Applicant Information

** Please note - the competition will now run biennially with the next one scheduled for May 2025 - please check back for updates soon **

The prizes on offer for the overall winner of The Bromsgrove include a cash prize of £5,000. We will also work with the winner to help them obtain concerto opportunities with the Orchestra of the Swan, the Three Choirs Festival, and at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. There are also two further finalist prizes of £2,000 each.

Before completing the application form, please read the rules, and in particular observe the following conditions of entry:

1. The closing date for all BIMC Competitor Applications is Sunday, 23rd April 2023 at 16.00 hours GMT. (please note the deadline has been extended for a further week from the previously advertised date of 16th April).

2. Applicants must be available for the dates of the Competition: Preliminary rounds 30 May, 31 May, 1 June, semi-final on 2 June and Finalists' Concert on 3 June 2023.

3. Applicants may request a change of allocated Preliminary Round time for serious and unavoidable reasons but only via the Competition Administrator, contactable by email on admin@bromsgrovecompetition.com

4. Applicants must perform the exact programmes of music listed in their application for each round and within the given time limits, but they may change one piece in each programme no later than 24 hours before it is to be performed. This must be done strictly in accordance with Rule 6.

5. Applicants must provide three scores of music, including accompaniment, for the use of the Adjudicators for every piece to be performed, as set out in Rule 5.

6. Applicants are encouraged to visit our official Facebook page, Twitter and Instagram accounts to keep up to date with any changes or developments in the Competition.

Are you ready to apply? Please make sure you fill in every section of the online application form.

Applicants are required to submit a photo, proof of age (Passport, ID, Card or driving licence), reference and two YouTube links of you performing.

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Full name
Date of birth
Age on 31st August 2022
Email address
Competitor Mobile Number
Postal Address
Parent/Guardian Name
Parent/Guardian Email Address
Parent/Guardian Mobile Number
School or college:
Instrument/voice
Grade/standard achieved
Years played
Name three Pieces of Music you wish to play (see rule 9)
Details of any other public music competitions or solo performances you have entered or given
Any other instrument you play and standard
Brief summary of any musical ambition and/or other interests that you have (maximum 50 words)
Your Photograph .jpg, .gif, .png and .jpeg formats are allowed
Reference from your teacher or person (not a relative) who has knowledge of you musical standard .doc, .docx, .pdf and .txt formats are allowed. Please note that the reference should concentrate on whether the applicant’s musical standard and solo recital experience are appropriate for entry to the competition (see Rule 3 - click here).
Proof of age (passport, ID card or driving licence) .jpg, .gif, .png and .jpeg formats are allowed
Photo/Video Consent (see rule 16): Please confirm you are happy for photographs and/or videos to be taken of your child’s performance.
“I give consent for my child’s performance(s)to be recorded or broadcast in any media form by the Bromsgrove International Musicians’ Competition (BIMC) for use at the Trustees’ discretion, wholly or in part, to promote and/or to raise funds to support BIMC which includes the Bromsgrove Young Musicians’ Platform (BYMP) and I understand copyright in such recordings shall be the intellectual property of the BIMC.””
Parent/Guardian Full Name
Parent/Guardian Signature (please enter your initials)
Today’s Date