Mimi Coertse Singing Competition REGISTRATION

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The Mimi Coertse Scholarship Competition was originally established at the University of Pretoria in 1959 to give recognition to the remarkable achievements of Kammersängerin Mimi Coertse as an opera singer.  The current purpose of the scholarship is to provide financial aid to singers from the Gauteng region who are no older than 30 to further their studies at a tertiary institution.

The Music Department of the University of Pretoria awards this scholarship bi-annually in the form of a singing competition for young classical singers. A panel of adjudicators is appointed by the University of Pretoria to judge the singers.
Previous winners of the Mimi Coertse Scholarship such as Gert Potgieter (1960), Hans van Heerden (1961), Carla Pohl (1966), Rouel Beukes (1980) and Michelle Breedt (1986) established themselves as leading opera singers. The most recent recipients of the scholarship (2013), soprano Goitsemang Lehobye  and tenor Levy Sekgapane are fast making names for themselves on international and South African stages.
 
The value of the first prize for 2017 is R15,000 (fifteen thousand rand) for one year. A further prize  may be awarded to a finalist who is a singing student at the University of Pretoria.  
 
The winner of the R15,000 prize money of the 2017 Mimi Coertse Singing Competition will be announced at the Final Round Tuesday 15 August at 12:30 at the Musaion Theatre of the University of Pretoria.

CONDITIONS FOR ENTERING
Candidates are not to be older than 30 years at the time of application.
 
NB - Only classical singers who at present reside in Gauteng and North West Province are allowed to enter.
 
The scholarship is available for one year only.
 
The winner of the scholarship may be approached to present a public concert without remuneration in the
Musaion. The profit will be added to the Scholarship Fund.
 
Previous winners of the Mimi Coertse Singing Competition are not allowed to enter again.
 
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30 June 2017

The official application form, completed in full with personal details, the selected repertoire, a short CV and a photograph are to be sent to the following e-mail address before or on the 30 June 2017: [email protected]
 
 
FIRST ROUND: 14 AUGUST 2017 at 13:30
 
On the strength of the information on their application forms, a maximum of six candidates will be chosen to compete in the first round which will take place over three sessions on Monday 14 August, in the Musaion, at 13:30 in front of an audience and the panel of adjudicators. Each candidate is to perform a programme of 20 minutes from his or her selected repertoire, representative of most of the prescribed genres.  Candidates are to provide and pay their own accompanists. At the end of the session on Monday 14 August, three to four finalists who will compete for the Mimi Coertse Scholarship on Tuesday 15 August at a public concert at the Musaion at 12:30 will be announced.
 
FINAL ROUND (CONCERT): 15 AUGUST 2017 at 12:30

Finalists will be expected to perform a 20 minute programme (it is compulsory to include both an operetta aria and an opera aria) of their own choice with piano accompaniment. The programmes that were sung at the first round on the 14 August may be repeated.
 
This final round will take the form of a public concert in the Musaion on Tuesday 15 Aug 2017
 at 12:30 in front of an audience.
 
The winner of the 2017 Mimi Coertse Singing Competition will be announced at the end of the evening.
 
Travelling to and accommodation costs in Pretoria will be the candidates’ own responsibilities

ADMISSION

R50 per person (competition and concert)

ENQUIRIES
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Prof Wessel van Wyk
Music Department, University of Pretoria
0002 Pretoria
Tel: (012) 420 3747 or (012) 4204292
0713197541 Fax (012) 420 2248
e-mail: [email protected]