AFAF's 2009-2010 Season Guide
Some of our guidelines have changed since last year – please read this page carefully.
Participant Eligibility
Instrumentalists and vocalists of all nationalities, K-12, college-level and adults.
Repertoire
Participants must perform one piece or one song from the standard repertoire. Each piece must be a minimum of 16 measures in length. Auditions and performances must not exceed 5 minutes. Auditions/performances that exceed the maximum performance time will be considered ineligible. Performers are required to perform from memory.
Accompaniment
Please note that AFAF does not provide accompanists for auditions. Wherever possible, participants are encouraged to provide their own accompanist.
Auditions
There are two ways of auditioning for the American Fine Arts Festival: through in-person auditions at one of our six audition locations (Massachusetts, Washington, DC, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, California) or, for those students unable to make it to a live audition — by submitting a video recording by mail. Teachers will be notified of their students’ audition results within two weeks of the last audition date. more ››
Winners' Concerts
Participants who pass the auditions will be invited to perform in one of our Winners’ Concerts, to be held in May-June, 2010 in New York City. Concert dates will be anounced within two weeks of the last audition date. more ››
Awards
Festival winners chosen to perform in our Winners’ Concert series will be awarded Certificates of Excellence. Teachers will be awarded Recognition Diplomas.
Fees
The application fee is $60 per participant. For chamber ensembles, the fee is $60/ensemble member. Please make checks payable to AFAF (American Fine Arts Festival), P.O. Box 106, Holmdel. NJ 07733. Application and recital fees are non-refundable.
Deadlines
All applications for in-person auditions for MA, CT and CA have been extended to March 16, 2009. If auditioning by mail, applications and audition videotapes/DVDs must be postmarked no later than March 16, 2009.
Further Information
For more information or additional tickets, please call (732) 671-2831. Please note that due to the volume of calls, we can only respond to teacher inquiries. We suggest you sign up for our email Newsletter using the form to the right so we can notify you of any updates to our schedule or any changes to these Festival guidelines.
Mailing Address
Please send all written inquiries, video tapes/DVDs and applications to: AFAF, P.O. Box 106, Holmdel, NJ 07733.
