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

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

•  Cameron Vinson, saxophone - Maarten De Splenter: Concerto Comenia for Alto Saxophone and Symphonic Wind Band 

• 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