A great opportunity for young musicians.
Young Artists Festival Adjudication and Concerto Competition held on January 25, 2025 at Norwalk City Hall
***APPLICATION DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JANUARY 10, 2025***
The Norwalk Symphony Young Artist Festival has added the Junior and Senior competition levels to the Festival I & II Level Adjudication opportunity for students who have studied 2+ years and are the ages of five to eighteen. These events, designed to be an encouraging opportunity for students to test themselves in a manner that is traditionally available to music students studying everywhere, enable the students to perform for our judges and get professional feedback to support their future learning and playing. Download the Festival brochure HERE.
The 13th Annual Concerto Competition offers a more rigorous opportunity for young musicians under 18 years of age to test their musicianship with peers from the Fairfield County region of Southwestern Connecticut. See our 2024-2025 Concerto Competition brochure for more details on participation in this event.
Festival I Students
With Music Director Jonathan Yates and Event Chair Sarah Smale (also our Assistant Principal Viola in the Symphony).
Festival II Students
Young Artists Concerto Competition
Congratulations to Gia Lin, violinist, as our Concerto Competition winner for 2024! She performed the Concerto in D major, op. 35, 1st movement by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
Past Winners:
2022-2023 - Beatrice Low, Violin - Wieniawski Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op. 22, 1st Movement: Allegro moderato
2021-2022 - Caleb Sharp, Cello - Elgar Concerto in E Minor, op. 85, 1st movement – Adagio
2020-2021 - Sadie Goodman, Flute - Hüe Fantaisie pour flûte
2019-2020 - Avery Duer, Piano - Rachmaninoff Concerto #2, 1st Movement
2018-2019 - Hudson Ragins, Piano - Beethoven Piano Concerto #1 in C Major, 3rd Movement
2017-2018 - Mark Xu, Violin - Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, 1st movement
2016-2017 - Kate Wegener, Oboe - Mozart Oboe Concerto, 1st Movement
2015-2016 - Cameron Chase, Violin - Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto #5
2014-2015 - Jingye Yang, Flute - Chaminade Concertino
2013-2014 - Madison Howard, Cello - Lalo Cello Concerto in D Minor, 1st Movement
2012-2013 - Gita Abhiraman, Piano - Saint-Saens Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Andante sostenuto