Submission Deadline for DCJazzPrix EXTENDED!
Submission Deadline for DCJazzPrix extended to Friday, March 8.
Due to technical difficulties on the final day of the DCJazzPrix submission, we are extending the deadline to Friday, March 8 at 11:59pm.
The DC Jazz Festival's Annual International Jazz Band Competition DCJazzPrix accepting applications at dcjazzfest.org/dcjazzprix. The application fee remains a modest $49 per band. Deadline: March 8, 2019 at 11:59 pm ET.
Previous winners include: Cornerstore (2018), the Amp Trio feat. Tahira Clayton (2017), and the New Century Jazz Quintet (2016).
DCJazzPrix recognizes "the band" and the essential interactions between members as the core pursuit of the jazz aesthetic. Among the criteria, bands must be comprised of 2-9 members. Each member must be at least 18 years old, but not older than 42 as of March 4, 2019. Additional eligibility requirements:
May combine any instrumentation including conventional jazz strings and winds formats and/or percussion, voice, and technology.Band membership may not change once the application is submitted.Bands must be a formed and functioning ensemble prior to time of application: groups may not be explicitly established with the purpose of competing in the DCJazzPrix.Each finalist is required to compete in Washington DC.Applicant bands may be affiliated or housed within music school departments, or be categorized as "stand-alone/self-contained" and/or professionally emerging ensembles.
The winner is awarded a $15,000 cash prize and a year-long association with the DC Jazz Festival to include: extensive public exposure; business/career navigation services; and a (paid) main stage 2019 DC JazzFest engagement.
The top three finalists from the DCJazzPrix will also play a (paid) New York City engagement in the 2019/2020 season at Tribeca Performing Arts Center (TPAC) as part of TPAC's annual Jazz in Progress young artist series!
A prestigious jury will evaluate eligible applications based on artistic excellence and artistic merit. Three finalists will be announced by April 1, 2019
The DCJazzPrix award is made possible thanks to the generous support of
Conrad Kenley, Linda and Michael Sonnenreich, and the Galena-Yorktown Foundation.
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