Prizes supported by the Murray Panitz Memorial Fund

ELIGIBILITY AND RULES

1) There is no residential requirement to enter FSGP’s 2024 competitions.

2) FSGP membership is required. To access entry forms, you must become a member. You may then log in through the FSGP website to access the entry form. 

3) Collegiate Artist Competition entrants must be enrolled in an undergraduate program at an institute of higher education for the full 2023-2024 academic school year. 

4) Flutists may enter both the Young Artist Competition and the Collegiate Artist Competition, separately. If you choose to enter BOTH competitions, you must submit completed Entry Forms for each. You must also upload the required repertoire specific to each competition and complete payment for both. If you are slected as a FINALIST for both competitions, you will be required to compete only in the Young Artist Competition's final round.

5) The competition entry fee for the Collegiate Artist Competition is $45. (This does not include the membership fee.) Please note the entry and membership fees are non-refundable.

6) Previous First Place Winners of the Collegiate Artist Competition are not eligible to compete again. Previous Second Place and Third Place Winners are eligible to compete, and previous winners of younger divisions are eligible to compete.

7) Any questions should be directed to Cindy Anne Broz (FSGP Competitions Chair) at competitions@philaflutesociety.org.

TIMELINE

1) PRELIMINARY ROUND: ) Completed Entry Form, Fee, and AUDIO RECORDINGS must all be received by 9:00pm (EST) on December 28, 2023.

2) Up to Twelve (12) Finalists will be selected and notified on January 14, 2024.

3) The Final Round will be held in person on Friday, March 1, 2024 at the Wells School of Music, West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

NOTIFICATION (FINAL ROUND WINNERS)

First, Second, and Third Place prize winners will be notified on Friday, March 1, immediately following the Final Round performances, and invited to perform live at the Winners' Recital on Saturday, March 2.

PRIZES

First Place: $600 
Second Place: $400

Third Place: $200

PRELIMINARY AUDIO RECORDED ROUND

PRELIMINARY ROUND PROCEDURES

1) Files must be in MP3 or M4A Format (audio only) and uploaded with your completed online entry form on or before December 28, 2023 by 9:00pm (EST). Please note: WAV files, video files, and other file types or links will not be accepted.

2)  Upload two separate audio files (one for each compulsory piece) via the Entry Form's upload port. Each uploaded piece must be one take without editing or splicing. Please do not talk or identify yourself in any way on your recordings.

3) Label your audio files as follows: Division.Your First Initial and Last Name.Composer  (Example: Collegiate.JDoe.Quantz). To guarantee anonymous adjudication, all audio files will be renamed with a random Entrant Number before they are sent to the Preliminary Audio Recorded Round adjudication panel.

REPERTOIRE (PRELIMINARY RECORDED ROUND)

Choice of ONE of the following pieces for solo/unaccompanied flute:

• J. Hotteterre - Echos (no repeats) [Edition: C.F. Peters: The Solo Flute Book 1 - Baroque (Die Soloflöte Band I: Barock) - pages 10-11]

-or-

• J. Quantz - Preludio in D (no repeats) [Edition: C.F. Peters: The Solo Flute Book 1 - Baroque (Die Soloflöte Band I: Barock) - pages 58-59]
  
  

AND

Choice of ONE of the following pieces for solo/unaccompanied flute:

• E. Brown - Trillium for Solo Flute [Edition: Quetzal]

-or-

• C. Delaney - “…And the Strange Unknown Flowers” for Unaccompanied Flute [Edition: Southern Music]

Up to Twelve (12) entrants will advance to the Final Round to perform live at the Wells School of Music, West Chester University of PA, on Friday March 1, 2024. Winners perform on the winners' recital on March 2, 2024 during the flute fair.

FINAL ROUND

FINAL ROUND PROCEDURES

1) The twelve (12) finalists will perform for the Final Round adjudicators on Friday March 1, 2024 at the Wells School of Music, West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

2) Finalists will receive information about local collaborative pianists, travel, and nearby hotels upon notification of advancing to the Finals. 

3) Because adjudication is anonymous, please do not announce publicly or via social media that you have advanced to the Final Round.

4) Finalists’ and Winners' names, photos, and bios will be posted on the FSGP website and social media pages on March 2, 2024. We encourage you to share the news once FSGP has made the announcement.

REPERTOIRE (FINAL ROUND)

Choice of ONE of the following pieces for solo/unaccompanied flute:

• J. Hotteterre - Echos (no repeats) [Edition: C.F. Peters: The Solo Flute Book 1 - Baroque (Die Soloflöte Band I: Barock) - pages 10-11]

-or-

• J. Quantz - Preludio in D (no repeats) [Edition: C.F. Peters: The Solo Flute Book 1 - Baroque (Die Soloflöte Band I: Barock) - pages 58-59]

AND

Choice of ONE of the following pieces for flute and piano:

• P. Gaubert - Fantaisie [any edition]
• A. Harberg - Feathers and Wax [Theodore Presser]
• F. Martin - Ballade [Edition: Universal]
• P. Taffanel - Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino [any edition]

Failure to meet any of the above deadlines or requirements may result in forfeiture.