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The VSA International Young Soloists Award annually recognizes outstanding young musicians with disabilities and supports and encourages them in their pursuit of a career. All types of music are accepted, including country, classical, jazz, rap, rock, bluegrass, and world. A committee of distinguished music professionals selects the award recipients who receive $5,000 and the opportunity to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Any individual musician who is a U.S. citizen or legal resident, who has a disability, age 14 to 25, is eligible to apply as a domestic applicant. Any individual musician from outside the United States, including citizens of other countries living in the U.S. such as those on student visas, who has a disability, age 14 to 25, is eligible to apply as an international applicant. Applications from musical ensembles (two to five members) will be accepted for the VSA International Young Soloists Award. This includes any type of ensemble from a rock band to a chamber ensemble to a choral group. In order to be eligible, at least one member of the ensemble must have a disability. All members of the ensemble must be age 14-25.

All types of music will be accepted, including but not limited to Rock/Alt Rock, Pop, Indie, Classical, Country/Folk, Jazz, R&B/Blues, Hip Hop/Rap, Latin, and World.

Applications for the 2012 VSA International Young Soloists Award will be accepted online through ArtsApp beginning in early December 2012. To apply, please visit www.artsapp.com/kennedycenter-vsa.

Deadline for entry is
January 31st.