Application Deadline: January 10, 2025
Application fee for Elementary, Standard & Intermediate Divisions:
$45 one movement
$65 two movements
$85 three/four movements

Application fee for Advanced Division:

$55 Advanced Division

Auditions: January 25th & 26th, 2025
Immanuel Church, 2551 Dixie Hwy, Lakeside Park, KY 41017

Audition times will be emailed to each applicant after January 20th. No changes will be made to the audition or rehearsal schedule. All students need an accompanist for the auditions.

Dress Rehearsals: Saturday, February 8, 2025 (9:30 am - 3:00 pm)
Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Final Concert and Awards Ceremony: Sunday, February 9, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
$18 admission (box office or online).
Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

1st place winners perform at the final concert with the Youth Sinfonia and professional friends. 2nd and 3rd place awards in each division will also be presented at the final concert and ceremony.

PIANO

• Elementary Division (through 4th grade)

Celebration! A Youth Concerto for Piano and Rhythm Ensemble by Lynn Olson

Movement 1: Brisk and Brilliant

Movement 2: Revolving, turning

Movement 3: With snap

• Standard Division (through 7th grade)

Piano Concerto in 3 movements by Christina CL Tan (WORLD PREMEIR)

Movement 1: Ancient Airs

Movement 2: Pentatonic Psalm

Movement 3: Jazz Waltz

Music may be obtained through the composer directly.

Please contact Dr. Christina Tan: dr.tinatan88@gmail.com

• Intermediate Division (through 10th grade)

Concerto in D minor for Piano and Band by John Thompson

Movement 1: Allegro con brio

Movement 2: Andantino

Movement 3: Allegro furioso

• Advanced Division (through 12th grade)

Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K. 413 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Movement 1: Allegro (ONLY)

VIOLIN

• Standard Division (through 6th grade)

Violin Concerto No.5, Op.22 by Friedrich Seitz

Movement 1: Allegro moderato

Movement 2: Andante cantabile

Movement 3: Rondo allegretto

• Intermediate Division (through 9th grade)

Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor BWV 1043 by J. S. Bach

Movement 1: Vivace

Movement 2: Largo ma non tanto

Movement 3: Allegro

Students may audition for the Violin I solo or Violin II solo part.

• Advanced Division (through 12 grade)

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 by Max Bruch

Movement 1: Vorspiel: Allegro moderato (ONLY)

VIOLA

• Intermediate Division (through 9th grade)

Concerto for 2 Violas in G Major by Georg Philipp Telemann

Movement 3: Largo

Movement 4: Vivace

Students may audition for the Viola I solo or Viola II solo part.

• Advanced Division (through 12th grade)

Concerto in E-flat Major by Carl Friedrich Zelter

Movement 1: Allegro (ONLY)

CELLO

• Intermediate Division (through 9th grade)

Student Cello Concerto in D Major, Op. 213 by Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn

Movement 1: Allegro moderato

Movement 2: Menuet and Trio, Moderato molto

Movement 3: Rondo, Allegro molto

• Advanced Division (through 12th grade)

Concerto in A Minor, Op. 33 by Camille Saint-Saëns

Movement 1: Allegro non troppo (ONLY)

BASS

• Advanced Division (through 12th grade)

Concerto in G Major by Domenico Dragonetti.

Movement 1: Allegro moderato (ONLY)

Rules and Guideline: 

• Participating students are required to be available for the dress rehearsal and concert dates.

• All works are required to be performed by memory.

• Each movement is a separate competition (in the younger divisions.) Students may audition with one movement, two movements, or all three/four movements in the younger divisions.

• Provide 1 copy of your marked music for the judges. (Copy of student’s music that shows fingerings, bowings, metronome markings, etc. for the string divisions.)

• Auditions are scheduled and grouped by division.

• All students need an accompanist for the auditions. If you are unable to provide your own, the JB Competition will provide one for you. A brief rehearsal will occur the same day as the audition before your scheduled time.

• Completed applications need to be post marked or received by January 10, 2025 to be accepted.

• Application fees are not refundable.

• Winning students are required to be available for the dress rehearsal date (February 8, 2025) and the concert date (February 9, 2025 @ 2 pm.)