CONDITIONS

• Musicians must be based in the United Kingdom and be completing/or completed a recognised course of study for their instrument/voice

• The age limit for instrumentalists is 28 and for singers 30 (on May 16 2009)

• Entrants must NOT be under commercial management at the time of application

• YCAT reserves the right to refuse auditions to any applicant at its absolute discretion and without giving reasons

• Artists who have been heard before may apply again and will be considered for an audition at the discretion of YCAT

• Artists requiring accompanists and page turners will be expected to make their own arrangements and cover all expenses involved.

REPERTOIRE FOR ALL ROUNDS

Candidates may choose their own repertoire but should submit a programme of works contrasting in style and period (minimum seven works for instrumentalists, minimum fifteen pieces for voice).

• Instrumentalists must offer complete works
• Concertos and solo repertoire must be performed by memory
• Scores may be used in chamber music, duo sonatas and contemporary works

N.B. YCAT management and jury are interested in imaginative and innovative programming, particularly in the choice and presentation of new works alongside older repertoire.

Preliminary Auditions

Each entrant will be heard for up to 10 minutes beginning with the piece of their choice. The panel will then ask for another work, or two, from the given list.

Semi-final Auditions

Each entrant will be heard for up to 15 minutes beginning with the piece of their choice. The panel will then ask for another work, or two, from the given list.

Final Auditions

Entrants who progress to the final round will be able to discuss their programme with YCAT. Each entrant will be heard for about 20-25 minutes.

PIANO

• Baroque Works (e.g. Bach, Scarlatti)
• Classical Sonatas (e.g. Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert)
• Romantic works (e.g. Brahms, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt)
• Works of the French Impressionist School
• 20th/21st century works
  

STRINGS

• Works of JS Bach
• Classical Sonatas
• Romantic Sonatas
• 20th/21st century works (post 1920)
• Concertos

VOICE

• Arias from oratorios (x 3)
• German lieder (x 3)
• English songs (x 3)
• Songs in any other language(s) (x 3)
• Operatic arias (x 3)  

PERCUSSION

• Recognised specialist repertoire
• Contrasting recital work
• Concertos
• 20th & 21st century works

ENSEMBLES

• Seven contrasting works including one by Mozart or Haydn (if relevant) and one 20th/21st century work (if relevant)