Grace Welsh Prize for Piano. (Competitions).

Applications are being accepted for the 20th annual competition for the Grace Welsh Prize for Piano, to be held in Chicago, May 14-18, 2002. Pianists of all nationalities born after May 30, 1977, and before May 30, 1984, are eligible. First prize will be a $5,000 cash scholarship award. Additional $3,000 scholarships will be given, at the judges' discretion, as second and/or other prizes. Deadline for applications is April 1, 2002. The number of participants will be limited to thirty.

Competitors must play a baroque work, a major romantic work, an impressionist work and a work written since 1900, as well as one complete classical sonata. All works must be memorized.

The first-prize winner will be presented in a recital and reception in Chicago's Washington Library Auditorium in May 2003. The winner also will be presented in a series of recitals at universities and concert sites around Chicago. Music directors, managers and presenters from the Midwest will attend the finals to choose pianists they wish to engage for appearances as soloists with their orchestras.

Further information and application forms are available from Gail Quillman at [e-mail], [phone] or at 156 Burlington Ave., Clarendon Hills, IL 60514-1203.