THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONCERTO COMPETITION

YONKERS PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SPONSORED BY THE FINE ARTS ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY
ANNOUNCES THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL CONCERTO COMPETITION

FIRST PLACE           $1,000 – Conductor’s Award donated by James
                                    Sadewhite, Music Director and Conductor of the
                                    Yonkers Philhamonic Orchestra.

SECOND PLACE     $500 Donated by Dr. Kathleen Pistone Carucci and
                                     The Pistone Family in memory of Pasquale A.
                                     Pistone, founder.

THIRD PLACE $400 donated by the Calandra family in memory of
Sharon Calandra.

FOURTH PLACE       $300 donated by family and friends of
                                     Jerome Gino Sala, Music Director and Conductor of
                                     the orchestra for thirty years.

FIFTH PLACE $200 donated by Mrs. Vera Zappia DeMarco in
memory of her brother Pat J. Zappia.

All winners will be presented as soloists with the Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra in the special concert - "Concerto Time at the Philharmonic" under the baton of James Sadewhite, on Sunday afternoon, June 10,2007, at Saunders Trades and Technical High School at 3:00 P.M.

ELIGIBILITY             High School Students (grades 9 through 12) who are
                                residents of, or, who study in Westchester County are
                                 eligible.

AUDITION                 Instrumental contestants should be prepared to perform a
REQUIREMENTS   solo concerto of the standard orchestral repertoire. All
                                     movements must be performed.
                                   Piano contestants may perform either the first and second,
                                     or the second and third movements of a standard concerto
                                    or a single movement composition for piano and orchestra.
                                    Vocal contestants should be prepared to perform three solo
                                   arias of contrasting styles (e.g. florid vs. sustained) from
                                    the standard oratorio or operatic repertoire.
                                    YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE YOUR OWN ACCOMPANIST

APPLICATION              Postmarked deadline March 10, 2007

(Click here for a PDF Version of the application)

REGULAR (snail) MAIL ONLY - NO OTHER MAIL WILL BE ACCEPTED!
Please send application to:            Ms. Josephine Caruso
                                                             30 Bryant Road
                                                             Yonkers, NY 10705
AUDITION DATE   Preliminary auditions will be held on Sunday, March
                                 25,2007. Final auditions will be held on Thursday
                                evening, March 29,2007.

For further information, please call (914)965-5232.
Announcement and Application may be duplicated.