One of the important missions of EMCY is to apply, maintain and promote quality standards at its member competitions. EMCY is and has to be a quality label, a guarantee for high standards and the implementation of competition best practice, this in accordance with the specific aims and traditions of each individual competition. Young performers, their teachers, music managers and music lovers have to be secure about EMCY Member Competitions and the results achieved there.

Admission

Procedure:

1. Applications for EMCY Membership are submitted to the EMCY Office and are evaluated by the EMCY
2. The EMCY Board decides on the basis of the materials provided and the competition visit if the applicant should be admitted as an EMCY member. The Board then sends its proposal to all EMCY members together with the necessary information about the
3. The members have 1 month to respond in writing to this proposal and to deliver their vote. If a member does not respond within this time limit they are assumed to be in favour of the
4. After the 1 month has passed the board evaluates the response. If more than 50% of the members accept the proposal of the Board the applicant competition is admitted as an EMCY Member Competition. If an EMCY member competition strongly objects to the admission of a new competition they can request for the decision to be made by the General Assembly.
5. In the year of admission, the membership fee is divided into quarters. Once admitted as a member of EMCY a competition must pay for the total of full quarters remaining after the date of admission.

Criteria for Admission

The competition must fulfil the EMCY Statutes and:

• Abide by the EMCY Quality Standards, be willing to implement them, and, if necessary, make changes to the competition in the interest of fairness and best practices.
• Focus all efforts on artistic, educational, and cultural endeavours, deliberately avoiding any activities primarily aimed at commercial
• Use a name that clearly distinguishes the organization from others and avoids potential
• Recognize that the audience is an integral component of live music performances. Except for the initial phase, which may serve as a pre-selection stage, all competition performances must be open to the Only under exceptional circumstances, as determined by national and/or international authorities, may it be appropriate to temporarily conduct competitions exclusively online.
• Be prepared to participate actively in the EMCY network, provide EMCY with up-to-date information and reports on their competition, and promote their prize winners and, if possible, those of other EMCY Member
• Target young musicians under the age of 25 as its main
• Maintain financial stability to ensure timely payment of the annual EMCY membership fee (within four months of receiving the invoice).
• Be visited by a member of the EMCY Board or a Board-appointed expert, with the costs of this visit to be borne by the applicant.
• Have taken place at least EMCY is, however, happy to work with new competitions to help them grow and adopt best practices.

Exclusion

The General Assembly grants the EMCY Board the authority to exclude members for serious violations of the association’s values, aims, interests, or statutory provisions, following this three-step process:

1. Analysis:

– The Board must thoroughly analyse why the member does not meet the requirements.

– The Board will contact the member in question and request an explanation.

2. Agreement:

– If the member presents valid reasons (i.e., the Board believes there is a justifiable cause for the member’s temporary non-compliance with the EMCY Statutes, values, aims, or interests), the Board will draft a written agreement with the member on the correction of any non-compliance and the timeframe for doing so.

3. Exclusion:

– If the member fails to provide valid reasons, if an agreement cannot be reached, or if a previously signed agreement on correcting non-compliance is not fulfilled, the Board has the right to exclude the member.

The decisions of the Board will be communicated to the other EMCY Member Competitions at the next General Assembly.

New competitions or competitions which do not yet fulfil all of the above requirements can still apply for membership. If the EMCY Board feels that they are on the right path, they will be awarded the status of a ‘Competition on the Road to EMCY Membership’, will be listed as such on our website, and will receive special support from EMCY in order to develop and improve. Only full members can, however, display the EMCY logo and receive the full membership and publicity service detailed above.

List with competition on the road:
There are currently no competitions with the status ‘Competition on the Road to EMCY Membership’