Junior Competitions & Awards - Chairs

This page includes a listing of all the Competitions and Awards (VFMC and NFMC) available for Juniors, organized by category. For more information and forms on VFMC Competitions and Awards, click on the competition name.  For more information and forms on NFMC Competitions and Awards, go to the NFMC web site.

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VFMC Competitions & Awards CHAIRS

Dance –
Pedro Szalay

NFMC Dance Award (Jazz, Lyrical or Tap)

NFMC Thelma A. Robinson Ballet Award

Junior Club Achievement Books –
Martha Windley

VFMC Junior Club Achievement Book Award

Junior Composition –
Nathalie Steinbach

Virginia Junior Composition Cups - Elin Havrilla

NFMC Oscar Valentin Regional Awards

NFMC Lynn Freeman Olson Composition Awards

NFMC Junior Composers Contest

VFMC Junior Composer Contest

Music for the Disabled and Visually Impaired –
Cynthia Steinbach

VFMC Music for the Visually Impaired Performance Award

NFMC Joyce Walsh Junior Awards for the Handicapped

NFMC Music for the Blind Composition Award

NFMC Music for the Blind Performance Awards

NFMC Benzinger/Valentin Music for the Blind Performance Award

National Music Week Essay Contest –
Judy Caudill

Vocal (Opera for the Youth) –
Jean Frazier

VFMC Margaret Hunt Vocal Scholarship Award - Debora Madsen

NFMC Martha Marcks Mack Junior Vocal Award - Jean Frazier

Performance Awards: Piano & Instrumental

Virginia Auditions of NFMC Stillman Kelley/Thelma Byrum Awards - Nancy Turner

NFMC Stillman Kelley/Thelma Byrum Awards - Nathalie Steinbach

Performance Awards: Piano Solo/Concerto –
Nathalie Steinbach

NFMC Lana M. Bailey Piano Concerto Award

NFMC Marilyn Caldwell Piano Award

NFMC Claire Ulrich Whitehurst Piano Award

Performance Awards: Strings –
Nathalie Steinbach

NFMC Mary Alice Cox Award

NFMC Wendell Irish Viola Award

Poetry –
Linda Thomason

NFMC Angie Greer Music in Poetry Award

VFMC Mary Smart Competition –
Lisa Thomas

VFMC Mary Smart Preliminaries – Coordinators

District I: Tanya Graybeal

District II: Marcia Chaplin

District III: Myrna Brinkley

NFMC Competitions & Awards

The NFMC competitions are open to all members of the Virginia Federation of Music Clubs which includes all members of the VFMC Senior Clubs across the state.  To download the NFMC Competitions & Awards Chart for 2018- 2019 detailing the many offerings of the NFMC, click here.  Additional information and forms are available on the NFMC website.  Once on the home page, select Competitions and Awards, followed by the appropriate category in the drop-down menu.  Scroll down to find the competition in which you are interested.  All forms download for free; no user name or password is required.