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Audition and
Application Information

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Application form can be found here.

Timeline

Early application deadline: This deadline has passed.
Final application deadline: April 21, 2025
Final audition day: Sunday, April 27, 2025
Final admissions decisions announced: May 2, 2025
Tuition for accepted musicians is due on May 15, 2025

Applications received after April 21 will be waitlisted.
Waitlist applicants will be contacted after May 15 concerning their status.

CMI and COPP chamber music assignments will be announced and music sent out by the end of May. Assignments and seating for the CIMF Orchestra during the COPP week are announced, along with other Festival information by mid-June.

Application Information

All CIMF youth applicants submit one single application regardless of which summer program they are applying for – Chamber Music Intensive (CMI) or Chamber & Orchestra Performance Program (COPP). CIMF programs are open to participants ages 21 and under.

NOTE: ALL participants in the CMI program who play orchestral instruments (strings, winds, brass, percussion) are required to participate in the COPP program the following week, unless they cannot participate in the second week in order to attend college orientation/first week of college during the week of COPP.
College-age musicians participating in the CMI week are required to participate in the CIMF Orchestra during COPP, but not the entire program unless they so choose.

Applicants do NOT need to submit audition materials when they submit their application, but all materials must be submitted before either the early or final audition date.

Applicants must pay a $20 application fee.

Audition Live or Via Video Submission

Live auditions are strongly recommended, but video recordings are also accepted.

Participants may submit a video audition in place of a live audition if unavailable on March 30th or April 26th. Videos must be submitted by the final application deadline of April 21, 2025. Videos should be submitted either as email attachments or via Google Drive or another data sharing service such as Dropbox.

Please upload a video of yourself performing two contrasting works and the scales and arpeggios listed below under "Audition Requirements" and put them in a folder titled “Your Name – CIMF 2024”. Share the link to the folder with cimf@wctyo.org.

Scholarships and Financial Assistance

CIMF offers financial assistance to accepted participants based on need. Accepted participants who require financial assistance in order to attend CIMF should complete the financial aid form and send it to cimf@wctyo.org. We are firm in our belief that cost should not be a barrier to participating in CIMF. Click here for the financial assistance form.

Supporting Materials

Applicants may ask private teachers or music professionals to submit letters of recommendation on their behalf to cimf@wctyo.org no later than the final application deadline of April 21, 2025.
Composers must submit supporting representative materials (listed under "Audition Requirements") no later than the final application deadline of April 21, 2025.

Audition Requirements

Woodwinds, Brass, Harp & Strings:

Any two contrasting solo works. One of these works may be replaced by two orchestral excerpts of your choosing.
Any two major scales and arpeggios selected by the applicant, at least two octaves
Possible sight-reading for live auditions

Piano:

At least two contrasting solo works
Any two major and any two minor scales and arpeggios selected by the applicant, at least three octaves.
Possible sight-reading for live auditions

Percussion:

Any two contrasting solo works. One of these should be on a mallet instrument and the other should be on snare drum or timpani.
Any two major and any two minor scales and arpeggios selected by the participant, at least three octaves.
Possible sight-reading for live auditions

Composition:

PDF scores and MP3 recordings (MIDI is acceptable) of 1-3 works composed since January 1, 2020. It is strongly recommended that at least one of these be a chamber work that could be performed at CIMF.
Complete list of all compositions including names of pieces, instrumentation, dates of completion, and any details of performances.
All materials should be sent to cimf@wctyo.org by April 21, 2025.

Note that upon acceptance, decisions regarding seating placement in the CIMF Orchestra, invitation to perform with CIMF Chamber Orchestra, placement in chamber groups, and possible invitation to perform with CIMF Artist-Faculty on a CIMF Artist Concert are all based on participants’ performance in their CIMF auditions.

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