2023-24 Senior Concerto Competition

In-Person Only

The final round of the 2023-24 Senior Concerto Competition will take place in Finney Chapel.  Conservatory students in their final year of study who have advanced from a preliminary audition will compete in the finals to be chosen for a solo performance with the Oberlin Orchestra in the Spring of 2024.

2023-24 Senior Concerto Competition Jury:

Fabio Bidini Piano Faculty and Carol Colburn Grigor Piano Chair at the Colburn School in Los Angeles and Professor of Piano at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Köln

Jonathan Keeble Professor of Flute and Chair of Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music

Katherine Murdock '75 Professor of Viola at the University of Maryland

Matías Tarnopolsky President and Chief Executive Officer of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center, Inc.

Nova Thomas Professor of Voice at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music

Competition Schedule:

9:30 am        Sam Hart, horn

9:43 am        Caroline Cornell, violin

9:56 am        Dylan Masariego, piccolo

10:09 am      Juan Pedro Espinosa Monteros, clarinet

10:26 am      Suji Park, piano

10:39 am      BREAK

10:54 am      Felix Veser, viola

11:07 am      Ethan Pound, trombone

11:20 am      Amina Knapp, violin

11:33 am      Drew Dansby, cello

11:50 am      Kelvin Tang, piano

12:03 pm      LUNCH BREAK

1:30 pm        Jiongli Wang, piano

1:47 pm        Elizabeth Hanje, voice

2:00 pm        Alex Swers, clarinet

2:13 pm        Alan Rendzak, voice

2:26 pm        Max Ball, violin

2:39 pm        Jordan Twadell, voice

2:52 pm       BREAK

3:07 pm        Benhur Mosazghi, voice

3:20 pm        Maya Irizarry Lambright, violin

3:37 pm        Jameson Zhang, piano

3:50 pm        Allison To, piano