RULES

The Viscount Organ Company, Church Organ Department together the Musical Association Musica Ficta, with the Patronage of the Emilia Romagna Region, the Province of Rimini, and Mondaino Town Council, is pleased to hold the Ninth Annual "Marcello Galanti" International Organ Competition (MGIOC). 

1. The Competition will be held at the Former Galanti Brothers Musical Instruments Factory, a historic building in Mondaino, Province of Rimini, Italy, on the 4th and 5th October 2008, and annually thereafter.
2. The Competition is open to organists of any nationality who are under 35  years of age on the 4th  October 2008.

THE JUDGES
3. For the year 2008 there will be five judges, of both Italian and other nationalities.
4. A written report shall be made at each performance for each competitor, and shall be approved and signed by each of the judges. These final reports will be public property, and may be examined on request at the Secretary’s Office.

PERFORMANCE
5. The Competition shall consist of two stages: a Preliminary Selection, to be held on October 4th 2008, and a Final Selection, to be held on October 5th 2008.
6. A maximum number of seven (7) competitors shall be admitted to the Final Selection.
7. Each competitor shall be required to exhibit proof of identity before his/her performance. For the Final Selection of the Competition, each competitor must supply five copies of the musical scores of their chosen programme. These copies cannot be returned.
8. The winners of the Competition shall take part in a concert, to be held on the evening of October 5th  2008, where they will be expected to perform some of the pieces presented for the Final Selection of the Competition. All winners will be required to wear formal dress when performing in this concert.
9. All performances shall be public. A person supplied by the Organization may help the Competitor with registration choices and turn pages. Competitors shall not be permitted to have any contact with the judges during the period dating from their arrival in Mondaino until the end of the Competition.

JUDGES’ EVALUATION AND DECISION
10. The judges shall award marks from 1 to 10 (including fractions) at the end of each performance.
11. The final mark for each performance shall be the mathematical average obtained from the sum of the marks of all the judges. In order to establish the final score, the average of the preliminary selection shall be added to the average of the second selection.
12. The judges reserve the right not to award any prize.

HOW TO ENTER THE COMPETITION
13. Organists wishing to take part in the Competition must send by registered mail, fax or e-mail, the following documents, to arrive no later than Saturday 20th September 2008:
- A copy of the Enrolment Form, duly completed in all parts;
- Receipt of the payment for application (50 Euros)
- A complete Curriculum Vitae (in English and/or Italian);
- One passport-size photograph; another one, in digital format, has  to be sent by e-mail;
- A photocopy of Passport or Identity Card;
- A programme of the music chosen for the final selection; 

14. The senders of the first 18 complete entry requisites shall be admitted to the Competition. However the Candidate would have been accepted by the Artistic Direction. It isn't possible to participate more than two times to the Competition.
15. Entry to the Competition is subject to the payment of a fee of 50 Euros. (See at the bottom of the page) The Organisation will offer (completely free of charge) two nights’ bed and breakfast at a hotel in Cattolica - on the Adriatic Riviera - to all competitors plus a contribute for travel's expenses of 100 Euros. The winners will be guests also for Sunday night, October 5th. The Organization will provide also for lunch on Saturday and Sunday (buffet) and for Sunday dinner. A private and free bus service shall be available between the hotel and the Competition venue.

PRIZES
16. The three competitors with the highest marks shall receive the following prizes:

• First Prize: 3.000 US Dollars, a gold medal, a prize-winner’s certificate and one or more concerts in Italy.

• Second Prize: 2.000 US Dollars, a silver medal, and a prize-winner’s certificate.

• Third Prize: 1.000 US Dollars, a silver medal, and a prize-winner’s certificate.

• Special Prize “Marcello Galanti”: 250 US Dollars plus the Prize “Town of Mondaino” given by the audience to one of three winners for the best performance of the Sunday concert.

All the competitors who reach the Final Selection shall receive a Certificate of Merit.
17. In the case of a tie, the prize shall be divided equally between the tied competitors.
18. Any prizes not collected at the final prize-giving ceremony shall be available to the winners for one year after the end of the Competition (apply to the Secretary’s Office). Prizes must be collected personally; under no circumstances will prizes be sent.

FURTHER INFORMATION
19. In case of any controversy concerning the Rules of Entry, reference shall be made to the Italian text of the said Rules.
20. Competitors wishing to try out the organ before the Competition must apply in writing to the Secretary’s Office, and will be permitted to use the organ on the day preceding the Competition or on the first day of the Competition itself, before the preliminary selections.
21. Where recordings are made, including recordings for radio and/or television, competitors shall not receive any payment from the organisers of the Competition.
22. Entry to the Competition is dependent on unconditional acceptance of the above Rules.

PROGRAMME
For the Preliminary Selection:
Competitors shall be required to play the following compulsory pieces:
- L.C. Daquin: Noël en Duo, op. 2 n° 5, “Je me suis levé par un matinet” (from “Nouveau Livre de Noëls”)
- S. Karg-Elert: O Welt, ich muß dich lassen (Corale n° 21 from: 66 Chorale-Improvisations)
- P.A. Grainger: Handel in the Strand (arr. W. Stockmeier)
For the Final Selection:
- A programme lasting not less than twenty (20) and not more than twenty-five (25) minutes, chosen by the competitor, different from that of the preliminary selection.  

THE COMPETITION ORGAN
This will be a Viscount "Prestige 100" Electronic Organ with 3 keyboards (61 keys) and a radial-concave pedal board (32 notes). A straight and a straight-concave pedal boards will also be available on request. 

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION
See at the page "Information"