi-finalists for the Special Instrumental Focus category. The results will be announced on September 24, 1997.
2. Semi-finals:
The eight semi-finalists will perform their selected repertoire before a jury composed of active and emeritus members of the School of Music faculty on October 6, 1997, between 10 am and 1 PM. The repertoire may be the same or different from the one submitted on tape, but it must include one Spanish and one Latin American work, for a total of no more than twenty minutes of music in any proportion. The jury may interrupt at any time. The semifinals will be open to the public. The jury will select two finalists for the Open category and two finalists for the Special Instrumental Focus Category (guitar). Results will be announced the same day.
3. Finals:
The four finalists will perform in a public recital in Auer Hall, October 7, 1997, at 4 PM, with the same repertoire as the semi-finals. The repertoire will be played in full. Prizes will be announced the same evening.
- Submissions:
All applications and tapes should be mailed or delivered in person to the Spanish Resource Center at 910 S.R. 46 Bypass, Bloomington, IN 47405 (the building just north of the Creative Arts Auditorium at 10th and the Bypass.)
All questions about the competition should be addressed
strictly through e-mail to lamc@indiana.edu
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