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Information on the
2014 competition

Application deadline:
Friday,
Dec. 20, 2013
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 - January 2014)

 

Competition date:
TBA January 2014

Competition venue:
Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction, Colo.

Competition winners will perform with Symphony in the Valley at its May 10 and 11, 2014, concerts.

Forms

Competition rules

Application form
Word document
PDF

Application fee: $30

Contact

Lorraine Curry
(970) 379-3803
manager@sitv.org

 

Young Artists
Concerto Competition

The 2013 winners
  • Senior Division, 19-30
    • Congcong Chai, Lawrence, Kan., piano, Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Rachmaninoff

  • Junior Division, 6-18
    • Phoebe Stoye, Palisade, Colo., viola, Viola Concerto in D Major, Stamitz

Congcong Chai and Phoebe Stoye performed with Symphony in the Valley at its 2013 Mother's Day concerts:

  • Saturday, May 11, 7:30 p.m., Rifle High School Auditorium
  • Sunday, May 12, 4 p.m., Jeannie Miller Theatre, Glenwood Springs High School
Past winners

2012

  • Senior Division, 19-30
    • Joann Martinson, North Carolina, soprano, Glitter and Be Gay from Candide, Bernstein

    • Mariana Olaizola, Princeton, N.J., piano, Piano Concerto No. 5, Beethoven

  • Junior Division, 6-18
    • Kayvon Coffey, Denver, violin, Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Movement III, Bruch

2011

  • Senior Division, 19-30
    • Elena Smirnova, New York City, piano, Piano Concerto No. 1, Franz Liszt
  • Junior Division, 6-18
    • Miri Kuohara, Aspen and Japan, marimba, Czardas, Monti

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. Chopi

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

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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