• Application portal
• The application portal will open for applications on Friday, October 30 at 9 a.m. All applications must be completed by Friday, November 6, at 5 p.m.
• There is a non-refundable application fee of $35 for entering the competition. The link for payment is available at the application portal.
• Competitors must provide an electronic file of the score of the work to be performed (preferably the piano reduction). PDF files are easily available online from IMSLP or other sources.
• All competition performances will be recorded professionally (by the Moores School of Music) in the Moores Opera House during the period November 14-21, 2020. All competitors will have one (1) hour, maximum, to record their performance. Recording schedules will be arranged as the applications arecompleted. (University approved protocols for safe recording in the Moores Opera House will be strictly observed).
• No other recording will be acceptable for the competition. 
• No late applications will be accepted.

• All applicants must be currently enrolled at the Moores School of Music to be eligible to compete.
• Repertoire: All competitors must present a performance of a complete work written for solo instrument or voice with orchestra.
• Vocal repertoire requirements: concert, opera, and oratorio solo entries must fit a time requirement of 12 (minimum) to 15 minutes (maximum). Multiple solos/works/arias are acceptable, in order to meet the minimum time limit. Vocal orchestral works/song cycles are also acceptable but may not exceed 20 minutes (maximum).
• Competitors must perform the entire work from memory with piano accompaniment, in a complete and unedited take. 
• Suitable standard cuts are acceptable in orchestral tuttis, but as the finals will be live streamed, accompanists are asked to avoid disrupting the flow of the music unnecessarily.
• Both the contestant and accompanist must be clearly, and completely, visible in the video frame at all times.
• Competitors are responsible for engaging their own accompanist and arranging their recording time with pianist.
• Adjudication will take place: Division Round: December 9-11 Final Round: December 12-14
• Each Division will award a Division Prize to the competitor who best exemplifies the characteristics of an orchestral soloist and who is ready to perform. At the Division level, judges may also designate an Honorable Mention Prize, if they feel this is merited. Each Division Winner will advance to the Final Round. Any Honorable Mention designee will not be eligible to advance.
• If the judges feel that no Division competitor is suitable for advancement to the Final Round, judges may opt NOT to award a Division Prize. In this case, no one from that Division will advance.

Please note: Prizewinners in this virtual Concerto Competition will receive only a cash prize. No live orchestral performances will be possible.

Questions: Contact Orchestra Management at uhmsso@uh.edu