Dates for next year's competition:

Semifinal Round Saturday, May 1, 2014 

Finals and Winners Recital Sunday, May 16, 2014.

Winner Videos

Winner Level B

The French Trio 

Borodin String Trio in G Minor

 


Winner Level A

Luna String Quartet - Mendelssohn String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80


Check out more winner videos on the SPCO YCMC YouTube page.




Winners of the 2013 Competition

Level B

Winner: French Trio: Sam Durben, violin; Ava Szychalski, violin; Michelle Gomez, cello

Honorable Mention: Amini Quartet: Ariana Amini, violin; Carl Rosamilia, violin; Hannah Brand, viola;Thomas Ingram, cello

Level A  

1st Place: Luna Quartet: Anna Humphrey, violin; Emma Richman, violin; Alexandra Sophocleus, viola; Nora Doyle, cello

Second PlaceBella Voce Quartet: Benjamin Brashear, violin; Courtney Amundson, violin, viola; Elena Kolbrek, violin/viola; AriannaWegley, cello

Third Place: Apollo Quartet: Harris Bernstein, violin; Jason Shu, violin; Anders Cornell, viola; Micah Cheng, cello

Honorable Mention: MacPhail Rimshots!: Natalie Anderson, William Arnold, Aditi Gupta, Trevor Karn, David Rasmussen

Performance Announcements

We're happy to announce that, as part of their first-place prize, the Luna Quartet  will perform at the Ordway, in Martizelli Hall, on Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 preceding the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra concert. They will play works by Haydn and Shostakovich 

On Thursday, May 30 at 4:30 p.m. the Luna Quartet, the French Trio, and the MacPhail Mozart Quartet will perform on the Loring Greenway close to the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Minneapolis as part of "Music on the Green," a new project sponsored by the Loring Greenway Association. This is a summer-long project, with youth groups performing every Thursday through September 5. There will be bistro chairs and a number of tables for people to sit and listen. A cart offering coffee, pop, beer and snacks will be available.


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