Music group offering student prize program

ROCKPORT – For the past 35 years, Bay Chamber Concerts, a year-round chamber music association in Rockport, has run an annual Student Prize Program to recognize, encourage and reward outstanding young Maine musicians. Applications are due this year by May 15.

Applicants for the seven prizes must be students aged 12 to 25 who are serious in their study and performance of classical and jazz music. The six classical prizes are one each for a junior (12-17) and a senior (18-22) musician, a woodwind player, a vocalist, a pianist, and one for either an instrumental or a vocal performer. The jazz prize can be an individual or ensemble.

For an applications and full description of the prize categories and age requirements, visit www.baychamberconcerts.org, or call Bay Chamber Concerts at 236-2823.

Auditions are by invitation only.