Showcase

Showcase: Fostering Jewish Musical Talent

16/3/2022

What is B’nai B’rith Showcase: fostering Jewish musical talent?
Please be sure to read the Entrant Information booklet to review the guidelines for entries.

B’nai B’rith Showcase provides a wonderful opportunity for young Jewish musicians to demonstrate their musical skills in a supportive and constructive atmosphere. Not only do Entrants receive feedback from highly accomplished adjudicators but they also gain valuable performance experience.

Now in its 30th year, Showcase is a highlight in the Victorian calendar of young Jewish Musicians and is open to solo musicians aged 8 – 25 across all instruments.

We are excited to open Showcase to interstate Entrants as part of the 30th Anniversary. Over the last 2 years the competition, like everything else, adapted to the challenges it faced and as such has the technology and processes in place to accommodate interstate entries.

Solo Instrument Sections:
Strings: Classical
Piano: Classical
Piano: Contemporary
Woodwind and Brass
Guitar
Percussion

Solo Vocal Sections:
Vocal: Classical
Vocal: Contemporary
Vocal: Hebrew and Yiddish

It is recommended that Entrants have completed Grade 3 AMEB or its equivalent.

Own Composition
The ‘own composition’ section is intended to provide the opportunity for young composers / songwriters of all levels to have their original and unpublished works heard by professional, adjudicators and experienced writers Amy Howden and Pablo Cravzov. Winning entries will be offered to publish their work more widely.

Submissions will be judged on creativity, originality, melody, arrangement, lyrics (if any), overall likeability and performance. All genres of music are accepted in this category. Entering this Section does not exclude you from entering other Sections as well.

The B'nai B'rith Showcase is a member of, and has accreditation with, the Association of Eisteddfod Societies of Australia Inc.

B’nai B’rith Showcase would like to extend an invitation to your students to enter the competition, receive adjudication and feedback from highly qualified adjudicators, and should they progress, to compete for the $1000 Grand Prize at the Finals Concert on 4 September 2022.

Please be sure to read the Entrant Information booklet to review the guidelines for entries.

For more information please click on the Register button below or contact Showcase Chairperson Judy Firestone via showcase@bbvic.org.au.

2022 ENTRY FORM

ISABELLA K 2021 OVERALL WINNER

 2021 Showcase Finals Concert Winners:
Overall Winner & Peter Krafel Memorial Prize for Classical Piano: Isabella K
Lustig Memorial Foundation Scholarship for Strings: Gavriel Y
Norman Corry Memorial Prize for Strings: Isaac I
Aria Chava Glaubert Memorial Prize for Classical Vocal: Jodie S
Elaine Blocj Jaffe Prize for Woodwind: Lily T
Aria Chava Glaubert Memorial Prize for Contemporary Vocal: Tia P

Thank you to the 2021 sponsors and supporters:
Flickers, Ian Sharp Jewellery, David Southwick, Josh Burns, JCCV, Eshel Catering,
Elias Rosenberg, Lowe Lippmann, Banner Papers, Nina Taylor, Access Inc. & CSG

2021 Showcase Finals Concert Video Highlights

Past Showcase Winners: