Young Musicians Foundation of Colorado
2010 Solo Instrument Auditions

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Deadline for Applications and CDs November 1, 2010
Final-Round Judging  Late December, 2010
(Date and site to be announced)
Purpose To select up to 12 winners for berths on YMF’s Young Artists Support Roster for a two-year term (2011-2012)

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

Age up to 14 $1,000 per year
Age 15-17 $1,750 per year
Age 18-23 $2,000 per year

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.

 

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 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)

Name Age** Home Town Instrument Top Performers
Ian Buckspan 21 Boulder Clarinet College Div./Non Piano
Rebekah Durham * 22 Denver

Violin

Russell Durham * 19 Lafayette Violin
Joseph Eisele * 14 Greenwood Village Piano
Rainer Eudeikis * 18 Conifer Cello
Christina Lan * 15 Lone Tree

Piano

H.S. Div./Piano
Jeffrey Lee * 19 Boulder Piano College Div. & Overall/Piano
Emily Levin * 18 Centennial Harp
Aaron Perdue 21 Colorado Springs Flute
Isabelle Wong 14 Centennial Violin Jr. Div. & Overall/Non-Piano
Yale Work* 18 Lafayette Piano
Henry Zhang 12 Longmont Piano Jr. Div./Piano
    Alternates
           Piano
1. Tommy Peeples * 14 Thornton Piano
2. Larry Zhang 12 Lafayette Piano
           Strings/Other Instruments
1. Emily Switzer  * 13 Denver Violin

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