Concerto Competition Archive
2025 Winners
FIRST PRIZE
Chloe Li, oboe
Concerto for Oboe in C minor by Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
I. Introduzione • II. Allegro • III. Siciliana • IV. Allegro giusto
SECOND PRIZE
Jack Radbill, piano
Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 16 by Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
I. Allegro molto moderato
THIRD PRIZE (TIE)
Medb Glatt, violin
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor by Max Bruch (1838–1920)
I. Vorspiel
THIRD PRIZE (TIE)
Riley Seezen, vibraphone
Concerto pour vibraphone & strings by Emmanuel Séjourné (b. 1961)
Movement I
HONORABLE MENTION
Katherine Maize, soprano
“Ain’t it a pretty night?” from Susannah by Carlisle Floyd (1926–2021)
2024 Winners
FIRST PLACE
Haozhen Xu, marimba
Concerto for Marimba and Strings by Emmanuel Séjourné (b. 1961); II. Tempo souple
SECOND PLACE
Sarah Bo, cello
Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85; Edward Elgar (1857-1934); IV. Allegro-Moderato-Allegro, ma non troppo
THIRD PLACE
Karina Yang, flute
Concertino for Flute and Piano, Op. 27; Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
HONORABLE MENTION
Blythe Green, mezzo-soprano
Sea Pictures, Op. 37; Edward Elgar (1857-1934); “Where Corals Lie” & “The Swimmer”
HONORABLE MENTION
Jason Zhang, piano
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791); I. Allegro
2023 Winners
FIRST PRIZE
Adam Waszkiewicz, clarinet
Movements II & III from Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 74 by Carl Maria von Weber
SECOND PRIZE
Katherine Maize, soprano
‘Quando men vo,’ in E Major from La Bohème & ‘Chi il bel sogno de Doretta’ from La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini
THIRD PRIZE
Sarah Bo, cello
Movement I from Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 by Camille Saint-Saëns
HONORABLE MENTION
Medb Glatt, violin
Movement III from Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 by Camille Saint-Saëns
