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$8,000 Cash Prizes, Carmen Carrozza Memorial Competition, 2017 - USAby Harley Jones |
The American Accordionists' Association (AAA) announces USD$8,000 in cash prizes for the 2017 Carmen Carrozza Memorial Award Competition to be held July 12-16 at the 2017 AAA Annual Festival. The competition venue will be: The Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village in New Jersey, Princeton, NJ 08540. To further popularize the AAA Commisioned repertoire, the Carmen Carrozza Scholarship Committee is offering $8,000 in cash prizes to the winners of this competition open to all acoustic accordionists. The Open Division and the Junior Division of this competition require accordionists to choose one of the listed Commissioned pieces , one of the Standard Repertoire pieces (selections to be announced on the AAA website) and one or more pieces of entertainment value - all to be performed in a single program, to demonstrate well rounded musicianship. For full rules and performance requirements, please contact the AAA office. International contestants requiring invitations for Visas are encouraged to request this information before 1st March. |