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Student/Collegiate Awards
and Competitions
College
groups, music schools, music departments of colleges and
universities in the 16-26 age bracket may become a federated
Student/Collegiate Associate club with mass enrollment.
Membership entitles enrolled collegiate students access to
numerous NFMC/IFMC monetary awards.
Take note
and mark your calendars! The Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
(IFMC) will hold its State Biennial Student/Collegiate
Auditions in 2013. This competition includes thirteen
classifications of performance: piano, organ, harp,
classical guitar, man's voice, woman's voice, violin, viola, violincello, double bass, orchestral woodwinds (flute, oboe,
bassoon, saxophone, clarinet), orchestral brass (French
horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba), and percussion.
To be
eligible a student must be an NFMC member by either studying
at a Federated College or by being an Individual Student
Special Member. Age requirements for instrumentalists and
voice entrants are ages 19 through 26. The application, repertoire
requirements, Student Fact Sheet (including instructions for
auditioning by CD) and Certification Letter, are available
online at
www.nfmc-music.org.
For information and forms on
the following NFMC awards and competitions, plus many more
opportunities visit
www.nfmc-music.org
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Young
Composers (6 named awards annually): instrumental
sonata, chorus, solo piano, accompanied solo voice
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· Victor
Herbert/ASCAP Awards
$1200 and $900
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· Hatz
Recognition Award 2 @
$100
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· Nadworney
Awards (for accompanied solo voice)
$350
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Richter American Music Composition Award
$1250
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Lynn
Freeman Olson Composition Award (in odd years) -
$1,500
To find
out more about the thousands of dollars NFMC offers
collegiate students in Music Therapy, Music Education and
Performance awards visit
www.nfmc-music.org or
contact Judy Hyland at
hylands4@mchsi.com.
Junior Awards and Competitions
NFMC Essay Contest
Attention students grade 7 - 12! Write an essay for the
NFMC Essay Contest.
A $50.00
cash award is given to the winning entry in EACH state.
Essay must be written on the NFMC National Music Week theme
for the current year.
Entry
deadline is February 1 of that year.
Information and entry form can be found on the web at
www.nfmc-music.org
IFMC Essay Contest
IFMC Juniors grades 3-6, don’t miss the IFMC state essay
contest!
Essay
must be written on the NFMC National Music Week theme for
the
current year.
One $50 award will be given to a junior for the essay with
the best use of the theme.
Sharpen
those pencils and begin NOW so this award will not be “lost”
because of no entries!
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