The Denton Bach Society
2025 Competition for Young Musicians
Vocal, Piano and Instrumental Categories
Information and Instructions

Saturday, April 12, 2025 3:00-8:00 PM
UNT College of Music, Avenue C, Rooms 230 and 232, Denton
Specific audition times will be sent once all scheduling is complete.

COMPETITION JUDGES TBA

ELIGIBILITY:  Contestants must be enrolled in a public, private or home school high school program, Grades 9-12. Students of voice, piano or an orchestral instrument may enter. Students residing in Denton County or these adjacent counties are eligible: Denton, Collin, Cooke, Rockwall, Tarrant, or Wise. Competitors must have turned 14 years of age by September 1, 2024. 

REPERTOIRE:  Contestants are to prepare two challenging pieces of contrasting styles.  Selections must be approved by the student’s instructor and by the DBS audition committee. Audition time will be limited to 10 minutes. Participants may not be required to perform selections in their entirety, but the full 10 minutes will be heard.

ACCOMPANISTS:  Contestants must provide their own accompanist as needed. Their name and contact information must be provided on the entry blank.

FEE:  An entry fee of $40, made payable to The Denton Bach Society, is to be mailed with the completed application form to the physical address below, OR via PayPal at www.dentonbach.com.

Deadline for Entry: Postmarked by Friday, March 28, 2025

 AWARDS:   The winner in each division (Instrumental, Piano, Voice) will receive a cash award of $500.00, a $150 Gift Certificate courtesy of Pender’s Music, and an opportunity to perform at a

Showcase Concert Sunday May 4, 2024, 4PM at First Presbyterian Church of Denton

APPLICATION FORMS: Complete the entry form below and submit it online. Or download the entry form below. Forms may also be obtained at Pender’s Music 314 S. Elm, Denton 76201.

Please mail completed application and $40 fee to
Beverly Hoch
3819 Monte Carlo Lane
Denton, TX 76210.

Postmark may be no later than Friday, March 28, 2025.

Option 2: Email the completed application OR email a CLEAR photo of the completed application by March 28, 2025 to beverlyhoch@hotmail.com. In this case the fee of $40 is to be paid by March 28 via PayPal at www.dentonbach.com.

On April 12 after you perform you may leave.
Winners will be contacted by 9:00PM pm on April 12th 

Questions may be addressed to:
Beverly Hoch, Competition Chair
beverlyhoch@hotmail.com   940-597-8106

Click here to download a blank entry form as a PDF.
Or click here to download a blank form as a Word doc.

Pay the $40 entry fee by clicking the “Buy Now” button below. Please enter the name of the contestant in the memo line in PayPal to assist with processing.