Annual Music Competition

Murrieta Rotary Club will hold its Annual Music Competition. Musicians from local high schools and home-schooled students are invited to apply. Public is invited to watch the competition.

Advance registration is required for all competitions.

Applications must be filed with the club no later than Feb. 15.  The contest will be conducted Feb. 22 and is open to the public.  The location is the Salvation Army Center at 40270 Los Alamos Road in Murrieta. This is the 13th year regional Rotarians have conducted the contest, about 25 clubs participating by staging local competitions before sending musicians on to the district level.  The contest not only recognizes outstanding young talent, but also encourages the musicians to strive for even greater levels of accomplishment.

Students will perform in either of three categories -- instrumental, piano or vocal -- as they strive for prizes and the right to move on to district-level competition.

Last year’s Murrieta contest saw judges advance four of the 16 entrants onto district competition, and all four placed, two of them winning the top prize in the instrumental and piano categories.

Murrieta expects to reward its first place winner with a $400 cash prize.  Awards of $250 to the second place finisher and $100 to third place may also be granted.  In addition to the winner, judges may also advance other contestants to the district competition if they are deemed ready to compete at that level. 

Professional musicians will judge the entrants.

Information materials and entry forms are available in the downloads section on the club’s web site at murrietarotary.org.

Those seeking more details may call the contest chair, Al Vollbrecht, at 698-7766. 

The club winners will go on to the Rotary District 5330 finals in March and April at the University of Redlands, and winners of those contests in each category will be awarded $1,000 for first place, $500 second place, and $250 third place, according to organizers.