• THE 24th KOREAN MUSIC ASSOCIATION YOUTH MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
• Saturday, March 1st, 2025, 9 AM to 5 PM

Rules and Regulations

1. Event Information

Place: 3605 84th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040 (Mercer Island Presbyterian Church)

Dates: March 1st, 2025

Registration starts on JANUARY 1st, 2025. (Registration will close after 100 applicants: No waitlist)

An assigned audition time will be emailed to each participant no later than February 24, 2025.

2. Divisions: A & B

A: Piano

Junior Division: Students in grades 5–8

Senior Division: Students in grades 9–12

B: Strings, Woodwind/Brass, Voice, & Chamber

          Junior Division: Students in grades 5–8

Senior Division: Students in grades 9–12

3. Enrollment

Find the online application form HERE.

• $70 for Junior Division (open repertoire up to 7 minutes)
• $90 for Senior Division (open repertoire up to 9 minutes)
• The application fee payment can be made via Zelle (kma@kmawa.org)
• The application fee payment can be mailed in the form of a check to:

Korean Music Association, PO Box 52873 Bellevue WA 98015

4. General Rules

• Entrants must check in 20 minutes before their performance with their accompanist.
• Each contestant is required to provide their own accompanist.
• Every contestant must perform by memory (excludes Chamber performers).
• Each contestant is required to bring one copy of music for the judges.
• All contestants must come warmed up prior to arrival, as there are no practice rooms available.
• Voice contestants: Musical theater selections are not allowed. Pieces should be sung in their original languages. If contestants perform a second piece, please bring a contrasting selection in both style and language.
• Chamber: For piano duo, only four-handed piano is available.
• When the allotted time is finished, judges will stop adjudicating. The judges’ decisions are final and may not be appealed.

5. Adjudicators

• Dr. Yerin Kim: Director of Keyboard Studies and Professor of Piano, Central University of Washington
• Dr. Brendan Shea: Visiting Professor of Violin, Central University of Washington

6. Award

• The KMA will release the results of the competition on our website by 8 PM.
• Grand Prize, First, and Second Winners will receive scholarships and awards via mail, and Honorable Mentions will receive awards via email.
• There may be an opportunity for the winner to be invited to perform at an event at the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle.
• A Grand prize winner of the entire competition will receive a $500 scholarship award and have the opportunity to perform at KMA’s 45th Annual Concert.
• Each A & B division will be awarded: First Place: $200, Second Place: $100, and Honorable Mentions:

Junior Piano (grades 5-8)

1st Place Junior Piano: $200

2nd Place Junior Piano: $100

Honorable Mention: Certificate

Senior Piano (grades 9-12)

1st Place Senior Piano: $200

2nd Place Senior Piano: $100

Honorable Mention: Certificate

Junior Strings, Woodwinds, Voice, & Chamber (grades 5-8)

1st Place Junior SWVC: $200

2nd Place Junior SWVC: $100

Honorable Mention: Certificate

                        Senior Strings, Woodwinds, Voice, & Chamber (grades 9-12)

1st Place Senior SWVC: $200

2nd Place Senior SWVC: $100

Honorable Mention: Certificate

7. Contact Information                                                     

     Questions? Please email us at  kma@kmawa.org.

  – > Sign up HERE starting January 1, 2025: REGISTRATION will close after 100 applicants! No wait-list.