Winners Have Been Chosen!

Three talented young chamber ensembles received prizes at the inaugural SPCO Youth Chamber Music Competition winners recital on Sunday, February 26 in the Huss Music Room of the SPCO Center.

Congratulations to all!


First prize - $1,000 plus Whitacre medals


QUARTET TZIGANE 

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 Sloane Wesloh, 15, viola; Evren Ozel, 13, piano; Tom Rosenberg, coach;  Graydon Tope, 15, violin; Parker Tope, 13, cello


The quartet appeared on the radio show "From the Top" Sunday, April 22 on NPR. 

They will perform in Marzitelli Foyer at the Ordway on Friday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m.


Second prize - $750


TAKE 4 STRING QUARTET 

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Jason Shu, 15, violin; Harris Bernstein, 16, violin; Micah Cheng, 16, cello; Benjamin Eide, 17, viola

Ray Shows, coach


Third prize - $500 (Musicians Award)


KROMATIQUE STRING QUARTET

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Avery Johnson, 17, cello; Joe Peterson, 16, violin/viola; Joonil Oh, 17, violin/viola; Grant Simonson, 17, violin  

Ray Shows, coach



The Final Round

The first-ever SPCO Youth Chamber Music Competition reached its culmination on Sunday, February 26, when three excellent ensembles played in the Finals/Winners Recital. The audience, which nearly filled the Huss Music Room, heard two string quartets and a piano quartet playing music of Haydn, Mendelssohn, Walton and Brahms.

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NEXT YEAR'S COMPETITION

The date for next year's competition will be the weekend of March 23-24, 2013. There will be a YouTube round, a Semifinal round, and a Finals/Winners Recital. As the  result of our new collaboration with MNSOTA, (Minnesota String and Orchestra Teachers Association) there will be two levels: Level A, the Competition Level, and Level B, an Apprentice Level for less-experienced chamber music players.  Stay tuned for revised Guidelines.


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