Young Musicians

2010 Young Musicians Chamber Music Competition

56th Annual Competition - $5,000 in prizes

Come out and listen to great music, and be one of the contest judges!

On Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 7:00 pm, Friends of Chamber Music hosts the 56th annual Young Musicians Chamber Music Competition in the Koerner Recital Hall at the Vancouver Academy of Music, 1270 Chestnut Street, Vancouver. We are pleased again this season to foster young musicians’ interest in such wonderful music through a FREE public concert. This is also a great way for people of all ages to come out and hear chamber music from the classical, Romantic and modern periods for the first time! Year after year, the quality of the music-making is very high!

You can hear the following music played by the participating groups:

Juniors:
Franz Schubert - Piano Trio in B flat, D. 898 (Andante un poco mosso - 2nd mov't)
Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13 (Presto - 4th mov't)
Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Trio in D, Op. 49 (Molto allegro agitato - 1st mov't)
Antonin Dvorak - Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 90 "Dumky" (1st & 2nd mov't)

Seniors:
Johannes Brahms - Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8 (Allegro con brio - 1st mov't)
Elliott Carter - Woodwind Quintet (Allegretto; Allegro giocoso - 1st & 2nd mov't)
Frederic Devreese - 5 Divertimenti for Saxophone Quartet (1st - 4th mov't)
Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 (1st - 3rd mov't)
Jan Koetsier - Brass Quintet, Op. 65 (2nd, 3rd mov't)

This year the competition adjudicator is the musician and teacher Hans-Karl Piltz, who will award prizes (with comments on the performances) at the end of the concert.

And for the first time, the Friends of Chamber Music will fund Audience Prizes that you give to your choices in the junior and senior categories. Prizewinning groups will receive $500.00.

This is how it works: when you enter the concert hall you will be given a voting form along with your program.

Please place a mark next to the junior group and senior group that appeal to you the most. Typically, these would be the groups that best convey the essence and spirit of the music to you.

The voting forms will be collected at the end of the concert and counted while the ajudicator is deliberating. The group in each category that receives the most votes will win the Audience Prize.

Refreshments are provided while we await the adjudicator's decisions about awarding the prizes.

ENTRY RULES AND REQUIREMENTS:

1. There are two age categories: Junior - for players up to age 18,

Senior - for players up to age 26.

2. Competition ensembles must have three or more performers.

3. Instruments may be strings, winds or piano in any combination.

4. Selections are to be from the classical (18th - 20th century) instrumental music repertoire.

5. Playing time will be limited to approximately 10 minutes, both at the preliminary auditions and at the final concert.

6. Competitors may not participate in more than two groups.

7. Preliminary auditions will be held in Vancouver, on the mornings of Saturday, February 6, 2010 for the Senior division, and on Sunday, February 7, 2010 for the Junior division. For ensembles from outside the Lower Mainland, videotapes or DVDs may be considered for the preliminary audition.

8. The final concert will be held on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 7:00 pm in Vancouver.

9. The preliminary auditions and final concert will take place at the Koerner Recital Hall of the Vancouver Academy of Music, 1270 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC.

10. Entry forms must be completed and received by Monday, January 25, 2010. Entry forms are available at a link at the bottom of this page.

2009 Young Musicians Chamber Music Competition

55th Annual Competition - $5,000 in prizes

On Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 7:00 pm, Friends of Chamber Music hosted the 55th annual Young Musicians Chamber Music Competition in the Koerner Recital Hall at the Vancouver Academy of Music, 1270 Chestnut Street, Vancouver. We were pleased again this year to foster young musicians’ interest in this wonderful music through this FREE public concert. This is also a great way for people of all ages to come out and hear chamber music from the classical, Romantic and modern periods for the first time! Year after year, the quality of the music-making is very high! Acclaimed pianist Robert Silverman was the adjudicator this year, and he awarded the prizes (with his comments) at the end of the concert.

Pianists, string and wind players from Metro Vancouver and as far afield as Bellingham, WA played together in groups to compete for cash prizes. Each member of a “Junior” group cannot be over age 18, and each member of a “Senior” group cannot be over age 26. This year’s finals featured an interesting variety of ensembles playing music by composers ranging from Beethoven and Schubert to Villa-Lobos and Etler. These ensembles were selected to compete from the earlier elimination play-downs.

The Chan Prize was given to the first prize Senior category ensemble, a wind quintet:

Jacques Ibert - Trio Pièces Brèves

1. Allegro

Alvin Etler - Quintet No. 1

Andante

Allegro

Emily Hopkins, oboe

Joanna Tse, flute

Connor Learmonth, clarinet

Selina Kuo, bassoon

Neil Jongbloed, horn

The other 2009 Senior finalists were:

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and Celli

Adagio (1st movement)

Dora Brooks, soprano

Nicholas Epperson, cello

Ja Young Oh, cello

David Shin, cello

Ji Won Yoo, cello

Tung Hsin, cello

Peter Hwang, cello

Shi Un Kim, cello

Diane Yeo, cello

Caroline Chu, cello

Antonin Dvorak - String Quartet No. 3 in E Flat Major, Opus 51

Allegro ma non troppo (1st movement)

John Schindler, violin

Whitney Wynn, violin

Gentry Hill, viola

Samantha Gribble, cello

Eduard Toldra - Sardana - II. Puig Nculos

Brent Heisinger - Three Episodes

Movement I: Allegro con spirito

Movement II:

Movement III: Allegro

Selina Kuo, bassoon

Silvia Tang, bassoon

Carrie To, bassoon

Min-Ho Kim, bassoon

All the 2009 Junior competing ensembles were awarded prizes. The first prize was shared by:

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Trio No. 1, Opus 70

Allegro con brio (1st movement)

Jessy Kim, violin

Ji Won Yoo, cello

Benjamin Woo, piano

Franz Schubert - Piano Trio in B flat major, Opus 99

Allegro moderato (1st movement)

Adora Wong, violin

Ja Young Oh, cello

Jocelyn Lai, piano

The second prize was shared by:

Anton Arensky - Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Opus 32

Allegro moderato

Esther Hwang, Violin

David Shin, violin

Emma Woo, piano

Jaoquin Turina - Piano Trio No. 2 in B flat minor, Opus 76

Largo (1st movement)

Holland Ninow, violin

Tung Hsin, cello

Benjamin Woo, piano

2008 Young Musicians Chamber Music Competition

On Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 7:00 pm, Friends of Chamber Music hosted the 54th annual Young Musicians Chamber Music Competition in the Koerner Recital Hall at the Vancouver Academy of Music, 1270 Chestnut Street, Vancouver. We are pleased to foster young musicians’ interest in this wonderful music through this free public concert. This is also a great way for people to come out and hear chamber music for the first time! Year after year, the quality of the music-making is very high!

Pianists, string and wind players from Vancouver and around the Lower Mainland played together in groups to compete for cash prizes before an audience of more than 100 people. Each member of a “Junior” group cannot be over age 18, and each member of a “Senior” group cannot be over age 26. This year’s finals featured a wide variety of ensembles playing music by composers ranging from Haydn and Beethoven to Bartok, Turina, Poulenc and Hindemith. These ensembles were selected to compete from the earlier elimination play-downs.

This year, the judge for the finals was Evan Mitchell, assistant conductor with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He gave insightful constructive comments to all of the musicians as well as awarding the prizes to the winning ensembles.

The Chan Prize was given to the first prize Senior category ensemble, a violin quartet:

Grazyna Baceivicz – Quartet for 4 Violins

Allegretto

Andante tranquill

Molto allegro

Jonathan Chan, violin

Stephanie Chan, violin

Alex Sachs, violin

Jan Bislin, violin

Second prize in the Senior Category was awarded to a brass trio:

Anthony Plog – Trio for Brass

III. Allegro Moderato

IV. Adagio

V. Allegro vivace

Alexander Cannon, trumpet

Nick Anderson, horn

James Hopson, trombone

The Fred Koerner Prize was awarded to the first prize ensemble in the Junior category, a cello trio:

Ludwig van Beethoven – Trio in C major, Opus 87

Adagio cantabile, Minuetto (allegro molto scherzo)

Carol Tsai, cello

Jennifer Son, cello

Isidora Nojkovic, cello

Second prize in the Junior category was awarded to a trio of clarinet, violin and piano:

Bela Bartok – Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet & Piano, Sz 111

Last movement

Henry Liao, violin

Evan Watkins, clarinet

Michelle Lin, piano

Peter Lang offered the other finalist ensembles an opportunity to perform a paid outreach concert in the community. The other 2008 finalists were:

Junior:

Joseph Haydn – Piano Trio in C major, Hob XV: 27

Allegro

Frank Lin, violin

Veronica Oh, cello

Valerie Chong, piano

Joaquin Turina – Piano Trio no. 2 in B minor, Opus 76 –

First movement

Kaine Newton, violin

Tunmo Kim, cello

Emma Woo, piano

Senior:

Francis Poulenc – Sextet for Winds and Piano

First movement – trés vite et emporté

Yoobin Whang, flute

Jonathan Blackman, horn

Gina So, piano

Katelin Coleman, bassoon

Rachel Lim, oboe

Michael Mah, clarinet

Paul Hindemith – Kleine Kammermusik for 5 Winds, Opus 24 no. 2

First movement

Fourth movement

Fifth movement

Joanna Tse, flute

Emily Hopkins, oboe

Jessica Burkart, clarinet

Neil Jongbloed, horn

Selina Koo, bassoon

The application for the 2010 Young Musicians Chamber Music Competition presented by the Friends of Chamber Music is available at the link found at the bottom of this page.

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