2025 Gene Marcus Piano
competition Application
Thank you for starting
the 2025 Gene Marcus Piano Competition Application!
Your application is not complete until you do the following:
1. Pay the application fee* for your competition division
*Fees are non-refundable.
2. Compete in First-round auditions
Perform in person:
First-round auditions will take place on Saturday, January 25, or Sunday, January 26, 2025. Individual times will be assigned by January 15, 2025
Submit your performance via video by Wednesday, January 22, 2025:
Please do not include the contestant’s name on the video.
See rules and regulations for guidelines.
Click here to submit video links and scanned music.
- Results of the first-round auditions will be sent via email by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
- Those selected to compete in the final round will perform on Sunday, February 9, 2025. All live performances will take place at the Purdue University Fort Wayne Music Center.
- Contestants may perform their program in their preferred order; the same program presented at the first-round auditions must be performed in the final round.