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O.C.M.E.A. PERFORMANCE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR APPLICANT

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: $1,500 (One Vocal, One Instrumental)
$ 500 Honorable Mentions
AUDITION DATE: Thursday, January 6, 2010
SNOW DATE: Friday, January 7, 2010
AUDITION SITE: CJ Hooker Middle School, Goshen, NY
APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 18, 2009
APPLICATION MAILED TO: Bill Greene, 335 Mount Joy Road
Middletown, NY 10941

Instructions
Eligibility requirements:
1) Student must be a senior.
2) Student must be an active participant and in good standing with their school music program (attending and passing).
3) Student must have been a member in at least one High School All-County organization unless he/she plays a non-band/orchestra instrument.
4) Student must remain a member in good standing in school music program through graduation or else they forfeit their O.C.M.E.A. performance and/or scholarship.
5) Student must be planning on attending college and pursuing a career in music. The college music program must require an audition.
6) Student must complete the scholarship application, including student signature, parent signature and teacher signature.
7) Student must audition live on the scheduled audition date.
8) All applicants are to bring with them three copies of the score for the judges. Photocopies are acceptable.
9) Scholarship recipients are required to perform their solo at the High School All-County Festival.

Instrumentalists:
Prepare a level VI NYSSMA solo. Choice of music is important. The solo should demonstrate the student’s overall musicianship and command of the instrument. You are strongly urged to perform the solo with piano accompaniment. If chosen, the solo performance at the All-County Festival should be limited to five minutes.

Vocalists:
Prepare two contrasting selections, one being a level VI NYSSMA solo, and the second being one of your own choosing. Vocalists should carefully choose music which demonstrates the student’s vocal potential. Broadway show tunes are not proper audition material.
The winning students, selected by a panel of three qualified judges, will perform at the All-County High School Concert at Cornwall High School on Saturday, January 30, 2010.
The snow date for the concert is Saturday, February 6, 2010.