Dates for 2025

  • Registrations open: Sunday 1 December 2024 (please note only the first 100 Solo Entries will be accepted as per rules no 4 and 22)
  • Registrations close: When the 100 Solo Entries limit is reached OR 10pm Monday 3 March 2025 (whichever comes first, as per rules no 4 and 22)
  • Multiple Instruments Concerto Competition is ON in 2025 and there is no limit to the number of entries. Registrations close 10pm Monday 3 March 2025
  • Submission of recordings for the 100 Solo Entrants (excluding multiples entrants) close: 10pm Monday 10 March 2025
  • Stage 1, recorded auditions adjudicated at a private venue: Sunday 23 March 2025
  • Stage 2, Semi-Finals: Sunday 6 April - Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga. Live performances open to the public. 10.30am - 6.00pm
  • Stage 3, Finals Concert: Sunday 29 June 3pm at The Concourse, Chatswood.


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How to Enter the Competition

Prizes

  • Overall Winner: $5000 + engagement to perform with the KPO during the following year
  • Barbara Cran Award: $1,000
  • Barbara Robinson Award: $1,000
  • Multiple Instruments Concerto Prize: $400 each
  • Perpetual Cups: awarded to the schools of the overall winner, Barbara Robinson award winner and the Barbara Cran award winner
  • KPO Award: $500 to the best solo performer during rehearsals with the orchestra (KPO players’ choice)
  • All solo finalists with receive $250 and a certificate

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Competition Rules

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Contact

If you have any questions regarding your participation in the Concerto Competition please email the Concerto Competition Committee.

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About the Competition
The NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition is a prestigious classical music competition for secondary school students in NSW and the ACT.
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History of the Competition
The competition, first known as the KPO Concerto Competition, was conceived in 1984, when two Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra (KPO) players, Barbara Cran and Barbara Robinson proposed the idea of rewarding local music students, who were in secondary school and taking their music seriously, by providing them with the opportunity to play a concerto with an orchestra (the KPO).
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Past Winners
A comprehensive list of the winners and finalists in The Competition.
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What people say about the competition
"I would like to first of all thank you all for being such dedicated musicians. It is great to see such a strong musical community supporting the youngsters of the musical world through The Concerto Competition."
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