NFMC Competitions & Awards
The NFMC Competitions & Awards are those promoted by the VFMC but sponsored by the National Federation of Music Clubs. Listings are arranged by age classifications as follows: Junior (under age 19), Student/Collegiate (ages 19-25), and Senior (age 19 and above).
Competitions are open to NFMC members including all members of the VFMC Senior Clubs across the state. Additional information and forms are available on the NFMC website. (To navigate from 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. Forms download for free; no user name or password is required.)
2024-2025 NFMC Competitions & Awards Chart - Refer to the NFMC website under Competitions & Awards
Junior
Dance –
NFMC Dance Award (Jazz, Lyrical or Tap)
NFMC Thelma A. Robinson Ballet Award
Junior Composition –
NFMC Oscar Valentin Regional Awards
NFMC Lynn Freeman Olson Composition Awards
NFMC Junior Composer Contest
Music for the Disabled and Visually Impaired –
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 –
Vocal (Opera for the Youth) –
NFMC Martha Marcks Mack Junior Vocal Award
Performance Awards: Piano & Instrumental -
NFMC Stillman Kelley/Thelma Byrum Awards
Performance Awards: Piano Solo/Concerto –
NFMC Lana M. Bailey Piano Concerto Award
NFMC Marilyn Caldwell Piano Award
NFMC Claire Ulrich Whitehurst Piano Award
Performance Awards: Strings –
NFMC Mary Alice Cox Award
NFMC Wendell Irish Viola Award
Poetry –
NFMC Angie Greer Music in Poetry Award
Student/Collegiate
Composition –
NFMC Lynn Freeman Olson Composition Award (Keyboard)
NFMC Student/Collegiate Composition Awards
Disabled & Visually Impaired –
NFMC Hinda Honigman Award for the Blind (age 16-25)
Instrumental and Vocal Performance –
NFMC Carolyn Nelson Double Reed Award
NFMC Ernest A Bluhm Flute Award
NFMC Elizabeth Paris French Horn Award
NFMC Oscar Valentin Award (Violin)
NFMC Herman and Mary Neumnan Scholarship (Voice/Strings)
NFMC Student/Collegiate Auditions (Biennial) (All Instruments & Voice)
Music Education –
NFMC Gretchen Van Roy Music Educators Award
NFMC Myrtle Mehan/Hazel Morgan Music Education Scholarship
Music Therapy –
NFMC Irma Carey-Wilson Music Therapy Scholarship
NFMC Dorothy Dann Bullock Music Therapy Scholarship
NFMC Ruth B. Robertson Music Therapy Scholarship
Pedagogy –
NFMC Lynn Freeman Olson Award in Piano Pedagogy
Sacred Music –
NFMC Elizabeth Greiger Wiegand Sacred Music Award (Choral Conducting, Piano, Organ, and Voice)
Vocal Accompanying –
NFMC Virginia Allison Collaborative Award (Ages 20-31)
Senior
Composition –
NFMC Emil-Ruth Beyer Composition Awards
NFMC Glad Robinson Youse Adult Composers Award
Conducting –
NFMC Thelma A. Robinson Conducting Award
Disabled & Visually Impaired –
NFMC Hinda Honigman Award for the Blind
NFMC Vivian Menees Nelson Award for the Disabled and Visually Impaired
Duo Pianist Performance –
NFMC Ellis Competition for Duo Pianists
NFMC American Music Award (Best Duo Team)
Handbell Choir –
NFMC Ruth Morse Wilson Handbell Choir Award
Piano Teacher Professional Development –
NFMC Dr. Ouida Keck Award
Veterans –
NFMC Anne Gannett Award for Veterans
NFMC Lucille Parrish Ward Veterans Award
NFMC American Music in Armed Forces Composition
Vocal Accompanying –
NFMC Virginia Allison Collaborative Award (Ages 20-31)
Vocal (Opera) –
NFMC Alpha Corinne Mayfield Opera Award
NFMC Martha Marcks Mack Senior Vocal Award