VFMC Mary Smart Scholarship Competition
(Preliminary & Final Auditions)

Category

Junior Performance: Instrumental & Vocal

Summary

The Mary Smart Scholarship Competition is held yearly in conjunction with the Federation Festival.  Students who meet the eligibility requirements may enter the Preliminary Auditions.  Applicants are required to perform their current year required festival pieces before judges.  Preliminary auditions are held in each of the 3 districts and nine winners chosen from each district will automatically advance to the Final Auditions held on April 27, 2024, during the Annual VFMC Convention.

Eligibility

Entrant must have earned 3 Superior ratings in the SOLO EVENT Category on the same instrument as described in the Junior Festival Bulletin – Piano, Voice, Lynn Freeman Olson Piano Solo, String, Harp, Guitar, Accordion, Woodwind, Brass.  The three superiors are not required to be consecutive, however one Superior rating must have been earned in the current Festival year.  The Solo class (e.g. Elementary I) entered at the Mary Smart Competition must be the same Solo class (e.g. Elementary I) entered in the current Festival.  (Hymns, Concerto, Duet, Sonata and Ensemble Events do not qualify for the Mary Smart Competition.)

First place winners at the state level may not compete again in the same division level.  Teachers may not submit entrants if they do not personally teach them.

Entry fee

By Districts for Preliminaries
None at state level

VFMC Awards

DIVISION I: Elementary I through Medium Class
First Place  $150.00
Second Place  $125.00
Third Place  $100.00

DIVISION II: Moderately Difficult I through Difficult I Class
First Place  $175.00
Second Place  $150.00
Third Place  $125.00

DIVISION III: Difficult II through Musically Advanced II Class
First Place  $200.00
Second Place  $175.00
Third Place  $150.00

ADDITIONAL AWARDS:
Sandra B. Anderson  $100.00
(Awarded to a graduating Senior who receives First Place in Division III)

Jan Schiffner Incentive Award  $50.00
(Awarded to one student in each division who does not place but who, the judges feel, shows outstanding ability, great potential, and is worthy of the encouragement which a special award brings.)

VFMC Mary Smart Preliminary Auditions

District I:
Date: TBA
Application Deadline: TBA
Entry Fee: $17 - check to LMTA
Location: Lynchburg Music Center, 6006 Fort Ave., Lynchburg, VA 24502
Instructions: Click to download District I Preliminary Audition Application. Contact District I Mary Smart Preliminaries Co-Chairs Debbie Harvey (434-444-0778), or Rosie Troxel (434-847-6347) for complete information.

District II:
Date:  Saturday, April 13, 2024
Application Deadline:  April 1, 2024
Entry Fee: $25 - check to VFMC/District II
Location:  Manassas Baptist Church, 8800 Sudley Rd., Manassas, VA
Instructions: Click to download District II Preliminary Audition Application. Contact District II Mary Smart Preliminaries Chair, Marcia Chaplin (703-298-0748) for complete information.

District III:
Date: April 13, 2024
Application Deadline: April 5, 2024
Entry Fee: $20 - check to Cadenza Music Club
Location: Ferguson Center for the Arts, Studio A150, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA
Instructions: Click to download District III Preliminary Audition Application. Contact District III Mary Smart Preliminaries Chair, Myrna Brinkley  (757-810-7385) for complete information.

VFMC Mary Smart Final Auditions

  • Date:  Saturday, April 27, 2024

  • Location:  VFMC Annual Convention, Holiday Inn Fredericksburg Conference Center, an IHG Hotel, 20 Sanford Drive, Fredericksburg, VA 22406

  • Times:
    -Registration, 9:30 am
    -Final Auditions, 10:30 am
    -Competition Program, 1:00 pm

  • Contact VFMC Mary Smart Competition Chair, Marcia Chaplin, for complete information.

VFMC Mary Smart Competition Chair

Marcia Chaplin
1807 Batten Hollow Road
Vienna, VA 22182
703-298-0748
Marciachaplin2@gmail.com

Click to download PDF of Mary Smart Competition Rules & Requirements

Each district has its own application form:

District I
District II
District III

January 2024