Vocal and Instrumental

Vocal and Instrumental Sections – General Conditions

1. Nominations can be submitted on the official nomination form at the Conroy Hall on Friday 18th June from 2 pm – 5:30 pm. No Late nominations will be accepted.
   DO NOT POST NOMINATIONS.
2. All pieces are to be OWN CHOICE for all vocal and instrumental sections, within the guidelines appropriate to each section.
3. Competitors are not permitted to repeat a performance of the same item in these sections.
4. Own choice material to be handed in on Tuesday 3rd August at TYTO GALLERY between 10 am – 4 pm. If OWN CHOICE WORK is not submitted on time, the competitor will be disqualified.
5. FAXED COPIES will not be accepted.
6. NO changes will be accepted after the cut-off date.
7. Please clearly mark on the top right hand of the first page of the manuscript as follows:
   Section Number…………….
   Competitor’s Number…………..
8. Age Groups – Age Groups for all sections will be determined by the committee after the receipt of entries.
9. Original copies of material must be collected from the foyer table, immediately after the completion of the section.
10. No BACKING TRACKS TO BE USED FOR ANY VOCAL OR INSTRUMENTAL SECTION OTHER THAN ‘POP VOCAL’.
11. Popular vocal solo – Please advise on nomination the type of accompaniment you will be using. Eg backing track, piano accompaniment.
12. IF UNABLE TO COMPETE ON THE DAY OF PERFORMANCE – PLEASE NOTIFY THE COMMITTEE A.S.A.P. No section will be held up waiting for performers.

Vocal and Instrumental – Sections

107. CLASSICAL PIANO SOLO – [Composed before 1900]
108. PIANO SOLO – 20th/21st Century (including Jazz, Blues, Boogie, Ragtime)
109. WOODWIND/BRASS SOLO – Non-electric (includes Recorders)
110. UKELELE SOLO
111. GUITAR SOLO – Non-electric
112. BOWED STRINGS SOLO – Composed before 1900
113. BOWED STRINGS SOLO – 20th/21st Century (including Jazz, Blues etc.)
114. ELECTRIC GUITAR SOLO
115. PERCUSSION SOLO (Tuned or Untuned)
116. SOLO FOR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT
117. J.S. BACH SOLO – Any instrument. Secondary
118. PIANO DUETS
119. INSTRUMENTAL DUETS – Two players – Any instrumental combination including piano
120. INSTRUMENTAL TRIO – Three players – Any instrumental combination
121. INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE – 4 to 8 performers
122. INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE – 9 performers or above.
123. POPULAR VOCAL SOLO – Composed from 1980 onwards – Use of microphone is compulsory. Accompaniment may be either CD/USB, piano or guitar. Please advise on nomination form accompaniment choice. Competitors are responsible for organising their own form or mode of accompaniment, keeping in mind the set-up time of 1 minute. The committee will not be responsible for any equipment used. Music score, not lyrics only must be submitted with own choice.

Other Vocal and Choral Sections (excluding Folksong) – piano accompaniment only.

124. SACRED VOCAL SOLO – Own choice.
125. VOCAL SOLO – from any A.B.C. Songbook (costumes optional)
126. VOCAL SOL0 – AUSTRALIAN COMPOSER Classical/Art Song, not Contemporary Works
127. VOCAL SOLO FROM ANY FILM, MUSICAL, MUSICAL COMEDY/OPERETTA – To be performed in costume
128. VOCAL DUO
129. CHORAL PRIMARY CHOIRS – SMALL SCHOOLS – (A School having up to 60 students)
130. CHORAL PRIMARY CHOIRS -VOCAL PRIMARY GROUP – 4 to 12 voices
131. CHORAL PRIMARY CHOIRS – UNISON
132. CHORAL PRIMARY CHOIRS- TWO/THREE PART
133. CHORAL PRIMARY CHOIRS – FOLKSONG – (Definition of Folksong from Grove Dictionary, p.693 vol.6 -“Folksong music being from rudimentary beginnings by a community uninfluenced by popular and art music and it can likewise be applied to music which has originated with an individual composer and has subsequently been absorbed into the unwritten living tradition of a community.”) Simple props, costumes and movement optional. Choral Primary Folksong may be sung unaccompanied, accompanied by piano or any combination of traditional instruments.
134. CHORAL SECONDARY CHOIRS – FOLKSONG
135. CHORAL SECONDARY CHOIRS – UNISON
136. CHORAL SECONDARY CHOIRS -TWO/THREE PART