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2025 Bach Festival International Application Form

After the application has been submitted, you will receive a confirmation email to the address you supply on the form. Important: some emails are directed to spam folders. Be sure to check in your email account’s bulk mail folders. After the application has been submitted, you will receive a confirmation email to the address you supply on the form. Important: some emails are directed to spam folders. Be sure to check in your email account’s bulk mail folders. The confirmation should arrive within 10 minutes. If you do not receive a confirmation, alert the SIPF staff by writing to sipfchelsea@outlook.com. The SIPF takes no responsibility for incomplete or unsuccessful entries. The confirmation e-mail (or receipt of payment in absence of a successful confirmation email transmission) is the applicant’s only assurance of successful entry.

Only a legal adult, age 18 or more, may complete this form.

The application period for the 2025 Bach Festival ends 9:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time (UTC/GMT-7), ~~Saturday, October 25~~ Monday, October 27 (revised deadline), 2025.

Bach Festival Application

Phone
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PARTICIPANT NAME
Name*
Please enter the name of the PERFORMER, exactly as you wish it to appear on the website, including proper capitalization and special characters.
First Last
PARTICIPANT INSTRUMENT*
Enter the performer's instrument in which one will participate.
Instrument Type*
If you are a non-pianist, please specify your instrument.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Birth Date*
MM slash DD slash YYYY
Year of Birth*
Confirm the year of birth.
Please enter a number from 1945 to 2022.
Adult-Aged Sub-Category*
Select which of the following describes your entry.
- Adult Amatuer (age 19+)
- Collegiate (currently pursuing bachelor in music)
- Professional
Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
Phone*
Email*
Current Instructor or Coach*
(submit "N/A" if you currently do not work with an instructor)
Instructor Email
Do you have your teacher or coach's consent to participate?*
- Yes
- I do not currently work with a teacher or coach
Instructor's Mailing Address*
If you do not work with a coach or instructor, re-enter your personal mailing address.

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
FESTIVAL DIVISION SELECTION AND REPERTOIRE
Product
Please select applicable*
Paired Two- & Three-Part Invention Choice*
Choose one of the following:
Total
$0.00
Repertoire Selection(s):*
List the participant’s repertoire selection(s) in the space below. List works with complete title, composer first and last name (if other than J.S. Bach), movement title or tempo indication, and opus or catalogue numbers (when available) information. Ensure it is in the order the participant wishes them to be presented. For example:

Violin Concerto in A major, “Die Relinge”, TWV 51:A4 (Georg Philipp Telemann)
i. Allegro
ii. Adagio

Italian Concerto, BWV 971
ii. Adagio
iii. Presto

Invention in C major, BWV 772
LINK TO RECORDED VIDEO PERFORMANCE
Include your YouTube link here. Verbal introductions no longer required. Note the specifications:

* Name matching the performer (exactly as included on the application form) in the link title and/or the contents description, clearly visible (a briefly flashing caption bearing the performer’s name does not satisfy this requirement, but may be included in addition to the stated requirement).
* Recordings must consist of unedited, uninterrupted video footage of the participant from a single camera angle with coverage of the performer’s hands and face at all times (one track per single movement; separate tracks for multiple pieces or movements is permissible).
* Recordings must be cued to begin within five seconds of the start of the footage (may be edited to cut to a 5 second leader).
* Recordings must feature the work with which the participant originally entered on the application form (no changes to the stated repertoire will be allowed after applying).
* Recordings must be uploaded to YouTube and set for unlisted or public access (no private listings requiring permissions).
Do you have your YouTube link ready to go?*
- Yes! (Pasted below)
- No, I plan to submit by Monday 10/25 at 9:00 pm
Principal YouTube Link*
Enter the html of your YouTube video performance. Make sure you do not set your video for private access. The SIPF takes no responsibility for broken links, inaccessible videos, on third party machines, or other errors. Test your links to ensure function, especially when not signed into your YouTube account.
YouTube Link 2 (not required)
If you have submitted a second movement or work to perform.
YouTube Link 3 (not required)
If you have submitted a third movement or work to perform.
Application Form Signatures
This must be completed by an adult performer, age 18 or more, or the legal guardian of a performer under the age of 18.
Performer Name*
Legal Guardian of Performer*
(Required for participants age 17 and under; all legal adult performers may enter "N/A")
Terms & Conditions*
Agreement

I, the PARTICIPANT or the PARENT or LEGAL GUARDIAN of the AGE 17 OR YOUNGER PARTICIPANT (hereinafter collectively referred to as “PARTICIPANT”), hereby comply fully and in good faith with all regulations, rules, and procedures as outlined in the 2025 Bach Festival Rules, Guidelines, and Agreement. I understand that the Seattle International Piano Festival (hereinafter referred to as “SIPF”) reserves the right to prohibit from future activities any PARTICIPANT and/or the teacher or coach of the PARTICIPANT for failure to adhere to said rules. The participant agrees to treat the organizers, volunteers, and adjudicators of the 2025 Bach Festival with respect, and promises not to harass or malign any such individuals connect with or about the event’s activities, including, but not limited to its guest adjudicators. Furthermore, the participant hereby affirms to the fact that all information entered in conjunction with the participant’s application is true and accurate. The participant also promises to adhere to the rules and guidelines set forth in pages 1 through 4 of the “2025 Bach Festival Rules, Guidelines, and Agreement” document (hereinafter referred to as “Agreement”).

Release

The PARTICIPANT, hereby waives, releases, and grants to and for the benefit of the Seattle International Piano Festival (hereinafter referred to as “SIPF”) and/or its assignees, any and all rights the participant may have to any recordings, videography, and/or photographs made by or for the SIPF of any performance or event organized or sponsored by it. The participant understands and agrees that by virtue of this waiver, release, and grant of rights, the SIPF will have the right to make full and unrestricted use of such recordings, videography, and/or photographs, including without limitation, in advertisements, commercial ventures, and promotions and for the sale or lease of same, without any fee or other compensation owed to the participant.

Waiver

The PARTICIPANT, fully and in good faith intending to be bound thereby, does hereby promise not to initiate any claim, lawsuit, or other legal action, pertaining to any action or omission by the SIPF relating directly or indirectly to the Bach Festival as to which application is herewith being made. This promise is made as a condition of the application, and in consideration for the SIPF’s processing and evaluation of the application. This promise constitutes an acceptance and agreement by the participant that, for example, decisions by competition judges are final and unappealable, and the physical spaces of the competition/festival venues are reasonably safe and appropriate for their intended purposes. (However, this promise is not in any respect limited to the above two examples.) The participant intends that this promise be fully binding upon the participant, as well as upon heirs, successors, and assignees of the participant. This promise applies to the application process, the competition, and all events under the purview of the 2025 Seattle International Piano Festival and its associated activities and/or events.

Sworn Statement

The PARTICIPANT hereby certifies that all recordings of the repertoire herein which have been submitted to the 2025 SIPF piano competition or its associated festivals for consideration have been performed and/or recorded by the participant completely from memory, without the use of musical scores, notes, or auxiliary musical notation of any kind, unless an exemption as outlined in the 2025 Bach Festival rules grants such waiver. The participant agrees to treat the organizers, volunteers, and adjudicators of the 2025 Bach Festival with respect, and promises not to harass or malign any such individuals connect with or about the event’s activities. Furthermore, the participant hereby affirms to the fact that all information entered in conjunction with the participant’s application is true and accurate. The participant also promises to adhere to a rules and guidelines set forth in pages 1 through 5 of the document linked to https://www.seattlepianocompetition.org/nw-festivals/bach/
Furthermore, the Participant agrees to the following:

1) This Agreement supersedes any prior written or oral Agreement, contains the entire Agreement, and there are no other promises or conditions in any other Agreement whether oral or written;

2) This Agreement may be modified or amended by the SIPF;

3) In the event that the SIPF requires the services of an attorney in connection with enforcement of this Agreement, or in the event that litigation is commenced, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees;

4) If any provisions of this Agreement are held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable. If a court finds that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, but that by limiting such provision it would become valid and enforceable, then such provision shall be deemed to be written, construed, and enforced as so limited;

5) Failure of the SIPF to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or limitation of the SIPF’s rights to subsequently enforce this Agreement;

6) This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of Washington and venue shall lie in King County; and

7) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall be deemed to be an original and constitute a single Agreement. An electronic transmission bearing any person’s acceptance of the terms and conditions shall have the same force and effect as the original of this Agreement bearing such person’s signature.

By clicking the “I agree to the terms and conditions below” selection on the electronic application for the 2025 Bach Festival, the participant fully affirms that the above statements in this agreement are true, and legally binding upon the participant.
- I agree to the terms and conditions
Total
$0.00
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2025 Bach Festival International Application Form

Bach Festival Application

PARTICIPANT NAME

PERSONAL INFORMATION

FESTIVAL DIVISION SELECTION AND REPERTOIRE

LINK TO RECORDED VIDEO PERFORMANCE

Application Form Signatures