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Student Contest

The Jeanne Selander Memorial Concerto Competition


We are pleased to announce this year's winners, who will perform at our concert on May 9, 2008:

First Place: Madeleine Tucker of Andover, cello,
      performing "Hungarian Rhapsody" by David Popper
Second Place: Owen Callahan of Carlisle, alto saxophone,
      performing "Concerto in Eb" by Alexander Glazunov

Application

The contest is open to young musicians up through the age of 18 who live or go to school within 75 miles of Lowell. (Students may still enter if they are over 18 but still enrolled in high school.) Rules and applications for 2009 will be available in the fall. Students who meet the application criteria will be permitted to audition and will be assigned an audition time. If you have any questions about the competition, or if you wish to receive an application by mail, contact .

Students who meet the application criteria will be permitted to audition and will be assigned an audition time. This year, the deadline for submitting applications is January 21, 2008.

Audition

At the auditions, musicians will be expected to be prompt for their assigned times. Accompanists are NOT allowed. The auditioners are required to provide the auditioning board with either the piano accompaniment or an orchestral score for their solo. While it is called a Concerto Competition, any major work for solo instrument(s) and orchestra is allowed, such as Wienowski's Symphonie Espagnol, or Bruch's Scottish Fantasy.

Auditions are CLOSED to the public.

Prior Winners

SeasonArtistComposition
2006-07Justin Murphy-Mancini,
     pianist (first place)
Lucy Caplan,
     violinist (second place)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra,
     Aram Khachaturian
Violin Concerto No. 3
     Camille Saint-Saëns
2005-06Justin Chew,
     pianist
Piano Concerto #1,
     Mendelssohn
2004-05Daniel Chen,
     violinist (first place)
Steven Travaglione,
     harp (second place)
Tzigane,
     Franz Liszt
Danse Sacrée
     Claude Debussy
2003-04Tanya Lee,
     pianist (first place)
Sarah Koenig-Plonskier,
     violin (second place)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major,
     Maurice Ravel
Violin Concerto in D minor, Movement I,
     Aram Khachaturian
2002-03Sirena Huang,
     violinist
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26,
     Max Bruch
2001-02Max Tan,
     pianist
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra,
     Franz Josef Haydn
2000-01Jonathan Corey,
     pianist
Fantasia on Epic Russian Songs,
     Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
1998-99Phillip Wang,
     pianist
Piano Concerto in D Major,
     Franz Josef Haydn


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