1. ELIGIBILITY

1.1 A competitor in the ASC @ Home Competition (“the Competition”) must be –

(i) over 18 years of age as of 20 April 2020;
(ii) an amateur or professional singer.

1.2 Entry forms must be submitted, and videos uploaded to YouTube by 11:59pm Australian Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday 20 May. Entries submitted after this date will not be accepted.

1.3 All nationalities are invited to enter.

1.4 A previous winner of The Marianne Mathy Scholarship is eligible to enter.

2. GUIDELINES

2.1 Competitors are required to submit a completed Entry Form and the YouTube video recording of their nominated item (see Repertoire Guidelines for more information).

2.2 Completed entry forms may only be submitted online.

2.3 Though competitors may enter in more than one category, only one entry per category is allowed.

2.4 It is a condition of the Competition that all broadcast and television rights of a competitor’s performances in any stage of the Competition are freely available to MOST and ASC@Home. See 8. Information and Legals.

2.5 By entering the Competition competitors agree to comply with the Rules & Conditions. If a competitor violates the Rules & Conditions, MOST reserves the right to disqualify them from the Competition.

3. REPERTOIRE GUIDELINES

3.1 Competitors may perform one item of their own choice from one of the following categories (entry in more than one category is allowed):

i) Classical and Opera
ii) Musical Theatre
iii) Contemporary (rock & pop)
iv) Jazz

3.2 Entrants should give careful consideration to selecting repertoire in which they are already proficient. This should showcase vocal quality, flexibility, style, range of expression and technique.

3.3 All items must be performed from memory and in the original language.

3.4 The repertoire must not exceed performance time of 10 minutes.

3.5 Only songs for solo voice are allowed, no duets will be accepted.

3.6 Any questions regarding repertoire choice should be sent to info@mostlyopera.org before entering.

4. VIDEO RECORDING GUIDELINES

4.1 It is not necessary to have submissions professionally recorded, entrants should do their best with the equipment they have at home (videos filmed on phones are entirely acceptable).

4.2 Each work must be presented as a complete unedited take.

4.3 The recording must show the face of the applicant at all times.

4.4 The recording must be made after March 2020 and should not be edited or ‘artificially enhanced’. Post production affecting the sound quality is not permitted.

4.5 Recordings should be made at home. Audition videos filmed prior to isolation measures are not eligible and no singer should travel to another location to record their video.

4.6 Recordings should be uploaded to YouTube privacy set to “Public”.

4.7 Videos should be titled ASC@Home 2020 “Your Name” – “Category”.
For example, were you named Joe Blogs and were submitting your entry in the Musical Theatre Category, your video would be titled: ASC@Home 2020 Joe Blogs – Musical Theatre

4.8 MOST and the ASC will not be held responsible for any video which is removed by YouTube for copyright violations.

4.9 Only one video recording is required for the entirety of the competition.

5. ACCOMPANIMENT

5.1 Competitors should be accompanied by a backing track or by the singer themselves on an appropriate instrument. Please ensure that backing tracks are legally purchased and licensed.

5.2 To keep with the spirit of the Competition, and to adhere to social distancing measures, no accompanist should appear in the same room as the singer. You may perform with an accompanist via video conferencing or similar.

6.  ENTRY FORM

6.1 The Entry Form requires a competitor to provide information, including:

•           Name and contact details;

•           Entry category;

•           Social media contacts (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, Tumblr, etc.);

•           High resolution headshot/photograph (2Mb or larger);

•           Proof of age;

•           Citizenship or residency details;

•           Repertoire; and,

•           Consent & declaration

7. STAGES OF THE COMPETITION

7.1 Entries will be received between 20 April and 20 May.

7.2 Entries will be sorted into relevant categories and playlists will be compiled on the Australian Singing Competition’s YouTube Channel, mostgivesmore.

7.3 Public voting round commences Monday 25 May. Votes must be submitted through the official voting form on ascathome.org

7.4 Winners announced Wednesday 1 July on our website and via newsletter. Winners will be contacted via email.

8. JUDGING

8.1 All entries each category will be judged by internationally-renowned industry professionals. They are:

i) Opera and Classical: Nicole Car
ii) Musical Theatre: Matthew Lee Robinson
iii) Contemporary: Suzi Quatro
iv) Jazz: Katie Noonan

8.2 An audience choice voting round will commence 25 May. The winner of this vote will receive a prize of $500USD.

8.3 In all matters that may occur during the Competition, decisions of the Judges and/or Music & Opera Singers Trust Ltd (MOST®) shall be final.

9. PRIZES

9.1 There will be one winner in each category.

9.2 Each winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000USD

9.3 All winners, and two runners up in each category will receive a printed certificate.

10. INFORMATION AND LEGALS

PERFORMANCE RIGHTS

10.1 MOST® has the right to record and retain Material uploaded for all stages of the Competition for archival or promotional purposes (“the Material”). MOST® has the right to retain the Material on websites or any other analogue or electronic/digital media without fee to the singer and any personal information relating to the Competition. Broadcast, and narrowcast rights remain with MOST® and the Competition.

10.2 MOST® has the right to distribute, post the Material in any medium (including and without limitation on YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, Tumblr), in whole or in part for an unlimited period, without remuneration, for the purpose of promoting MOST® or the Australian Singing Competition and associated entities.

10.3 The Competition and MOST® have permission to use the Material in any way that may otherwise infringe an entrant’s moral rights pursuant to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), including but not limited to, an entrant’s moral rights associated with their live performance in ASC@Home when used for any promotion or publicity of MOST® or the Competition in any media without limitation for an unlimited period.

10.4 All approaches to the media must be made through and with the approval of MOST®. Competitors will be required to be available for media calls by arrangement.

Updated 10:30am 25 May 2020

MOST® and the Australian Singing Competition reserve the right to make changes without notice.