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Kingsville announces piano and concerto competitions. (Competitions).


The Music Club of Kingsville Kingsville, city (1990 pop. 25,276), seat of Kleberg co., S Tex.; inc. 1911. It is headquarters of the gigantic King Ranch. The city is a processing center for cotton, livestock, vegetables, and dairy products in a farm, oil, uranium, stone, and gas area. , Inc., will hold its annual Kingsville International Competitions--The Young Performers Concerto concerto (kənchâr`tō), musical composition usually for an orchestra and a soloist or a group of soloists. In the 16th cent. concertare and concertato implied an ensemble, either vocal or instrumental.  and Isabel Scionti Piano Solo--April 3-5, 2003, on the campus of the Texas A&M University-Kingsville.

More than $24,000 in prize money is available for distribution to winners in the nine contests. The highest-ranking winner will receive a minimum of $5,000 and a performance with the Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, in Christianity
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Separate contests will be held in two divisions: junior (up to age 19) and senior (ages 19-26). The junior and senior prizes offered in each of the six preliminary contests--piano concerto, bowed instrument concerto, non-bowed instrument concerto and piano solo--are $1,000 for first place, $500 for second place and $200 for third place respectively.

Additional special prizes include the Isabel Scionti Award of $1,000, the $500 Judge Woodrow Woodrow may refer to:
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 Laughlin Award for best piano concerto performance and additional prizes for bowed and non-bowed instruments.

Entries must be postmarked no later than January 22, 2003. There is an entry fee of $35 per contest.

For more information contact the Kingsville Competitions at P.O. Box 2873, Station 1, Kingsville, TX 78363; (361) 592-2374; youngperf@hotmail.com; www.d16acbl.org/YoungPerformers.
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Publication:American Music Teacher
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Date:Dec 1, 2002
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