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Information on the
2012 competition

Application deadline:
Wednesday,
Dec. 21, 2011
Applications must be postmarked by this date

Junior division:
ages 6 to 18
Senior division:
ages 19 to 30
(Age on the date of the competition - Jan. 21, 2012)

Prize purse
Junior Division, $250
Senior Division, $500

Competition date:
Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012

Competition venue:
Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction, Colo.

Competition winners will perform with Symphony in the Valley at its May 12 and 13, 2012, concerts.

Forms

Competition rules

Application form
Word document
PDF

NOTE: Applicants must submit a video recording or YouTube link

Application fee: $30

Contact

Deborah Barnekow
(970) 618-2659
dbarnekow@gmail.com

Young Artists
Concerto Competition

2011 winners

	Senior Division 19 to 30 Elena Smirnova New York City piano Piano Concerto No. 1 Franz Liszt
Junior Division 6 to 18 Miri Kurohara Aspen and Japan marimba Czardas Vittorio Monti

Past winners

2010

• Senior Division, 19-30
  • Ko-Nung Huang, Highland Park, N.J., piano, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Chopin
• Junior Division, 6-18
  • Nelly Weiser, Snowmass, soprano, O Mio Babbino Caro, Puccini

2009

• Senior Division, 19-30
  • Emily Murdock, Boulder, soprano, Exsultate, Jubilate, by W.A. Mozart
  • Alexander Raab, Littleton, violin, Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, by C. Saint-Saëns
• Junior Division, 6-18
  • Kevin Ahfat, Centennial, piano, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, by F. Chopin

Click here for bios of the 2009 competition winners

2008

• Zoe Levine, 7th grade, Carbondale, soprano, "Pie Jesu" from the Requiem Mass by Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Jenaer Rader, 9th grade, Fruita, piano, Piano Concerto in D, Rondo all' Ungherese, by Franz Joseph Haydn
• William Ronning, 12th grade, Glenwood Springs, violin, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Allegro molto vivace, by Felix Mendelssohn
• Sylvia Tran, 7th grade, Aspen, violin, Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major by Friedrich Seitz

Click here for bios of the 2008 competition winners

2007

1. Stephanie Mientka, Grand Junction, viola, Stamitz's Viola Concerto in D Major
2. Marybeth Riskey, Eagle, piano, Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto in G Minor
3. Katrina Klawiter, Aspen, soprano, Franck's Panis Angelicus

2006

1. Secia Klocke, Glenwood Springs, vocalist, "My Man's Gone Now" from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
2. Aaron Poh, Aspen, piano, Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major
3. Lindsay Nelson, Aspen, vocalist, "Song of the Sandman" from Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel

2005

1. Yale Work, Snowmass Village, cello, Haydn's Cello Concerto in C Major
2. Connor O'Meara, Glenwood Springs, clarinet, Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A Major
3. Collin Stewart, Carbondale, piano, Haydn's Concerto for Piano in D Major
4. Sophie Sakson, piano, Bach's Concerto for Piano in A Major

2004

1. Yale Work, Snowmass Village, piano, Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor
2. Victoria Work, Snowmass Village, piano, Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor
3. Michael Zimet, Aspen, violin, Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in A Minor

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