How to Apply

Application

Submit an application form via online

Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, the rules have been adjusted

All participants are required to submit a YouTube link or a video file with the application
Virtual auditions on JANUARY 23 – 24, 2021

Complete an online application form and submit payment
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Rules and Regulations

Application

When applying for more than one competition, category or instrument, each requires a separate application form and fee
It is your responsibility to check the deadlines for application forms and YouTube link/Video file submissions.
Applications or submissions will not be accepted after the deadline
The age is determined by the day of the audition
All fees are non refundable

Audition

Auditions will be held VIRTUALLY amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Time limitation is 10 minutes for both audition and performance

Concert

No concert fee for the 1st place winners but mandatory Live Performance Copyright Fee will be required ($100)
Virtual Winners Concert fee for 2nd and 3rd Winners is $150
Honorable Mention Winners will receive a certificate only
Rehearsal schedules with CNJ orchestra for the 1st place concerto competition winners will be announced individually through e-mail
There is NO CHANGING of repertoire under any circumstances
Any form of recording is prohibited at both venues, The DiMenna Center and NV Hall at NV factory. Copyright © 2020 by Camerata New Jersey. All rights reserved. Photos and videos are protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting copying, distribution and decompilation
Performance time limit is 10 minutes. There is an extended performance time fee of $100 per minute

Repertoire Requirements

Concerto

One movement only (for both audition & recital)
All auditions must be performed from memory with no exception
Repertoire must gain approval from us. Please contact before apply
There is NO CHANGING of repertoire under any circumstances

Solo

No arranged music
Applicant may choose one piece from the standard repertoire (baroque, classical, romantic or contemporary) for the audition
One movement of a sonata could be accepted as one piece
All auditions must be performed from memory with the exception of contemporary pieces (post 1960 - present), chamber music and sonata pieces (except piano sonata)
No repeats should be taken at either audition or concert
There is NO CHANGING of repertoire under any circumstances

Ensemble

Ensemble category: Limit of 8 people per group
Concerto two or more category: Limit of 4 people per group
There is NO CHANGING of repertoire under any circumstances

Accompanist

Participants are strongly recommended to record a video with their own accompanist and bring the accompanist to the concert
A hire list of local accompanists will be provided via e-mail once requested

Travel Expenses

Participants are responsible for their own travel expenses

Awards

Prizes

OVER $15,000 IN PRIZES

The following CASH PRIZES are awarded to three individuals/ensembles within the entire competition

Grand Prize $2,000 sponsored by CNJ Foundation

Gold Prize $1,000 sponsored by Main Violin

Silver Prize $500 sponsored by NV Factory

1ST PLACE WINNERS

All 1st place Winners of all categories will receive certificates, medals and $100 NV Recording Studio Voucher
1st place Winners from the CONCERTO category will have the opportunity to perform with the CNJ orchestra at Winners Recording/Virtual Concert at The DiMenna Center in NYC
1st place Winners from the Solo and Ensemble category will have the opportunity to perform at Winners Recording/Virtual Recital at The DiMenna Center in NYC

2ND & 3RD PLACE WINNERS

All 2nd & 3rd place Winners will receive certificates and medals
2nd & 3rd place SOLO category winners have the opportunity to perform at OPTIONAL Winners Recording/Virtual Concert at NV Factory, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
2nd & 3rd place CONCERTO category Winners will perform with their own piano accompanist at OPTIONAL Winners Recording/Virtual Concert at NV Factory, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Concert fee for 2nd and 3rd is $150

HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS

Honorable mention Winners will receive certificates only

All Certificates & medals will be mailed to mailing address regardless of concert participation amid COVID-19

Winners CONCERTs

1st place WINNERS RECORDING SESSION - FEBRUARY 20, 2021 at 1PM

The DiMenna Center

450 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
(212) 594-6107

There is NO RECITAL FEE for all 1st place Winners but mandatory Live Performance Copyright Fee will be required ($100)
Rehearsal schedules with CNJ orchestra for the concerto competition winners will be announced individually through e-mail
Individual concert performance time will be announced through e-mail

2nd & 3rd place WINNERS OPTIONAL VIRTUAL CONCERT – MARCH 6, 2021 at 5 PM

Concert (Recording) fee for 2nd and 3rd is $150 includes a professional video file of each performance and a link to YouTube livestream
Dates for recording session: To be announced
Each participant will perform the audition piece which will be video recorded live at NV Factory without an audience
2nd and 3rd place winners virtual concert will be livestreamed on YouTube on March 6, 2021

NV Hall at NV Factory

400 Sylvan Ave. Suite 100

Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

(201) 429-5152

Grand Prize YouTube voting!

To determine the Grand, Gold and Silver Prize winners:

Each performance of the 1st place winners at the Winners Recital will be video recorded and uploaded on FEBRUARY 25, 2021 to our YouTube channel
The online YouTube voting will then last for one week (FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 3). All voting will take place on our competition website
The final winners will be determined with 70% of the judges' score from the audition and 30% of the YouTube "like" counts
Final results will be announced through our website on MARCH 5 , 2021

Advisory Board

BOAZ SHARON

Professor of Piano and Chair of Piano at Boston University and Director of the Young Artists Piano Program at the Boston Univerisy Tanglewood Institute.

SOO-KYUNG PARK

Founding member and artistic director of the Musicians of Lenox Hill. Faculty of New York University.

HAE JEON LEE

Professor at Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul.

PETER VINOGRADE

Faculty of the Manhattan School of Music and Lehman College (CUNY).

WEIGANG Li

Founding member and first violinist of the Shanghai Quartet. Faculty at the Bard College Conservatory of Music in New York and Montclair State University in New Jersey.