The 2025 Annual Competition

Congratulations to our 2025 Competition Winners!  Results - Click HERE

The WMC's 2025 Competition and Winners’ Recital are set as in-person events to be held on Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, February 23, 2025.  

Competition Online Application - Click HERE

The 2025 competition schedule: [view/download pdf]

2025 Competition Categories will include:

Music Camp Scholarships

-  Junior Camp: open to students ages 10 to 13 on the day of the Competition. A student may win this division only once. A Junior Camp division winner may not compete in the Senior Camp division the following year.

-  Senior Camp: open to students ages 14 to 18 on the day of the Competition.  A student may win this division only once. High school graduates are not eligible.  Vocalists are permitted to enter the Senior Camp category.

High School - Open to students in Grades 9 to 11: all instruments, including vocalists. Vocalists in Grade 12 also are eligible.  First-place winners may not compete in this category the following year.

Senior - Open to students in Grade 12, not including voice.

Composition - Open to students ages 10 to 18. First-place winners may not compete in this category the following year.  Two students may collaborate on a composition.   Vocal compositions, with accompaniment, are permitted.

Students are invited to participate in ONE of the above categories per instrument.

The Winners’ Recital on February 23 will be recorded by a professional videographer. Videos of each student’s performance will be made available to them free of charge.

Application deadline: Sunday, January 12, 2025 - to be submitted online.   

Key Documents: 

Note to parents, teachers, and students: Please review the Rules & Guidelines carefully, as well as the Application Form.  They contain essential information related to the Competition, and are revised and updated every year.

Rules and Guidelines [download pdf]

Composition Guidelines for Students & Teachers: [download pdf] SAME AS LAST YEAR  (Required reading for all students entering the Composition category, as well as their teachers) 

Competition Essentials [download pdf]

Potential Camp List: [download pdf]

Listing of Area Accompanists [download pdf] 

Accompanist Fee Application [download pdf]

To Apply:  Online Application and payment - HERE

Questions: Please email competition@wednesdaymusicclub.org

To access the information from the

2024 competition, click HERE.

2023 competition, click HERE.