Pittsburgh Concert Society

The Pittsburgh Concert Society (PCS) encourages applications for highly qualified classical musicians in the Young Artists category who live or study in the Pittsburgh area. Winners are provided live concert performance opportunities and financial support.

The auditions are judged by an independent adjudicator from outside the Pittsburgh area.

Audition Requirements

* All applicants must live or study within a 75 mile radius of Pittsburgh. This requirement extends to every member of an ensemble that wishes to apply.

* Instrumentalists must be 19 years of age or younger as of June 30 of the year of their audition. Singers must be 22 years of age or younger as of June 30 of the year of their audition.

* Previous Young Artist winners are ineligible to audition again in the same solo instrument or ensemble category.

* A candidate may not apply more than twice in any given season, as a soloist or as a member of an ensemble.

* A non-refundable application fee of $35 must be included with the application.

* Applicant’s program must be approximately 20 minutes in length and may be of their own choosing.

Winners receive a concert performance opportunity and a scholarship as outlined below. Winners will be contacted individually. The judge’s decision is final. Additionally, the results will be posted on the News page of the Pittsburgh Concert Society website as soon as they are received.

Young Artist Audition winners receive a scholarship upon completion of their concert: $600 for a solo performer, $400 each for duo, trio or quartet members and a maximum of $1,600 for an entire group or ensemble larger than a quartet.

Applications will be accepted from February 1 – 28, 2025

Audition date: March 8, 2025

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