<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>MASTA, <div>This annual call from this superb national organization (VSA) for entries to the Young Soloists Competition may interest your students....!</div><div><br></div><div>Musically, </div><div>Diane L. Winder, DM</div><div>President, MASTA<br><br><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: The Kennedy Center <autoreply@kennedy-center.org><br>Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 17:58:04 -0400 (EDT)<br>Subject: Call for Entries: VSA International Young Soloists Competition!<br>To: info@vsami.org<br><br>Call For Entries<br>2014 VSA International Young Soloists Competition<br>Deadline for entry: January 27, 2014<br><br>VSA: The International Organization on Arts and Disability<br>http://www.kennedy-center.org/rd/?rid=60843&pid=4131124&sid=164523<br><br><br>2014 VSA International Young Soloists Competition<br>Now Open for Entries!<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>The Kennedy Center invites musicians with a disability, ages 14 to 25,<br> to enter the 2014 VSA International Young Soloists Competition. The<br>competition is open to international and domestic musicians, soloists<br>and ensembles of two to five members, and musicians of all genres.<br><br>Since 1984, the VSA International Young Soloists Program has<br>identified talented musicians with a disability. The VSA International<br>Young Soloists Competition annually selects up to four outstanding<br>musicians from the United States and around the world, and supports<br>and encourages them in their pursuit of a career. These emerging<br>musicians receive $2,500, professional development opportunities, and<br>a performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in<br>Washington, D.C.<br><br>Application Deadline: January 27, 2014<br><br>Submission guidelines, application, and more information available at:<br>http://www.kennedy-center.org/rd/?rid=60848&pid=4131124&sid=164523<br><br><br>Funding for the International Young Soloist Competition is provided by<br>Mike and Julie Connors, the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, and the<br>U.S. Department of Education.<br><br>Education and related artistic programs are made possible through the<br>generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts and the<br>President's Advisory Committee on the Arts.<br><br>International Programming at the Kennedy Center is made possible<br>through the generosity of the Kennedy Center International Committee<br>on the Arts.<br><br>The content of this program may have been developed under a grant from<br>the U.S. Department of Education and does not necessarily represent<br>the policy of the U.S. Department of Education. You should not assume<br>endorsement by the federal government.<br><br>~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~<br><br><br>This Email:<br>You are receiving this email, based on your email preferences.<br>Please do not reply to this email. Please add<br>autoreply@kennedy-center.org to your address book or safe list to<br>ensure delivery.<br>Edit your email preferences<br>http://www.kennedy-center.org/rd/?rid=60844&pid=4131124&sid=164523<br>Unsubscribe http://www.kennedy-center.org/rd/?rid=60845&pid=4131124&sid=164523<br><br><br>Contact Us:<br>The Kennedy Center respects our patrons' privacy. For more information<br>read our privacy policy For questions and concerns, please contact us<br>http://www.kennedy-center.org/rd/?rid=60846&pid=4131124&sid=164523<br><br>(c) The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts<br>2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20566<br>Tickets and Information: 800-444-1324 or 202-467-4600<br><br><br>-- <br>Lora Frankel<br>Program Consultant<br>VSA Michigan - The State Organization on<br> Arts and Disability<br>1920 25th St., Suite B<br>Detroit, MI 48216<br>Cell - 248.752.0227<br>lora@vsami.org<br>www.vsami.org<br>www.facebook.com/vsaartsmi<br>www.twitter.com/vsami<br><br>ENGAGE. CREATE. EMPOWER.<br></div><br><br><br>-- <br><div><span name="x"></span>Department Head, Department of Music & Dance<br>Professor of Cello<br>Eastern Michigan University<br>N-101 Alexander Music Building<br>Ypsilanti, MI 48197<br>734.487.4380 O <br>734.487.1421 Studio (354 Alexander)<br>734.487.6939 FAX<span name="x"></span><br></div></div></div></body></html>