The committee is pleased to add a new competition this year, the Art Song Performance Class. We are introducing this to encourage students to try new genres of music and hope that this addition to the syllabus will encourage students and teachers to explore Art Songs. This section will be all inclusive and welcomes any song from the likes of German Leider, French Mélodie, and folk songs arranged for recital (such as Aaron Copland and Benjaman Britten). Arias and Sacred songs will be excluded from this class as we do offer a single song competition for both Arias and Sacred Songs, please see the full vocal syllabus for more information regarding those competitions.
Competitors entering any of our age brackets for the Art Song Performance Class will need to prepare any one Art Song of their choice.