Young Musicians Competition Application

Welcome to the Friends of Chamber Music’s 70th Annual Young Musicians Competition, to be held on April 27th, 2025, 1 – 5pm

At the Vancouver Music Academy, located in Vanier Park

Address: 1270 Chestnut St, Vancouver, BC V6J 4R9

We are pleased that we will be continuing the awarding of the audience prizes in addition to the adjudicated prizes.

These are the winners of our 69th Annual Young Musicians Competition who you can read more about here.

There are two age categories:
Junior: for players up to age 18
Senior: for players up to age 26
Competition ensembles must have three or more performers.
Instruments may be strings, winds, brass or piano in any combination.
Selections are to be from the classical instrumental music repertoire.
Playing time will be limited to approximately 10 minutes, both at the preliminary auditions and the concert.
Competitors may not participate in more than two groups.
Application deadline is January 12, 2025.
Preliminary auditions will be held in Vancouver on February 2, 2025, 10 am – 3 pm. You will be contacted to arrange for a time. For ensembles from outside the Lower Mainland, DVDs or data files playable on Windows Media Player may be considered for the auditions. YouTube submissions are acceptable as well..
Competition is held at the Vancouver Academy of Music on April 27th, 2025, 1 – 5pm.

For inquiries, please call Karen Shuster at 604-732-9565.

Ensemble Name
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Please fill out the information for each participant. You may add more using the '+' sign.
Full Name Birthdate (MM/DD/YY) Instrument Telephone Email
Work to be Played*
Please give a complete description including: composer, opus number, key, tempo, movement, and approximate [10 minutes] playing time. If DVDs are being submitted, they should be playable on a standard North American DVD player and sent to Karen Shuster, 1236 Shorepine Walk, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3T8.
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Coach Name*
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Full Name	Birthdate (MM/DD/YY)	Instrument	Telephone	Email

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