Khuner Young Artist Concerto Competition
How to Apply:
- Complete the Application Form below (Application period: September 1 – October 15)
- Pay the $60 application fee
Application Requirements:
- The Competition is open to Bay Area string, woodwind, brass, harp and percussion players who are 18 years of age or younger on the date of the audition.
- Auditioners select their composition – a concerto or work for solo instrument and orchestra – and must be ready to play the entire concerto from memory at the time of audition.
- Auditioners must arrange for their own piano accompanist and provide the piano score for the audition.
- Applicants must be able to perform at the prescheduled concert, usually the last Sunday afternoon in January in Oakland.
The Auditions:
- The audition is held in Albany, usually on a Saturday in late October.
- Auditions run between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
- After the application period closes, auditioners are given an assigned time and asked to confirm. Auditions cannot be rescheduled to a different date.
- Auditioners are given directions to the location and an arrival time to allow for warm-up.
- As only 10 to 20 minutes is allotted to each audition, the judge will ask auditioners to play only representative passages.
- Please bring to the audition one copy of the solo part for the judge.
- Teachers and family are welcome but cannot be in the audition room. We provide a comfortable waiting area.
The Winner:
- The Competition Winner will be informed approximately one week after the auditions. Other auditioners are advised by email of the outcome and invited to audition next season.
- The Winner is to provide a photo and bio for the Orchestra’s website, concert publicity and the concert program.
- The Winner must attend Monday evening rehearsals in the East Bay (usually at Merritt College) as well as a dress rehearsal on the Wednesday before the concert at the concert site.
- The Winner will perform in concert with the Prometheus Symphony Orchestra, usually on the last Sunday in January at 3 p.m. in Oakland.
- The Winner will receive a $300 award, a professional recording of the performance with the Prometheus Symphony Orchestra, and a framed certificate.
Questions? Email us at: ConcertoCompetition@PrometheusSymphony.org
