Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is accepting applications for the 2020 Young Stars of Maine Prize Program.

For over 50 years Bay Chamber Concerts has awarded prizes to Maine students who have made a significant commitment to their musical studies. Young Stars of Maine prizewinners have gone on to careers at the
Metropolitan Opera as well as major symphonies and conservatories throughout the world.

Due to social distancing guidelines, video recordings of soloists will be the only format accepted for this round of prizes. Judges will make the awards based on these video submissions and prizewinners will be announced in early June.

Post-mark deadline is May 15, 2020.

The annual Young Stars of Maine concert has been postponed with a date to be confirmed in the fall.

Prize awards are $1,000, in seven categories, for individual instrumentalists and singers:

The Eleanor Erdman and Diane Nixon Vocal Excellence Prize
Open to solo vocalists
Age minimum: 12 years old, Age maximum: 25 years old.

The A. H. Chatfield, Jr. Piano Prize
Open to solo pianists
Age minimum: 14 years old, Age maximum: 22 years old.

Summer Music Strings Prize
Open to string soloists
Age minimum: 15 years old, Age maximum: 24 years old.

The Jean and Harvey Picker Senior Prize
Instrumental or vocal, solo
Age minimum: 18 years old, Age maximum: 22 years old.

The Elsie Bixler Junior Prize
Instrumental, solo
Age minimum: 12 years old, Age maximum: 17 years old.

Ezra Rachlin Prize for Excellence
Instrumental or vocal, solo
Age minimum: 16 years old, Age maximum: 25 years old.

The Nathan E. Corning Jazz Prize
Instrumental or vocal, solo
Age minimum: 15 years old, Age maximum: 23 years old.

Contact:
Monica Kelly
monica@baychamberconcerts.org
(207) 236-2823

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