Individual Items

Individual items are the performances that add further variety and interest to the Festival of Instrumental Music. Your school soloist or group, or groups that combine students from a number of schools, are invited to lodge an application to perform in the Festival as an individual item. Your item may be a soloist, string quartet, concert band, percussion ensemble or a vocal group. All primary and secondary schools are encouraged to submit outstanding vocal and/or instrumental groups or soloists for inclusion in the Festival of Instrumental Music.

Auditions for individual items are by DVD or video. To nominate an individual item from your school, you must download and complete the Individual Item Application Form and lodge it at The Arts Unit by the due date (Thursday 1 April 2010). Use the link below to download the necessary form. (Please note: downloadable material on the site can be accessed using Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available to download free from www.adobe.com)

2010 Individual Item Application Form [.pdf, 30 KB]

Individual Items also form an integral part of the Festival of Choral Music at the Sydney Opera House and also the Primary Proms at the Sydney Town Hall. The Individual Item Application is a general form on which nominated for all three festivals can be made. Please indicate on this form, the festival concerts for which you would like the items to be considered. Please note that vocal items are included in the the Festival of Instrumental Music and instrumental items are included in the Festival of Choral Music.

All performers selected to appear as individual items will be required to attend a rehearsal on the day of their allocated concert.

Don't forget - your DVD or video audition must accompany your application.

For further information concerning Individual Items in the 2010 Festival of Instrumental Music, please contact the Concerts Coordinator, Ian Jefferson, at The Arts Unit, on 8512 1181 or email Ian.Jefferson@det.nsw.edu.au.