Date/Time: Sunday, February 21st, 2027 @11:00 AM
The Gifted Young People’s Concert Auditions will be held at Tenri Cultural Institute this spring. It is located at 43A West 13th Street.
Students chosen by the panel of judges will be invited to perform again in the Awards Concert March 7. Teachers are encouraged to enter their students in the regular Youth Concerts to prepare for this event.
Teachers may submit three students, with no more than two in one age group. Preteens may play up to 5 minutes total, Early Teens (age 13-15) up to 8 minutes, and Late Teens (16-18) up to 10 minutes. Students should play from memory and be properly dressed for a concert (no jeans or sneakers, for instance). Please do not submit teaching method selections. You may refer to the Youth concerts guidelines for more information about this and other Youth Concerts. Teachers enrolling students must be members in good standing.
1st concert (Preteens), 11:00 a.m., warm-up starting 10:30
2nd concert (Early Teens 13-15), 1:00 p.m., warm-up starting at 12:30
3rd concert (Late Teens 16-18), 3:00 p.m., warm-up starting at 2:20
Please contact Alison Thomas at [email protected] to enroll your students, and please include the following in your email (preferably in this order):
- Name of teacher
- Name of student
- Age of student
- Name of person sending payment
- Name of each piece in full
- Name of composer
- Movements or sections of each piece, if any
- Total performance time for each piece
The deadline for enrollment is Friday, Feb. 13.
We look forward to hearing your students!