STATUTE
on the international review competition of jazz soloists
and jazz ensembles for children and youth
(The 26th-27th of March,
2013)
At the Belgorod State University of Arts and
Culture within the Department of Musical variety art there will be held the
international review competition of jazz soloists and jazz ensembles for
children and youth
The aim:
Recognition and supporting of the talented children in the sphere of
music art and the development of their skills.
Objectives:
Procedures and conditions of the review competition
Musical ensembles (up to 10 people) and
soloists-instrumentalists, who have prepared the competitive programme, can participate in this review competition.
Participants of the competition can be people of the age from 8 till 23 years
old.
The competition has
two nominations:
-
Instrumental
Solo;
-
Instrumental
Ensemble (it is allowed to use the jazz vocal).
The competition is
held in three age groups:
Group “A” – from 8 till 12 years old
(inclusive)
Group “B” – from 13 till 17 years old (inclusive)
Group “C” – from 18 till 23 years old (inclusive)
The age of the participant is determined as the
age at the last birthday. The age of the members of ensemble is determined as
the average age of all members of the ensemble. The ensemble may include
directors and concertmasters as accompanists (for the ensemble with number of
members up to 5 people – 1 accompanist is allowed, for the ensemble with number
of members more than 5 people – 2 accompanists are allowed).
The competition program and dates
The competition will be carried out in 2
rounds.
The first round (in absentia) is carried out
according to the video-materials.
For the participation in the first round the
following documents are required: application of the definite form (App. 1), photo in the electronic
form, copies of the birth certificate or passport of the participants,
video-material. All the materials are to be sent by e-mail in one file
indicating the rehearsal base, surname of the participant and age group. For
the sending of the files it is recommended to use the free file hosting
services such as ifolder.ru, webfile.ru,
rghost.ru. Time limit for submitting the materials and documents is till
the 15th of February (every year).
On the results of the first round of the
competition participants, who passed to the second round, will receive before
the 14th March the notification about participation in the second round (in
attendee).
The second round (in attendee) is to be held in
Arrangement fee for the participation in the
second round is:
-
500
(five hundred) rubles for ensembles;
-
200
(two hundred) rubles for soloists-instrumentalists.
The
payment is to be transferred to the account of the Belgorod State University of
Arts and Culture.
Within the competition there will be organized
the master-classes of the leading specialists in the field of variety and jazz
music. There will be also gala concert of the laureates of this competition.
The competition program can include the performance of such compositions
as:
a)
Jazz
classic (blues, ballade, jazz-standard);
b)
Compositions
of a modern composers;
c)
Own
compositions;
d)
Musical
adaptation of folklore;
e)
Jazz-improvisations.
-
Solo-performance
is to be not less than two musical compositions of different character; the
duration of the performance is not more then 10 minutes.
-
Ensemble-performance
is to be not less than two musical compositions of different character; the
duration of the performance is not more then 15 minutes.
The order
of the performances of the participants is established by organizing committee with
the approval of jury.
The organizing
committee reserves the right not to return participants’ audio- and
video-records and to use these materials for promotion, informational and
methodical purposes.
The criteria for the
assessment of the performance:
Winners in
each of the nominations will be awarded diplomas and certificates.
The jury
has the right to award participants with special diplomas and prizes. The
jury's decision is final and not subject to appeal. The jury includes teachers
of the Department of variety art of BSUAC and teachers of the leading Musical
Universities of
The payment
of expenses is carried out by the sending party.