<p>A couple of prior posts here with some suggestions, and the methodology can be applied to any specific geographic area.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/559701-long-island-competitions.html?highlight=competitions[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/559701-long-island-competitions.html?highlight=competitions</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/541925-guitar-competitions.html?highlight=competitions[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/541925-guitar-competitions.html?highlight=competitions</a></p>
<p>Other sources are on line (musical chairs, others), college bulletin boards, general industry and instrument specific publications like Strad.</p>
<p>Added: Also, some useful links in here <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/608305-useful-music-links.html?highlight=links[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/608305-useful-music-links.html?highlight=links</a> worth wading through. </p>
<p>As for your gigging question, are you currently in college, or will be matriculating? I’m more willing to disclose “tricks of the trade” to an entering freshman than I am to an upperclassman or degree holder who hasn’t yet had the tenacity to suss this out on their own.</p>