New England Philharmonic
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Young Artists Competition
2007-08
The New England Philharmonic holds its Young Artists Competition
each year in October.
The winner for 2007-08 is Daisy Joo, who will
perform the first movement of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Violin
Concerto in D major with the New England Philharmonic in the
orchestra's Family Concert on Sunday, December 9, 2007, at 3 p.m. at
Boston University's Tsai Performance Center.
Eligibility
To be eligible, each musician must meet all of the
following requirements:
- Candidate shall not have reached their 18th birthday by the
scheduled performance date (December 9, 2007).
- Candidate must not have graduated from high school prior to the
scheduled performance date (December 9, 2007).
- Candidate must be a resident of New England.
- Candidate must not have been a previous first place
winner of the competition (list below).
The Young Artists Competition is open to all orchestral
instruments including piano, harp, saxophone, percussion.
Competition Details
Auditions are held in October, usually at the New England
Conservatory. Details for the
2008
competition will be posted on our website in September of
2008.
Candidates should prepare and memorize a concerto, a movement from
a concerto, or other piece for soloist with orchestra, not to exceed
20 minutes in length. It is unlikely that a candidate will be given
the opportunity to perform the entire movement he/she has prepared. In
some cases, judges will ask for specific sections from the prepared
material.
Auditions will be adjudicated by a small panel composed of the
Music Director and musician(s) from the orchestra. The panel will
make a decision within a week following the competition, and the
winner and finalist(s) will be announced at that time. Judges'
comments will remain private.
Candidates must provide their own accompanist.
To help defray the costs associated with the competition,
candidates must remit a $25 processing fee with their applications.
How to Take Part
To sign up for auditions, please complete the following steps:
- Open the online .pdf form
and fill in all required fields.
- Select the "Submit by e-mail" link at the bottom of the page,
you will be given a choice of what e-mail application to use.
At some point you should select the option to "Print
Form".
- Verify that your e-mail application has sent the data file as
an attachment to manager@nephilharmonic.org.
(To ensure the e-mail works, you may want to add your own
address to the To: line)
- US Mail a check for $25, along with the printed out form from
step #2, to our mailing address, listed below.
New England Philharmonic
Attn: Young Artists Competition
1906 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02140
If you have questions, please contact
Rick Seaholm,
General Manager of the New England philharmonic at (617) 868-1222, or
by email at manager@nephilharmonic.org.
Furthermore, please send an e-mail to
Rick Seaholm to let him know that your application and fees are in the
mail.
Recent Winners
Recent winners of NEP's Young Artists Competition were:
- 2007-08: Daisy Joo, violin
- 2006-07: Julia Noone, violin
- 2005-06: Jung Eun Yoon, piano
- 2004-05: Larry Weng, piano
- 2003-04: Jacqueline Choi, cello
- 2002-03: Luis Ortiz, piano
- 2001-02: Lisa Rah, piano
- 2000-01: Bronika Kushkuley, piano
- 1999-2000: Jessica Yam, piano
- 1998-99: Mi Jung Park, piano
- 1997-98: Thomas Dawkins, piano