GLEN AND BARBARA SMERAGE CHAMBER MUSIC AWARD

New Award for FFMC Junior Convention 2022

An award of $2,500 shall be given to the winner of the Glen and Barbara Smerage Chamber Music Competition
at the annual FFMC Junior Convention. The award is intended to incentivize and promote significant,
life-long performance of chamber music by FFMC Junior members (students age 18 and below).

The Glen and Barbara Smerage Chamber Music Competition shall be an annual event at the FFMC Junior Convention.

Eligible ensembles shall register for the Glen and Barbara Smerage Chamber Music Competition. An ensemble of which the majority of its members won this Competition previously is not eligible to compete again. The ensemble
winning this Competition shall receive the Glen and Barbara Smerage Chamber Music Award of $2,500.

An ensemble eligible for the Glen and Barbara Smerage Chamber Music Competition shall be the
most advanced trio or quartet of diverse instruments defined in Chamber Music Events in the current Festivals
Bulletin of the National Federation of Music Clubs, 1646 W Smith Valley Road, Greenwood, IN 46142.

Current Eligible Events

String Trio (violin, viola, cello) and String Quartet (two violins, viola, cello);
Piano/String Quartet (piano, violin, viola, cello) and Piano Trio I (Piano, violin, cello)
Piano Trio II (piano, flute, cello) and Piano Trio III (piano, clarinet and viola)

Qualified entrants must receive superior rating in their chamber music event at the local Festival.

Award is to be divided among winning ensemble members