<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" > <head> <title>MSO Web Site</title> <style type="text/css"> @import url("css/default.css"); .style2 { font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: bold; } </style> </head> <body> <p class="logo" id="top"><img class="logo" src="images/logo.jpg" alt="MSO Logo" /></p> <div id="content"> <div id="menu"> <dl class="nav"> <dt>Navigation</dt> <dd><a title="Recent Announcements and Archives" href="index.html">Announcements</a></dd> <dd><a title="Information about Members, Conductors, and the Executive Board" href="aboutmso.html">About the MSO</a></dd> <dd><a title="Donate to MSO" href="donate.html">Donate to MSO</a></dd> <dd id="active"><a title="Information about the Freshman Concerto Competition" href="competitions.html">Competitions</a></dd> <dd><a title="Information about joining the MSO" href="auditions.html">Auditions</a></dd> <dd><a title="Rehearsal Schedule for the Upcoming Concert" href="rehearsals.html">Rehearsals</a></dd> <dd><a title="Programs, Music Samples, and Scheduled Performances" href="concerts.html">Concerts</a></dd> <dd><a title="Other Harvard Musical Associations" href="links.html">Links</a></dd> </dl> </div> <div id="text"> <h2>Undergraduate Concerto Competition</h2> <div align="center"> <h3><span class="style2">January 2009</span></h3> </div> <p><strong>Eligibility</strong> <p>MSO's annual concerto competition, historically open only to first-year undergraduates at Harvard University, will be open to all Harvard undergraduates beginning this year. Both instrumental and vocal concertos are welcome. In case of double concertos, both soloists must be undergraduates at Harvard. The winner will be invited to perform the concerto in its entirety with the MSO at its Spring Concert in April.</p> <p><strong>Guidelines </strong></p> <p>The competition will take place at Paine Hall during the fall reading period (details TBA).</p> <p>Candidates must perform excerpts from all movements of the concerto and plan appropriate cuts so that the audition lasts no more than 18 minutes.</p> <p>Candidates must provide at least one copy of a score to the judges (full scores preferred, but piano reductions will be accepted). </p> <p>Candidates must provide their own accompanist. </p> <p>Please keep in mind that the winner may be asked to perform another concerto if the original concerto is not appropriate for MSO due to scoring, programming, or other requirements.</p> <p>To sign up, please email Lisa Choe (lchoe@fas.harvard.edu) with the subject &ldquo;Concerto Competition Appointment&rdquo; and the following information:&nbsp; your name, instrument, composer and title of your concerto, and your availability.&nbsp; The deadline to sign up is Friday, December 12, 2008 at midnight.</p> <h3>Previous Winners</h3> <table> <tr><th>Name</th> <th>Piece Performed</th></tr> <tr> <td>Konrad Binienda '11</td> <td>Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yihao (Harold) Wu '10 </td> <td>Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sandy Cameron '09</td> <td>Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E minor</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nora Bartosik '08</td> <td>Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wei-Hsun Yuan '07</td> <td>Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stephanie Lai '06</td> <td>Lalo, Cello Concerto in D Minor</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Michael Whealy '05</td> <td>Hummel, Trumpet Concerto in Eb Major</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tiffany Hsieh '04</td> <td>Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stephanie Wang '03</td> <td>Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Aaron Miller '02</td> <td>Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Andrew Park '01</td> <td>Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Joe Lin '00</td> <td>Sarasate, Carmen Fantasy (violin)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Albert Kim '99</td> <td>Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 20</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Albert Lee '98</td> <td>Mendelssohn, Capriccio Brillant (piano)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jonathan Yates '97</td> <td>Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 23</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Caroline Choi '96</td> <td>Dvorak, Violin Concerto</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Simon Tom '95</td> <td>Chopin, Piano Concerto in F minor</td> </tr> </table> </div></div> <div id="footer"> <p>Copyright &copy;2007 The Harvard-Radcliffe Mozart Society Orchestra.</p> </div> </body></html>