Student Contest

The Jeanne Selander Memorial Concerto Competition

The Concerto Competition will take place on February 6, 2010, at the Nazarene Church in Lowell Click here for directions. Each year, the Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra sponsors the Jeanne Selander Memorial Concerto Competition, a competition for young musicians, for which the prize is to play a solo with the orchestra at one of its regular concerts. The LPO is pleased to announce the winners of its 2009 Concerto Competition, chosen from a very competitive field of 25 auditioners. Co-winners:       Erin Kim will perform Sibelius's Violin Concerto in d             at our November 2009 concert.       Jennifer Chew performed the first movement of Schumann's Piano Concerto             at our Pops concert on May 8, 2009 Runner-up:       Miki Nagahara performed the first movement of Barber Violin Concerto No.1             at our Pops concert on May 8, 2009 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.) Please visit this page in the fall for rules and applications for 2010. 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, applications must be received by January 30, 2009. 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 Lalo's Symphonie Espagnol, or Bruch's Scottish Fantasy. Auditions are CLOSED to the public. Prior Winners Season Artist Composition 2008 Madeleine Tucker,      cello (first place) Owen Callahan,      alto saxophone (second place) Hungarian Rhapsody,      David Popper Concerto in Eb,      Alexander Glazunov 2007 Justin Murphy-Mancini,      pianist (first place) Lucy Caplan,      violinist (second place) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra,      Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto No. 3,      Camille Saint-Saëns 2006 Justin Chew,      pianist Piano Concerto #1,      Mendelssohn 2005 Daniel Chen,      violinist (first place) Steven Travaglione,      harp (second place) Tzigane,      Franz Liszt Danse Sacrée,      Claude Debussy 2004 Tanya 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 2003 Sirena Huang,      violinist Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26,      Max Bruch 2002 Max Tan,      pianist Concerto for Piano and Orchestra,      Franz Josef Haydn 2001 Jonathan Corey,      pianist Fantasia on Epic Russian Songs,      Anton Arensky (1861-1906) 1999 Phillip Wang,      pianist Piano Concerto in D Major,      Franz Josef Haydn

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