ELIGIBILITY
In order to compete, you must be between 19 and 30 (inclusive) on December 1. You must not be, and never have been, under professional management.

REPERTOIRE

Audition Recording Requirements:
Three identical cassettes or CDs (approximately 15 minutes in duration) should include a required piece and one piece of your own selection.

Required Pieces:
Flute: Frank Martin - Ballade
Oboe: Eugene Goossens - Concerto
Clarinet: Claude Debussy - Première Rapsodie
Bassoon: Carl Maria von Weber - Andante and Hungarian Rondo
Saxophone: Jacques Ibert - Concertina da Camera

Semi-Finals Requirements:
1. Required Piece from above Audition Recording Requirements.
2. Three works of contrasting styles and periods.
Changes to repertoire will not be accepted after November 1.

Finals Requirements:
Your performance selections will be determined by the Event Coordinator and the contestant from your semi-finals repertoire.

NOTIFICATION
If you are accepted for the Semi-Finals, you will be notified of your acceptance during the first week in November. You will receive your Audition time assignments later.

JUDGES
Distinguished musicians will adjudicate at all levels. JUDGES' DECISIONS WILL BE FINAL.

FINALS
The Finals will be a public concert with a jury, the performed selections to be chosen from the semi-finals repertoire by the judges. If you are chosen to perform in the Public Finals Concert, you are entitled to two free passes for friends and/or family. Admission tickets will be available for adults; under age 18 is free.

DRESS
Please be prepared to wear appropriate concert attire if you are chosen to participate in the December 2nd Public Finals Concert.

TRAVEL & LODGING
You are responsible for your own travel arrangements. If you so indicate on your application form, we can arrange for overnight accommodations in local homes. All arrangements must be completed by November 24.

ACCOMPANISTS
Contestants should try to provide their own accompanists, who must be available for both the Semi-Finals on December 1 and the Finals on December 2. If necessary, arrangements for an accompanist can be made through the Competition with the following stipulations:

1. You must send your music by 2-3 day service no later than three days after acceptance to the Semi-Finals. Take care to choose repertoire that can be adequately prepared in limited rehearsal time, and please avoid music in manuscript.

2. You must send a check for $150, payable to Connecticut Alliance for Music, with the music to cover one rehearsal, the Semi-Finals, and (if applicable) the public Finals Concert. Fees received after November 20 are non-refundable.

3. Audition time and rehearsal time will be assigned in advance by mail or phone. Additional rehearsal time may be scheduled by arrangement with the accompanist.

Your Application Package must contain all of the following:
_____ 1. Completed and Signed Application Form. We suggest you make and keep a photocopy for your files.
_____ 2. Three Identical Cassette Tapes or CDs. In order to preserve your anonymity with the judges, please do not write your name on the tapes or CDs themselves, but do print on the CASE of the cassette or CD your name and selections, including titles, keys, movements, opus numbers, etc. Since your tapes are all the judges will know about you, please submit professional quality recordings, but not from performances with orchestral accompaniment. Submitted tapes will be used for audition purposes only and will not be returned.
_____ 3. Two Letters of Recommendation from musicians of acknowledged standing. NOTE: These may be mailed separately, but applications cannot be considered complete until the letters are on file.
_____ 4. A Legible Copy of Your Birth Certificate, Passport, or Driver's License.
_____ 5. $40 Entry Fee (non-refundable). Please make your check payable to "Connecticut Alliance for Music, Inc."
_____ 6. A Brief Biography of Yourself (one or two paragraphs), along with details of your training and performance experience.
_____ Your completed Application Package must be postmarked no later than October 6, 2007, and received by us no later than October 9, 2007.

Call Doris Goltzer, Competition Coordinator, at (203) 227-9401
or the Connecticut Alliance for Music office at (203) 319-8271.