BRATTLEBORO — The Windham Orchestra is accepting entries for its 27th annual Concerto Competition.
Auditions are Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at the Brattleboro Music Center, 38 Walnut St.
The concerto competition is open to serious music students in grades nine through 12 who live in Windsor, Windham, and Bennington counties in Vermont; Cheshire, Sullivan, and Grafton counties in New Hampshire; and Berkshire, Franklin, and Hampshire counties in Massachusetts.
Contestants may play any concerto (or other accompanied solo piece) within the limits of the following orchestration: strings, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, and timpani.
All auditions must be accompanied, with entrants providing their own accompanist. Students may play one or more movements, but audition time will be limited to 10 minutes. An audition time is set once the application is received.
Winner of the Concerto Competition will receive $200 and the opportunity to perform with the Windham Orchestra, under the direction of Hugh Keelan, Thursday, March 21, and Sunday, March 24.
Brattleboro violinmaker Douglas Cox (www.coxviolins.com) has generously funded the Windham Orchestra's Annual Concerto Competition since its inception 27 years ago.
Applications must be received, with $25 application fee, on or before Jan. 28, 2013. Download applications at www.windhamorchestra.org.
For more information, write competition coordinator Karen Bressett at info@bmcvt.org, or call the Brattleboro Music Center, 802-257-4523.