Concerto Competition Winners 2010

Winners:

Taylor Lewis (to perform with Mazurka)

Mingon Kim (to peform with Tarantella)

Kyle Behnken (to perform with Chaconne)

Michael Champagne (to perform with Vivace)

concerto winners will perform on Sunday, May 9th in Stringendo's Spring Concert.

 

Finalists:

A category:

Brianna Berman
Michelle Kim
Emerson Romero
Gayatri Sehgal

B category:

Evan Bish
Dylan Cook
Molly DuVall
Jihyun Park

C category:

Jennifer Ku
Brandon Codrington
Stephen Minor
Sophia Wallach

concerto finalists will perform in recital on Saturday, March 13th at 11:00am at New Hackensack Reformed Church.

 

2010-2011 Info will be posted in September.

For Registration form, click here

For Printable Flyer, click here

TO REGISTER: Submit Completed Application Form and Registration Fee: $20.00 (Non-Refundable)

on Saturdays, 8:30-12:30

OR

mail to: Stringendo PO Box 1806  Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

 

DETAILS AND RULES

All Stringendo students are invited to participate in this exciting performance opportunity.  Contestants will be featured in a recital open to the public.   Winners will be chosen by a panel of judges to perform with orchestral accompaniment at Stringendo's spring concerts.  Finalists will be featured in recital.  

  1. Participants must perform a piece or movement from the lists below OR a concerto with available string orchestra accompaniment (must be approved in advance by Stringendo)
  2. Participants must perform from memory with piano accompaniment. 
  3. Each participant may only perform once per year.
  4. Participants must be registered for both fall and spring semesters.
  5. Participants are eligible for any category, regardless of orchestral placement.
  6. Participants will be notified in advance of their performance time.  Performance times are not negotiable once assigned; please inform us of conflicts (you OR your accompanist) on your registration form.
  7. Each selection is limited to six minutes.  Appropriate cuts should be planned in advance.

 

Repertoire

Category A 

Violin              

Viola       

·         Vivaldi: Concerto in d minor ( I, II )

All                  

  • J.S. Bach: Bouree,  Gavottes in g minor, D major
  • Dvorak: Humoresque 
  • Handel: Bouree  
  • Lully: Gavotte
  • Paganini: Witches' Dance
  • Shumann: The Two Grenadiers
  • Seitz: Concertos (from Suzuki Books 3-5)  

 

  

Category B 

Violin             

  • Accolay: Concerto No. 1
  • J.S.Bach: Concertos in a minor, Double Concerto
  • Haydn: Concerto in G major
  • M. Haydn: Concerto in B-flat
  • Lacombe: Aubade a  Ninon
  • Massenet: Meditation from "Thais"
  • Monti: Czardas
  • J. Stamitz: Concerto in C
  • Svendsen: Romance
  • Tartini: Andante Cantabile
  • Telemann: Concertos in D, am, gm
  • Ten Have: Allegro Brilliant

Viola               

  • J.C. Bach: Concerto in c minor (I, II)                      
  • Handel/Barbirolli: Concerto
  • Vivaldi: Concerto for Viola d'Amore
  • Stamitz: Concerto in G
  • J. Stamitz: Concerto in G
  • Telemann: Viola Concerto

Cello               

  • J.C. Bach: Concerto in c minor (I, II)
  • Bloch:  Prayer
  • Casadesus: Song of the Birds
  • Couperin: Pieces en Concert
  • Faure: Elegy
  • Herbert: Punchinello, The Mountain Brook, Yesterthought
  • Marcello: Sonata I in F
  • Saint-Saėns: The Swan
  • Stamitz: Concerto (II)
  • Tartini: Adagio Cantabile
  • Vivaldi: Sonatas No. 1-6f
  • Volkmann: Serenade No. 3 

Bass                

  • Dragonetti: Concerto
  • Dragonetti: Andante and Rondo
  • Saint-Saėns: The Elephant

All                  

  • J.S. Bach: Arioso, Air on the G string       
  • Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
Category C 
 
Violin              
  • J.S. Bach : Concerto in E major 
  • Handel: Concerto in B-flat (Sonata 5)
  • Haydn: Concerto in C major
  • Kreisler: Concerto in the style of Vivaldi,   Praeludium & Allegro
  • Mendelssohn: Concerto in d minor
  • Mozart: Concerto in G (I)
  • Sammartini: Concerto in C
  • Schubert: Rondo in A
  • Tartini: Concertos in E, A
  • Vieuxtemps: Variations on Yankee Doodle
  • Viotti: Concerto No. 23
  • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons  

Viola               

  • J.C.Bach: Concerto in c minor (III)
  • Hindemith: Trauermusik
  • Hovhaness: Talin Concerto
  • C. Stamitz: Viola Concerto in D
  • Vaughn-Williams Concerto

Cello               

  • J.C Bach: Concerto in c minor (III)
  • Boccherini: Concerto No. 2 in D, Concerto in B flat ( I, II, III)
  • Gretry: Suite Rococo
  • Haydn: Concerto in D ( II, III ),  Concerto in C
  • Monn: Concerto (I, II, III)
  • Tchaikowski: Andante Cantabile
  • Vieuxtemps : Variations on Yankee Doodle