How to Apply
Application
Submit an application form via online
Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, the rules have been adjusted
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All participants are required to submit a YouTube link or a video file with the application
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All judging is done through video submission
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Judging will take place on JANUARY 23, 2021
Complete an online application form and submit payment
Click below to complete online application
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Rules and Regulations
Application
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When applying for more than one competition, category or instrument, each requires a separate application form and fee
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It is your responsibility to check the deadlines for application forms and YouTube link/Video file submissions.
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Applications or submissions will not be accepted after the deadline
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The age is determined by the day of the audition
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All fees are non refundable
Audition
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All judging is done through video submission
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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
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Judging will take place on JANUARY 23, 2021
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Time limitation is 10 minutes for both audition and performance
Concert
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No concert fee for the 1st place winners but mandatory Live Performance Copyright Fee will be required ($100)
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Virtual Winners Concert fee for 2nd and 3rd Winners is $150
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Honorable Mention Winners will receive a certificate only
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Rehearsal schedules with CNJ orchestra for the 1st place concerto competition winners will be announced individually through e-mail
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There is NO CHANGING of repertoire under any circumstances
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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
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Performance time limit is 10 minutes. There is an extended performance time fee of $100 per minute
Repertoire Requirements
Concerto
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One movement only (for both audition & recital)
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All auditions must be performed from memory with no exception
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Repertoire must gain approval from us. Please contact before apply
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There is NO CHANGING of repertoire under any circumstances
Solo
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No arranged music
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Applicant may choose one piece from the standard repertoire (baroque, classical, romantic or contemporary) for the audition
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One movement of a sonata could be accepted as one piece
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All auditions must be performed from memory with the exception of contemporary pieces (post 1960 - present), chamber music and sonata pieces (except piano sonata)
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No repeats should be taken at either audition or concert
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There is NO CHANGING of repertoire under any circumstances
Ensemble
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Ensemble category: Limit of 8 people per group
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Concerto two or more category: Limit of 4 people per group
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There is NO CHANGING of repertoire under any circumstances
Accompanist
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Participants are strongly recommended to record a video with their own accompanist and bring the accompanist to the concert
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A hire list of local accompanists will be provided via e-mail once requested
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Given the current pandemic situation, accompaniment is optional for the audition
Travel Expenses
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Participants are responsible for their own travel expenses
Awards
Prizes
OVER $15,000 IN PRIZES
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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
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All 1st place Winners of all categories will receive certificates, medals and $100 NV Recording Studio Voucher
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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
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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
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All 2nd & 3rd place Winners will receive certificates and medals
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2nd & 3rd place SOLO category winners have the opportunity to perform at OPTIONAL Winners Recording/Virtual Concert at NV Factory, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
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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
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Concert fee for 2nd and 3rd is $150
HONORABLE MENTION WINNERS
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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
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There is NO RECITAL FEE for all 1st place Winners but mandatory Live Performance Copyright Fee will be required ($100)
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Rehearsal schedules with CNJ orchestra for the concerto competition winners will be announced individually through e-mail
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Individual concert performance time will be announced through e-mail
2nd & 3rd place (OPTIONAL) WINNERS RECORDING SESSION FOR VIRTUAL CONCERT
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Concert (Recording) fee for 2nd and 3rd is $150 includes a professional video file of each performance and a link to YouTube livestream
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Date for recording session: Saturday, March 6, 2021 starting at 5 PM
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Each participant will perform the audition piece once which will be video recorded live at NV Factory without an audience
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2nd and 3rd place winners virtual concert will be livestreamed on YouTube at 7 PM, Saturday, March 13, 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:
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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
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The online YouTube voting will then last for one week (FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 3). All voting will take place on our competition website
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The final winners will be determined with 70% of the judges' score from the audition and 30% of the YouTube "like" counts
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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.