The first Victor Salvi Foundation Awards competition will take place June 16-17 at Lyon & Healy Hall in Chicago, prior to the opening of the American Harp Society Summer Institute (June 18-21) at Roosevelt University. This new award will be presented in alternate years with the Anne Adams Award.
Judges for the Victor Salvi Award this year will include: Dan Yu, harpist and Victor Salvi Foundation laureate; Ann Yeung, associate professor of harp and chair of the string division at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain and Andrea Swan, acclaimed pianist in the Chicago area.
Repertoire:
J. de la Presle: Le Jardin Mouille
(Available at Lyon & Healy West, item #707520-300, $13.50)
E. Parish Alvars: Introduction & Variations on Themes
from Bellini’s Opera "Norma"
(Available at Lyon & Healy West, item #700445-600, $10.25).
Qualifications:
The competition is open to harpists who are citizens of the Americas and who have not passed their 35th birthday by June 1, 2007.
Participants must be members of the American Harp Society.
Auditions will be open to the public. Contestants will not be interrupted during performance.
Repertoire must be played by memory.
Applicants must be accompanied by:
Copy of valid identification.
One teacher recommendation stating that the applicant knows the required repertoire.
A non-refundable registration fee of US $25 payable to The Victor Salvi Foundation.
Applications must be postmarked by Saturday, April 14, 2007 and send to: The Victor Salvi Foundation Awards, 168 North Ogden Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607.
Click here to download an application form.
Prizes:
The Victor Salvi Foundation will present (3) awards, each receiving:
$2,000 in cash to be used to further education.
$500 gift certificate from Lyon & Healy Harps.
Harps will be available for participants unable to bring their own instrument.
