Young Musicians Foundation of Colorado
2010 Solo Instrument Auditions

These audition-winning YMF Roster members will be eligible for monetary grants assisting with “extra” expenses related to pursuing a professional performance career in classical music.  Such expenses might include out-of-state competitions, prestigious master classes, solo recitals, summer institutes and seminars, auditions, accompanists and other career-development needs, excluding basic instruction, music literature and education.  YMF Roster members also receive performance opportunities, counsel (if requested) and general encouragement.  In addition, each audition winner/roster member performs once annually in a YMF-sponsored “Showcase” concert open to the public.

Career Development Support Available to Roster Members in 2010

The Auditions also offer individual prize awards totaling $2,100 for the top performers in each age group.

The 2010 Application Form and complete Auditions Fact Sheet detailing requirements, repertoire and procedures is available by clicking on Application Form.

        Twelve of the state’s exceptionally talented young classical musicians comprise YMF’s 2009-2010 Support Roster.  The current class earned their prestigious berths via YMF’s 2008 Biennial Solo Auditions drawing 58 contenders.

        Sponsored by the Edmund T. and Eleanor Quick Foundation, the two-segment hearings were adjudicated by two independent panels of judges unaffiliated with YMF.  Also at stake in the tri-level competition were YMF cash prizes for top performers overall and in each age division of the two audition sections, Piano and Strings/Other Instruments.

        Juilliard School of Music student Jeffrey Lee, of Boulder, bidding for a third consecutive two-year term, took honors in the College Division (18-23 years) and Overall in the Piano Section.  Violinist Isabelle Wong, of Centennial, one of five newcomers on the current YMF Roster, claimed Junior Division laurels (14-under) and Overall plaudits in the Non-Piano Section.  Two Shaak Awards, memorializing the late Denver piano teacher Bernard T. Shaak, went to Christina Lan, of Lone Tree, and Henry Zhang, of Longmont, the top High School and Junior Division performers. respectively, in the Piano Section.

        With no automatic carryovers, all current Roster members and alternates must reaudition at the end of 2010 to maintain or upgrade their Roster placements, provided they still meet the age and residency requirements.

        Since its founding in November 1984, YMF has helped nearly 125 young Coloradans further their aspirations of professional performance careers in classical music.  Our mission is to help qualified youth reach the threshold of that goal.

 2009-2010   YMF Roster Members

(Dec. 29, 2008 Audition Results)

Age Divisions - Junior (14 years old & under), High School (15-17 years old), College (18-23 years old)

** Ages shown as of Dec. 31, 2008
* Previous YMF Roster Member