THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF ARTS VOICE E-COMPETITIONS
LIST OF UPCOMING VOICE COMPETITIONS
January, 2021 - Viva Operetta: Aria from any operetta can be performed.
(Jacques Offenbach, W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, Johann Strauss the Younger, Franz Lehár, Oscar Straus, Leo Fall, André Messager, Paul Abraham, Leo Ascher, Anton Diabelli, Richard Heuberger, Victor Jacobi, Fritz Kreisler, Franz Lehár, Fred Raymond, Carl Zeller, Gerhard Winkler, Franz von Suppé, Ivor Novello, etc.)
Application deadline: January15th; Prescreening: January 16th-21st; Final Round: January 23rd-25th; Results: January 26th
February, 2021 - Bel Canto : An aria from an Early and Middle Romantic period opera (1815-1850) may be performed.
(Beethoven, Louis Spohr, Carl Maria von Weber, Franz Schubert, Muzio Clementi, Rossini , Cherubini , Spontini, Mehul, John Field, Franz Liszt , Felix Mendelssohn, Hector Berlioz, Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, etc.)
Application deadline: February 15th; Prescreening: February 16th-21st; Final Round: February 23rd-25th; Results: February 26th
March, 2021 - Opera Romantico: Aria or song, written in the Late Romantic and Post-Romantic period (1850-1949) may be performed.
(Bruch, Glinka , Mussorgsky , Rimski-Kórsakov, Cui , Balákirev , Borodin , Tchaikovsky, Smetana , Dvorak, Grieg, Sibelius, Albéniz , Granados, Elgar , Delius, Parker , Mac Dowell, Anton Bruckner , Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Richard Strauss, Claude Debussy, Giacomo Puccini, Paul Hindemith, Benjamin Britten, Hans Pfitzner, etc.)
Application deadline: March 15th; Prescreening: March 16th-21st; Final Round: March 23rd-25th; Results: March 26th
April, 2021 - “Musical Poem of the 20th Century”: romantic lyrical songs written in the 20th century may be performed.
(Sergei Rachmaninoff , Giacomo Puccini , Richard Strauss, Kurt Atterberg, Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, Béla Bartók, Ralph Vaughan Williams , Erich Korngold , Berthold Goldschmidt, Sergei Prokofiev, Samuel Barber , Benjamin Britten , Gustav Holst , Dmitri Shostakovich , Malcolm Arnold, Arnold Bax, George Rochberg, etc.)
Application deadline: April 15th; Prescreening: April 16th-21st; Final Round: April 23rd-25th; Results: April 26th
May, 2021 - “Musicals from the Broadway” – songs from the Broadway shows may be performed.
(“The Phantom of the Opera”, “Cats”, "The lion king”, “The Music Man”, “Hamilton”, “Evita”, “Wicked”, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, “Moulin Rouge! The Musical”, etc.)
Application deadline: May 15th; Prescreening: May 16th-21st; Final Round: May 23rd-25th; Results: May 26th
June, 2021 - Jazz and Blues standards
Application deadline: June 15th; Prescreening: June 16th-21st; Final Round: June 23rd-25th; Results: June 26th
July, 2021 - Popular and commercial music
Application deadline: July 15th; Prescreening: July 16th-21st; Final Round: July 23rd-25th; Results: July 26th
August, 2021 - Traditional Songs of the World
(Traditional and Folk songs from the world using native languages can be performed)
Application deadline: August 15th; Prescreening: August 16th-21st; Final Round: August 23rd-25th; Results: August 26th
September, 2021 - “Love Song of Romance, Ballade, and Serenade”
Songs similar to: Richard Strauss' Four Songs, Op. 27; Benjamin Britten Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo; Clara & Robert Schumann Liebesfrühling op. 12; Sergei Rachmaninoff 14 Romances, Op. 34; Alabiev The Nightingale (1827); Dvořák “Songs My Mother Taught Me” op.55; Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky “Six Romances for Voice and Piano” op. 6; Glinka “A Farewell to Saint Petersburg”, Schubert “Serenade”, etc.)
Application deadline: September 15th; Prescreening: September 16th-21st; Final Round: September 23rd-25th; Results: September 26th
October, 2021 - American Movie Musicals: the song from any American musical movie may be performed.
(“Singing In The Rain”, “Mary Poppins”, “A Star Is Born”, “The Sound Of Music”, “Meet Me In St. Louis”, “West Side Story”, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, “The Wizard Of Oz”, "Les Misérables", "The Phantom of the opera", "My fair lady", "The Sound Of Music", "Mary Poppins", "Beauty and the beast", etc.)
Application deadline: October 15th; Prescreening: October 16th-21st; Final Round: October 23rd-25th; Results: October 26th
November, 2021 - Lieder German songs
(Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, Strauss)
Application deadline: November 15th; Prescreening: November 16th-21st; Final Round: November 23rd-25th; Results: November 26th
December, 2021 - Christmas Carols and Holiday Songs
Application deadline: December 15th; Prescreening: December 16th-21st; Final Round: December 23rd-25th; Results: December 26th
Requirements for the accompanist from The European Academy of Arts
1. The music score needs to be send to the office of The European Academy of Arts no later than 10 days prior to the recording date.
2. The recording will take a place in the concert hall of The European Academy of Arts.
3. The schedule for the recording needs to be completed no later that 10 days in advance.
4. The payment for the recording needs to be submitted and received no later than 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the recording.
5. The cost for a rehearsal with an accompanist is either $30/half-hour; or $60/one hour.
Please mail the accompanist fee to:
The European Academy of Arts, 4080 Lafayette Center Drive, Suite 170B, Chantilly, VA, 20151
Please note the following:
Pianists must play from original publications. There is no other choice for this competition.
Singers are responsible for the accompanist's compliance with this strict rule. No exceptions.
The performance recorded for the video entry must be acoustic and not amplified. The only microphone(s) involved should be for recording, and the voice must not be amplified.
No mixing or sound enhancement is allowed through any kind of soundboard, including at a recording studio. No reverb can be added to the recording.
The recording must be acoustic. It must accurately represent a live performance.
No audio dubbing over your video is allowed. If you are recording your video in a professional recording studio the sound engineer must not add reverb, sound enhancement or sound mixing in any way.
Complete instrumental introductions, interludes, etc., must be performed.
ELIGIBILITY
The EAA ongoing monthly E-Competition is open to keyboard players of all ages and nationalities.
AGES
Musicians of all ages are encouraged to apply, especially young children who may not have much experience but are enthusiastic about sharing their musical abilities.
PRE-SCREENING
You must perform at least one piece, written by the composer, or composers, to whom the monthly e-competition is dedicated.
Please fill out the E-Competition Application Form below. Please note: The EAA Office reserves the right to use the submitted media material.
FINAL ROUND
If you are approved by the judges to pass prescreening, you will receive an email invitation with instructions on how to apply to the final round.
Please do not be disheartened if you do not advance to the final round, as we receive applications from many talented musicians from all over the world and can only approve a limited number of candidates to advance to the final round. Keep trying and never give up!
If you advance to the final round and grant us permission, you are guaranteed to be featured on our YouTube channel: The European Academy of Arts official YouTube channel
Please click here to learn more details about completing your application.
JUDGING
A panel of distinguished judges shall evaluate your prescreening and final round applications. Please note that the decision of our judges is final and cannot be appealed.
PRIZES
Each category has multiple prizes.
Our judges may award additional special prizes and issue certificates of recognition.
Winners and their music teachers will receive diplomas, their portrait photo and music biography will be published on the results page of our website, and their performance will be shared on our YouTube channel: The European Academy of Arts official YouTube Channel.