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 Season Artist Composition 2006-07 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 2005-06 Justin Chew,      pianist Piano Concerto #1,      Mendelssohn 2004-05 Daniel Chen,      violinist (first place) Steven Travaglione,      harp (second place) Tzigane,      Franz Liszt Danse Sacrée      Claude Debussy 2003-04 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 2002-03 Sirena Huang,      violinist Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26,      Max Bruch 2001-02 Max Tan,      pianist Concerto for Piano and Orchestra,      Franz Josef Haydn 2000-01 Jonathan Corey,      pianist Fantasia on Epic Russian Songs,      Anton Arensky (1861-1906) 1998-99 Phillip Wang,      pianist Piano Concerto in D Major,      Franz Josef Haydn

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