Vivace Initiative
Dear Friends of Thursday Musical,
I am writing to you today on behalf of the Board of Directors of Thursday Musical to announce the start of our 2022-2023 Vivace Initiative.
We are back with a full season of live concerts! This is so encouraging! Have you attended a concert? Have you viewed a performance on YouTube?
The TM Board has been working hard to build our membership numbers back up to what we were pre-pandemic (fall 2019). But, so far, it has been a big challenge.
We know we will recover over time, but, at present, our membership numbers are still low. Thursday Musical is in serious need of additional monies to meet our operating expenses. This year’s initiative, like last year, is crucial to making Thursday Musical financially secure. The Vivace Initiative is all about supporting the General Operating Fund.
Your membership supports the Artist Series concerts, our many Community Concerts, Salon Series Concerts, and our prestigious Student Competition and Winners Concert. We are sure you will agree that at $95 (or $85) for the season, this is truly a ‘value-added’ membership!
And your generous donations sustain both the Artistic Endowment fund and the Student Award fund. Thank you.
The General Operating Fund supports everything else - printing, mailing, Operations Manager, Accountant. These funds are crucial to supporting and sustaining Thursday Musical’s fine music programs.
The Vivace Initiative can help us avoid cuts to services important to the mission of Thursday Musical – “to establish and sustain a partnership between performers and audiences...”
The goal of this initiative is to keep offering membership at an affordable price and, at the same time, secure both the short and long-term stability of Thursday Musical.
We are asking you to make a donation now. People like you keep Thursday Musical healthy and vibrant! Your tax deductible gift will surely make a difference.
In the coming days, you may receive a letter in the mail with a return envelope provided. You may utilize this OR make your donation online at: thursdaymusical.org/giving.
I thank you for your support and hope to share the successes of Thursday Musical’s 2022-23 Vivace Initiative with you later this season.
Sincerely,
Elliot Wilcox, President, Thursday Musical
Young Artist Scholarship Competition
Thursday Musical is pleased to announce that our Young Artist Scholarship Competition applications opened November 30, 2022 at 8 am CST. The competition will take place online in the same fashion as last year, but have scheduled an in-person Winners' Concert April 15, 2023.
Competition Categories are:
Piano, Strings
Middle School: Grades 7-8
High School: Grades 9-12
College: Age 25 or younger on 2/1/22
Winds/Brass
Middle School: Grades 7-8
Winds/Brass/Percussion
High School: Grades 9-12
College: Age 25 or younger on 2/1/22
Voice
High School: Grades 9-12
College: Age 25 or younger on 2/1/22
Competition rules are available on our website at thursdaymusical.org, but here is a brief summary of some of the rules:
Applicants must be currently studying music privately and must reside in the five-state area that includes Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and, of course, Minnesota.
Contestants must perform two compositions contrasting in style, technique, and tempofrom two different periods (baroque, classical, romantic, and contemporary)
College vocal contestants must sing one song in English and one in a foreign language once listed on the application, compositions can’t be changed
Maximum performance time for the two compositions is 8 minutes. Cuts made to the compositions are allowed, but subject to rules, see the details posted on the website
Contestants supply their own accompanist, if one is needed. A list of accompanists is also posted on the website
Students need to:
Apply on-line by January 27, 2023 and
Submit their video performances for the competition by February 17, 2023.
Details on the video submission rules are also listed on the website.
Up to $20,000, sprinkled among the different age and instrument classifications, may be awarded this year for students in middle school (grades 7-8), high school (grades 9-12), college, and graduate school, (up to age 25 on 2/1/23).
Application and competition questions can be directed to studentsection@thursdaymusical.org OR tara@thursdaymusical.org, or Barbara Steinberg, 612-827-3295
We look forward to your submissions!
We ask our winners to perform at our winner’s concert scheduled for April 15, 2023 at 4:00 PM. Awards are handed out at that concert.
Music instructors, students – please keep this in mind and good luck!
Student Section Chairs
Barbara Steinberg 612-827-3295
Koki Sato
studentsection@thursdaymusical.org