Flute Competition Opportunities

It’s that time of year to start making plans for upcoming competitions.  Myrna Brown will post their rep in July/August, Chicago Flute Club’s is already posted with a deadline for October.  Start planning and reaching for your goals!

The following have competitions that are not as restrictive to age:

• National Flute Association (Young Artist, Orchestral, Master Class, Collegiate Flute Choir, many more)
• Chicago Flute Club Competitions 
• Flute Society of Washington Competitions
• Myrna Brown Flute Competition
• Rochester Flute Association
• Houston Flute Club’s Byron Hester Competition

These are for younger flutists:

• Southeast Michigan Flute Association (Young Artist Competition, Collegiate Artist Competition)

• Ima Hogg-Houston Symphony Young Artist Competition

• Kobe International Flute Competition

• Mid-South Flute Society Competitions

• Midland-Odessa Symphony National Young Artists Competition

• Carl Nielsen International Music Competition and Festival

• James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition

• Schubert Club Student Scholarship Competition

• Sorantin Award for Young Artists

• Springfield (MO) Symphony Orchestra Hellam Young Artist Competition

• William C. Byrd Young Artists Competition
 (Winds and Brass next in 2013)

Thanks to flutist Julie Stone for many of these links, who can be reached at julie.stone@emich.edu.  She is Professor of Flute at Eastern Michigan University.