Artist Presentation Society

To be held in the Lee Theater of the Touhill Performing Arts Center
at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
(open to the public)

Artist Presentation Society exists to identify, encourage, and promote exceptional young musicians in the Midwest. Our competition is open to applicants from 16 Midwestern States

Applications will be accepted from pianists, solo instrumentalists and vocalists. Two winners will be chosen by highly qualified judges. Each winner will receive a $4000 honorarium, $500 travel stipend and a concert with a symphony orchestra in the 2025-2026 season. One honorable mention award of $1,500 also will be awarded.

The Artist Presentation Society has been and always will be committed to the complete inclusion of all races, genders, religions, and identities and will continue to promote talented and qualified musicians from all backgrounds.

Congratulations to our 2024 APS Winners!

Our 2024 competition was held in March and our judges were, once again, impressed with the very high level of performance of all our finalists. We are proud to announce our 2024 APS Scholarship winners.

Each of our winners will be presented in recital during our season: Season Calendar.
They will receive their monetary award ($3,000) and winner’s certificate at that time.

The judges also awarded The Jane Allen / Betty Brighton Honorable Mention Award ($1,500) to pianist, Jun-Hong Jiang.

~ VIEW 2024 SEASON CONCERT DETAILS ~

Watch a portion Danielle Kim's concert from September 2024 here.