Young Artists Competition

Thank you for all your wonderful performances. The musicianship was really outstanding. It honestly was the most challenging year yet for deliberations.

These are the Young Artists winners:

• Anastasia Felt, age 12 - Carl Maria von Weber: Konzertstück for piano
• Seong-Eun Cho, age 16 - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2, Mvt I
• Gina Luciani, age 22 - Chaminade: Concertino for flute
• Ross Coughanour, age 23 - Donizetti: Vien, Leonora
• Jenny Spencer, age 23 - Georges Bizet: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
• Bryan Lew, age 22 - Ernest Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra
• John Wilson, age 17 - Haydn: Cello Concerto in C major, Mvt I

Congratulations!
Buy tickets now to hear these fantastic Young Artists!

The following Vivaldi performers have been selected to perform in the School Concerts:

• Amelia Bateman (9), Sophie Choate (11), Hanna Cook (10), Katherine Crawford (11), Hannah Gouff (9), Bethany Graham (11), Holly Hunt (12), Hannah Kwong (11), Jonathan Kwong (11), Lizzie Mitton (11), Elizajane Schetselaar (11), Miriam Wagstaff (11)

Congratulations!

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When:   Saturday, August 27, 2011
Where:  UVU in the Music Dept (4th floor) in the Gunther Trades (GT) Building

Rules and Regulations of Competition:

Qualifiers for Participation

1. The Utah Valley Symphony Young Artist competition is open to musicians age 25 or younger. Parents must have established permanent residency for at least two (2) years during the musician'selementary or secondary school years. The permanent residence must be within Utah County or from areas of rural Utah that do not have similar opportunities in their communities. Therefore, residents of other Wasatch Front counties (Salt Lake, Davis, Weber, Box Elder, Cache) as well as Iron County and Washington County are ineligible.
   
   
2. A $25.00 entry fee per Registrant is due. Registration may be done online and payment through PayPal (PayPal account is not required - it will accept your Credit Card), OR the form may be mailed to the address below. All registrations and fees must be received by August 22, 2011. Mulitiple registration discounts for additional siblings are available by typing in the Audition ID Number of any of the previously registered siblings. First child is $25.00. Each additional registered child is $10.
   
   
3. Your email address is required for notifications. During the online registration and completion of a PayPal (or Credit Card) payment, you will be taken to a page where you can choose your audition time. If you choose to mail in your application then we will choose your time for you and notify you via email no later than 2 days prior to the Competition.

Divisions / Performer Details/ Piece selections

1. The 3 categories are: Elementary (K-6), Junior (7-11), Senior (grade 12 - Age 25).
• Selected Young Artists will perform in the Covey Center for the Young Artist concert (October 19-20, 2011).
• Two Young Artists from the Elementary and/or Junior categories will be chosen for the School concerts (October 27, 2011).
• A select few may be chosen to also perform in the 'Petting Zoo' Orem C.A.R.E. concert or Eldred Center Farewell concert (February 25, 2012).
2. A Young Artist may perform twice as a winner in the Young Artist Concert by winning in 2 of the 3 categories -- at least 3 years apart. Performances in the School and Eldred Center concerts do not count towards this two-concert total.
   
   
3. The audition piece must be a work for soloist (or soloists) and orchestra. The piece must be memorized and performed with an accompanist. Judges may ask to hear any part of the piece.
   
   
4. Any work that has been performed by the Utah Valley Symphony in the two seasons before the competition, or is on the program for our 2011-2012 season, is ineligible. The following pieces may not be auditioned on this year:
   
   • Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2, First movement
   • Beethoven,Piano Concerto No. 5, First movement
   • Brahms, Concerto for Violin and Cello, Third movement
   • Brahms, Violin concerto in D, First Movement
   • Grandjany, Aria in the Classical Style for Harp
   • Griffes, Poem for Flute and Orchestra
   • Handel, Piangerolasortemia from Guilio Cesare
   • Liszt, Hungarian Fantasy for Piano
   • Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3, Third movement
   • Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 2, Third movement
   • Sullivan, Poor Wandering One
   • Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D, First Movement
5. New for 2011: The UVS would like to feature a group of young violinists (up to age 12 - Elementary Division) at the school concerts. Violinists age 12 and under that would like to play Vivaldi's A minor, 1st mvt for violin may audition with a 3 minute excerpt for a chance to play in this group. Auditions will be performed individually. The morning judge will choose the winners. Group concerto winners will be posted at noon. There will be no afternoon finals for the group concerto winners.
   

Day of Competition:

1. Auditions will be held Saturday, August 27, 2011 at UVU in the Music Dept (4th floor) in the Gunther Trades (GT) Building. You may park in any lot on Saturday. Please allow sufficient time to park and find the Gunther Technology Bldg, and the Music Dept (4th floor).
   
   
2. Wear best clothes. The performer must audition in person on the prescribed audition day. Check in to your assigned room with the Door Hostess at least 10 minutes early. Please allow extra time to find the Music Building on the North Side of the Gunther Technology Building. Family & friends may attend the Finals auditions only.
   
   
3. There are two judging sessions:
   • Morning Primaries have a 3 minute limit.
   • Afternoon Finals start at 1:00 pm and have a 5 minute limit.
   Timing begins when you walk into the audition. Make judicious cuts. Judges may ask to hear any part of the piece.
   
   
4. The Morning Primaries' room and time is chosen by the Registrant if $25.00 fee is paid online through PayPal. If the Registrant's application form with the $25.00 fee is received by Monday, August 22, 2011, then the room and time be emailed no later than 2 days prior to the Competition.
   
   
5. The Afternoon Finals' times will be posted online (and via email) by 12:00 Noon.
   
   
6. All decisions are FINAL, nor will there be a paper explaining the decisions. These decisions are left to the discretion of the judges (in the primaries) and conductor (in the finals).
   
   

Post Competition

1. Winners must email head shot pictures and bios to by Thursday, September 15, 2011. For a higher quality presentation on our printed programs, please refrain from having a white background in your picture.
   
   
2. Winners of the Utah Valley symphony Young Artists competition will perform at the following concerts:
   
   • October 19-20, 2011 - Young Artists - Covey Center for the Arts
   • October 27, 2011 - School Concert - Covey Center for the Arts - 2 performers from Elementary and/or Junior Division (Vivaldi group is considered an Elementary performer)
   • February 25, 2012 - 'Petting Zoo' CARE Performance - Orem - 1 performer from any division
   • February 25, 2012 - Eldred Center Farewell Performance - Provo Eldred Center - 2 performers from any division

Competition Registration

Registration and $25.00 fee must be received by Monday, August 22, 2011.

For additional questions not addressed here please email: