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2010 Young Artist Solo Concerto Competition

The Philharmonic Friends sponsor a Young Artist Solo Concerto Competition each November for young students through the age of 18.  The winners of each division receive cash prizes and the senior winner has the opportunity to play in a concert with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. All participants will receive a voucher for two tickets to a Fort Wayne Philharmonic Concert (Masterworks, Spectrum, or Freimann). Entrants must live within a 100-mile driving distance of Fort Wayne and have studied with their present teacher for at least six months.  

Entrants perform a movement from a concerto or other standard orchestral work for solo instrument with published accompaniment. The audition piece, with orchestral introduction and interludes, absolutely must not exceed 10 minutes, due to the fact that only ten minutes has been allowed for the winner's performance with the Philharmonic. All selections must be memorized. All performers need to provide their own accompanist for  the audition. The performance was judged by professors of music from area universities, and each participant received written comments to encourage future improvement.

The 2011-12 competition will be held Saturday, March 24 at the IPFW-Rhinehart Music Center. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2012.

Download Young Artist Solo Concerto application HERE.

Contact Laura McCoy at (260) 414-4509 or lauramccoy56@gmail.com for more information.

 

2010 Young Artist Competition Winners

Out of 18 competitors (up from last year), the judges picked the following:

The winner of the junior division is Benjamin Meulink (13), a marimba player from Warsaw, Indiana. He studies with Dr. Erwin Mueller, from Ball State University. Benjamin played Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra in A minor, Opus 34, Movement 1, by Robert Kurka. The  runner-up is Caleb Stuckey (13), a pianist from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Caleb studies with David Leichty, from Grabill, Indiana, and he played Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 16, Movement 1, by Grieg.

The winner of the senior division is Marissa Uchimura (16), a pianist from Kalamazoo, Michigan. She studies with Jill Christian of Mattawan, Michigan. Marissa played Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor, Opus 22, Movement 1, by Saint-Saens. For the first time in the history of the Young Artist Competition, we have a tie for second place in the senior division. Second place winners are Rebecca Luppe and Thomas Huntington. Rebecca is 15 years old and studies piano with Susan Uchimura, of Western Michigan University. She performed Beethoven's Concerto Number 1 in C Major, Opus 15. Thomas is a 17-year-old violinist and he performed Concerto in D Major, Opus 77, Allegro Giocoso, Movement III, by Brahms. Thomas studies with Shmuel Ashkenasi, of Chicago, Illinois, professor of violin at the Curtis Institute of Music.

For some pictures from the competition, go here.

The Friends would like to give special thanks to
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC for being our
2010 Corporate Sponsor.

2009 YAC Winners

Fifteen young musicians participated in the 2009 Young Artist Competition on Saturday, November 21, at the Rhinehart Music Center on the IPFW campus

This year's winner in the junior division was Katelyn Reinhard, 13, of Columbia City, who played Albinoni's Concerto A Cinque in B Flat on oboe; runner-up was Andrew Danielson, 12, of Fort Wayne, who played Bach's Concerto in A Minor on violin.

The winner in the senior division was Rebecca Benjamin, 15, of Warsaw, who played Mendelssohn's Concerto in E Minor on violin; runner-up was Mikhail Vayman, 15, of Muncie, who also played Mendelssohn's Concerto in E Minor on violin.

Judges Mathew Hill of Goshen College; Robert Jones, associate professor emeritus of Manchester College; and Jason Thompson of Indiana Wesleyan University were thrilled by the level of talent and accomplishment our young musicians displayed. Competitions such as ours provide the impetus for serious young music students to stretch themselves by memorizing and performing part of a concerto before professional judges. The carefully written evaluations they receive from the judges encourage and assist them in their on-going study and performance of classical music.

The 2008 YAC Winners

Held on November 15 at the IPFW College of Music, The winner in the Junior Division was Zachary Brandon, violin. He is nine years old and studies with Renata Artman Knific. The runner up is Jiwon Park, piano. She is 13 and studies with Dr. Joyanne Outland.

The winner in the Senior Division was Austin Huntington, cello. He is 14 and studies with Richard Hirsch. The runner up is Brian Klickman, cello. He is 16 and studies with Weiqn He. All three judges commented how enlightening it was to hear so many talented, young musicians and that they enjoyed listening to all the participants. The Friends staff commented that these children were so talented that just hearing them practice took your breath away.

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