- Open to ASTA members and students of ASTA members
- Junior Category participants must be under 19 years old on March 19, 2011
- Senior Category participants must be ages 19 to 25 on March 20, 2011
- Open to musicians playing the violin, viola, cello, string bass, harp, and guitar
- Compitition judge will be Guillermo Figueroa, conductor of the NMSO.

For complete information on repertoire, rules, and the national level of the competition, visit this link.
For Application form click here. (Applications must be postmarked by Sept. 15.)

Senior Category
Grand Prize: $200.00 cash, a one-hour professional recording session in Keller Hall, and NMASTA pays the $75.00 fee to enter this person’s CD in the ASTA semi-final round of the Solo Competition.
Runner-Up: $100.00 cash
Entrance fee: $40.00

Junior Category
Grand Prize: $150.00 cash, a one-hour professional recording session in Keller Hall, and NMASTA pays the $75.00 fee to enter this person’s CD in the ASTA semi-final round of the Solo Competition.
Runner-Up: $75.00 cash
Entrance fee: $30.00

At the discretion of the judges, NMASTA will enter winners in each category and on each instrument into the semi-final round of the national solo competition. Contestants must make a recording of their performance to be entered in this round of the competition. Contestants chosen for the national finals will perform live in Kansas City, MO, on March 16-19, 2011, at the ASTA national conference.