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Competition 2024​

 

ELIGIBILTY:

Instrumentalists or Vocalists ages 15-22 residing or attending school in Monroe County, New York 

    •    Junior Division – Age 15-18 (under age 19 on competition date)

    •    Senior Division – Age 19-22 (under age 23 on competition date)

WINNERS

(one in each division) will receive $200 and will perform with Cordancia in May 2025.

 

2024 COMPETITION REPERTOIRE THEME:

Junior Division – Composers from South America*
Senior Division – Composers from Brazil
   *Restriction for Junior Division: Astor Piazzolla - Four Seasons of Buenos Aires will not be accepted as it was recently performed

 

REPERTOIRE REQUIREMENTS:

16 minutes maximum - at least one complete movement. If more than one movement, the total must fit within the time limit. Music must be for chamber orchestra or smaller – no larger than an orchestra of strings, double winds, keyboard, harp and percussion. The piece can use smaller instrumentation, for example a string orchestra. Repertoire will be reviewed for instrumentation and availability.  

 

COMPETITION:  

December 3, 2024 starting at 5 pm at the Lutheran Church of the Incarnate Word.  Live in person auditions. Competitors will be notified of their specific time. Only the competitor and accompanist will be permitted to attend the competition performance.  

 

PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT: 

Required for competition (except for piano soloists), competitors must provide their own.

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  November 5, 2024

Email completed application form to cordancia@gmail.com  

(See application button.)  

 

FEE: $25 

Check

payable to Cordancia Inc. mail to

Sally Bossert, 3292 Lake Road N, Brockport, NY 14420 

Paypal

to finance@cordancia.org 

Venmo:

FOR MORE INFO: 

email cordancia@gmail.com

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About the competition

The Nico Toscano Young Musicians Competition supports emerging musicians at the high school and college levels. Named in honor of Nico Toscano, this competition reflects the significant role music played in his short life, providing him with community participation and emotional and spiritual sustenance. Even as Nico's physical abilities progressively decreased as a result of a long term mitochondrial disorder, attending student performances, RPO concerts, faculty recitals, and especially Cordancia concerts gave him great joy and comfort and progressively became his main source of communication with the world around him.  This competition, by offering the opportunity to perform solo with an orchestra and by providing financial support to students who plan to pursue music either as a career or avocation, celebrates the power music can have for healing, connection, and community.

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