VFMC Margaret Hunt Vocal
Biennial Award 2024
(even numbered years)

The Virginia Federation of Music Clubs’ Margaret Hunt Vocal Biennial Award was established in 2018 to honor Margaret Hunt of Manassas, Virginia.  She was actively involved in the Virginia Federation for many years and established and served as Manassas Area Festival Chair for forty years.  This award will be given by the Virginia Federation of Music Clubs biennially in even-numbered years for young vocalists to encourage the development of their vocal talents.

Category

Eligibility

Junior Vocal Performance

Applicant must:

  1. have participated in an NFMC festival and earned a Superior in the present year (Art Song or Musical Theater in Junior, Senior, or Musically Advanced Division).

  2. be in high school.

  3. be a native citizen of the United States of America or must have received naturalization papers.

  4. study with a teacher who is a federated member of the VFMC/NFMC.

  5. perform the required repertoire from the NFMC Festival Bulletin that was performed at Festival the current year.

Entry fee

$25

Awards

Senior Class Division:

  • First place - $300

  • Second place - $150

Deadline for applications

April 1, 2024

A video recording of the entrant performing the required repertoire from the present year NFMC Festival is required. It must be submitted as a private YouTube link and sent in an email to the VFMC Chair. It should be of high quality, not necessarily professional, and must not have been recorded during a festival audition. It should include the entrant announcing their name, the title of the composition they are performing, and the full name of the composer.

Send the application and $25 entry fee to the competition chair, Debora Madsen (check payable to VFMC). Then send an email that also includes the completed application form along with your video recording as a private YouTube link.

Hunt Vocal Biennial Award - Rules & Requirements
Hunt Vocal Biennial Award - Application

VFMC Chair

Debora Madsen
DBEsings@aol.com
15403 Weldin Drive
Woodbridge, VA 22193
703-226-2251

January 2024