Concerto Competitions
University Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition
The USO Concerto Competition will be held on Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 from 9:30am-3:40pm in Ted Mann Concert Hall. The winner(s) will perform with the University Symphony Orchestra (USO) on Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 at 7:30pm. Registration for this competition will open at 8:00am on Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 using a form found here.
2022-23 USO Concerto Competition Guidelines
2022-23 USO Concerto Competition Registration Form
Bands Concerto Competition
The UMN Bands Concerto Competition will not be held in the 2022-23 academic year.
2021-22 Bands Concerto Competition Guidelines (archived)
University Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition Past Winners
2022-2023
- Yilin Bao, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
2021-2022
- Jeduthun Kim, voice
Mahler: Rückert Lieder
2020-2021
- Competition not held due to COVID-19
2019-2020
- Seongkyeong Kim, piano
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
2018-2019
- Michael Min, piano
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
2017-2018
- Fanya Lin, piano
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 - Wayne Ching, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor"
2016-2017
- Hannah Hickman, saxophone
Boutry: Divertimento for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra - Katrina Clements, clarinet
Copland: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra
2015-2016
- Gabriel Quenneville-Bélair, piano
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
2014-2015
- Pei-Lei Lin, piano
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 - Christine Killian, soprano
Dvorak: “Song to the Moon” from Rusalka
2013-2014
- Rosalind Leavell, cello
Elgar: Concerto for Violoncello
2012-2013
- Jing Chang, piano
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major
2011-2012
- Jessica Jasper, viola
Britten: Lachrymae - Laura Hynes, soprano
Bernstein: “Glitter and Be Gay” from Candide
2010-2011
- Preston Duncan, saxophone
Ibert: Concertino da Camera
2009-2010
- Eric Neseth, marimba
Creston: Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra - John Hammarback, oboe
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
2008-2009
- Natalia Moiseeva, violin; Nick Donatelle, violoncello; Ivan Koven, piano
Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin, Violoncello, and Orchestra
2007-2008
- Denis Evstuhin, piano
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 19
2006-2007
- Soojung Hong, piano
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1
Bands Concerto Competition Past Winners
2021-2022
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Cameron Vinson, saxophone - Maarten De Splenter: Concerto Comenia for Alto Saxophone and Symphonic Wind Band
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Michael Valois, cornet - Jean-Baptiste Arban: Fantaisie Brilliante for Cornet and Symphonic Wind Band
2019-2020
- Russell Sweet, saxophone
Maslanka: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble
2018-2019
- Ariel Detwiler, bassoon
Ewazen: Concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble - Sofia Mycyk, piano
McPhee: Concerto for Piano and Wind Octet
2017-2018
- Judy Gaunt, trumpet
Stephenson: The Storyteller - Emily Green, horn
Hermann: Concerto for Horn