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The Percussion Conservatory

SCHOLARSHIP
COMPETITION

2024

IMPORTANT INFO

Thank you for your interest in The Percussion Conservatory Scholarship Competition!

This scholarship competition is available to young percussionists worldwide, and will be awarded to any current PC Member age 17-26 as of December 1, 2024.

Because this annual scholarship is funded via membership fees and donations, you must have an active individual Percussion Conservatory membership in order to apply for the competition. You can purchase a membership by clicking here.

If you are on an Educational Membership with The PC, there is a $10 facilty fee to process your application. You can pay that fee by clicking here.

The Grand Prize winner will receive $8,000 for advancing their percussion career, a Lifetime Membership to The Percussion Conservatory, a Majestic Opus One Snare Drum of choice, and possible other prizes. The winner will be expected to document how they used their award to advance their percussion career. Winners will be asked to send photos and/or videos of their awards from our sponsors. Acceptable uses include tuition for college, music festival fees, instrument purchases, or other uses approved by The Percussion Conservatory.

Two runner ups will be named and they will receive a four-year Membership to The PC, a Majestic Opus One Snare Drum of Choice, and possible other prizes from our sponsors.


Please submit your application by November 26, 2024 in order to apply!

Our judges are excited to hear your audition tapes, and wish you the very best of luck!*

 

Michael Lee-Smith - 2023 PC Scholarship Grand Prize Winner

OUR JUDGES & JUDGING PROCESS

At The Percussion Conservatory, we're striving to create a fair and transparent judging process. Judges will listen to the tapes/applicants completely "blind" meaning that they will listen to an audio-only version of the tapes in a randomised order. All of our judges take the adjudication process extremely seriously and maintain an open mind to interpretation. Applicants are scored 100% on merit with a standardized scoring process between judges. The candidate with the highest average score will win the Grand Prize. All applicants will receive audition comments. We understand applicants have varying levels of access to recording equipment and instruments in terms of quality and accessibility, so please still apply even if you are simply recording on your phone/computer/tablet in a practice room. Should you have any questions about recording, please contact us here.

The PC Scholarship Judges for 2024 are:
 

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2024 APPLICATION
DEADLINE NOVEMBER 26TH, 2024

REQUIREMENTS

Video recording, must be played continuously in this exact order:
 

  • MARIMBA
     

    • J.S. Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau
       

  • SNARE DRUM
     

    • Delecluse: Etude No. 9 from Douze Etudes
       

    • Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto, 4 measures before Reh. [29] – 9 measures after [32]
       

    • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 Mvt. II, Reh [98] – end of movement

       

  • XYLOPHONE
     

    • Stravinsky: L’oiseau De Feu 1910 (Firebird 1910) – Reh. [127] – [133]
       

    • Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques (Exotic Birds) Reh. [6] – [7]
       

  • TAMBOURINE
     

    • Dvorak: Carnival Overture Opening – 4 before Reh. [C]

       

  • CYMBALS
     

    • Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso – Reh [Q] – end.

       

Short Answer Question:
 

  • Please answer the question on the form below in English (you may use any translator. i.e. Google Translate).

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RECORDING INSTRUCTIONS
 

The video recording must be uploaded to a content hosting platform that creates an accessible URL link. We strongly recommend using a free upload service such as YouTube or Vimeo, but a GoogleDrive or other file-sharing link like WeTransfer is also acceptable. Please test your URL link to ensure it is readily accessible/viewable. The URL must remain live from November 16th - December 1st 2024 for adjudication.

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The video recording must be continuous (pieces played back-to-back), contain unedited audio and video, and the applicant must remain in the video frame for the entire performance.

The applicant must play the pieces in the specified order. The applicant should try to keep the time between pieces minimal, preferably under one minute.

Short Answer

Question:
How would you use this award to advance your percussion career?

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Thank you so much for applying to The Percussion Conservatory Scholarship. We will email you with your result on or before December 19th, 2024

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