Young Guitarist Competition
Application Process
Raitt Recital Hall
Applicants will be asked to submit a visual audition, unedited, in NTSC format on DVD with clear audio of their playing. The camera should not be stopped between pieces. Competitors should also include a résumé of musical experience and a color or black-and-white photograph. Audio alone is not acceptable.
The audition, not to exceed 20 minutes, must include all of the following selections in addition to free-choice pieces.
• Etude No. 1 (Heitor Villa-Lobos) from 12 Etudes for Guitar (Editions Durand; distributed. by Hal Leonard Corp.) Click here to order.
• Preludio Americano No. 3 – Campo (Abel Carlevaro) from Preludios Americanos (Barry Editorial, distributed by Guitar Solo Publications) Click here to order.
• Rumores de la Caleta (Isaac Albéniz; arr. Christopher Parkening) from Romanza (Hal Leonard Corp.) Click here to order.
• Free Choice Piece(s)
All applications must be received by 5 p.m. on Monday, February 6, 2012. Ten competitors will be chosen from the applicants. Competitors will be notified by March 23, 2012. Audition materials will not be returned.
Age Requirements
Applicants to the Parkening Young Guitarist Competition must have been born on or after May 29, 1994. If you are younger than 17 and still wish to apply to the Parkening International Guitar Competition, you may do so.Application Form
Click here to download the printable application form.
