Competition  

Artist Presentation Society Concerto/Aria Competition
Saturday March 1, 2025

Lee Theater at the Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis

Deadline for registration: Midnight on Tuesday, January 21, 2025

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.  

We partner with Acceptd for the application process. All applications will be done through the Acceptd platform. Please visit our Competition Application Page to learn more and begin an application.

Deadine for registration: Midnight on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

COMPETITION OVERVIEW

The objective of Artist Presentation Society is to identify emerging classical music artists of the highest caliber and to promote their careers by public performance opportunities. The Society’s annual competition utilizes a panel of professional musicians to evaluate Competitors’ performance, musicianship, level and variety of repertoire, interpretive and communicative abilities and overall readiness to engage in a viable concert career. Two winners will be chosen by a panel of judges and the announcement will be made at the end of the day. Those winners are presented in a concert with a St. Louis orchestra within the ensuing concert season and receive a cash award of $4,000 as well as a $500 travel stipend.

COMPETITION CATEGORIES

SOLO ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS
PIANO
CLASSICAL GUITAR
VOICE

COMPETITION ELIGIBILITY

AGE ELIGIBILITY - Instrumentalists: No older than 30 on the day of auditions, March 1, 2025. 
AGE ELIGIBILITY - Singers: No older than 35 on the day of auditions, March 1, 2025.

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT - Applicants must be residing or studying in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Michigan, or Ohio. Applicants who no longer reside in these states but whose previous domicile was within the defined area are also eligible.

RECITAL REQUIREMENT - Applicants must have performed at least one full-length program within the past two years. Acceptable equivalencies for one program are:
- SINGERS - the performance of a major operatic or oratorio role.
- INSTRUMENTALISTS - a complete concerto with orchestra.

Past winners and full-time music faculty are not eligible to apply.