Dates
The Chinese Fine Arts Society is pleased to present the 27th Annual Music Festival in Honor of Confucius. This year’s competitions and festival performances will take place on Sunday, October 23, 2011, all day, at the Sherwood Community Music School at Columbia College Chicago, 1312 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Specific performance times and instructions for individual participants will be mailed to each participant.
The Winners Concert will be held on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 3:00 PM in Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Repertoire Selections
Contestants may participate in any of three Festival Competitions or the non-competitive Chinese Instruments Category:
CONFUCIUS COMPETITION – our flagship competition for cellists, violinists and pianists ages 18 years or younger. Each contestant performs one piece from the required Chinese repertoire, and one piece of the contestant’s choice to compete for cash prizes and earn Huang Zhong points towards participation trophies. Click on the following pages to view the repertoire.
2011 AMEI HU LIN VIOLIN SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION – for advanced
musicians ages 18 or younger. The 2011 required repertoire is “Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 50” Movement I. Allegro moderato by Tyzen Hsiao. Each performer performs the required repertoire piece to compete for a $500 scholarship.
2011 VIRGINIA GEYSER BEHRENDT FLUTE & PIANO DUO SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION – for advanced musicians ages 25 or younger. This year’s required repertoire is “Away” for Flute and Piano duo by Yang Qing. Each duo performs the required repertoire piece to compete for a shared $1200 scholarship.
Purchase music books on line at the CFAS store.
CHINESE INSTRUMENT AND VOICE CATEGORY – for non-professional players of all Chinese instruments and vocalists of all age groups. This category will be run as a non-competitive festival for 2011. Participants are invited to perform a Chinese repertoire piece of their choice. Each participant will have a total performance time of 10 minutes. All participants will be awarded a MFHC-CIVC Certificate of Participation and Huang Zhong participation points.
Application Fees and Due Date
A $50 non-refundable fee per entry is required with the completed online application form, which must be submitted on or before Monday, September 19, 2011. Applications will not be accepted if submitted later than September 19, 2011. Please note: This year we are only accepting entries through our online registration system. Please fill out our new online application and submit the nonrefundable application fee through the CFAS store or by sending a check or money order payable to “The Chinese Fine Arts Society” with a printout of your application postmarked by September 19 to:
Music Festival in Honor of Confucius
The Chinese Fine Arts Society
c/o Mrs. Mei Syun Lin
963 Granger Road
Bartlett, IL 60603
