Marine Band Concerto Competition for High School Musicians

The Marine Band Concerto Competition for High School Musicians is an annual performance competition for U.S. high school students. Winners receive cash scholarships and the first-place winner appears as a guest soloist with the Marine Chamber Orchestra during the following concert season. The competition accepts recorded performance submissions of approved repertoire for evaluation.

Cash scholarships for top three winners; first-place winner performs as guest soloist with the Marine Chamber Orchestra during the following concert season.

Open to high school musicians in grades 9–12 enrolled during the current academic year; eligible instruments are strings, piano, and harp. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents; previous competition winners and immediate family of current or former U.S. Marine Band members are not eligible.

Select an approved repertoire piece, record an unedited performance accompanied by piano/band/orchestra, upload the video to YouTube (may be unlisted), and include the YouTube link when completing the online application form; submit all materials by the deadline.