Competitions for Students

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1	Name	Age/Grade Range	Application/Preliminary Audition Date	Audition(s) Date	Material	Entry Fee	Location	Prize(s)	Website
2	Texas:
3	Houston Civic Symphony Young Artist Competition	5-12 grade	November	November	Large-scale work	$50.00	Houston, TX	Cash + Concert
4	Houston Young Artists' Concert	4–18	November 6	December 11	Any work	$40.00	Houston, TX	Recitals	http://www.hyac.org/
5	Symphony North of Houston Young Artist Concerto Competition	≤19	December	January	Movement of a Major Concerto	$25.00	Houston, TX	1st: $1,000 + Concert / 2nd: $500 + Concert	https://symphonynorth.org/
6	Mika Hasler Young Artist Competition	22 or younger	December 15	February 5	Movements from 2 Major Concertos or Equivalent	$75.00	Houston, TX	1st: $5,000 + Recital / 2nd: $1,000 + Recital	http://www.mikahaslercompetition.org/
7	Marielle Ogletree Young Artists Concerto Competition	18 or younger	December 31	January 8	Concerto Movement or Equivalent	$60.00	Stafford, TX	$500 Scholarship + Concert	http://fbso.org/events/marielle-ogletree-young-artists-concerto-competition-2017/
8	Schmidbauer Young Artist Competition	15 or older in high school	January 2	January 28	Movement of a Major Concerto	$25.00	Nacogdoches, TX	1st: $2,000 + Concert / 2nd: $1,000 / 3rd: $500	http://www.schmidbauercompetition.org/
9	Ima Hogg Competition	16–26	January 10	May 28	Major Concerto	$100.00	Houston, TX	1st: $25,000 + Concert / 2nd: $10,000 + Concert / 3rd: $5,000	https://houstonsymphony.org/community/young/ima-hogg-competition/
10	ECHOrchestra Young Artist Concerto Competition	6 - 12 Grade	February 19	February 23		$25.00	Houston, TX	Concert	http://www.echorchestra.org/yacc
11	Katy Young Artist Competition	High School	April	April	One Solo		Katy, TX	Recital
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13	USA:
14	Sphinx Competition Junior Division	17 and under	November 6	January 31	2 Contrasting Movements from Bach Suites, Haydn Concerto I, Villa-Lobos Song of the Black Swan, Piece of choice	$35.00	Detroit, MI	1st: $10,000 + Concerts / 2nd: $5,000 + Concert / 3rd: $3,000 + Concert	http://www.sphinxmusic.org/sphinx-competition/
15	Oklahoma State University High School String Competition	Grade 10–12	February 3	February 18	2 Contrasting Standard Works	$25.00	Stillwater, OK	1st: $500 / 2nd: $250	http://music.okstate.edu/pre-college-programs/2017-hs-string-competition
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