The S. Livingston Mather Scholarship Video Competition

Saturday, June 12, 2021

RULES AND PROCEDURES

  1. Eligibility: Male vocalists engaged in full-time study of music (including while on pandemic leave), progressing toward the goal of an undergraduate or graduate degree, are eligible to participate in the competition. Previous competitors and award recipients may compete if they still meet these requirements.

  2. Application deadline: Submit an application and an audition video file no later than midnight, Friday, May 28, 2021 (mp4 format preferred). Complete online applications at http://singersclub.org/scholarship-application. An entrant’s application is not complete unless the applicant’s video file is received by the deadline.

  3. Fee: The application fee is being waived for this competition since it will be by video conference and not in person.

  4. Video requirements: Video files shall contain a single complete work. There is no limit on the recording’s length. Record video in a single take, with no splicing or enhancements. We will not accept video files that fail to meet these requirements.

  5. Selection of finalists: The Competition committee will choose sixteen finalists from the audition files submitted. The Singers’ Club will notify all applicants of the results of the selection process no later than Sunday, June 6, 2021.

  6. Requirements for the competition: Finalists shall perform three works, limited to twelve minutes’ total performance time. The works must include an opera or oratorio aria, an art song, and a selection of the finalist’s choice. One work must be sung in English. The titles and composers of these works and the name of the finalist’s accompanist must be submitted with the application. Finalists may include their audition selection in the competition program if it meets the above requirements.

  7. Publicity information: Applicants shall submit a digital image “head shot,” (300 dpi minimum resolution) and a short biography. Such submission gives The Singers’ Club of Cleveland to use the information for marketing and publicity purposes. Email digital files to scholarshipchair@singersclub.org.

  8. Date, time, and place: The competition begins at 1:00 PM Saturday, June 12, 2021 by video conference only.

  9. Scheduling: The Scholarship Committee will assign each finalist his performance time.

  10. Judging: A panel of judges will assess the finalists’ performances and identify scholarship recipients; the judges’ decisions are final. The Scholarship Committee will notify all finalists of the results during the week following the competition.

  11. Scholarship awards: The competition winner (the S. Livingston Mather Scholar) will receive $2,000. Two singers (the George L. Hackett and Jere H. Brophy Scholars) will each receive $1,400. Additional Albert Rees Davis Scholars may be named, each of whom will receive $1,250.

  12. Performance opportunities: Individual Scholars may be invited to perform as soloists in Singers’ Club concerts and other functions.

The S. Livingston Mather Scholar is supported by the S. Livingston Mather Charitable Trust. The George L. Hackett, Jere H. Brophy, and Albert Rees Davis Scholars are supported by the Albert Rees Davis Endowment Fund