2025 Festival Syllabus - KWCO Concerto Competition

KW COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA CONCERTO COMPETITION

The KWCO Concerto Competition offers students the exciting opportunity to play in concert with the Kitchener-Waterloo Community Orchestra. Three (3) Winners and two (2) Runner-Ups will be chosen from this class to perform their Concerto on Saturday May 31st, 2025. The winners will also receive two (2) complimentary concert tickets.
Each year the Concerto Competition will be available to different instruments groups. For the 2025 KWKMF it is open to Piano participants, and the following year it will be open to Strings and Winds participants (subject to change at the discretion of KWCO).

ELIGIBILITY, RULES & REGULATIONS:
• Piano players ages 12-18 as of December 31st, 2024, are eligible to enter. Exception: Previous Concerto Competition winners who have performed with the KWCO are not permitted to enter.
• Entry fee: $38. Registrants must select "KWCO Concerto Competition" on the Syllabus page of the website.
• Concertos must be performed with live piano accompaniment; participants provide their own accompanist.
• Participants must perform one (1) movement of a Concerto.
• The score must be available on IMSLP.org (International Music Score Library Project).
• Repertoire selections must be approved by KWCO, which must be submitted by January 31, 2025.
• Potential winners must be available for rehearsals and the KWCO Concert on the following dates:
Rehearsals: Tuesdays at 7:00 pm during the month of May 2025
Dress Rehearsal: Saturday May 31st, 2025, at 9:30 am
Concert: Saturday May 31st, 2025, at 7:30 pm
• Winners are expected to dress in appropriate concert attire for the performance.

For more info about the Kitchener-Waterloo Community Orchestra and the 2024-2025 Concert Season visit KWCO.org