The Rules

Entry Conditions Entry Recording 17. You may play from memory or from music at any stage. It
is recommended that you include some variety of style, tempo and
1. The Competition is open to solo performers on the period in your choice of music for your recording and any Semi-Final.
9. You must ensure that your entry recording is by You Tube or
instruments listed in the Appendix born after 30 March 2000 and before Failure to do so will not be penalised, but a well-selected programme
Vimeo clip the link to which is made available to the Organisers in your
30 March 2008. will be taken into account in the case of a tie.
application. If you submit an unplayable or ineffective link you will be
2. Applications can be completed online or submitted by 18. You are responsible for your own transport to and from
eliminated and you will not receive a refund of your entry fee.
post. Applications complying fully with the requirements set out in the competition. Parking is available close to the venues for those
.
these Rules must be received no later than 24.00 hours GMT on 20 who come by car.
10. Your entry recording must:
October 2024 together with the non-refundable entrance fee 19. In the event that you are unable to take part in any
of £50. Stockport Symphony Orchestra Productions Ltd (“the ● have been recorded no earlier than 1 March 2024 judging stage for any reason including illness or other eventuality the
Organisers”) may accept or reject applications at their discretion. Organisers shall be entitled to substitute an alternative entrant.
● be recorded from one static camera position
20. You agree unconditionally that your audition recording
3. Proof of age must be submitted with your application. This
● be unedited and without cuts and competition performance(s) may be saved recorded or broadcast in
can be either a copy of a passport or copy birth certificate.
any media form by the Organisers and/or Stockport Symphony
4. You must have attained an advanced standard at least ● record the entirety of your performance lasting no more Orchestra for promotional purposes without payment of any fee. For the
equivalent to Grade 8 ABRSM. Your entry must be accompanied by the avoidance of doubt copyright in any recordings made or saved by or on
than 12 minutes behalf of the Organisers shall be the intellectual property of the
following:
Organisers.
● A copy of your Grade 8 certificate, performer’s diploma The time allowed starts when the first note of your programme is
or accreditation by your teacher or other person of appropriate musical played and is inclusive of any tuning breaks and breaks between General
standing who has knowledge of your playing standard.
movements.
● A detailed résumé of your performing experience and a 21. You shall make no contact with the media for the duration
11. Your recording may be solo or accompanied and the
brief biography of no more than one hundred words, suitable for of the competition except as requested by the Organisers.
performance played from music or memory.
inclusion in the competition programme. 22. Any entrant who the Organisers (in their absolute
● A high resolution photograph of yourself suitable for discretion) consider too badly behaved, unable to cope with the stress
Performance details
inclusion in the programme. or otherwise unsuitable to take part in SIYMC may be asked to leave
● A video recording of your entry performance the competition.
in accordance with the rules set out below. 12 You will be advised by 12 January 2025 if you have been
accepted to perform and the date and time of your performance in the 23. Please note that the Organisers' decisions on all matters
5. The entry fee of £50 is payable by cheque or bank transfer
further round(s) if any. The playing order of competitors in each round is final and they will not enter into any correspondence, either verbal or
made to the organisers bank account at
and in any rehearsal will be determined by the Organisers. If there is a written, about results. There will be no obligation for the organisers or
Semi-Final it will take place on 22 February 2025 at a venue to be any judges or adjudicators to comment upon performances or give
Virgin Money Sort Code 05-05-68 Account 40130619
advised. The Final is on 29 March 2025. explanations for decisions in the competition.
Stockport IBAN GB32YORK05056840130619 24. Competitors agree that their email addresses and any
13 Competitors reaching the Final will be allocated a
Symphony BIC YORKGB21568 personal information supplied in the course of applying to or taking part
rehearsal at 7.30 pm on the 25, 26 or 27 March. Each finalist will be
Orchestra SWIFT YORKGB22
allocated a further rehearsal slot on the afternoon of the Final. The in the Competition may be communicated by the Organisers to any
Please use your surname and initials as a payment reference.
length of the rehearsals will be determined by the conductor having person for the purposes of or connected with the Competition.
regard to the needs of the competitor, the concerto being played and the 25. No winner of the competition may enter a second time.
Alternatively you may pay by credit card at
need of the orchestra for rehearsal and so will not necessarily be of 26. In the event that the Competition fails to attract a
www.ticketsource.co.uk/sso/siymc-2025/e-mbarex (small booking fee
equal length. sufficient number and/or calibre of entrants the Organisers shall be
applies)
In case of difficulty, please contact [email protected] 14. Except in the case of the Final, you must provide on the entitled to cancel the Competition in which event your entrance fee
day of each of any live performance (and not before) 3 copies of will be refunded but the Organisers will have no further liability for any
6. You are required to submit a list of pieces you will play
a score or instrumental part of each piece of music to be performed in costs losses or expenses which may have been incurred.
during the Competition. From your list you will need to be able to select
programmes that comply with the following: that round. Photocopies are acceptable but it is your responsibility to 27. If due to or arising out of epidemic or from infectious or
contagious disease:
● Semi- Final (if applicable) 16 minutes ensure that there is no infringement of copyright in the submission
● Concerto Final- a concerto selected from the approved a) in their honestly held opinion the competition cannot continue
and/or use of any photocopy. without risk to competitors, performers or audience or where the effect
list in the Appendix
15. A single grand piano is provided for each stage of the of such epidemic or infectious or contagious disease on those taking part
You may choose to offer a different concerto in addition to one on the
competition. You must bring any other instrument you wish to use. renders continuation impractical the Organisers may postpone or cancel
approved list . The Organisers will consider your alternative but will be the event at any stage, or hold the semi-finals as a video round, hold the
Page turners and accompanists will not be provided – please arrange
under no obligation to permit its performance. final without audience or determine the winner and finalists by an
7. You must keep to time limits which are inclusive of any your own if required. Any amplification equipment required for your
alternative method of their choice
tuning breaks and breaks between movements. Your time starts when programme will also need to be provided by you. Your concerto in the
b) a competitor remaining in the competition is prevented from
the first note of your programme is played. If you exceed this time limit Final will be accompanied by Stockport Symphony Orchestra and travelling to any live round for which they have been selected such
you may be penalised. a conductor of their choosing. competitor will be refunded their entry fee in full
8. The list of music you wish to perform in each round 16. You may be interviewed at any stage and the interview c) the event is cancelled before the holding of any live round any
of the Competition must be included in your completed entry form. and any performance may be recorded for possible use for promotional competitor who has not already been eliminated from the competition at
purposes by the Organisers. that point will be refunded their entry fee in full
28. The Courts of England and Wales shall have sole
jurisdiction in relation to this agreement which shall be interpreted in
accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

Piano:
Appendix Clarinet:
Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven 3 Mozart k622, Finzi, Weber 1

Violin: Saxophone:
Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mozart 5 Glazunov, Richard Rodney Bennett concerto for
Stan Getz, Nyman ‘Where the Bee Dances’
Viola:
Walton, Stamitz concerto in D, Bartok Bassoon:
Mozart k191, Weber, Hummel
Cello: Horn:
Dvorak, Elgar, Schumann, Mozart 3 or 4, Strauss 1

Double Bass: Trumpet:

Dittersdorf 2, Vanhal, Haydn, Arutiunian, Hummel
Koussevitzky
Trombone:
Flute: Rimsky-Korsakov, Grondahl, Ferdinand David
Mozart k313, Ibert, Khachaturian Concertino

Oboe: Tuba:
Strauss, Mozart k314, Martinu Vaughan Williams, Gregson, Arutiunian