Early Music Vancouver’s Emerging Artist Competition
We are proudly announcing the second edition of our Emerging Artist Competition! This is an online contest for emerging artists under 30 years old from around the world. Applicants are invited to create a project based on the following theme: “The future of Early Music”: what might the next generation of early music and musicians might sound and look like?
We encourage you to think up creative ways to present early music with a focus on issues that are relevant to you!
This initiative is generously sponsored by Joanie and Samantha Anderson
How to apply
- Contestants are asked to apply by sending a 3 to 7 minute video or audio file with a brief description of their application to julia@earlymusic.bc.ca
- Applications are being accepted from April 1-30, 2024.
- Applicants must be 30 years of age or under.
- The competition is open worldwide.
- Applicants may include as many collaborators in their submissions as desired.
The goal for EMV is to engage with and celebrate the creativity of the next generation of early music artists. Please include friends or colleagues in your project.
Here are a few application ideas but please feel free to surprise us. We encourage you to send projects that are uniquely personal to you and/or that show new ways of presenting early music.
- Explore the art of improvisation
- Create a music video about your favourite early music piece
- Compose a new piece in the style of a composer from medieval, renaissance or baroque times.
“It’s been fascinating seeing what young artists have created based on the criteria for the submissions. The variety of the submissions was an eye opener, and we are excited about the future of the initiative.” – Julia Halbert, Competition Manager.
“Early Music Vancouver’s Emerging Artist Competition has inspired me to continue exploring the benefits of historical performance practice in music education. By taking a vocal approach to instrumental teaching, I aim to maximise the creative potential within my students, and I am now developing a method to apply this concept to working with musicians at all levels. Winning the competition has helped me to share my ideas more widely, and I have since been asked to collaborate with both fellow teachers and performers to explore the intrinsic link between vocal and instrumental performance practice.” – Emily Saville, inaugural competition winner
Awards
- First Place: $2000 cash prize, your project featured on our website, YouTube channel and social media, plus, a 30-minute interview in our Intimate Conversations Series
- Second Place: $1000 cash prize, your project featured on our website, YouTube channel and Social Media
- Third Place: $500 cash prize, your project featured on our website, YouTube channel and Social Media.