Evening star., 1922-12-31

| The National Federation of Music
| Clubs announces in detail the pur-
| poses and conditions of the fifth BIZ
| ennial national contest for young
| American professional musicians to
| take place next June at the conven-
tion to be held at Asheville. n. c.
The purposes of these contests are.
! first, to recognize the superior ability
! of American music teachers by CIV
! ing adequate recognition to their ar
! tist pupils; to encourage and inspire
music students to greater effort in
artistic achievement and to give op-
portunity and publicity to the most
talented of young American musf-
clans and to assist in launching them
on a professional career. These con-
tests are to be held in regular Sc
ouence-State, district and national
state contests shall be held in each
state between FEBRUARY 15 and March
80. 1923: district contests must be
held in the fourteen districts into
which the United States is devised
between April 15 and May 5. 1928.
Those who are successful in these
contests are eligible for the national
contest in June, if there are no him
ORANGES in the following conditions:
Contestants must be trained i'll
America.
Contestants must enter in their own
stat" contest.
All contestants must be native born
or of naturalized American parents.
II studying in another state but be-
ing even partly supported by par
ents or friends in the home state.
they are eligible to enter only in the
state from which they receive their
maintenance.
Note. Anyone supporting himself
entirely in another state may enter
from that state without any specified
period of residence.
Entrance fee shall be So: payable
10 the national cha airman of contests,
through the state chairman of con-
tests.
Contestants in the voice depart
ment must be between the ages of
twenty and thirty years; contestants
in the violin and piano departments
must be between the ages OF sixteen
and thirty years.
Contestant must fill out and sign
the official application blank and the
questionable and send with the en-
trance fee to the state chairman of
contests.
Should a state not be organized.
the applicant may communicate with
the district president for instruction.
Contestants must have the indorse-
ment of three recognized musicians as
10 their superior musical attainmentS.
with the following characteristics
and equipments: Acceptable personal
appearance and stage department, good
general education and good character.
Contestant must perform entirely
without words or music.
State and district winners may en-
ter the state contests again and pro-
ceed through to the national.
No District winner entitled to enter.
but who failed TO appear in former
national test, may enter the contest
again. unless prevented from appear
ing in the said biennial festival con-
test by illness or death in the family.
No contestant shall be permitted
to enter the District contest who has
by jury in the contestants own
state.
Should there be only one contest
ant in any of the states. the state
chairman shall appoint three judges,
who shall hear and properly grade
the contestant for entrance into the
District contest.
Winners from the state competi-
tion must receive from the judges 4
final average of S5 per cent before
entering the District contest; winners
from the District contest to the ma
tional contest must have an average
of So per cent. If the difference in
the grade is only a fraction of
point between two Cor perhaps three)
contestants, they must have another
hearing of the same numbers before
different Judges.
All contestants must obligate them
selves to enter the District contest.