Competitions

October 20, 2024

Community UMC

20 Center St, Naperville, IL 60540 

This is a small competition where students can present their skills and talents in a supportive and nurturing environment. 

Awards: Certificates for all participants, trophies for the top 3 placed students, others receive ribbons. A $25 monetary award to the 1st placed competitors in each class. The monetary award will be in the form of a check written out to the parent’s name, which the teachers will pick up when they pick up the other awards and certificates, about 2 weeks after the competition. 

Registration deadline: Saturday, September 20, 2024. 

Entry fee: $40 per student. IMS Annual Competition is not able to offer refunds after the student has registered. 

The students will know the exact time of their performance by October 10, 2024. Please note that there is no possibility to request specific times. Until you receive your schedule, please make sure that you are available all day on Sunday, October 20, 2024. Once the schedule is announced you only need to be present during your competing class. Due to the complex nature of scheduling this diverse event, Illinois Music Society is not able to accommodate schedule change requests. 

Students must have original books or authorized downloads to present to the judge at the competition. 

- If you have downloaded sheet music, the name at the bottom of each sheet must be the name of the student or their parents who purchased it. 

- We will not accept any downloaded sheet music that doesn’t have the purchaser’s identification on the sheet music. 

- If presenting the free download please bring the proof of free download, such as the page from the website where the song can be downloaded free of charge. 

- The measures must be numbered, and the pages clean of any markings except the measure numbers.

- Students who bring photocopies will perform for comments only. 

The student will give the original book to the judge at the beginning of the competing class. Music has to be fully memorized.  Semi-formal dress code.

June, 2025 

TBA