2015大臺南國際音樂大賽
2015 Cheer Taiwan International Music Competition
◎Date and Place：
＊ Saturday, March 21, 2015～Sunday, March 22, 2015
Item：Piano Solo
Place：Performance Hall, Tainan Municipal Cultural Center
＊ Saturday, March 21, 2015
Item：Violin Solo
Place：Good Shepherd Hall, Deguang Catholic High School, Tainan
＊ Saturday, March 21, 2015
Items：Viola、Cello、Double Bass，Chamber Music：Four-Hand Piano、Piano Duet、Trio、Quartet、Quintet、String Quartet，Violin Ensemble (4 players)、Guitar、Ukulele
Place：Yuan Sheng Theater, Tainan Municipal Cultural Center
＊ Sunday, March 22, 2015
Items：Traditional Chinese instruments（Pi-Pa、Liu-Qin、Yang-Qin、Gu-Zheng、Gu-Qin、 Ruan-Xian、Erhu、Chinese Flute、Shrng、Suona、Xiao、Gaohu、Zhonhu）, Chinese Music Chamber Ensemble(Shi-Tzu Music)(3~16 players)
Place：Yuan Sheng Theater, Tainan Municipal Cultural Center/Good Shepherd Hall, Deguang Catholic High School, Tainan
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＊ Saturday Morning, March 28, 2015
Items：percussion (Marimba)
Place：Yuan Sheng Theater, Tainan Municipal Cultural Center
＊ Saturday Afternoon, March 28, 2015
Items：Recorder Solo、Recorder Quartet
Place：Yuan Sheng Theater, Tainan Municipal Cultural Center
＊ Sunday, March29, 2015
Items：Wind Instruments（Flute、Oboe、Clarinet、Bassoon、Trumpet、French Horn、Trombone、Saxophone、Wood Wind Quintet、Brass Quintet）
Place：Yuan Sheng Theater, Tainan Municipal Cultural Center/Good Shepherd Hall, Deguang Catholic High School, Tainan
Tainan Municipal Cultural Center：
Address : No. 332, Chunghua E. Rd. Sec. 3, East Dist., Tainan City Taiwan TEL:886-6-2692864
Deguang Catholic High School：
Address : No. 106, Deguang St., East Dist., Tainan Ctiy Taiwan TEL:886-6-2894560
◎Competition Approaches：
1. Every music lover is welcome to participate in this competition regardless of the age, nationality, occupation, individual or in group.
2. This competition is a direct final contest. In order for each participant to get ready early and give full play to his professional skill, there is no specific repertoire but self-chosen one for every musical instrument in the competition. Please note that the self-chosen repertoire must be played by memory. (chamber music groups, chorus, and string and wind music ensemble excluded). The organizer reserves the right to increase or decrease or interrupt the playing time. The length of playing time will not affect the score.
◎Applications：
1. In order to provide participants a complete service and easy obtaining of information, the application this year will use online registration. For more details please visit our website at http://www.cheer100music.com & http://www.cheer100.com.tw and download the application procedures, competition approaches, notices, schedule and program brochure.
2. Application procedures include basic personal information, participating group, and self-chosen repertoire, etc. After completing the required information, please select your payment method, and print the confirmation page (with registration number, please save it for future inquiry). Application procedures are completed when your payment is done. For any technical problems on the computer operation, please call us during work hours from Monday to Friday at 9:00-12:00 am, and 14:00-17:00, Tel :886-6-3310700 (Taiwan) ,
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3. Two weeks before the competition, the organizer will send out the Participating ID together with the relevant information regarding to the registration information. The participants are required to bring the Participating ID to the registration desk on the day of competition. Participants without a Participating ID are not allowed to play in the competition. Please notify the organizer immediately if you do not receive the Participating ID a week before the competition.
Special attention for the participants in Choral, Violin Ensemble, and Chinese Music Ensemble and Orchestra groups: there should be 20 ~ 40 members in a choral group (including a conductor and an accompanist), 4 members in a Violin Ensemble, 3~16 members in a Chinese Music Chamber Ensemble (Shi-Tzu Music).
4. Please fill in the exact names and date of birth of the participants in each group. Note: The self-chosen repertoire for piano and instrumental duet should be a fast movement from any instrumental sonatas of any musical periods.
5. Registration Fee: For solo per person NTD2,000；USD66 or CNY400 (only for foreign participants). For groups each group NTD4,000； USD132 or CNY800 (only for foreign groups) ( including China Life Group Personal Accident Insurance). Each participant will get one Verdi commemorative notations bag & one piece of 3 colors ball pen & send each group will get up to four bags. (If the registration fee is paid in the post office cash bag, please send it by registered mail. If it is paid with the postal money order, please put “台南市音樂協會” as the Payee for avoiding losing.).
台南市音樂協會Tainan Music Association Tel: +886-6- 3310700
Address: No. 36, Yuhe Rd., East Dist., 70163 Tainan Taiwan
6. When a registration is confirmed, there may not be any strong reason to change the repertoire or apply to withdraw or refund. If the participants do not show up on time on the day of competition, they are considered a forfeit. If do not agree to these terms, please do not register for competition. Thank you for your cooperation.
◎Notes on filling the Registration Form:
1. This competition is based on the principle of good faith, and do not ask for any proof and photos in registration. If it is verified that any information on the application form is not true, the participant will be disqualified without warning and asked to leave the event without refund.
2. For the sake of fairness, with the exception of Recorder Solo/ Recorder Quartet/Violin Ensemble/piano four-hand playing/piano deut, trio, quartet, quintet/string quartet/brass quintet/ wood wind quintet/string and wind ensemble, any group below the high school level (excluding the adult group) is classified into “Group A Music Major Class” and “Group B Non-Music Major Class” . Note: “Group A Music Major Class” may not register for” Group B Non-Music Major Class, “but ‘Group B Non-Music Major Class” may register for “Group A Music Major Class.”
3. Students can also register for multiple musical instruments, but it must be registered separately, and must be indicated that they also participate in other groups, so that the organizer can make appropriate arrangement of competition time for them. For violin ensemble, four-hand piano, and piano duet, trio, quartet, quintet, in addition to the application form for the group, each member is also asked to fill an individual application form. An application form for the group with its members’ names and dates of birth is required for the string and wind music ensemble and the chorus.
4. The repertoire performed at the competition must be the same as the one filled in the application form. The repertoire cannot be changed for any reasons once the registration is confirmed. For that reason, the participant should be very careful in selecting the repertoire. The participant is responsible for any self-chosen repertoire that involves with Copyright.
5. Registration time: January 2 ~ 17, 2015. Late applications will not be accepted.
◎Notes:
1. The organizer reserves the right to own the copyright of any video recording of the participants’ performances in competition. Photographing and videotaping for the participant’s self performance are allowed, but should be taken when seated and with no flash.
2. Judges for this music competition are professional music professors in universities and experienced performers in well-known orchestras. The calculation of scores is subject to the scoring rules for standard international contests (the highest and lowest scores do not count). The results will be announced on site when the competition of each group is completed. There will be no other Awards Ceremony or concert this year. The award-winning students should go to the registration desk to get their medals and prizes. You can also ask for the comments from the judges. To show respect to the accreditation of professional views, protests on the comments and scores will not be accepted.
3. We will provide on our website http://www.cheer100music.com & http://www.cheer100.com.tw any updates and changes concerning this competition, including weather, or other emergencies on the competition day, which may cause delays or changes to the activities. Please check the website for any further information. Thank you for your cooperation.
4. The 2015 National Tainan Music Competition will provide piano and marimba (Percussion category) for participants to use during the competition. Participants in other categories are responsible to bring their own instruments to the competition.
5. Please advise that this competition will be held in an impartial, fair and open way.
Any outstanding issues, if any, may also be settled separately.