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SHAR String Quartet Competition
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Announcing the 3rd Annual
SHAR String Quartet Competition!
Competition: April 15, 2012
Deadline for application: February 1, 2012
Open to any high school string quartet in Michigan.
Grand Prize: Quartet of PRESTO Impulse bows
Scroll down to learn more and apply!
Get 1 FREE coaching sesson from a SHAR Apprentice to all groups who enter!
We will contact you after you apply - Please let us know if you are interested.
Watch the finalists from last year's competition!

COMPETITION DETAILS:
Shar Music is proud to announce the third annual SHAR String Quartet Competition. We have some new and exciting changes from previous years, including two rounds of competition and two separate divisions for competition based on school size. The preliminary competition will be held on April 15, 2012 from 1-5pm in the SHAR Showroom in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The competition finals and showcase concert will be held the following day, April 16. 2012 from 8-9pm at the Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. All high school students in the state of Michigan are eligble to compete!

Each high school or youth symphony music director is invited to nominate one quartet from his or her program to send to the competition in Ann Arbor. Competitors will be placed into two different divisions based on their school orchestral programs. Competitors may choose to play the first movement of one of the following pieces:

Division 1
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- Beethoven String Quartet Op 18, No 4
- Shostakovich String Quartet Op 49, No 1
Division 2
- Shostakovich String Quartet Op 49, No 1
- Mendelssohn String Quartet Op 13, No 2
- Dvorak String Quartet Op 96, No 12

The SHAR Apprentices are happy to be able to offer one free coaching session to each quartet that enters the competition.

PRIZES:
The 1st place group in each division in the competition will have the chance to perform their entire movement at the Showcase Concert, held the April 16, 2012 at 8:30pm.

In addition to the Showcase concert, the Grand Prize for each division includes:

- 4 PRESTO Impulse carbon fiber bows (1 for each member!)
- Winning quartet feature on sharmusic.com
- Personalized plaque for school and medals for each member

Top three finalists in each division will also receive gift certificates to SHAR Music.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Each orchestra director should complete the SHAR String Quartet Competition Application, available below. There is a non-refundable application fee of $20 per group, which can be paid by check or money order to:

Send application fee to:

SHAR Quartet Competition
Attn: Megan F.
Shar Products Company
2465 S. Industrial Hwy
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

For more information on the competition, to set up a coaching session, or to submit your completed application, email quartet@sharmusic.com.

The application is due by February 1, 2012. Only one quartet per school, please. Checks or money orders can be made out to Shar Products Company. Please write “Quartet Competition” on the memo line.
APPLY NOW:
 Quartet Name *
 
 Member Names *
 
 School Affiliation *
 
 Music Director's Name *
 
Choose the work you would like to perform. The Divisions are based on the size of your school. Please select only 1 piece in the appropriate division.
 Division 1
 



 
 Division 2
 



 
 Email Address for contact person *
 
 Phone Number for contact person *