(This includes students who are not applied majors.) Vocal and instrumental collaborators must be currently enrolled students at the time of the Competition. Sidney M. Wright Endowed Presidential Scholarship Competition
All piano students enrolled in the Butler School of Music are eligible to participate in the Sidney M. Wright Endowed Presidential Scholarship Competition. The repertoire requirem
ents for the Competition will be as follows:
a. Vocal Accompanying: 3 songs and 1 operatic aria, representing at least two different languages. More than one vocalist may serve as a collaborator. The aria must be included within the 12 1/2 minute time limit. Instrumental Accompanying: an instrumental piece, movement or contrasting movements (total time not to exceed 12 1/2 minutes) either originally written for the piano, or an orchestral transcription. More than one instrumentalist may serve as a collaborator. The total audition time for each contestant will be 25 minutes maximum, with equal importance given to instrumental and vocal repertoire. The Final Competition will be timed. Competitors may make their own cuts, or the official timer will indicate when time has run out. Contestants are responsible for their own vocal and instrumental collaborators, who must be enrolled in a degree program at the UT School of Music at the time of the Competition. All contestants and their collaborators must be available to perform in the Final Competition on March 24, 2013 between 12 - 6 p.m. The judges shall choose one First Place winner, who will be the Sidney M. Wright Endowed Presidential Scholarship recipient of $3000 and one Second Place winner who will be the Sidney M. Wright Endowed Presidential Scholarship winner of $2500. $100 honoraria will be given to the best vocal and best instrumental collaborator, as determined by the judges. This money will be donated by the Advisory Committee. Contestants will be asked to sign their names when taking an application form, in order for the Committee to form a projection regarding the number of contestants. No changes will be allowed either in repertoire or in collaborators without the ruling of the Advisory Committee after the contestant registers for the competition. The deadline for completed applications is Friday, March 8, 2013. There can be no more than ten competitors in the Final Round on March 24; if there are more than ten applicants a preliminary round will be held on Monday, March 18. Contestants and their collaborators will perform 8 minutes of instrumental or vocal repertoire, or both, as listed on the application form. The contestants may choose what repertoire to present at the preliminary round. The ten finalists will draw numbers for the order of the Final Competition on Wednesday, March 20 at noon in Professor Allen’s office, 4.186. Results of the drawing are final. The Scholarship Competition Administrator is responsible for enforcing these and all other procedures. Scholarship Competition Administrator: Prof. Gregory Allen
Advisory Board:
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wright
Prof. Gregory Allen
Prof. Emeritus Lita Guerra
Prof. Emeritus Betty Mallard
Prof. Anton Nel
Policy and Procedures Statement
The purpose of the Sidney M. Wright Endowed Presidential Scholarship Competition is to promote and reward excellence in instrumental and vocal collaboration by students at The University of Texas at Austin. In doing so, the interests and accomplishments of the late UT alumnus Sidney M. Wright, benefactor of this Endowed Presidential Scholarship, will be honored in perpetuity. The Sidney M. Wright Endowed Presidential Scholarship, determined through an Accompanying Competition, shall be independent of all other financial awards, and is not subject to any other restrictions than those stated in this document. Therefore, the awarding of this Scholarship shall not prejudice the awarding of any other scholarships, fellowships, teaching assistantships, waivers and the like. Requirements associated with other scholarships shall not apply to the winner or winners of the Sidney M. Wright Endowed Presidential Scholarship. Scholarship recipients shall be determined by a yearly Competition at The University of Texas at Austin, held during the school year. This special Scholarship Competition should be advertised as a recruitment incentive to prospective students interested in collaborative work. However, due to the specialized nature of a competition involving collaborators and extensive rehearsal, it is determined that the Scholarship Competition is intended for students who are already in residence at The University of Texas. This applies to the pianists and their vocal and instrumental partners. The Advisory Board shall choose three judges for the final round, and one judge for a preliminary round, should that round be necessary. The Advisory Board requires that all contestants refrain from coaching any of the competition material with any of the judges. Every attempt will be made to select judges who have no direct contact with any UT students studying piano performance, vocal or instrumental collaboration. Wright Endowed Presidential Scholarship recipient of $3000. Other awards and honorable mentions may be awarded. Should the Winner of the Competition, for any reason, not be able to accept either semester's portion of the Endowed Scholarship, the money will be awarded to the next person in line as determined by the judges. Should the Endowed Scholarship be relinquished by the winner(s) for any reason, that decision must be permanent, and the money cannot be held in "escrow" for a subsequent time. Wright Endowed Presidential Scholarship Competition Winner or Winners (first or second prize) may not enter the Competition again. The Competition entrants must be taking courses and making normal progress toward a degree in music at The University of Texas at Austin at the time of the Competition and the following semester in order to qualify for the Scholarships offered by the Competition. For the purposes of the Sidney M. Wright Endowed Presidential Scholarship Competition, the minimum numbers of hours required for enrollment as a condition of "residence" will be 9 hours for undergraduate students and 6 hours for graduate students. If a student is getting other financial aid, he or she will have to abide by appropriate course-load requirements. All Competition entrants and collaborators must be prepared to show proof of their academic status to the Scholarship Competition Administrator prior to the Competition. The Winners will be expected to follow the stated academic status guidelines of the Competition in order for the Scholarships to be issued. The winners of scholarships awarded through the Sidney Wright Presidential Scholarship Competition will not need to fulfill an imposed ensemble requirement beyond his or her normal degree requirement (School of Music Student Awards Committee Scholarships carry their own requirements). A copy of this document will be posted outside the studio of the Scholarship Competition Administrator and will be provided to each applicant and each judge. This document will also be provided to the Office of the Dean of the College of Fine Arts, the Director of the School of Music, and the Chairman of the Student Awards Committee of the School of Music at The University of Texas at Austin.
