Rochester Philharmonic League
Announces the 69th Annual
2024 Young Artist Auditions Winners
This year’s competition – held at the Eastman School of Music on Sunday, March 17th – saw talented high school students from the Greater Rochester Area compete for a total of $7,250 in cash awards and scholarships. Each award category, the two scholarships, and the Grand Prize are judged by a panel of professional performing musicians and educators who provide valuable written feedback to the young contestants on their auditions.
Forty accomplished high school students from the Greater Rochester Area competed for ten cash awards: $750 for winners and $300 for runners-up, offered for female vocalist, male vocalist, strings, piano and instrumental (woodwind, brass, percussion, harp or guitar). This year, winners and runners-up from four of the award categories then competed for the vocal and instrumental $1,000 college scholarships. A Grand Prize winner – chosen from among the winners in the award categories – has the opportunity for a solo performance with the RPO. All winners will be invited to perform in a free, public recital.
Rochester Philharmonic League
Announces the 69th Annual
2024 Young Artist Auditions
(Application is closed)
For young musicians who reside or study music in one of these New York State counties: Monroe, Cayuga, Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Onondaga, Orleans, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tomkins, Wayne, Wyoming, or Yates.
Application Deadline: January 31, 2024 (Extended to February 5, 2024)
Auditions: March 17, 2024
All morning prize awards $750; Runner-up awards $300
Scholarships $1,000
REPERTOIRE REQUIREMENTS
INSTRUMENTAL AWARDS
Ruth and Sidney Salzman Award for Strings
Helen and George Greer Award for Instrumentalists (Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion, Harp, Guitar)
Mildred and Julius Ness Award for Piano
- One composition for solo instrument and orchestra (memorization is encouraged but not required).
- One contrasting piece (solo or collaborative).
- 15-minute-maximum audition time.
VOCAL AWARDS
Nobel Hirsh Award for Male Vocalists
Tessa Martin Award for Female Vocalists
- Three contrasting songs in their original language (all music must be memorized).
- 15-minute-maximum audition time.
AFTERNOON FINAL ROUND
for winners and runners-up from the morning auditions
Aldridge-Tinker Scholarship for Instrumentalists
Jan DeGaetani Scholarship for Vocalists
GRAND PRIZE
One candidate will be selected in the Final Round for the opportunity to perform in concert with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
