Successful candidates will perform with the National Symphony Orchestra at the DHPS Aula on the 2nd and 3rd August 2019, with Alexander Fokkens as conductor. 

The age limits for prospective soloists are as follows (age as on 2 August 2019)

 Instrumentalists: max 25 years

 Singers: max 30 years

The entry fee is N$ 150 per entry 

The entry form and entry fee must be sent to Jürgen Kriess at the College of the Arts or emailed to johanita@dewaals.com, to reach us not later than 18 June 2019. The banking details are in the signature of this letter. No late entries or entry forms not accompanied by the entry fee, will be accepted.

No Baroque works may be auditioned for the Concerto Festival. 

Two copies of solo parts must be available for the adjudicators. These copies can be collected after the auditions.

All Entries: College and outside of College - Please make sure the orchestral music is either available in the College Library or easily accessible via the internet or that it can be easily arranged for orchestra. If the orchestral music is not available, it is the responsibility of the student, and/or the lecturer to get the orchestral music or to have the music arranged for the orchestra. Any fees regarding arrangement of music is the students’ responsibility. The orchestral music should reach Hans-Peter Drobisch not later than 16 July. 

The auditions are not open to the public. The only people allowed will be the soloist, the accompanist and page-turner if required. 

The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into. 

The judges choose works on the merit of the performance, the suitability of the work within a Concerto Festival program, and - to a certain extent - the length of the work. No institution or teacher will be advantaged or disadvantaged in the selection of works and candidates for final compilation of the program.