February 16-19, 2006
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas 78404

THE COMPETITION
Each contestant will submita CD or cassette recording of the specified repertoire. On the basis of these preliminary recordings, the contest may be limited to forty performers. Those accepted will perform for the judgesand an audience in the first round; six semifinalists will be chosen from the string divisions and six from the piano divisions to compete in the second round. Two string players and two pianists will advance to compete in the finals on Sunday afternoon for the Young Artist Awards. All prizes are awarded at the discretion of the judges, whose decisions are final.


JUDGES
piano: Enrique Graf, Joseph Schwartz, Ralph Votapek
strings: Bonnie Hampton, Kathryn Plummer, Kathleen Winkler

SCHEDULE

Friday, November 18, 2005 (postmarked)	entry deadline
Monday, January 2, 2006	notification of applicants
Thursday, February 16 and Friday, February 17, 2006	rehearsals
Friday, February 17 and Saturday, February 18 2006	contest rounds one and two
Sunday, February 19, 2006	contest finals

REPERTOIRE
All music must be performed from memory.

STRINGS
First Round
First or final movement of a standard concerto, or a single-movement work and a solo from a different historical period, excluding duo sonatas. Playing time may be limited to twenty minutes at the judges' discretion.
Second Round
Another movement of the concerto
Finals
The entire concerto

PIANO
The total repertoire shall be a complete concerto and two solo pieces, representing three different historical periods.
First Round
First or last movement of a concerto, or a single-movementwork and two solo pieces.
Playing time will be 15 minutes for solos, 15 minutes for concerto movement.
Second Round
Another movement of the concerto
Finals
The entire concerto


ELIGIBILITY
The contest is open to any student of piano, violin, viola, cello,double bass, or harp* who will not have reached her/his twenty-sixth birthday by February 19, 2006. Students of current judges or previous winners of any Corpus Christi Young Artists' awards are ineligible.

*As there have been relatively few harp and guitar entries, we now alternate years for them.

APPLICATION
Please send
*A photocopy of your birth certificate, driver's license, or passport for proof of age*
*A completed application form signed by your teacher*
*A high-quality CD or cassette recording of one movement of the concerto and a solo piece*
(The contestant's name must not appear on the tape or CD.)
$45.00 non-refundable feepayable to CCIC, Inc.

to
Alene Burch (piano) or Susan Sturman (strings)
Corpus Christi International Competition, Inc.
c/o Del Mar College Music Department
Corpus Christi, Texas 78404

ACCOMPANISTS
Contestants may provide their own accompanists. Staff accompanistsare available for an $80.00 fee. Do not send scores or accompanistfees until notified of acceptance.


PRIZES
Mary Hope Brennecke Piano Award
$5,000
Morris L. Lichtenstein, Jr. Foundation String Award
$5,000
Divisional Awards from the Lichtenstein Foundation and Corpus Christi International Competition Donors
2nd place, each division-$2,500
3rd place each division-$1,000
and other special awards

For information contact

Joan Allison (piano)
phone 361-855-0264
e-mail jallison@the-i.net

Mary Mayhew (strings)
phone 361-852-5829
fax 361-852-1941
e-mail memayhew@aol.com

 

September 26, 2005
David Irving