Supported by:

The Competition is sponsored by the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland

1. The Patrons are: Jane Carty, Dearbhla Collins, Eamonn Lawlor and John Rowden .
2. The Semi-Final and Final of the Competition will take place in the Freemasons’ Hall, 17 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, from 11th-13th October 2012, before an International Jury, chaired by Jane Carty.
3. Competitors selected by their Colleges will perform at the Semi-Finals and four of these will then be chosen by the Jury to go on to the Final.
4. The Semi-Finals on 11th October 2012 and the Final on Saturday 13th October 2012  are open to the public.
5. The Competition is open to instrumentalists in the following categories :
• Keyboard ( piano, organ, harpsichord and classical accordion)
• Strings ( violin, viola, cello, double-bass, concert harp, classical guitar)
• Woodwind ( flute, recorder, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, bassoon)
• Brass ( French Horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, euphonium)
• Percussion.
6.  The Prizes are as follows :

      Presented by the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland

• 1st Prize :  € 5,000
• 2nd Prize:  € 3,000
• 3rd Prize:   € 1,500
• 4th Prize:   € 1,250

....7. Presented by Joseph Brennan ( in memory of his parents, Charles and Ursula)
........The Brennan Prize: €1,000 for the most promising Competitor in the Competition

,,,,,,,,Presented by Mary Beattie (in memory of her husband)
........The John Vallery Memorial Prize: €1,000 for the best performance by a string player in the Competition.

8. Competitors must be full time students for the college year 2011-2012, pursuing a Degree in Music Performance at Undergraduate, Post Graduate or Doctoral Level, or a Post Graduate Diploma in Music Performance,  at the following Music Institutions  in Ireland :
• The Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin
• The DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Dublin
• The CIT Cork School of Music, Cork
• The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick  (MA  in Classical String Performance )

NB. If a registered student of one of the above Colleges for the academic year 2011-2012 is attending a College/University outside Ireland for the year on an Erasmus exchange, they are eligible to compete as they remain registered students of their respective Colleges. However visiting students on an Erasmus exchange from countries outside Ireland are not eligible, as they remain registered students with their own Colleges and are only attending courses in the respective Irish College.

9. Students who have graduated from any of the above colleges with a Primary,  Post Primary or Doctoral Degree in Music Performance, or a Graduate Diploma in Music Performance, and are full time students at Colleges anywhere outside Ireland  for the 2011-2012 College Year, studying for  a Post Graduate or Doctoral Degree in Music Performance,  or a Graduate Diploma in Music Performance are eligible to compete.
10. The age limit for the Competition is not more than 27 years of age on 1st October 2012
11. The format for the Competition is that each of the above Colleges will, at the end of the College Year 2011-2012, choose students to put forward for the Semi-Finals of the Competition on 11th October 2012. Each College may put forward a minimum of two and a maximum  of four Semi-Finalists.
12. The criteria and method of choosing their students for entry is to be decided solely by each of the Colleges.
13. The Closing Date for the submission by the Colleges of the names of the students chosen by the Colleges to go forward to the Semi-Finals of the Competition is 5.00 p.m. on 29th June 2012. Completed entry forms must be received at Freemasons’ Hall by that date and time
14. The names and details of each of the students must be submitted by the College on the Competition Entry Form and the Entry Form must be signed by each student, and the relevant College Authority
15. For the Semi-Final of the Competition each student must present a 20 minute recital programme of their own choice. This programme will be repeated in the Final, EXCEPT either one new piece must be substituted in the Final for one of the pieces performed in the Semi-Final or else one additional piece must be  added on to the programme performed in the Semi-Final. The duration of the Recital for the Final will be 30 minutes.
16. There will be penalties for programmes which are unacceptably over time.
17. The official accompanist for the Competition is Dearbhla Brosnan:

• Those using the official accompanist will have a rehearsal with her in a rehearsal room at Freemasons Hall, and in addition, a short acoustic rehearsal  in the Main Hall itself both for the Semi-Final and the Final.
• Competitors may bring their own accompanist if they so wish but they must pay any fee and expenses of this accompanist themselves.
• Pianists will have a full rehearsal in the Main Hall itself on the piano on which they will be performing for both the Semi-Final and the Final.
• Competitors not using the official accompanist, or not needing an accompanist, will be offered a short acoustic rehearsal in the Main Hall itself. If they wish to avail of  facilities for a private rehearsal as well, in a rehearsal room in Freemasons Hall, for the Semi-Final or Final, they may request this on their entry form.

18. There is no entry fee for the Competition.
19. Students who live outside Dublin, and those who are studying abroad and whose family home is not in Dublin, will be offered free accommodation with host families, for the duration of the Competition.
20. Possible future concert and/or broadcasting engagements will be offered to the First Prizewinner and other Prizewinners.
21. The Winner of the 2012 competition  will not be eligible to compete in any future ‘Irish Freemasons Young Musician of the Year’ Competitions
22. Rights to any Competition performance, whether broadcast, televised, recorded or filmed, in any manner whatsoever , belong exclusively to the Sponsors of the Competition and no fee  is, or shall be deemed,  payable to the Competitor or the College or any other person or firm in respect of  these Competition  performances or any broadcasts, recordings, transmissions or films, and the right to reproduce, or licence  any broadcasts, recordings, transmissions or films belongs exclusively to the Sponsors
23. The postal address and other contact details for the Competition are:

        
Music Competition,  
Freemasons’ Hall,
17 Molesworth Street, 
Dublin 2
         
Competition Website: www.freemasonsmusic.ie     
Direct Telephone : John Keeley: 00353 (0) 87 799 3621
Direct email : admin@freemasonsmusic.ie