New England Philharmonic
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Young Artists Competition
2009-10
The New England Philharmonic has held a Young Artists Competition
each year since 1994. Past winners have performed a single movement
from their concerto on our December concert. However, this year, our
schedule calls for the winning soloist to perform a complete
concerto as part of our May 1, 2010 concert at Boston University's
Tsai Performance Center. The audition schedule and details will be
announced in this web page as soon as available, so please return to
this site from time to time.
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.
- Candidate must not have graduated from high school prior to the
scheduled performance date.
- 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
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 m...@nephilharmonic.org (Click on the email address
to reveal it.)
(Please add your own address to the To: line and save a copy
for your records.)
- 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
P.O. Box 15475
Boston, MA 02215
If you have questions, please contact
Casey Soward,
General Manager of the New England Philharmonic at
(617) 868-1222, or by email at m...@nephilharmonic.org (Click on the email address
to reveal it.)
Recent Winners
Recent winners of NEP's Young Artists Competition were:
- 2008-09: Bobby Chen, cello
- 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