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Youth Artist Divisions

Competition Details:

Each of the three (3) Youth Artist Competitions will take place in-person at the 2023 Spring Festival. There is no recorded round for these competitions.

Time limits exclude any time between pieces or movements. The program should include pieces in a variety of diverse styles and periods. 

This may include single movements of works, sonatas, and unaccompanied pieces. It is not necessary to perform all movements of a single work. An individual movement of a work needs to be performed in its entirety, but cuts may be made in the accompaniment and repeats may be deleted. 

Accompanied pieces must be performed with the accompaniment.

  • The Youth Artist Competitions are open to students through and including 12th grade. 
  • Entry Fee: $50 (does not include SDFG Membership Fee, and is non-refundable*). 
  • All entrants must be members of the San Diego Flute Guild (may join with entry).
  • Previous 1st prize winners are not eligible to compete in the same division in following years. 
  • 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes and Honorable Mention(s) will be awarded per the judges’ discretion. There are no ties. Judges' decisions are final.

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Click below to jump to specific competitions:

Youth Artist Senior

Youth Artist Junior

Youth Artist Elementary

COMPETITION Information

Level
Grade Level  Entry Fee Competition Date  Registration Deadline
Youth Artist Senior Through and including 12th Grade $50 Saturday, April 22, 2023 Saturday, April 1, 2023
 Youth Artist Junior Through and including 9th Grade $50 Saturday, April 22, 2023 Saturday, April 1, 2023
 Youth Artist Elementary Through and including 6th Grade $50 Saturday, April 22, 2023 Saturday, April 1, 2023

CASH PRIZES


Level
Cash Prize (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Youth Artist Senior $300, $200, $150
 Youth Artist Junior $200, $150, $100
 Youth Artist Elementary $150, $100, $50


Youth Artist Senior

(through & including 12th grade)

10-minute program

  • Adolphus Hailstork, Flute Set (2003) [Theodore Presser]

  • Contrasting work(s) or movement(s)
Time limits exclude any time between pieces or movements. The program should include pieces in a variety of diverse styles and periods. 

This may include single movements of works, sonatas, and unaccompanied pieces. It is not necessary to perform all movements of a single work. An individual movement of a work needs to be performed in its entirety, but cuts may be made in the accompaniment and repeats may be deleted. 

Accompanied pieces must be performed with the accompaniment.

Level
Grade Level  Entry Fee Competition Date  Cash Prize (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
 Youth Artist Senior Through and including 12th Grade $50

 Saturday, April 22, 2023

 $300, $200, $150


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Youth Artist Junior

(through & including 9th grade)

10-minute program

  • Anna Bon, Sonata V in g minor, Op.1; no repeats, ornamentation optional (ca. 1760)

  • Contrasting work(s) or movement(s)

Time limits exclude any time between pieces or movements. The program should include pieces in a variety of diverse styles and periods. 

This may include single movements of works, sonatas, and unaccompanied pieces. It is not necessary to perform all movements of a single work. An individual movement of a work needs to be performed in its entirety, but cuts may be made in the accompaniment and repeats may be deleted. 

Accompanied pieces must be performed with the accompaniment.

Level
Grade Level  Entry Fee Competition Date  Cash Prize (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
 Youth Artist Junior Through and including 9th Grade $50

 Saturday, April 22, 2023

 $200, $150, $100


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Youth Artist Elementary

(through & including 6th grade)

8-minute program

  • J. S. Bach, Sonata in Eb Major, BWV 1031, II. Siciliano (ca. 1730)

  • Contrasting work(s) or movement(s)

Time limits exclude any time between pieces or movements. The program should include pieces in a variety of diverse styles and periods. 

This may include single movements of works, sonatas, and unaccompanied pieces. It is not necessary to perform all movements of a single work. An individual movement of a work needs to be performed in its entirety, but cuts may be made in the accompaniment and repeats may be deleted. 

Accompanied pieces must be performed with the accompaniment.

Level
Grade Level  Entry Fee Competition Date  Cash Prize (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
 Youth Artist Elementary Through and including 6th Grade $50

 Saturday, April 22, 2023

 $150, $100, $50


Enter the Youth Artist Competition


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